Back to Verse 2 of the bardcore version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire”: Charlemagne, AlfredAnne Boleyn without a headFew… Read more Chinggis Khan?!
Tag: Middle Ages
The Union of Castile and Aragon
This week we’re taking another look at Verse 2 of the bardcore version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire”: Charlemagne,… Read more The Union of Castile and Aragon
What Is the Nibelungenlied?
Back to the bardcore version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” here are the lyrics for Verse 2: Charlemagne, AlfredAnne… Read more What Is the Nibelungenlied?
Who Was Guillaume de Machaut?
Last week Andrew texted me this amazing parody of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” It’s a “bardcore” cover… Read more Who Was Guillaume de Machaut?
Three Picture Books About Large Mammals!
Here are three picture books based on true stories that are difficult to categorize. Since they feature a hippo, an… Read more Three Picture Books About Large Mammals!
Who Wants to Visit Hereford Cathedral?
Hereford is an English city of about 50,000 people in the West Midlands, not far from Wales. Construction of its… Read more Who Wants to Visit Hereford Cathedral?
5 Things I Learned in January
Here’s what I learned last month (and one thing I forgot in December…) 2. The medieval mathematician Fibonacci introduced Arabic… Read more 5 Things I Learned in January
Four Picture Books About Mathematicians
I have eight mathematicians to introduce to you, spanning the millenia from the 6th century BC to the 21st century… Read more Four Picture Books About Mathematicians
The Surprisingly Long History of Waffles
I had no idea that waffles originated in Ancient Greece! Here’s what else I learned (admittedly from Wikipedia.) Obelios The… Read more The Surprisingly Long History of Waffles
Historic Treatments for the Common Cold
You probably don’t want to come over to my house this week. Several of my kids have runny noses and… Read more Historic Treatments for the Common Cold
8 Things I Learned in August
Central heterochromia is when a person’s eyes are two distinct colours — one colour in a ring around the pupil… Read more 8 Things I Learned in August
Video: Surprising Images in Medieval Art
It’s our last week of summer holidays and my sister and her family are visiting from Virginia (yay!), so for… Read more Video: Surprising Images in Medieval Art
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
I made a list of 20 fiction and 20 non-fiction books to read in 2020. One of my non-fiction picks… Read more The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu