by Duncan | Jun 10, 2015 | History
I’m always interested in these demonstrations, having grown up with so many incorrect myths about plate armour proliferating, from knights being hoisted onto their horses with mini-cranes to them not being able to get up if they fell over. This demo is quite a...
by Duncan | Jan 3, 2013 | History
Number 3 in the inspiring areas of history series of blogs. Usual caveat found here applies! Plagues aside, the Renaissance period generally saw a substantial growth in the size of cities, Venice, Florence and Genoa begin good examples in Northern Italy. As people...
by Duncan | Jan 1, 2013 | History, On Writing
This is blog number 2 in my ‘inspiring areas of history’ theme. The same disclaimer in the first one applies here! I’m sure most of you have seen the diagrams from da Vinci’s notebooks of flying machines, tanks and other ahead of their time...
by Duncan | Dec 27, 2012 | History
This is the first of my blogs on historical subjects that interest me and influence my writing. They are not intended to be a authoritative exposition on the subject area, just a general discussion on things that interest me. If the topic catches your imagination, a...
