Caput I. Domus Dei

Uncover the lasting impact of the Domesday Survey following the Norman Conquest of England. Delve into how this meticulous assessment transformed governance and taxation, fundamentally reshaping the medieval landscape and ushering in a new era of rule.

Caput II. Varro Fights with Hannibal

Caput II. Varro Fights with Hannibal by Michael Lambert November 2023 Caput II. Varro Fights with Hannibal by Michael Lambert November 2023 The speaker of this account of the Second Punic War, jaw-jaws of persons and places; from the perspective that you are familiar with the daily fric-and-frac of Roman life. This orientation provides a […]

Caput I. Hannibal Transits the Alpes

Caput I. Hannibal Transits the Alpes by Michael Lambert October 2023 Caput I. Hannibal Transits the Alpes by Michael Lambert October 2023 Cum demum Romani primo Punico bello Poenos devicerant, constituit Hannibal exercitum in Hispania parare, atque trans Alpes Italiam invadere, the operative word in the opening sentence that focuses the Roman mind is the […]

Caput III. Siblings and Spouses

Caput III. Siblings and Spouses by Michael Lambert September 2023 Caput III. Siblings and Spouses by Michael Lambert September 2023 Two short stories that explore human emotion in the Antique world. Brother and Sister is a philosophical discussion between Phaedrus and Socrates. It is the father that resolves the issue. Husband and Wife is the […]

Caput II. Fellowship

Caput II. Fellowship by Michael Lambert August 2023 Caput II. Fellowship by Michael Lambert August 2023 Friendship comes in many forms. Two short stories highlight contrasting relationships; that of Titus Pomponius and Septico Claro. Of the two men, let us first look at Pomponius to see if he is deserving of praise Titus Pomponius was […]

Caput I. The Land

Caput I. The Land by Michael Lambert July 2023 Caput I. The Land by Michael Lambert July 2023 Flos est pleni veris indicium et anni renascentis, flos gaudium arborum. The flower is the evidence of spring satisfied and the year is renewing, the blossom is the tree’s delight Pliny is the author of the two […]

Caput III. Henry Hudson’s Last Voyage

Caput III. Henry Hudson’s Last Voyage by Michael Lambert June 2023 Caput III. Henry Hudson’s Last Voyage by Michael Lambert June 2023 In this Moneth of June abstain from such meats as do ingender flegm, and drink then of the plesantest Wine, and drink sometimes fasting a cup of white Wine, for it purgeth Choler, […]

Caput II. America

Caput II. America by Michael Lambert May 2023 Caput II. America by Michael Lambert May 2023 Going a-maying against May, Whitsonday or other time, all the yung men and maides olde men and wives run gadding over night to the woods, groves, hils & Mountains, where they spend all the night in plesant pastimes, & […]

Caput I. The Globe

Caput I. The Globe by Michael Lambert April 2023 Caput I. The Globe by Michael Lambert April 2023 It is now April, and the Nightingale begins to tune her throat against May: the Sunny showers perfume the aire, and the Bees begin to goe abroad for honey: the Dewe, as in Pearles, hangs vpon the […]