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How often did the king go to Mass?
Some thoughts, an incomplete investigation
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Every post can be found here, in reverse chronological order.
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Historians at Work
Let's get technical
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Echoes of the Milvian Bridge in the Ninth Century
I normally send out a new post every two weeks but today (Oct. 28th) is the anniversary of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD so I wanted to be “topical,” (or at least as topical as can be when it comes to an event that happened over
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The King's Failing Body II: Arnulf this time
Narratives of decline and measuring "activeness"
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All Defected From Him
Political Betrayal in Moments of Crisis
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Keeping it in the Family
What is the meaning of Arnulf's weird name?
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Finding my Ozymandias
How do historians decide what to study?
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Chance Encounters of the Arnulf Kind
Webs of Connections in the Ninth Century
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A Medieval National Convention?
Assemblies, Ritual, and Political Communication
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Reading Empire in the Archive
Visions of East Frankish Imperium in a Vienna Manuscript
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The King's Failing Body
What can a ninth century crisis of legitimacy teach us about Joe Biden's own crisis?
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Borges' Library of Babel and the Internet Age
I am away traveling this week, so I decided to write something a little different, hopefully you enjoy my writing (or rambling, take your pick). Earlier this year I read, for the first time, Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The Library of Babel and was struck by how relevant it