Based on a bit of disagreement here.

Poll Another Matter of Great Importance

Bit of literary criticism (from an article I'm reading on historiography in Richard II, surprise surprise) that will amuse the histories geeks on my flist:
No one knows the extent of Shakespeare's sources for Richard II, nor what he thought of them. But literary critics, like historians, are Plantagenets or Lancastrians: they will take sides.

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angevin2: btw it is disturbing when you repeatedly find yourself typing "hose of york"
commodorified: HEEEE for what?
angevin2: for "house of york"
commodorified: better than H0s of York
commodorified: aaah
angevin2: yes, but they ARE h0s ;)
angevin2: except richard iii
angevin2: he is only a h0 for power ;)
commodorified: Thomas and his t'other h0s!
angevin2: ...I AM PICTURING WOODSTOCK IN A PIMP HAT
angevin2: AND IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT

angevin2: also, this ( Read more... )

Beth just sent me this rather alarming quote from an otherwise reputable article in a reputable journal (emphasis mine):
"Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature," Richard recreates the world around him in his own twisted image in parody of divine creation. By ruining God's image, he spitefully attempts to pay back the Maker of his own misshapen ( Read more... )

So this evening I had dinner with Beth and, as we frequently do, we got to discussing historiography, and at one point she said "Polydore Vergil had several bees in his bonnet, and one of them was Henry VII."

( The result was the image graphically rendered here. )

And now, after a longish wait, the final installment in The Civil Wars. It's not supposed to be -- the original plan was for a twelve-book epic, but Daniel never finished it, opting instead to write prose history which he also didn't finish (but which is worth a look, as it's very interesting!) So it's as done as it's ever going to get, and the ( Read more... )

In case any of you want something to read while not seeing Pirates of the Caribbean. Although this one does have pirates. Well, it doesn't actually have pirates, but it has HYPOTHETICAL pirates. And there are pirates in the footnotes.

This week's installment, as you may have guessed by the pirates,1 is about a particularly popular historical ship ( Read more... )

As promised, a much-belated entry in the Civil Wars transcript. There's only one more after this, despite the narratorial remark at the end that we're just past the halfway point ( Read more... )

NOT at all related to Marvel Comics. Sorry. I realize there are a lot of superhero comics fans reading my journal.

Fans of the Civil Wars posts, rejoice! There is another one coming very shortly. I figured, now that it's summertime, I ought to work on my backlog of Unfinished Epic LJ Posts. I may also reboot "Better Know a Poet," while I'm at it. ( Read more... )

See, I have not abandoned this project! I put it on hold for a couple of weeks so that I might finish my graaaaaading in something like timely fashion, and now that it's done, the remaining installments (there are five left) will be up on a weekly basis as before ( Read more... )