A Commonplace Book

Of all the bowmen quite the best Are those that span the arbalest Strong and brave, upright and moral And not in haste to pick a quarrel

Suppose there was a group doing a remake of the Albigensian Crusade, justified by medieval Catholic doctrine, seizing territory, murdering c...

Clark had an interesting blog pos t at Popehat that make some good points about tribalism in politics, but it argues from a pretty defective...

Livre du roy Modus et de la royne Racio ,  a mid 14th century book on hunting, contains a brief section on archery. The advice is specific t...

The London Archers continued to hold their yearly contests in. the month of September, in spite of the fact that henceforth there would be ...

The following works were written by authors who were adults when Chaucer was alive. Boccaccio, Giovanni. Decameron . Harmondsworth: Pengui...

On how nine men's morris is played without dice This nine men's morris is played in another way, without dice by skill. The player...

There is in my opinion in our fence schools an evil order or custom in these days used, the which, if it might stand with the liking of ou...

Credo in Deum Patrem Omnipotentem Creatorem coeli et terrae Et in Jesum Christum Filium eius unicum, dominum Nostrum Qui conceptus est de...