Articles Tagged with history

Astronomy in church

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The cathedral as observatory

We add some complication to an often oversimplified story.

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Historical fiction (III)

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The uses of King Arthur

Legends are different kind of historical fiction.

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Historical fiction (II)

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Parallel genres

We continue a comparison with science fiction.

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Historical fiction (I)

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Getting old things right

We note some similarities between genres: SF and HF.

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Never say never

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The advance of prehistory

We are amazed at the new information coming out about old times.

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Rules, principles and recipes (I)

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Following the rules

We ponder the Rule of Thirds, Maintenance of the Aim and teaspoons of nutmeg.

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Not the way it sounds

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Spelling reform

Written and spoken languages are different.  Should they be made more similar?

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Inscribed by hand (II)

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The technology of writing

Sometimes everything changed, sometimes it didn’t.

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Inscribed by hand (I)

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Is handwriting necessary?

Handwritten English is much less important than it was.  But handwriting is not.

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One of the in-crowd

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Doing popular things

We come to contradictory conclusions.

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