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Lots of Chaucer

Lots of medieval stuff. Pretty cool: > Although Chaucer's Canterbury Tales pilgrims are fictional characters, the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas Ã¡ Becket was an actual experience for many Medieval folk. This article explores the lives of Chaucer's pilgrims had they been truly alive and

Old Church

> Israeli archaeologists said Saturday they have discovered what may be the oldest Christian church in the Holy Land on the grounds of a prison near the biblical site of Armageddon. > The Israeli Antiquities Authority said the ruins are believed to date back to the third or fourth centuries

Vatican Doesn't Hate Science?

Only among reporters wholly ignorant of the Roman Catholic Church's history with science would find this newsworthy: > A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific

Belloc as Historian

Good essay about Hilaire Belloc's merits as a historian from September's Seattle Catholic. Link [http://www.seattlecatholic.com/a050907.html]. Thanks, Joe Tremblay at Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2005/10/belloc-as-historian.html].

King David

Neat excerpt from a NYT review of The Life of David by Robert Pinsky [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/books/review/23deresiewicz.html]. > [David's] story is also far fuller than that of any other biblical character. Moses' occupies more space, but that austere figure

American Athens

Paul Johnson reviews neo-con Victor Davis Hanson's A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War in this weekend's NYT book review section. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/books/review/23johnson.html]. Excerpt: > This Greek civil war,

Mao is Number One Monster of 20th Century

In a country that still reveres him, what ought we expect? > In their new book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday make an impassioned case for Mao as the most monstrous tyrant ever. They argue that he was responsible for "well over 70 million deaths

Historical Miniature: Bill Veeck

The White Sox are in the World Series. I hope Bill Veeck is smiling. The NY Times has written a wonderful tribute to the eccentric owner [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/20/sports/baseball/20veeck.html?8hpib]. Excerpts: > Veeck, with a bright, boyish look in his eye even

An On-Line Collection of Medieval Manuscripts

Paging Through Medieval Lives: Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections. Link [http://www2.art.utah.edu/Paging_Through/index.html]. Suggestion: Try pages 39-45 of Thomas Woods' How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. Previous post about this book [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1799/].

Little Island Folk

I don't know if this is an effort by dogmatic Darwinists to find a missing link, but it's highly interesting. Either way, I've always maintained that little can have souls, hence the concerns about dwarf tossing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_tossing]: >