St. Thomas Becket

Posted on December 29, 2020 by jgood

Arms of St. Thomas Becket in Camelford Church, Cornwall. Waymarking.com.

An interesting proclamation from the White House today, on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury.
Today is the […] Continue Reading…

Speaking of Flags…

Posted on December 29, 2020 by jgood

We were watching Season 2, Episode 10 of the 2015 television series Poldark, which is set in the fourth quarter of 1793. Dr. Dwight Enys, heartsick for a woman who has rejected him, has decided to enlist in the […] Continue Reading…

The Royal Standard

Posted on December 28, 2020 by jgood

I was watching the Queen’s Christmas message, which included a shot of the Royal Standard flying above Windsor Castle. The Royal Standard is a banner of the Royal Arms and signifies the Queen’s presence.

BBC.com.

I was […] Continue Reading…

Farley Mowat and the V2

Posted on December 28, 2020 by jgood

An interesting story on CBC.ca:

How author Farley Mowat smuggled a V2 rocket into Canada

A former Canadian intelligence officer believes author Farley Mowat carried out one of the most brazen acts by Canadian intelligence shortly following the Second World War.

Mowat, whose […] Continue Reading…

The Dark Ages

Posted on December 26, 2020 by jgood

From Discover (hat tip: Tom MacMaster):

Just How Dark Were the Dark Ages?
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe wasn’t quite the horrible and backwards place earlier historians would have you believe. Modern scholars now look at the Dark […] Continue Reading…

News from Pompeii

Posted on December 26, 2020 by jgood

From Reuters:

Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

ROME (Reuters) – Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served […] Continue Reading…

UnWoke

Posted on December 25, 2020 by jgood

A Women’s Studies Ph.D. has some second thoughts about the ideology underlying her discipline:
Liberals are committed to Enlightenment values of reasoned debate, pursuit of truth, the scientific method, fact-based analysis, and treating people as individuals, not as groups. In […] Continue Reading…

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Posted on December 25, 2020 by jgood

From The Lid (hat tip: Ed Driscoll on Instapundit):
Five Unknown Facts About Washington’s Crossing The Delaware On Christmas Day

On December 25th and stretching into the 26th in 1776 during the Revolutionary War, General George Washington crossed the Delaware River […] Continue Reading…

Pagan Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2020 by jgood

From UnHerd (hat tip: Paul Halsall):
“A perpetual forge of idols.” So Calvin described the human mind. This conviction, that fallen mortals were forever susceptible to turning their backs on God, to polluting the pure radiance to his commands, to […] Continue Reading…

Medievalism and the Gaelic Revival

Posted on December 21, 2020 by jgood

As I prep for my Irish history class next semester, I’ll share with you the paper I presented at the medievalism conference last fall at Georgia Tech. No notes, as it was a conference paper – apologies!

It is a […] Continue Reading…

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