20
Nov
Renaissance?
Had a question from a friend today that I thought would make the perfect blog entry here on Eligius, so I made the answer to her, but here is a bit more details on the matter. The question was a very basic, “Was the renaissance going on during the 14th century?” It is a valid question to be sure, but perhaps it is one of those that it is not really so valid to answer. And certainly if an answer it is given, as I did then and am doing again now, it comes with a litany of qualifications on the answer.
Okay, I realize that by the first day of the official war starting, I had been on site for three nights and two full days. I made notes of them before lightly, but mostly I was just getting a good lay of the land. So Monday was the official start of the war and I was so looking forward to getting involved in the big battles. On tap for the day was bridge battles with limited fronts and a lot of hard pressed up tight quarter constant engagement.
First is the complaint about the lack of history on the history channel these days. Granted Modern Marvels is indeed sometimes historical, but generally not so much, as most often it focuses on the today of the situation. But the show where they moving big things, most often buildings really just does not belong at all in a historical context.
Show on Spike that a friend was telling me about, the episode explained I thought was kind of bad from the get go. Basic premise, pick two famous warrior classes from history, gather information on weapons, armor, etc, and then run a computer model simulation to see who would have won in a contest of arms. I had my doubts when I heard about the show and now that I am finally watching an episode I am in even more doubt about the true measure of any outcome. The current episode I am watching is pitting the William Wallace era Scottish warrior against the Shaka Zulu warrior, and more specifically those two leaders pitted against one another.
