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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Attention Span History</title><link>https://blog.trentpalmer.org/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>Veneti</title><link>https://blog.trentpalmer.org/veneti.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Who were the Veneti? This is not an easy question to answer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Baltic Veneti&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula_Veneti" target="_blank"&gt;Vistula Veneti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
were called &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends" target="_blank"&gt;Wends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;,
by German-speaking people. But another theory is that &lt;em&gt;Veneti&lt;/em&gt; is a diminutization
of &lt;em&gt;venus&lt;/em&gt;, as per Latin origins. And for further confusion, Slavs living
near Germanic settlements were also called …&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trent Palmer</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blog.trentpalmer.org,2021-08-07:/veneti.html</guid><category>Wends</category><category>Veneti</category><category>Brittany</category><category>Italy</category></item><item><title>Guideschi You Guys</title><link>https://blog.trentpalmer.org/guideschi-you-guys.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;"You Guys!" was an insult. But this expression was transformed into a term
of endearment, in America, by the working class. Because that is what the
working class do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Gunpowder Plot&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You are probably familiar with the
&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot" target="_blank"&gt;Gunpowder Plot&lt;/a&gt;,
in which &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes" target="_blank"&gt;Guy Fawkes&lt;/a&gt;,
attempted to blow up Parliament on 5 …&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trent Palmer</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blog.trentpalmer.org,2021-08-06:/guideschi-you-guys.html</guid><category>Insults</category><category>Guideschi</category><category>Brittany</category><category>Italy</category></item><item><title>Lohengrin</title><link>https://blog.trentpalmer.org/lohengrin.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Have you heard of &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3NtcDdgDLlnptu72CWBxWM" target="_blank"&gt;Lohengrin&lt;/a&gt;?
It is a German Opera written and composed by
&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner" target="_blank"&gt;Richard Wagner&lt;/a&gt;
in 1850. I happen to think that German Opera is more
entertaining than Italian Opera, but enough about me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;King Ludwig II&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Which brings me to
&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria" target="_blank"&gt;King Ludwig II of Bavaria&lt;/a&gt;.
If I understand …&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trent Palmer</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blog.trentpalmer.org,2021-07-29:/lohengrin.html</guid><category>Opera</category><category>Franks</category><category>Magyars</category><category>Mongols</category></item><item><title>Battle In The Middle Ages</title><link>https://blog.trentpalmer.org/battle-in-the-middle-ages.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;There were three type of battles in Europe in the Middle Ages:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#raids"&gt;Raids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#sieges"&gt;Sieges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#field-battles"&gt;Field-Battles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There were two types of soldiers in Europe in the Middle Ages:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;cavalry&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;and infantry.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3 id="raids"&gt;Raids&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Infantry tended to not be used in raids, because horses had
the advantage in speed and mobility.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="sieges"&gt;Sieges&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cavalry …&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Trent Palmer</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blog.trentpalmer.org,2021-07-27:/battle-in-the-middle-ages.html</guid><category>Battle</category><category>CrossBow</category><category>Sieges</category><category>Raids</category></item></channel></rss>