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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 18656, member: 54&quot;]<font size="6"><b><b>The Basiliscoe Mercury 210</b></b></font></p><p><b>The</b> <b>Internet newsletter for the arms and armour community</b></p><p><b>I</b>mportant Japanese sword rediscovered, the final word on Richard III’s injuries, longswords in comeback and the TankMuseum and Brad Pitt - a little more glamourous than usual…</p><p><b>Arms and armour in the news</b></p><p><b>Ancient arms and forts</b></p><p>Norwich curator’s favourite prehistoric axe</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art499289" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art499289" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art499289</a></p><p>Prehistoric metalworkers in England might have been children</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/18/stonehenge-gold-workers-metal-children-eyesight" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/18/stonehenge-gold-workers-metal-children-eyesight" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/18/stonehenge-gold-workers-metal-children-eyesight</a></p><p>Update on the Alexander period tomb - Greeks are flocking</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29239529" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29239529" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29239529</a></p><p>2000-year old ironworks found by Archaeologists in Kush, Sudan</p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/kingdom-of-kush-iron-industry-works-discovered" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/kingdom-of-kush-iron-industry-works-discovered" rel="nofollow">http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-09012014/article/kingdom-of-kush-iron-industry-works-discovered</a></p><p>Asterix’s boomerang came back - ancient Gaul’s weapon</p><p><a href="http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2014/09/2000-year-old-boomerang-found-in-france.html#.VCEkqrAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2014/09/2000-year-old-boomerang-found-in-france.html#.VCEkqrAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2014/09/2000-year-old-boomerang-found-in-france.html#.VCEkqrAtCUk</a></p><p>Lost Roman fort found in Gernsheim </p><p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915083738.htm#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915083738.htm#" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915083738.htm#</a></p><p>Roman army artefacts found in Dumfriesshire</p><p><a href="http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2014/09/dig-near-dumfries-unearths-roman-army.html#.VB1DZ7AtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2014/09/dig-near-dumfries-unearths-roman-army.html#.VB1DZ7AtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2014/09/dig-near-dumfries-unearths-roman-army.html#.VB1DZ7AtCUk</a></p><p>Grave of Viking smith and his tools found in a Norwegian garden</p><p><a href="http://irisharchaeology.ie/2014/09/viking-blacksmiths-grave-uncovered-in-norway/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://irisharchaeology.ie/2014/09/viking-blacksmiths-grave-uncovered-in-norway/" rel="nofollow">http://irisharchaeology.ie/2014/09/viking-blacksmiths-grave-uncovered-in-norway/</a></p><p>National Museum of Ireland’ series of videos on battle of Clontarf - includes weapons</p><p><a href="http://irisharchaeology.ie/2014/04/viking-ireland-a-fantastic-series-of-videos-by-the-national-museum-of-ireland/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://irisharchaeology.ie/2014/04/viking-ireland-a-fantastic-series-of-videos-by-the-national-museum-of-ireland/" rel="nofollow">http://irisharchaeology.ie/2014/04/viking-ireland-a-fantastic-series-of-videos-by-the-national-museum-of-ireland/</a></p><p>Medieval axes found in Germany</p><p><a href="http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,401862,engineers-found-teutonic-axes-in-the-forest-district-wipsowo.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,401862,engineers-found-teutonic-axes-in-the-forest-district-wipsowo.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/en/news/news,401862,engineers-found-teutonic-axes-in-the-forest-district-wipsowo.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grave stories</b></p><p>Hero or looter - re-interpreting an Iron Age fort in Iran</p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/47713-golden-bowl-hasanlu-archaeology.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/47713-golden-bowl-hasanlu-archaeology.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/47713-golden-bowl-hasanlu-archaeology.html</a></p><p>Update on exactly how Richard III died</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-29222775" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-29222775" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-29222775</a></p><p><a href="http://press.thelancet.com/RichardIII.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://press.thelancet.com/RichardIII.