Isle of Wonder

It started with being a dumping ground for my extraneous projects in Medieval Studies while I was in university, now it is whatever subject I am moved by regarding literature, history or language.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Deeds of the Franks, Book III, Chapter ix, cont.

Right from the first, these were our appointed battle lines. On the left part was that wise man, Bohemond, Robert of Normandy and the ...

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Deeds of the Franks, Book III, Chapter ix

Meanwhile, with the city having been returned and the Turks taken to Constantinople, the emperor more and more joyful because the city ...

Friday, April 30, 2010

Comments on Book Two

Book Three is very short and almost completely translated but before I move on I would like to say a few things about Book Two. One th...

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Deeds Of the Franks, Book Two, Chapter Eight, cont.

However, there was on one side of the city a very large lake, in which the Turks were sending their own ships, both coming and going, a...

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The Red Witch: Southern Ontario, Canada; Heritage worker and Researcher. M.A. in Medieval Studies.

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