Human Affairs
Rockstar of the Dark Ages
“Inside this tent was the maiden who surpassed in beauty the lily – clad only in her shift. Her body was well formed and handsome. Her side was uncovered, as well as her face, neck and breast.” […]
Year: 2020
Britons and Celts
A Weather Witch in Action
“I knok this ragg upon this stane / To raise the wind, in the DIVELLIS name / It shall not lie until I please again!” […]
Greek and Roman
To Shame a Pope
“But a Christian took away as prey that which no Christian had ever been heard to take.” […]
Eastern Europe
Saint Olga Outwits Her Suitor
“Then the Emperor said, “Olga, you have outwitted me.” He gave her many gifts of gold, silver, silks, and various vases, and dismissed her, still calling her his daughter.” […]
History
A King Learns to Never Cross the Finns
“Now when King Agni had fallen asleep, Skjalf took a thick cord and fastened it to the necklace.” […]
History
The Founding of the Templars
“By persuasion, prayer and every means in his power, he induced all such pilgrims as were men of arms either to surrender themselves for life to the service of the Lord in that place, or at least to devote themselves for a time.” […]
Eastern Europe
The Face of a Victor — an Ugly Victor
“Their hardihood is evident in their wild appearance, and they are beings who are cruel to their children on the very day they are born.” […]
Britons and Celts
Saxons Take What They Want
“And when the leaders of the Saxon army saw that the land was broad and fertile, and that the hands of the natives were slow to draw the sword, whereas they themselves and the greater part of the Saxons were without secure homes, they sent for an even larger army.” […]
Supernatural
The Mundanity of Magic
“As for the power witches have to darken the moon’s beams, raise tempests, uproot trees and plants, and enfeeble cattle and horses, I let these matters alone, well known as they are to everyone who closely investigates these pointless activities.” […]
Violence
A Kiss or a Kill
THE SCENE: After the Spanish General El Cid defeated the army of King Bucar of Morocco, he pursued the fleeing monarch to the sea. After cornering Bucar, El Cid offered him one chance at surrender: […]