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://press.thelancet.com/RichardIII.pdf</a></p><p><b>Miscellany</b></p><p>Nottingham properties destroyed in the Civil war investigated</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art498772-Lost-house-destroyed-by-17th-century-Civil-Royalists-found-Nottinghamshire-pipeline" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art498772-Lost-house-destroyed-by-17th-century-Civil-Royalists-found-Nottinghamshire-pipeline" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art498772-Lost-house-destroyed-by-17th-century-Civil-Royalists-found-Nottinghamshire-pipeline</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</b></font></p><p>Spoiler alert: every time someone has produced a Portuguese gun proving Australia was discovered by the Portuguese, it turns out to be an Asian <i>lantaka</i></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2765937/Did-Portugal-discover-Australia-1520-New-mission-sets-CANNON-rewrite-history-Europeans-discovered-continent.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2765937/Did-Portugal-discover-Australia-1520-New-mission-sets-CANNON-rewrite-history-Europeans-discovered-continent.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2765937/Did-Portugal-discover-Australia-1520-New-mission-sets-CANNON-rewrite-history-Europeans-discovered-continent.html</a></p><p>State of Southwold’s cannon causes concern</p><p><a href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/iconic_cannons_on_southwold_s_gun_hill_in_need_of_repairs_1_3768787" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/iconic_cannons_on_southwold_s_gun_hill_in_need_of_repairs_1_3768787" rel="nofollow">http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/iconic_cannons_on_southwold_s_gun_hill_in_need_of_repairs_1_3768787</a></p><p>Fort Nelson’s 64-pounder readied for firing</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/pre-20th-century-conflict/art498480-royal-armouries-prepares-its-revolutionary-victorian-64-pounder-gun-for-a-rare-firing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/pre-20th-century-conflict/art498480-royal-armouries-prepares-its-revolutionary-victorian-64-pounder-gun-for-a-rare-firing" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/pre-20th-century-conflict/art498480-royal-armouries-prepares-its-revolutionary-victorian-64-pounder-gun-for-a-rare-firing</a></p><p>Cannon fails at FortMcHenry re-enactment</p><p><a href="http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/09/fort-mchenry-cannon-breech-failure-after-weeklong-celebration25690" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/09/fort-mchenry-cannon-breech-failure-after-weeklong-celebration25690" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/09/fort-mchenry-cannon-breech-failure-after-weeklong-celebration25690</a></p><p><b>Into the 20th century</b></p><p>Australian and New Zealand historians re-examine the battlefield at Gallipoli</p><p><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/ww1/historians-uncover-the-truth-of-gallipolis-underground-war-between-diggers-and-turks-20140916-10hegl.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/ww1/historians-uncover-the-truth-of-gallipolis-underground-war-between-diggers-and-turks-20140916-10hegl.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.theage.com.au/national/ww1/historians-uncover-the-truth-of-gallipolis-underground-war-between-diggers-and-turks-20140916-10hegl.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>How school children liberated a Stucka aerial</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/world-war-two/art499139-curators-choice-a-stuka-ju-87-aerial-stolen-by-schoolboys-during-the-battle-of-britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/world-war-two/art499139-curators-choice-a-stuka-ju-87-aerial-stolen-by-schoolboys-during-the-battle-of-britain" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/world-war-two/art499139-curators-choice-a-stuka-ju-87-aerial-stolen-by-schoolboys-during-the-battle-of-britain</a></p><p>Investigating Sobibor</p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11106163/Gas-chambers-discovered-at-Nazi-death-camp-Sobibor.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11106163/Gas-chambers-discovered-at-Nazi-death-camp-Sobibor.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11106163/Gas-chambers-discovered-at-Nazi-death-camp-Sobibor.html</a></p><p><b>Nautical news</b></p><p>Underwater discoveries from Turkey</p><p><a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/millennia-old-sunken-ship-could-be-worlds-oldest-researchers-suggest.aspx?pageID=238&amp;nID=71285&amp;NewsCatID=375" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/millennia-old-sunken-ship-could-be-worlds-oldest-researchers-suggest.aspx?pageID=238&amp;nID=71285&amp;NewsCatID=375" rel="nofollow">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/millennia-old-sunken-ship-could-be-worlds-oldest-researchers-suggest.aspx?pageID=238&amp;nID=71285&amp;NewsCatID=375</a></p><p>Update on the San Marcos project in Ireland</p><p><a href="http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/09/inenglish/1410267923_462131.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/09/inenglish/1410267923_462131.html" rel="nofollow">http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/09/inenglish/1410267923_462131.html</a></p><p>Possible 16th century shipwreck found off Greece</p><p><a href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/09/14/archaeologists-return-to-zakynthos-for-philip-ii-of-spain-shipwreck/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/09/14/archaeologists-return-to-zakynthos-for-philip-ii-of-spain-shipwreck/" rel="nofollow">http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/09/14/archaeologists-return-to-zakynthos-for-philip-ii-of-spain-shipwreck/</a></p><p>Cannon raised from seas off Cyprus</p><p><a href="http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/ottoman-cannon-recovered-off-paralimni.