A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, by Barbara Tuchman
> For all the explanations, the earth and its phenomena were full of mysteries: what happens to fire when it goes out? Why are there different »
> For all the explanations, the earth and its phenomena were full of mysteries: what happens to fire when it goes out? Why are there different »
Full disclosure for those at home: this is one of my favorite films. It’s in the top ten easily, and depending on my mood it »
Episode 1, The Soldier and Death. From The Storyteller. »
> “The local prince had gotten a notion that the girl could spin straw into gold, the dwarf said. Brainless young idiot, but they’re all »
> In the consideration of the faculties and impulses—of the prima mobilia of the human soul, the phrenologists have failed to make room for a »