Economic History of the Fugger

This post just notes the important research of Aloys Schulte, Die Fugger in Rome, from 1904 (also available on Google Books).

Notes on Pacific Warfare

There have been many questions about what causes warfare to develop, esp in pre-state societies, and to what extend it differs from raiding; how lethal it is; and how important the symbolic bravery on display is for the standing within the community.

I recently ran into the following work on Pacific warfare, 

Raid, Retreat, Defend (Repeat): The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Warfare on the North Pacific Rim--by Herbert D.G. Maschner & Katherine L. Reedy-Maschner.

The work points out that warfare for strict resource control was less common, and that its impact on development of the North Pacific Rim in the end can only be considered formative.

1960s English Pop Art

Having read the autobiography of Pattie Boyd, wife of George Harrison & Eric Clapton, I ran into this website that showcases the famous Birds of Britain project.

Some Notes on the City of Horn

 This is some links that have been sitting around for a long time.

The city of Horn was very important during the Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation. There is a nice history of that city written by my former Church Law professor, Gustav Reingrabner, which one can purchase at the Rathaus or the local bookshop.

This Hungarian Website has a nice view of the city from the Austrian City Atlas. Of course, Horn is on the Schweickert map as well.

In this context, I also ran into this paper on avoiding or even working against the Black Plague in the Wachau of the 1680s.

Odds and Ends from Dinner Conversations

Got a couple of interesting pointers in the last few days that I wanted to pickle.

Christian Marek, Rom und der Orient: Reiche, Götter, Könige, 2023.

The Austrian Broadcasting service's Series on the inner city of Vienna.

Cf. Erbe Oesterreichs 3  and some of its videos (eg Erbe Österreich: Geheimnisse der Wiener Innenstadt (1/3))

These gave pointers about the Clarissinenkloster in the Dorotheagasse, which forner French Queen Elisabeth of Austria had built in 1580 to atone for her husband's involvement in the Bartholomew Massacre.

The also commented on the fact that Palais Coburg preserves the brick-walled remains of the last piece of the old Vienna City wall, at the casemats.

The Umbrian-Old Latin parallel translated law tablets of Gubbio were already found in the 1440s: the Iguvinian Tablets (DE) (EN).

One of the earliest monastic settlements in the West were the Lerins Islands, opposite from Cannes.

There are many places in France that have ancient bapisteries worth investigating, for example, at Douhet (Charente-Maritime).  One of the most famous works on this, perhaps, is Khatchatrian's Les baptistères paléochrétiens. Plans, notices et bibliographie (Paris, 1961) [private link].

Finally, the Flavian Temple of Hispellum that Constantine permitted to be constructed is really most amazing.

Finally, the Flavian Temple of Hispellum that Constantine permitted to be constructed is really most amazing.