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+(The+Archaeology+News+Network)#.VBviLrAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/ottoman-cannon-recovered-off-paralimni.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+(The+Archaeology+News+Network)#.VBviLrAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/ottoman-cannon-recovered-off-paralimni.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+(The+Archaeology+News+Network)#.VBviLrAtCUk</a></p><p>Update on HMS<i> London</i></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28800309" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28800309" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28800309</a></p><p>Story of NH New Castle’s mystery wreck</p><p><a href="http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140921/GJNEWS_01/140929919/0/SEARCH" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140921/GJNEWS_01/140929919/0/SEARCH" rel="nofollow">http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140921/GJNEWS_01/140929919/0/SEARCH</a></p><p>Harrowing story of a French shipwreck and its survivors</p><p><a href="http://archaeology.org/issues/145-1409/features/2361-tromelin-island-castaways" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeology.org/issues/145-1409/features/2361-tromelin-island-castaways" rel="nofollow">http://archaeology.org/issues/145-1409/features/2361-tromelin-island-castaways</a></p><p>Shipwrecks in Cornwall</p><p><a href="http://www.cornishman.co.uk/Mysteries-drive-divers-depths/story-22903148-detail/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cornishman.co.uk/Mysteries-drive-divers-depths/story-22903148-detail/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cornishman.co.uk/Mysteries-drive-divers-depths/story-22903148-detail/story.html</a></p><p>Divers finally get down to the Franklin wreck</p><p><a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/diving-begins-around-franklin-shipwreck" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/diving-begins-around-franklin-shipwreck" rel="nofollow">http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/diving-begins-around-franklin-shipwreck</a></p><p>Luftwaffe Junkers 88, shot down in 1944, found in Shetland</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-29144276" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-29144276" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-29144276</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Museum news and exhibitions</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>News</b></font></p><p>Unsurprisingly, archaeologists leave Kurdistan</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-State-advance-halts-archaeological-research-in-Iraqi-Kurdistan/35704" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-State-advance-halts-archaeological-research-in-Iraqi-Kurdistan/35704" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-State-advance-halts-archaeological-research-in-Iraqi-Kurdistan/35704</a></p><p>Never rains but it hails: terrible storm damage to historic buildings in Florence<a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hailstorm-does-m-worth-of-damage-to-Florences-museums/35683" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hailstorm-does-m-worth-of-damage-to-Florences-museums/35683" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hailstorm-does-m-worth-of-damage-to-Florences-museums/35683</a></p><p>John Kerry speaks out against the cultural destruction and looting in the Middle East at the Met</p><p><a href="http://t.co/zqSxZB9dpS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://t.co/zqSxZB9dpS" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/US-Secretary-of-State-denounces-ISs-destruction-of-heritage-in-Syria-and-Iraq/35692 …</a></p><p>London’s National Gallery to introduce membership scheme</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/24/national-gallery-membership-scheme" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/24/national-gallery-membership-scheme" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/24/national-gallery-membership-scheme</a></p><p><b>New museums </b></p><p>Canada receives a gift of Islamic art for new museum</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Aga-Khans-gift-to-Canada/35472" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Aga-Khans-gift-to-Canada/35472" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Aga-Khans-gift-to-Canada/35472</a></p><p>London’s ScienceMuseum receives money for new maths gallery</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art498967-can-the-science-museum-make-maths-sexy-with-its-new-mathematics-gallery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art498967-can-the-science-museum-make-maths-sexy-with-its-new-mathematics-gallery" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art498967-can-the-science-museum-make-maths-sexy-with-its-new-mathematics-gallery</a></p><p>China’s new national art gallery plans