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Comfortable history
This is going to be a two-parter. Once upon a time I had lunch with David McCullough. Yes, the David McCullough. And no, I can’t claim that I know him very well. Forgive the explanatory aside, but it so happens … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Denmark, historiography, David McCullough, fiction, popular history
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History: The Everyman Discipline?
I imagine that this will be a recurring theme for a while – I had thought that one single post would address it sufficiently…until the discussion about reenacting and living history blossomed (well, maybe that’s a tad hyperbolic … but … Continue reading
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Tagged antiquarianism, historians, historical profession, historiography, history
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More to Papal row than just lust (From The Northern Echo)
“It’s made me think a very different way about Henry. From Rome, you don’t see a Tudor tyrant. You see a midranking northern monarch. Sometimes he has influence, often he doesn’t.” Mid-ranking northern monarch. Couldn’t have said it better myself. … Continue reading
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Tagged anne boleyn, catherine of aragon, england, henry viii, papacy, pope, renaissance, tudors
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Exploding Pope!
It’s been a few days since my last post; I’ve been swamped with things that I have to write, that have kept me away from what I want to write…like this blog. I have something coming tomorrow. In the meantime, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian IV, Denmark, fireworks, Frederik II, history
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Embedded with the reenactors – American History – Salon.com
Embedded with the reenactors – American History – Salon.com. I’ve been involved with reenacting for most of my adult life, sporadically but intensely. And to be perfectly honest, as a historian I have truly mixed feelings about that. In part, … Continue reading
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Tagged French and Indian War, living history, military history, Old Fort Niagara, reenacting, reenactors
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Historical Archives: Civil War Pre-Enactors Have Stage’d “Battle of Bull Run” | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Historical Archives: Civil War Pre-Enactors Have Stage’d “Battle of Bull Run” | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.
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Hey, fellas, the “garage”? Well, la di da, Mr. French Man!
Another not so substantive post…perhaps two quasi-posts equal one decent one? Probably not. But I wanted to share the following anyway, not because of its political content. I’m going to do my level best to steer clear of modern American … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, France, francophilia, francophobia, francophone, Frederick the Great, Frederick William, mitt romney, newt gingrich
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What’s THAT?
Nothing terribly substantive this time, alas. It’s just that I’ve been getting a few questions about the source of the banner photo at the top of this page. It’s not too bad a photo, considering that I took it; I’m … Continue reading
Frontier fighters and American exceptionalism
OK. Another rant. Sort of. I don’t plan on writing posts based entirely on anger or indignation, not always at least, but as I’m on a roll I think I’ll go with it. And, like the previous rant – the … Continue reading
Victory? What the hell is that? We don’t even have a word for it!
I had planned on saving this for later, but it’s been much on my mind in the past few days and I’m afraid that I have to vent now. Earlier in December, I was in New York for a signing. … Continue reading
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Tagged American exceptionalism, France, francophilia, francophobia, French, history, mlitary history, war
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