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Thinking about space (and time) in chronicles
In my last post I commented on how the problems faced by relativists trying to show time and space in representations of black holes seemed similar to the difficulties faced by historians trying to ta… more →
On boundaries
Thinking about space (and time) in chronicles
gesta wrote 7 months ago: In my last post I commented on how the problems faced by relativists trying to show time and space i … more →
Stuff I am thinking about
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gesta wrote 1 year ago: Neither Reivers nor I have blogged for a while. The start of term has been more than usually chaotic … more →
In search of Orderic Vitalis and St-Evroul
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gesta wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t mentioned Orderic Vitalis for at least a couple of months, so it is about time he ha … more →
Battle Conference 2008 report
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gesta wrote 1 year ago: It’s the day after the conference for five days before. The fact that I am exhausted, but more … more →
Looking forward to ... IMC 2008
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gesta wrote 1 year ago: The teaching, marking and exams boards are all done for the year and it is time for me to switch my … more →
Into the wilderness
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gesta wrote 1 year ago: What is a wilderness? How did medieval chroniclers and other writers describe it? What is the signif … more →
Murder in the cloister
gesta wrote 2 years ago: It could be straight from the pages of my favourite chronicler, Orderic Vitalis. Two nuns in Greece … more →
