Tag: medieval

• January 28, 2022

  Sanity and Succession: Pre-Modern Mental Health and Courts in Crisis 

  “On the thirteenth day, Heaven and Earth clashed and the sun and the moon turned black. When this calamity happened, how could I desire to live one second longer!” – Lady Hyegyong, The Memoir of 1795 “Dispute not with her, she is a lunatic.” – the Marquess of Dorset on Queen Margaret, Richard III (I, sc. 3) Oy, […]
• December 17, 2021

  When Memes Attack: Medieval Deep Fakes and the Fabulous Reign of Prester John

  “I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How’s that for blasphemy? I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn… but the troops were dazzled…” – Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Lion in Winter As the heart of the increasingly-lengthy […]