A distinguished feminist historian says there were 300 learned women up until 1700. Stevenson multiplies that figure by ten.
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Book Review: The Da Vinci Fraud
Using The Da Vinci Code as a framework for the general public to explore the historical roots of Christianity.
Read More »There’s Nothing New About al-Qa’ida – An Essential Lesson of History
My prescription for the false perception of novelty is the book Occidentalism: A Short History of Anti-Westernism.
Read More »NaNoWriMo Notes 6: First Week and a Title
I have to admit that after my opening day butterflies I've been having a hoot.
Read More »A Russian Princess, a Lot of Science, and a Bit of Sex
Ekaterina Dashkova was a pioneering science administrator and linguist. So she's best known as Catherine the Great's "tester" of men.
Read More »Book Review: Reading Families: Women’s Literate Practice in Late Medieval England
Women were, through this engagement with the written word, beginning the long, tortuous climb into the public world.
Read More »NaNoWriMo Notes 5: The Final Checklist
My wife...will most likely, and wisely, just try and stay out of my way for the duration.
Read More »Book Review: Good Housekeeping Wartime Scrapbook
If you're looking for a Christmas present for an elderly female relative, this would be just the ticket.
Read More »Shakespeare: Did He or Didn’t He?
So even if this new theory gains some notoriety, I don't foresee it ever knocking Will off his pedestal.
Read More »A Lady of Quality Tells a Ghost Story
The figure stalked once round the table, and then disappeared through the closet door, pulling it after him.
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