Halley’s Comet and the Generations! May 12, 2013
Posted by Beachcombing in : Ancient, Medieval
***Dedicated to Larry who got me interested in this and provided, through his emails and forwards, much of the information*** It recently struck Beach that Halley’s comet would be a perfect measure of the continuity of knowledge in ancient and medieval civilizations. After all, here is a comet that returns every 75 (and a bit) [...]
Flight in Eleventh-Century England August 14, 2011
Posted by Beachcombing in : Medieval
*** This post is dedicated to Roy who suggested Eilmer*** As regular readers will know Beachcombing is one of those irritating sceptics, who looks askance at most historical records of the ‘impossible’. But every so often even he has to shake his head and admit that the evidence for the ‘impossible’ is frighteningly good. Take [...]
