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October 2015

October 20, 2015

NY Times Joins the Temple Truthers

My history column for the Register this week is on Temple Trutherism. It's like 9

October 13, 2015

Verdict on German Plan?: “Schismatical, heretical.”

At the Register this week, I write about an idea floated by the German episcopate to...

October 07, 2015

Want Some More Catholic History and Archaeology?

No? Well tough, you're getting it anyway. This piece (which I talk about here) marks...

October 07, 2015

Is This Synod the Most Dangerous Crisis in the History of the Church?

It is to hear some people tell it. I think it was this video that got...

October 06, 2015

Luther’s Pact With the Devil

Great Moments in Reformation History! Medieval gossips claimed that Luther's mother was seduced by a demon...

September 2015

September 16, 2015

John McWhorter on the Death of Aramaic

Linguist John McWhorter has an interesting article in The Atlantic on the decline in speakers...

September 15, 2015

The Fascinating Story of a Historic Cross at Papal Mass in DC

When the pope celebrates mass at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC,...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

What It’s Like to Fight in Armor

You may be surprised. While there are certainly stories about knights who drowned in shallow...

July 14, 2015

The NAACP Sets Its Sights on Stone Mountain

The figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson carved into the face...

July 13, 2015

Reenacting A Crusader Battle

Last week, a group of Russian and Israeli history buffs and reenactors staged the Battle...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

The Best Novel You’ve Never Heard Of

It's a mystery where the mystery is 500 years old, and everyone already knows the...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

The Earliest Known Depiction of Witches On Brooms, and What It Tells Us About Evil

This marginal illustration comes from Le champion des dames (A Defense of Women) by Martin Le France, 1451....

March 25, 2015

Your Facebook Wall, Circa 1935

Either Facebook or the worse texting plan ever.

March 23, 2015

Cardinal Nichols Presides Over Reburial of Richard III

The remains of King Richard III, found under a parking lot 530 years after his...