unveiled</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Designs-for-Beijing-megamuseum-unveiled/35679" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Designs-for-Beijing-megamuseum-unveiled/35679" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Designs-for-Beijing-megamuseum-unveiled/35679</a></p><p>Update on changes at the Louvre</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/The-Louvres-director-JeanLuc-Martinez-reveals-revolutionary-changes-ahead/35180" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/The-Louvres-director-JeanLuc-Martinez-reveals-revolutionary-changes-ahead/35180" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/The-Louvres-director-JeanLuc-Martinez-reveals-revolutionary-changes-ahead/35180</a></p><p>Augustus’ palace in Rome open for visitors after conservation - stunning frescos</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73014/Roman-Emperor-Augustus--frescoed-rooms-unveiled-for-first-time-after-years-of-restoration#.VB_X77AtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73014/Roman-Emperor-Augustus--frescoed-rooms-unveiled-for-first-time-after-years-of-restoration#.VB_X77AtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73014/Roman-Emperor-Augustus--frescoed-rooms-unveiled-for-first-time-after-years-of-restoration#.VB_X77AtCUk</a></p><p><b>Museum developments</b></p><p>Pan-European website for WWI to be launched next month</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art500229-world-war-wiki-pan-european-international-encyclopedia-of-first-world-war-to-launch-online-in-Octobe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art500229-world-war-wiki-pan-european-international-encyclopedia-of-first-world-war-to-launch-online-in-Octobe" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art500229-world-war-wiki-pan-european-international-encyclopedia-of-first-world-war-to-launch-online-in-Octobe</a></p><p>Illustrated London News WWI archive goes online</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art499031-the-rich-first-world-war-archive-of-the-illustrated-london-news-goes-online" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art499031-the-rich-first-world-war-archive-of-the-illustrated-london-news-goes-online" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art499031-the-rich-first-world-war-archive-of-the-illustrated-london-news-goes-online</a></p><p>British Museum to go on Minecraft</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29281051" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29281051" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29281051</a></p><p><b>Conservation corner – this week, all imperious ladies!</b></p><p>Investigating portraits of Queen Elizabeth</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art498847-national-portrait-gallery-researchers-reveal-airbrushed-elizabeth-i-in-x-ray-of-tudor-portrait" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art498847-national-portrait-gallery-researchers-reveal-airbrushed-elizabeth-i-in-x-ray-of-tudor-portrait" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art498847-national-portrait-gallery-researchers-reveal-airbrushed-elizabeth-i-in-x-ray-of-tudor-portrait</a></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/72788/Elizabeth-I--airbrushed--for-18th-century-make-over-and-a-bug-is-found-in-Edward-VI#.VBKlo7Ag-Uk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/72788/Elizabeth-I--airbrushed--for-18th-century-make-over-and-a-bug-is-found-in-Edward-VI#.VBKlo7Ag-Uk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/72788/Elizabeth-I--airbrushed--for-18th-century-make-over-and-a-bug-is-found-in-Edward-VI#.VBKlo7Ag-Uk</a></p><p>Conserving portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi for Washington</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Empresss-first-portrait-restored/35499" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Empresss-first-portrait-restored/35499" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Empresss-first-portrait-restored/35499</a></p><p><b>Objects</b></p><p>Famous, lost Japanese sword found and goes on display</p><p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/09/12/famous-sword-re-emerges-after-150-years/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/09/12/famous-sword-re-emerges-after-150-years/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/09/12/famous-sword-re-emerges-after-150-years/</a></p><p><a href="http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201409120001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201409120001" rel="nofollow">http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201409120001</a></p><p>Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits in Paris acquires marriage certificate of Napoleon and Josephine</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/To-have-and-to-hold/35687" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/To-have-and-to-hold/35687" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/To-have-and-to-hold/35687</a></p><p>The original star spangled banner</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-its-200th-anniversary-five-myths-about-the-star-spangled-banner/2014/09/11/aa2cab5c-3830-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-its-200th-anniversary-five-myths-about-the-star-spangled-banner/2014/09/11/aa2cab5c-3830-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-its-200th-anniversary-five-myths-about-the-star-spangled-banner/2014/09/11/aa2cab5c-3830-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html</a></p><p>19th