I decided not to include a “feature image” with this story about medieval barrels found with poop inside, still in “excellent condition.” You’re welcome.
My only hope is that someday future scholars unearth a barrel of my poop and deem it “excellent” as well.
Medievalists.net has some 14th century medieval magic tricks (illusions, not witchcraft) to wow and amaze your friends. It’s from Secretum Philosophorum, not to be confused with the slightly more-popular Harry Potter and the Secretum Philosophorum.
Jason Sheehan has an interesting piece on the distinctions between steampunk and dieselpunk.
I’m not saying there could be a Goonies sequel, but there could be a Goonies sequel.
The Goonies — Doing more to inspire an interest in children for 17th-century pirate archeology than any other movie.
Ross Crawford gives readers “The Historical Inspiration of for the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones.” Spoilers, so be forewarned.
Somehow I missed the link to this on Medievalists.net last year. Shame on me.
Matthew McCaffrey discusses “The Economic Sense in Game of Thrones.“
On certain days, I think we can all agree with great thinkers Philip J. Frye and Bender Bending Rodriguez:
Wesley J. Smith writes about Hollywood’s general anti-human trend in “Hollywood Hates Humans.“
Kelly DeVries and Carl Pyrdum III discussing how real Game of Thrones is? Yes, please.
This isn’t the first time DeVries has written about Game of Thrones. A couple of years ago he wrote “Game of Thrones as History” for Foreign Affairs. And if you’re not following Pyrdum’s @gotmedieval Twitter feed, you’re not doing Twitter right.
Wolven, whom many of you might recognize as a philosopher specializing in artificial intelligence and comic books (and yes, that’s a truly awesome career niche), points out that Scarlett Johansson seems to play a lot of characters with augmented personhood.
Historians think they might have found the signature of John Lydgate in some graffiti he carved into a church pillar. In the off-chance you become famous, be sure to carve your signature in as many places as possible.
