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Greetings, Children of Misrule. Today we talk about horses. Specifically, medieval war horses and their relationship with their riders. I have some things to say about them, and I will finish this post with a centuries-old traditional Greek song about a fighter and his horse. When we talk about mounted combat in the late middle
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Greetings, Children of Misrule. These days my head is full of Wild Men. I am reading about the Wild Man trope in medieval text and image. Although there is an element of rampant sexuality in the picture, this is not what caught my interest this time. The Wild Man is the Other, the one who
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Greetings, Children of Misrule. And don’t lose your head over Valentine! This is probably the worst visual advertising for the Feast of Love. The caption reads ‘Valentine’ and people are about to be beheaded. How did we get from this, to this? I’ll tell you. And then I’ll give you flirting tips, and even some
