Early Arthurian Britain – Belief Systems and Change
Before the Romans arrived in Britain, Celtic natives followed druidry. Little is known about this belief system, but the druids were spiritual leaders, keepers...
Shakespeare and the Storm: A Sixteenth-Century Weather Report
Raining Potatoes?
When Sir John Falstaff commands the sky to "rain potatoes" in William Shakespeare's play, The Merry Wives of Windsor, he may just not...
“What About the Rentiers?”: The Formation of the National Government (1931), Part 2
Many had expected that a Conservative-Liberal Coalition would become the next Government, a thought that MacDonald shared. (1) However, this was not the case....
Early Arthurian Britain – Peeling the layers
While Arthurian literature, folklore and myth is mostly fiction, its significance to history cannot be ignored. As said before, the legend is rooted...
The Mystery of the Bulgarian Letters
Pointing out the "Excellencies" of the Slavonic script to the Greek alphabet, the Old-Bulgarian author Chernorizetz Hrabar claimed that if in Byzantium the creators...