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Witches and wizards: A delightful new book will tell you something new about medieval magic.
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Witches and wizards: A delightful new book will tell you something new about medieval magic.

Slate  

In 1637, a Londoner named Mabel Gray lost her spoons. Cunning Folk is packed with anecdotes about “service magicians”—people who offered a range of everyday magical help for a fee—in late medieval and early modern Europe. “In England,” she writes, “only a handful of wise women and men were tried as witches: for every one that was, there would have …

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Mappa Mundi: The greatest medieval map in the world
10 months, 1 week ago

Mappa Mundi: The greatest medieval map in the world

BBC  

Mappa Mundi: The greatest medieval map in the world CalimaX/Alamy From a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world. Beyond the outlines of countries and continents, Fra Mauro's Mappa Mundi is a magnificent golden and blue painting composed of minute drawings of gorgeous palaces, bridges, sailing ships, rolling blue …

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English book on richness of Kannada literature
3 years, 1 month ago

English book on richness of Kannada literature

The Hindu  

An English book on medieval Kannada poetry, which shows how Kannada literature flourished between the 12th and 19th centuries, is ready for release. The authors argue that medieval Kannada literature can be considered the richest period both in quality and quantity, owing to its different politico-religious ideologies, new metrical forms, constant experimentation, abundance of varying forms of literature, and writers …

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Going backwards on Indian history
3 years, 8 months ago

Going backwards on Indian history

The Hindu  

The recent University Grants Commission directive framing the undergraduate history syllabus points to the involvement of ‘experts’ who are still stuck in the discipline as it was practised and taught years ago in the 1950s. Three periods Its implantation in India came in a further distorted form: James Mill’s division of history into Hindu, Muslim and British periods in his …

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