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29 May 2010, 3:59 pm by Tom Smith
Here the NY Times speaks of the famous All Souls exam, which was and probably still is the object of much awe amongst Oxford undergraduates and probably others too on that fair isle. [read post]
12 May 2014, 7:56 am by Nicholas Wooldridge
The idea of civil litigation started during the latter years of medieval England. [read post]
12 Dec 2018, 5:30 am by Kevin
        Related StoriesWrong “Peter Brown” Brought in for Murder Sentencing AgainAssorted Election StupidityMan Accused of Nude Swim With Sharks Also Wanted for Assault at Medieval Times  [read post]
24 Jan 2017, 6:30 am by Mitra Sharafi
Baby Girl"This article considers the impact of Ernst Kantorowicz’s The King’s Two Bodies for understanding how claims of sovereignty are authorized and legitimated in a secular age devoid of the divine grace that underwrites the sovereignty of the king in medieval times. [read post]
20 Jul 2013, 1:16 pm
  These clocks were made using very different and independent techniques, but their complementarity function led to their emergence at the same time and place in history, late medieval Europe.The sandglass was more portable than a water clock. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 5:34 pm by Bridget Crawford
In the majority of cases, church courts in this time and place punished offenders with fines (the best way to generate income for the court). [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 11:00 am by Dan Ernst
Many of his writings, especially those dealing with medieval ecclesiastical courts and those referring to canonical collections, have held up under the scrutiny of time. [read post]
17 Nov 2007, 1:52 am
In medieval times, the condemned andtheir families would bribe the executioner to make deathquick and painless. [read post]
7 Mar 2016, 9:37 am by David Friedman
One of my hobbies, for many years, has been  the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group that does historical recreation, mostly from the Middle Ages and Renaissance—cooking from medieval cookbooks, telling medieval stories, fighting as a sport with (non-lethal) sword and shield.A long time ago I noticed an interesting split between two different ways of viewing the organization. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 5:16 pm
Police arrived shortly thereafter, by which time Crenshaw, apparently well-supplied with tools to throw, had a shovel out. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 5:00 am by Kevin
"It's an unrepealed law from some time in the Middle Ages," said Rev. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 5:08 am by Kevin
It looks like “Peter Brown” is a pretty common name in Australia, or at least it was at one time. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 2:36 pm by Eugene Volokh
Many students who start school healthy are far from it by the time they graduate. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 5:00 am by Doug Cornelius
Simply put, Berkshire Hathaway is an astonishing company, and it is becoming even more so all the time. [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Over time, they became the property of monasteries or boyars, as confirmed by medieval historical sources.The British historian Angus Fraser, a specialist in the history of the Roma, has said: “The Roma slaves of the monasteries often lived in their premises and performed certain jobs or were servants. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
From In Custodia Legis (the blog of the law librarians of Congress): a guest post on "Compurgators in Medieval Times. [read post]
29 Aug 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
The book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval and early modern studies, literary theory and legal history. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 6:47 am
Should the J Paul Getty Museum in New York hand back all its Greek, Roman, medieval, and European art and sculpture, including many of the world’s most famous pieces? [read post]
2 Oct 2022, 9:30 pm by ernst
The discussion reaches back in time to over a century before, as the family began its rise to the pinnacle of Scottish society. [read post]
26 Apr 2023, 7:17 am by Christine Corcos
The book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval and early modern studies, literary theory and legal history. [read post]