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Wrong from head to toe: a ridiculous and ominous decision in Britain
IN the long annals of judicial stupidity, there can rarely have been a more idiotic judgment than that recently given by Lord Justice Brooke of the British Court of Appeal. It reads like the suicid...(Continue Reading) Killer Khilats, Part 2: Imperial Collecting of Poison Dress Legends in India
Abstract This article presents the English language collecting histories of seven legends of death by Poison Dress that were recorded in early modern ......(Continue Reading)From living room to front lawn: performances - studying medieval times
The Medieval Feast was the culminating show-and-tell event for my KONOS History of the World II students. There was much planned for the main event that would begin at 5 PM when all the parents arr...(Continue Reading)Hoggetowne Medieval Faire: using historical reenactments for community tourism development
Festivals and events have become one of the fastest growing areas of local community tourism development. Communities increasingly understand that festivals ......(Continue Reading)What about Joan? A fierce woman in combat? Medieval gender bender? Sandra Miesel has the inside scoop on Joan of Arc
JOAN OF ARC is the one medieval figure everybody knows. But what they acknowledge varies wildly. To Shakespeare, Joan was a witch; to Shaw, a proto-Protestant; ......(Continue Reading)
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