http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/-t1.htm Oh the bane (and pleasure) of researching through books and documents for hours. Tell us your experiences with researching historical subjects. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:22:41 GMT 10 http://i53.servimg.com/u/f53/12/83/39/55/tatter10.jpg http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/-t1.htm http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/hanley-castle-link-t38.htm boswellbaxter




http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/123/]]> Research joys and woes Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:22:41 GMT http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/hanley-castle-link-t38.htm#149 http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/hanley-castle-link-t38.htm http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/left-handed-knights-t37.htm boswellbaxter Not really a research question, but I keep running into sites that say that left-handed men couldn't become knights because the left hand was regarded as "sinister." Is there any truth to this? I can see where left-handed men may have been taught to fight with their right hand, just as left-handed schoolchildren used to be taught to write with the right hand, but I have a hard time believing that anyone actually went around monitoring prospective knights to make sure that they ... Research joys and woes Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:58:33 GMT http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/left-handed-knights-t37.htm#140 http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/left-handed-knights-t37.htm http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/everyone-s-favorite-mystery-t31.htm fuzzyhistory Tonight, the students in my research class, who have broken out into teams, turn in their initial report. Next week is the final research report where they attempt to answer the questions assigned. One team gets to work on identifying the different theories and suspects surrounding the missing princes - Edward V and Richard. It's been a joy watching their progress. It's also amusing to see them fall into the Ricardian mode of thinking, at which point I start nagging them about maintaining ... Research joys and woes Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:07:37 GMT http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/everyone-s-favorite-mystery-t31.htm#82 http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/everyone-s-favorite-mystery-t31.htm http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/don-t-you-just-hate-it-when-t30.htm Lady D.
Why, oh why, oh why, can't I get more disciplined and note the darn things down when I see them???!!! ]]> Research joys and woes Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:51:32 GMT http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/don-t-you-just-hate-it-when-t30.htm#80 http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/don-t-you-just-hate-it-when-t30.htm http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/waiting-on-a-transcription-t32.htm boswellbaxter Rant time! For my work in progress, I want to know what the full text of Jasper Tudor's will says. (There's an abstract in Testamenta Vestusa (sp?), but I want the whole thing.) So I paid a researcher from the UK to transcribe the thing for me, and a month has passed without receiving anything from him. He's promised something soon, but I don't think I'll be using him again. If my eyes were sharper and I had more experience with reading medieval handwriting, I'd have tackled it myself. What ... Research joys and woes Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:18:04 GMT http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/waiting-on-a-transcription-t32.htm#83 http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/waiting-on-a-transcription-t32.htm http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/teaching-research-t26.htm fuzzyhistory
Richard III makes a good case in point.]]> Research joys and woes Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:16:42 GMT http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/teaching-research-t26.htm#46 http://tatteredquill.forumotion.net/research-joys-and-woes-f7/teaching-research-t26.htm