by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Human Evolution
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Tolkien was thinking of a low hillock crowned by a great tree probably somewhere in his native Warwickshire. After his philological discovery he came to the conclusion there were three hobbit races – the harfoots,...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | English History, Tomes & Tombs
The Justinian plague had a devastating yet unequal effect on Britain in the 6th century. The Romano-British kingdoms which still traded extensively with the remnants of the Roman Empire fell victim to the plague en mass. While some of the English were affected, many...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | English History, Tomes & Tombs
Saelferth and Sigeferth were two prominent members of the Secgan tribe. They are only mentioned in the Finnesburg Fragment and the poem Widsith. All we can tell for certain is that Saelferth was a king and Sigeferth a landless wrecca. On top of this, I suggest in this...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | English History, Tomes & Tombs
The Fight at Finnesburg took place at Finn’s stronghold in Frisia. All we can guess from the Finnesburg Fragment and the episode in Beowulf is that Finnesburg was a defended hall with a settlement around it, and that it was cut off from ships by winter ice. The...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Tomes & Tombs
Was King Sejong the World’s Greatest King? At the end of our lives, we can look back and thick about the things we did, did not do, and tried to do. We’ll judge these things individually mixing in achievements, obstacles overcome, regrets, experiences, and so on....
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Tomes & Tombs
The Kaimanawa Wall is a rock formation near Lake Taupo on the Northern Island. It has the appearance of being a manmade stone structure or wall. Due to sensitivities over Maori culture and history, the wall has not been studied in enough depth to understand whether it...
