Rosamund Clifford, a.k.a. Fair Rosamund, lived in twelfth-century England and was King Henry II's mistress. I wrote a light-hearted post about her in 2014 for the Oxford University Press Blog. You can read it there. The …
Fred Talk: Besieging a Medieval Castle
Trebuchets! Rebellious knights! A vengeful king! Grain prices! This 15-minute talk will examine what went into the royal siege of Bedford castle in England in 1224. Pizza will be served. On the following two evenings, my …
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Welcome to the Amt-iquary Blog and Website
If you share my love of local history in western Maryland—especially African-American history—of public history and teaching, or of medieval English history, I hope you’ll find a trove of interesting stuff here. I’m going to …
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