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The Inkling’s Historic Pub “Left to Rot”

David Boos September 27, 2022

An organization dedicated to keeping pubs from closing has stepped up to save the Eagle and the Child. Campaign for Real Ale, or CAMRA, has called on the pub’s owners, St. John’s College, to account for its neglect.

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:
Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

Erwin Wolff September 25, 2022

The theft of the “Just Judges” panel of the Ghent Altarpiece is still unsolved. In the first of a series of essays, the story begins.

The Golden Bull of Hungary:
800 Years of Freedom and Constitutional Tradition

Atilla K. Molnar September 24, 2022

The Golden Bull of 1222 is a unique charter, as it was issued as a result of popular movements of the common nobility to defend and restore supposedly old customs and liberties, in the face of activities of the king and barons they perceived as harmful.

The Muslim Warlord Still Haunting Spain

Alberto M. Fernandez August 31, 2022

Beneath the tales of Almanzor’s campaigns is an intriguing subtext which seems to subvert preconceived modern Muslim and Christian notions of what medieval warfare between the two great religions was actually like in Al-Andalus.

Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom:
Reflections from Spanish History

Carlos Perona Calvete August 6, 2022

The Reconquista attests to the ability of the human collective to determine its identity in the face of contrary forces, and to do so without strict political unity, but on the basis of a shared ideal.

Pathology of the French-Algerian Illness

Hélène de Lauzun July 30, 2022

The wound of Algeria was quickly closed without being disinfected, and has continued to rot slowly ever since. It has weakened the French body politic, made sicker by Macron’s intervention.

The Shroud is 2,000 Years Old, According to New Study

Hélène de Lauzun July 29, 2022

A new analysis by Italian scientists of the Shroud of Turin using X-ray technology proves that the famous cloth dates back 2,000 years, contrary to the medieval origin suggested by the disputed 1988 carbon-14 analysis.

Spain: Whispers from the Past

Jonathon Van Maren July 26, 2022

The playwright Federico Garcia Lorca once wrote that in Spain, “the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country.” He may be right.

On the History of Catalan Separatism:
An Interview with Jesús Laínz

Carlos Perona Calvete July 23, 2022

Even a cursory look at history reveals that the concept of Catalan identity as separate from Spanish identity is a modern invention: “The Spanish region now known as Catalonia was part of the historical unity of Spain for more than a millennium before the term Catalonia existed.”

Ruffled Feathers in the French Assembly

Hélène de Lauzun July 22, 2022

A few days ago, France commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv round-up. Since the end of World War II, the subject has been very sensitive politically because it raises the question of France’s complicity in Hilter’s genocidal agenda.

Tag: history

The Inkling’s Historic Pub “Left to Rot”

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:
Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

The Golden Bull of Hungary:
800 Years of Freedom and Constitutional Tradition

The Muslim Warlord Still Haunting Spain

Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom:
Reflections from Spanish History

Pathology of the French-Algerian Illness

The Shroud is 2,000 Years Old, According to New Study

Spain: Whispers from the Past

On the History of Catalan Separatism:
An Interview with Jesús Laínz

Ruffled Feathers in the French Assembly

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