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We had concluded that the Guelph forces had fared so badly initially in the battle, fought with so much ineptitude – including Dante – that they threw the Ghibellines into such an overconfident frenzy that they abandoned their tactical plan

If you, like many at this time of year, have resolved to give up alcohol, then it might be a comfort to remember you are not the first in history to have attempted this. As Song dynasty writer Liu Xueji found, then as today, peer pressure and social obligations can test one’s resolve to cut […]

A look at QAnon as a millennial movement - one of many that have sprung up since the Middle Ages. 

One of the very finest examples of this tradition is the Val-Dieu Apocalypse, a fourteenth-century codex that stands out on account of its opulence and sophistication.

John D. Hosler surveys the martial content in John of Salisbury’s writings and explain how he serves as the medieval bridge between ancient and early-modern military theory

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that lighter traction trebuchets were employed on the tops of certain towers in a defensive role.

April 16-18, 2021. Hosted by the Barony of Lochmere in Annapolis, MD.

April 17, 2021. Hosted by the Canton of Elvegast in Hillsborough, NC.

March 27, 2021. Hosted by the Barony of Hidden Mountain in or Your Favorite Place!, SC.

April 10, 2021. Hosted by the Kingdom of Atlantia. Their Royal Majesties, Their Royal Majesties, and Their Royal Majesties will be attending.

March 13-14, 2021. Hosted by the Kingdom of Atlantia in Virtual, MD.

March 26-27, 2021. Hosted by the Canton of Sudentorre in Favorite chair, VA.