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Contrasting English Queens

Trent Palmer — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Victoria and Elizabeth II are Queens of England, and are related by blood, but that is where the similarity ends.

For instance, Queen Victoria was emotional, petty, politically relevant, culturally relevant, and a dynamic personality. But Elizabeth II was not.

Victoria's Contribution to the Historical Record

Written Documentation

Queen Victory …

Ideology Of World War One

Trent Palmer — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

How did ideology contribute to World War One? It did not.

None of the extant ideological movements of the time were a factor in causing World War One. Even ethnicity, which is the opposite of ideology, played only a very small role.

This blog post is a response to the …

Xmas

Trent Palmer — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Where does the word Xmas come from?

Early Christians used many symbols such as the Chi Rho, the Ichthys, the Anchored Cross, and the Sator Square.

Chi Rho

The Chi Rho, ☧ as explained in this YouTube Video, is a symbol composed by overlaying Chi and Rho, the first two Greek …

Trebia Trasimene Cannae and Zama

Trent Palmer — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700

What are the four major Battles of the Second Punic War?

If you said, "Trebia, Trasimene, Cannae, and Zama", you are correct!

Prologue

In 218 BC, Carthaginian General Hannibal, with an army of 40,000 and more than 30 war elephants, crossed the Pyrenees Mountains, then crossed the Rhone River …

Hillbillies

Trent Palmer — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Hillbillies are so called because their Ulster-Scots Ancestors supported King William III during the Williamite War.

Ulster

You may be familiar with current events in Northern Ireland. This history goes back to a time when Scots from Southern Scotland and Northern England colonized Ulster which is Northern Ireland.

Scottish Marches …

Veneti

Trent Palmer — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Who were the Veneti? This is not an easy question to answer.

Baltic Veneti

The Vistula Veneti were called Wends, by German-speaking people. But another theory is that Veneti is a diminutization of venus, as per Latin origins. And for further confusion, Slavs living near Germanic settlements were also called …

Guideschi You Guys

Trent Palmer — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

"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.

Gunpowder Plot

You are probably familiar with the Gunpowder Plot, in which Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up Parliament on 5 …

Lohengrin

Trent Palmer — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Have you heard of Lohengrin? It is a German Opera written and composed by Richard Wagner in 1850. I happen to think that German Opera is more entertaining than Italian Opera, but enough about me.

King Ludwig II

Which brings me to King Ludwig II of Bavaria. If I understand …

Battle In The Middle Ages

Trent Palmer — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700

There were three type of battles in Europe in the Middle Ages:

Raids
Sieges
Field-Battles

There were two types of soldiers in Europe in the Middle Ages:

cavalry
and infantry.

Raids

Infantry tended to not be used in raids, because horses had the advantage in speed and mobility.

Sieges

Cavalry …