My friend Chris Berard sends me some images of St. George from the exhibit The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Thanks Chris – a […] Continue Reading…
To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Romanian Revolution, when General Secretary Nicolae Ceauşescu was deposed and shot, […] Continue Reading…
From PJMedia, a story about an obscure event that doesn’t deserve to be:
Possible Mass Graves Discovered From 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Massacre
It was the worst spasm of racial violence in the history of the United States. And it has been […] Continue Reading…
Interesting article by Eleanor Parker on History Today:
The Cultured Women of Essex
We should take more notice of the work of those once despised and disregarded.
‘It is asked of all who hear this work that they do not revile it […] Continue Reading…
News from China: Lottie Moon’s church has been designated as a historical site:
PENGLAI, China (BP)—From the Christmas offering for international missions that bears her name to movies, books and documentaries detailing her life of service, Southern Baptists often hail […] Continue Reading…
From the New York Times:
Robert K. Massie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer who wrote gripping, tautly narrated and immensely popular books on giants of Russian history, died on Monday at his home in Irvington, N.Y. He was 90.
The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, […] Continue Reading…
Brian Tierney, former Goldwin Smith Professor of Medieval History at Cornell University and the first Bowmar Professor of Humanistic Studies, has died at the age of 97.
Wikipedia says that “his speciality was medieval church history, focusing on the structure of […] Continue Reading…
Enjoyed the “Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt” exhibit at the Saint Louis Art Museum this weekend. My personal favorite: Hendrick Avercamp (Dutch, 1585-1634), Winter Landscape near a Village (1610-15), illustrating a regular occurrence during the Little Ice […] Continue Reading…
November 30 is the feast of Saint Andrew. To mark the occasion, the British Library posted this image of St. Andrew to their Facebook page, from MS Addl. 35313, f.214v, a late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century manuscript. The saint […] Continue Reading…
News of an interesting discovery from Reuters:
LONDON (Reuters) – Elizabeth I, one of England’s best-loved monarchs, has been revealed to be the translator behind an English version of an ancient text by Tacitus who described the high politics, treachery […] Continue Reading…