Category: History

Examples of How Medieval History is Relevant Today

In looking for some new topics to post to our Medieval European Studies forum today, Michael Martinez posted a couple of stories that deal with topics that are relevant and important to us today. “Medieval peasant diet would be pretty ….

What Pawn Shops Can Teach About History

Science fiction and fantasy fans love maps.  Give us a novel that has two or three maps and we’re likely to forgive at least several pages of bad writing.  I forced myself to read all of <em>Shardik</em> largely because I ….