The John's Penance
One thing from Chapter 11 of Tom Holland's excellent Dominion:
A clerical disciple of Abelard argued that, when determining the severity of penance for patronizing a prostitute, the woman's hotness should be taken into account.
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History
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Everlasting GKC for Advent
Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" as a rejoinder to Neil Young's smug "Southern Man. Likewise, GKC wrote The Everlasting Man as a rejoinder to H.G. Wells' Outline of History.
In both cases, the rejoinders won.
The Everlasting Man explains history as part
Personal Computer and Personal Choice
In 1968, Carver Mead, professor at California Institute of Technology, began to demonstrate the possibilities of placing an entire computer on one chip at a cost of just a few dollars. He also began to preach the possibilities of the innovation, asserting it would end the burdensome and expensive computer
How Mathematics Built the Modern World
Bo Malmberg & Hannes Malmberg at Works in Process
The Origins of the Tavern: A Micro-History
The bar in English-speaking countries traces its roots back to Roman Britain where drinking establishments flourished. The establishments declined with Rome, but they came back in the Middle Ages, largely through the efforts of monasteries to provide for travelers. By the fifteenth century, three different drinking establishments were found in
The Canonization of Lou Reed
Jeremy Lybarger at The New Republic
Beyond Progressivism
John Milbank at The Hedgehog Review: Toward a Personalist Metaphysics of History
What Was Literary Fiction?
Dan Sinykin at The Nation
The Reality of Fr. Damien
A few years ago, the future of the Catholic Church AOC said a statue of Fr. Damien of Molokai at the Capitol building is an example of “patriarchy and white supremacist culture.”
She quickly realized that she picked a bad example and backpedaled faster than Deion Sanders in his prime,
Shelby Foote: The South’s Jewish Proust
Blake Smith at The Tablet