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@MemoryMedieval It's phenomenal. The prologue alone is worth memorising, and it just gets better and better. It is the book I didn't realise I needed so badly until I began to read it.

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@GreeneMan6 I didn't realise your grandmother lived in Medieval England...

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@SeanD1981 @gudcur1 Who were simply returning back to their island of origin, given that the Scots are the descendants of the Irish tribes who took over the Pictish territories...

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@MemoryMedieval Is that a very nice looking Langmesser? Also the Wenceslas helm is a fine choice

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@jo_bartosch @Lungbarrow1 She might have had the potential to be, but the stories during her run were so awful it's difficult to tell

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@MemoryMedieval 2) the suspicion about the purpose behind masonry throughout mainland Europe. In the UK it became, and remains, primarily a social group with a serious nepotism problem (especially within the Police...)

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@MemoryMedieval 1) Depends on the type. Scottish and English Freemasonry tended to be "conservative" from the late 18th Century onward. Continental freemasonry tended to be "revolutionary", and connected to a lot of radical politics. Leaving aside the theological aspects, this led to

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@PresbyInn That's the Reverend Robert MacSmellie..

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@conan_esq @OrthodoxWario And bookcases. Lots and lots of bookcases...

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@insectbeau https://t.co/a8jTAgnq7v

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@CheekyFren Agreed, but combat is in our nature. I'd rather not fight, but I know that if I had to I would. Humanity is not at base a gentle species. We try hard to control it, but it's in the DNA

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@MemoryMedieval It was. The only downside was having to go up the hill in chainmail after the cavalry had done their bit to turn the slope to mud while in period shoes with no grip. The mud was so floppy the guy next to me had the shoes sucked off his feet

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@CheekyFren Man is first a protector and provider, and our history is one of competition. If you think our nature is inherently peaceful, then that is only because you have been protected from its worst excesses by those who act to protect you.

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@CheekyFren We hunted before we farmed, and war is at its essence the hunting of men.

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@MemoryMedieval It's still a working infantry barracks, although there is a museum in there. I grew up about thirty miles North of there.

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@conan_esq You have no idea... Now if you want real fun ask a Dane to explain how the vowels in Danish work!

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I have one FREE signed copy of Intellectual Conservatism: From Burke to Scruton to gifted to someone. If you are interested in receiving the book, please repost this post and I will chose someone at random.

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@CapelLofft I believe the heresy is known as Napsitarianism, and is an offshoot of the writings of Arian's disciple Michael the Somewhat Knackered

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@EsheruKwaku That is the figure for the wider Essex Police area, which covers a population of 1.86 million people, not for the town of Epping