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Will Kalif's Articles in Humanities

  • Were Medieval Knights Bad or Good?
    There has been a long-standing debate about Medieval Knights. Were they chivalrous and gallant caretakers of their peasants? Or were they vicious and cruel thugs who ruled their people with an iron hand?
  • A Brief History of the Catapult
    We typically think of a catapult as something that was used in the Middle Ages to destroy the walls of a castle. But catapults have a very long history dating long before the time of castles and they were developed and designed in many different ways by many different cultures over the centuries.
  • A look at the Dark Ages-When Things Were Really Medieval
    The Dark Ages were a period of great upheaval, constant war, horrendous plague, and stagnant cultural growth. But through these difficult centuries new ideas and a new culture was born. And in today's world we still feel the effects of these changes that were brought about during these Dark Ages.
  • The Fascinating Ceremony of Medieval Knighthood
    Becoming a knight was much more than a tap on the shoulder with the flat edge of a sword. It was often an involved process that spanned several days. Here is an overview of a typical knighting ceremony in the middle ages.
  • How the Medieval Castle Evolved Over a Five Hundred Year Period
    Medieval Castles were structures that changed dramatically over the centuries of the Middle Ages. These changes were brought about by many factors like changes in warfare and the influences of different cultures. Here is a brief history of how the Medieval Castle developed over the five hundred years of the Middle Ages.
  • How a Boy Became a Knight in Medieval Times
    For almost seven hundred years between the ninth and sixteenth centuries knights were the lords of the battlefield, admired and respected for their abilities and their chivalry and courage. So how did a boy in these centuries become a knight?
  • The Design Secrets of Medieval Castles
    Medieval Castles were more than just a large fortress with massive stone walls. They were ingeniously designed fortifications that used many brilliant and creative ways to protect their inhabitants from attacking enemies.
  • Siege – How to Take a Medieval Castle When You Don't Have a Catapult
    In the later centuries of the Middle Ages siege engines were often employed to take down the walls of a medieval castle. But in the early centuries an attacking army often did not have the skill, resources, or time to build and use siege engines so they employed other very ingenious methods including biological warfare.
  • There is no Wizard – How Epic Fantasy Fails Us
    Epic fantasy is not escapist literature just to be read for fun. It is a serious form of literature that tackles the big questions in a characters life (hence the epic). And in this way it helps us understand ourselves and helps us look at the big questions in our own lives. But epic fantasy uses one particular tool to help the hero find his way through the darkness of his challenges; and this tool doesn’t exist for us and this is where epic fantasy fails.

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