century French armour</p><p><a href="http://collections.musee-armee.fr/cuirasse-et-pot-en-tete-de-sapeur-du-genie-modele-1833/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collections.musee-armee.fr/cuirasse-et-pot-en-tete-de-sapeur-du-genie-modele-1833/" rel="nofollow">http://collections.musee-armee.fr/cuirasse-et-pot-en-tete-de-sapeur-du-genie-modele-1833/</a></p><p>Police seize illegally recovered arms and munitions from St Albans</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29234314" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29234314" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29234314</a></p><p>Preview of Hermann Historica’s autumn sale</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73102/Wide-range-of-high-quality-precious-objects-in-Hermann-Historica-s-autumn-auction#.VCPOhLAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73102/Wide-range-of-high-quality-precious-objects-in-Hermann-Historica-s-autumn-auction#.VCPOhLAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73102/Wide-range-of-high-quality-precious-objects-in-Hermann-Historica-s-autumn-auction#.VCPOhLAtCUk</a></p><p><b>Exhibitions</b></p><p>Ming in London</p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/ming.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/ming.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/ming.aspx</a></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/19/ming-dynasty-british-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/19/ming-dynasty-british-museum" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/sep/19/ming-dynasty-british-museum</a></p><p>Gardens and the First World War</p><p><a href="http://gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/3595" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/3595" rel="nofollow">http://gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/3595</a></p><p>Tolkien in the Midlands</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/19/how-the-west-midlands-black-country-inspired-tolkien-lord-of-the-rings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/19/how-the-west-midlands-black-country-inspired-tolkien-lord-of-the-rings" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/19/how-the-west-midlands-black-country-inspired-tolkien-lord-of-the-rings</a></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/sculpture-and-installation/art500095-tolkiens-dark-forests-and-the-industrial-black-country-art-gallery-opens-the-making-of-mordor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/sculpture-and-installation/art500095-tolkiens-dark-forests-and-the-industrial-black-country-art-gallery-opens-the-making-of-mordor" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/sculpture-and-installation/art500095-tolkiens-dark-forests-and-the-industrial-black-country-art-gallery-opens-the-making-of-mordor</a></p><p>Borgias in Paris</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/72998/Exhibition-at-the-Musee-Maillol-in-Paris-explores-the-true-life-of-the-Borgia-family#.VB6HTbAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/72998/Exhibition-at-the-Musee-Maillol-in-Paris-explores-the-true-life-of-the-Borgia-family#.VB6HTbAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/72998/Exhibition-at-the-Musee-Maillol-in-Paris-explores-the-true-life-of-the-Borgia-family#.VB6HTbAtCUk</a></p><p>Art in post WWI France and Germany in Rheims</p><p><a href="http://www.reims.fr/no_cache/actualites--1879/fiche/exposition-jours-de-guerre-et-de-paix-2.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reims.fr/no_cache/actualites--1879/fiche/exposition-jours-de-guerre-et-de-paix-2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.reims.fr/no_cache/actualites--1879/fiche/exposition-jours-de-guerre-et-de-paix-2.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/72915/Exhibition-in-Reims-presents-a-Franco-German-view-of-the-consequences-of-war#.VBk_TLAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/72915/Exhibition-in-Reims-presents-a-Franco-German-view-of-the-consequences-of-war#.VBk_TLAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/72915/Exhibition-in-Reims-presents-a-Franco-German-view-of-the-consequences-of-war#.VBk_TLAtCUk</a></p><p>Sienese paintings in Brussels</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73064/-Paintings-from-Siena--Ars-Narrandi-in-Europe-s-Gothic-Age--on-view-in-Brussels#.VCJ8drAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73064/-Paintings-from-Siena--Ars-Narrandi-in-Europe-s-Gothic-Age--on-view-in-Brussels#.VCJ8drAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73064/-Paintings-from-Siena--Ars-Narrandi-in-Europe-s-Gothic-Age--on-view-in-Brussels#.VCJ8drAtCUk</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bozar.be/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bozar.be/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bozar.be/</a></p><p>Rome of Augustus in Rome</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73078/Exhibition-in-Rome-offers-an-original-interactive-journey-to-discover-the-city-of-Augustus-#.VCJ7WLAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73078/Exhibition-in-Rome-offers-an-original-interactive-journey-to-discover-the-city-of-Augustus-#.VCJ7WLAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73078/Exhibition-in-Rome-offers-an-original-interactive-journey-to-discover-the-city-of-Augustus-#.VCJ7WLAtCUk</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>19th century Asian photos in Washington</b></font></p><p><a href="http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2014/captain-linnaeus-tripe.