All these tribunals insulted and defied the authority of Westminster hall, and daily committed excesses which the most distinguished royalists have
Archives for August 2014
Collective Memory
Just discovered an essay on how our collective memory (i.e. history) is molded, shaped and preserved. This from ThinkShop blog.Update : That
Chile’s Army Marches North
That night his division reached Cerro Azul, a little port in the northern end of the rich Valley of Canete.Continuing Chile Captures Lima,our
Human Beings Are Heroic
"The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes
No More Parliament – for Now
His object was to do in England all, and more than all, that Richelieu was doing in France: to make Charles a monarch as absolute as any on the
The King of Ethiopia Disturbs the Persians
The Ethiopian however, perceiving that they had come as spies, spoke to them as follows . . . .Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special
The Star Chamber Moves into the Reign of Charles I
From all that remains of proceedings in the Star-chamber, they seem to have been very frequently as iniquitous as they were severe.Continuing The
Prior Proceedings of the Star Chamber
What the Star Chamber did. It served the king's authority but was light on legal procedures.Continuing The End of the Star Chamber,with a
Ugliest Churches
Realclear Religion has a feature showing some churches done with poor architectural taste. The selections are aesthetic in nature, not