CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online
Category: History
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November 8: The Bodleian Library
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately on the history of libraries, the level of literacy in the ancient and medieval world, and the manufacture of papyrus, parchment, scrolls, and codices. It’s a fascinating study, and sometimes painful, especially when the histories recount the destruction of libraries through deliberate acts or simply neglect and…
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November 7: Yohi Ik’nai
On the Nov 4 Wikipedia list of dates there is an entry for deaths: Yohi Ik’nal, “Lady Heart of the Wind Place”, but the Wikipedia article actually states the date as November 7, 604, hence the entry here. What leaps to my mind is “how do we know such a date?” After all, the Mayan…
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November 5: Guy Fawkes
On November 5, 1605, by act of Parliament, the populace of London was encouraged to light bonfires and give thanks for the escape of King James I from an assasination attempt. A band of assassins, led by the Catholic Guy Fawkes, plotted to kill the Protestant king by blowing up Parliament while he attended a…