My latest blog post. Something a bit different.

My blog interview with Dr. Gretchen Starr-Lebeau, the author of Seven Myths of the Spanish Inquisition for our Myths of History series with Hackett Publishing.

The publisher, Bloomsbury, kindly permitted me to post one (of the 550 plus essays) on my blog as an advertisement for the encyclopedia.

With the start of fall semester coming soon, it seems worthwhile to repost this. My only regret is that I might have toned down the sarcasm a bit (see #7). Also, with the rise of dual enrollment at high schools, point 15 might not always apply.

The great crusade historian Helen Nicholson's list of the five best books on the Templars.

John Hosler's work is always excellent.

My undoubtedly very boring post on encyclopedia editing, which will likely only appeal to the smallest audience possible (academics interested in encyclopedia production). As a result, I tried to jazz it up a bit with humor, but probably failed.

Finally received my copies of the encyclopedia from the publisher (Bloomsbury Academic) today, a project I have been working on for a few years now (Covid and the closing of the universities, sickness of contributors, reorganization of the publisher, etc. slowed things down

RT @HackettPub: Our “Seven Myths of Military History” Passage Highlight Series continues! Today’s highlighted selection is Chapters 3 & 4 -….

For anyone interested, each paperback in the series is only $20. We tried to keep the price down to make them appealing for use in the classroom.

I am happy to announce that the sixth book in the Hackett Myths of History series (link in comments) has made it to print. This time we have scholars Jonathan Daly and Leonid Trofimov's "Seven Myths of the Russian Revolution." Seeing them develop this fine book was a privilege.

My essay for Professor John D. Hosler's recent book, Seven Myths of Military History. It considers the claim that religion is the cause of most wars and argues it is a myth. Thoughtful feedback is welcome.