A roving army of mercenaries is in a troubled land and a political vacuum. Do they start a new kingdom? Some vikings did but we have little insight into why - except that provided by an ancient Greek under remarkably similar circumstances: salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2024/01/04/x...
About eighteen months ago, I discovered that capital-C Classical Penguin Classics cost basically nothing on Kindle (other e-readers are available), and so, thinking that I should gain a background in ...
What's a bishop to do? The obscure but fascinating letter collection of the late ninth century Bishop Herfrid of Auxerre gives us special insight into bonds of patronage, protection, and poetry: salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2024/06/04/s...
A major loss when the calendar flips over from the ninth century into the tenth are letters. Yes, I know, there are some really big and important ones, such as the letters of Gerbert of Aurillac and R...