A Commonplace Book

The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee led by former Lockheed Martin chief Norm Augustine turned in their final report Octob...

What these guys said . You might think, as a creator of intellectual content, that I'm in favor of having my copyright last until the Su...

Unlocked Wordhoard lists compelling reasons to date a medievalist . Including, of course, our superior zombie apocalypse survival skills

Provocative anthropologist Peter McAllister says yes. Athens employed 30,000 rowers who could all exceed the achievements of modern oarsm...

Are 21st c. men wimps compared to people "in the ancient past and even in the recent past"?. Peter McAllister, Australian anthropo...

Medieval German fighting manuals can be frustrating. Typically you either have text without illustrations, or illustrations with minimal tex...

Here is a video of combat with Codex Wallerstein style targes and spear at our local SCA fighting practice. I built these for the pas de l...

A Delta IV Heavy lifts off. The camera lens that took this photo did not survive. Progress M-03M launches in early morning darkness and cli...

More photos from the recreation of the pas de la Belle Pelerine at Pennsic 2009 by Tasha . An additional photo from Jan .

This event in Media, PA has been canceled due to weather. Medieval living history goodness would have included La Belle Compagnie and your...