The perils of publishing: another one of Gesta’s rants. February 28, 2008
Posted by gesta in Academia, Books, Debate, Medieval.Tags: publishing, tenthmedieval
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Or how to screw something up monumentally. They say the pen is mightier than the sword, but whose pen is mightier: the author’s or their publisher’s?
Cake man – the proto Medici February 24, 2008
Posted by reivers in Boundaries, Medieval.Tags: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, archaeology, Reivers on history, the cakes, Winchester
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A weekend visit by gesta and myself to the Alfred exhibition in Winchester was interesting as a day (or half-hour, given the low attendance) out. A bit hagiographical, and given the subtitle (“Warfare, Wealth and Wisdom”) and location (Winchester library) it was perhaps unsurprising which topic was the focus.
