Knighthood and learning

Reason One: the Carolingian achievement is a compelling historical problem This one needs a little unpacking. Put it simply, in the eighth c...

Its been almost six months since I've posted anything here, which has to have been the longest hiatus this blog has had since, well, the...

Its extraordinary to think of what's transpired in British royal history in the last year - a Platinum Jubilee (the first ever in Britis...

One version of Carolingian Christianity. The obverse side of Harrach ditpych, made as an ivory book cover for a gospel book by the so-called...

  Medieval but not European for a change: the world famous examination system of imperial China under the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) So in a ...