The Ill-Made Knight by Christian Cameron

I read this book about a month ago but didn’t have time to properly review it. There’s another book of the same title by TH White, part of the Once and Future King, I believe, and I am certain that Christian Cameron knows that very well. This book is about chivalry too, but about...

A mere ripple

C.S. Lewis, from his classic essay, "Courtly Love:"Compared to this revolution [the invention of the "romantic species of passion" by medieval poets] the Renaissance is a mere ripple on the surface of literature.Now that was a real, take-no-prisoners medievali...

Ann Jones on war

From Salon (Josh Eidelson): War zone journalist and humanitarian aid volunteer Ann Jones is the author of eight books on war trauma, violence against women, and Afghanistan. She recently spoke with Salon about her latest, the newly released “They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return From America’s Wars – The Untold Story” (a Dispatch Books project for Haymarket Books)....

Aspects of Sufism

Some websites for History 3805, fall 2013:Sufi poetry by Rumi.Sufi music and dance at the Smithsonian Institution. Go to 12:00.Qadiriyya dhikr.Dhikr and dancing in Chechnya.A video explaining a Sufi view of religion. 2:30-6:00.Is Sufism part of Islam? A critical view.A famous Bollywood musical routine that seems to me to be Sufi influenced. Note the lyri...