Speaking to Tens of Thousands Before Battle: Is it Possible? October 27, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Medieval
Beach worried to day about speeches before battle in ancient and medieval times. If you have read any Roman or Greek historian then you know the drill. General stands up before his army, makes a few choice reflections on why his men are fighting, and then the army goes out, inspired, and trashes or is […]
Barbecuing Friars in Late Medieval Florence April 7, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval
Beachcombing promised just the other day that he would leave blood alone for at least a month. He wants then to be very clear that this post will not involve bloodshed. It will describe though one of the last ordeals by fire of the Middle Ages, an attempt to use flames to judge a human […]