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2014/captain-linnaeus-tripe.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2014/captain-linnaeus-tripe.html</a></p><p>Horses in Canberra</p><p><a href="http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/spirited" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/spirited" rel="nofollow">http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/spirited</a></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73089/Landmark-exhibition-at-the-National-Museum-of-Australia-celebrates-Australia-s-horse-story#.VCPPNbAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73089/Landmark-exhibition-at-the-National-Museum-of-Australia-celebrates-Australia-s-horse-story#.VCPPNbAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73089/Landmark-exhibition-at-the-National-Museum-of-Australia-celebrates-Australia-s-horse-story#.VCPPNbAtCUk</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Books</b></font></p><p>Mark W Allen &amp; Terry L Jones (ed) <b><i>Violence and Warfare among Hunter-Gatherers</i></b></p><p><a href="https://www.lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=486" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=486" rel="nofollow">https://www.lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=486</a></p><p>David J. Breeze: <b><i>Hadrian&#039;s Wall: A History of Archaeological Thought</i></b></p><p><a href="http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=publications&amp;pub_id=76&amp;archive" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=publications&amp;pub_id=76&amp;archive" rel="nofollow">http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=publications&amp;pub_id=76&amp;archive</a>=</p><p>Ron Shoesmith; <b><i>Goodrich Castle: Its History &amp; Buildings</i></b></p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/logastonpress/Home/new-books-spring-2014" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/site/logastonpress/Home/new-books-spring-2014" rel="nofollow">https://sites.google.com/site/logastonpress/Home/new-books-spring-2014</a></p><p>Tuomas Tepora &amp; Aapo Roselius, (ed): <b><i>The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.brill.com/products/book/finnish-civil-war-1918" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brill.com/products/book/finnish-civil-war-1918" rel="nofollow">http://www.brill.com/products/book/finnish-civil-war-1918</a></p><p><b><i>Camouflage takes centre stage</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/nederlands/main01.php?id=../books/104-camouflage-takes-centre-stage/camouflage-takes-centre-stage-nl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/nederlands/main01.php?id=../books/104-camouflage-takes-centre-stage/camouflage-takes-centre-stage-nl" rel="nofollow">http://www.klm-mra.be/klm-new/nederlands/main01.php?id=../books/104-camouflage-takes-centre-stage/camouflage-takes-centre-stage-nl</a></p><p><b><i>Holland’s Golden Age in America: Collecting the Art of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals</i></b></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/72778/Frick-announces-a-new-book-series-on-collecting-in-America-with-the-publication-of-its-first-volume#.VBKl2LAg-Uk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/72778/Frick-announces-a-new-book-series-on-collecting-in-America-with-the-publication-of-its-first-volume#.VBKl2LAg-Uk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/72778/Frick-announces-a-new-book-series-on-collecting-in-America-with-the-publication-of-its-first-volume#.VBKl2LAg-Uk</a></p><p>Bernard Lowry <b><i>Pillboxes and Tank Traps</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/store/Pillboxes-and-Tank-Traps_9780747813569" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/store/Pillboxes-and-Tank-Traps_9780747813569" rel="nofollow">http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/store/Pillboxes-and-Tank-Traps_9780747813569</a></p><p><b>Online Books - 17th century artillery this week</b></p><p>David Flurance Rivault: <b><i>Les Elemens de l&#039;Artillerie</i></b></p><p><a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AKw6AAAAcAAJ&amp;pg=RA1-PA5&amp;dq=%22Les+Elemens+de+l'Artillerie%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=caEdVJ34OOTO7gbMtYGIDA&amp;ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Les%20Elemens%20de%20l'Artillerie%22&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AKw6AAAAcAAJ&amp;pg=RA1-PA5&amp;dq=%22Les+Elemens+de+l'Artillerie%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=caEdVJ34OOTO7gbMtYGIDA&amp;ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Les%20Elemens%20de%20l'Artillerie%22&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AKw6AAAAcAAJ&amp;pg=RA1-PA5&amp;dq=&quot;Les+Elemens+de+l'Artillerie&quot;&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=caEdVJ34OOTO7gbMtYGIDA&amp;ved=0CCQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=&quot;Les Elemens de l'Artillerie&quot;&amp;f=false</a></p><p><font size="6"><b>Diego Ufano <b><i>Artillerie</i></b></b></font></p><p><a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMRbAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=%22de+l'artillerie%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=tZkdVNCKELPY7Abw-YHoCg&amp;ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%22de%20l'artillerie%22&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMRbAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=%22de+l'artillerie%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=tZkdVNCKELPY7Abw-YHoCg&amp;ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%22de%20l'artillerie%22&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMRbAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=&quot;de+l'artillerie&quot;&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=tZkdVNCKELPY7Abw-YHoCg&amp;ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=&quot;de l'artillerie&quot;&amp;f=false</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Popular culture</b></font></p><p>Tank Museum spills the beans on Brad</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/world-war-two/art499135-tank-museum-reflects-on-brush-with-brad-pitt-as-fury-gets-set-for-london-film-festival" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/world-war-two/art499135-tank-museum-reflects-on-brush-with-brad-pitt-as-fury-gets-set-for-london-film-festival" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/world-war-two/art499135-tank-museum-reflects-on-brush-with-brad-pitt-as-fury-gets-set-for-london-film-festival</a></p><p>How to blow up your piano</p><p><a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/267980/speedreads-if-you-must-blow-up-pianos-in-the-name-of-science-dont-forget-to-do-this" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/267980/speedreads-if-you-must-blow-up-pianos-in-the-name-of-science-dont-forget-to-do-this" rel="nofollow">http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/267980/speedreads-if-you-must-blow-up-pianos-in-the-name-of-science-dont-forget-to-do-this</a></p><p>Longswords making a come back as a fighting weapon in Maryland</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/sports/for-longsword-a-comeback-ages-in-the-making.html?_r=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/sports/for-longsword-a-comeback-ages-in-the-making.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/sports/for-longsword-a-comeback-ages-in-the-making.html?_r=0</a></p><p><b>Events</b></p><p><b>Diary Dates</b></p><p>London Transport’s Battle Bus on tour in Belgium and France</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art499778-london-transports-battle-bus-heads-through-belgium-for-first-world-war-centenary-tour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art499778-london-transports-battle-bus-heads-through-belgium-for-first-world-war-centenary-tour" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art499778-london-transports-battle-bus-heads-through-belgium-for-first-world-war-centenary-tour</a></p><p>Vienna</p><p><a href="http://www.hgm.at/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hgm.at/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgm.at/</a></p><p>HBSA calendar</p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar" rel="nofollow">https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar</a></p><p><b>Sale</b></p><p>October 7th-9th, 2014 - online</p><p><a href="http://jamesdjulia.com/auction/369-october-2014-firearms-auction/?session=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jamesdjulia.com/auction/369-october-2014-firearms-auction/?session=1" rel="nofollow">http://jamesdjulia.com/auction/369-october-2014-firearms-auction/?session=1</a></p><p><b>Websites and downloads</b></p><p>The GornjiUgaoTower</p><p><a href="http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr/eng/vodic_novost.php?id=4935&amp;id_main=1585#.VCO-0bAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr/eng/vodic_novost.php?id=4935&amp;id_main=1585#.VCO-0bAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr/eng/vodic_novost.php?id=4935&amp;id_main=1585#.VCO-0bAtCUk</a></p><p>Only a few days left to download the most recent Post-Meds for free</p><p><a href="http://www.maneyonline.com/loi/pma" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maneyonline.com/loi/pma" rel="nofollow">http://www.maneyonline.com/loi/pma</a></p><p>Like these:</p><p><a href="http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/007943205X62624" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/007943205X62624" rel="nofollow">http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/007943205X62624</a></p><p><a href="http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0079423612Z.0000000006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0079423612Z.0000000006" rel="nofollow">http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0079423612Z.0000000006</a></p><p><a href="http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/174581307X236201" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/174581307X236201" rel="nofollow">http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/174581307X236201</a></p><p><b>1066 etc; </b>Daimyos, 100 years war, Scottish castle and Robin Hood</p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/16/last-man-standing-causes-daimyo-survival-sixteenth-century-japan%ef%bb%bf/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/16/last-man-standing-causes-daimyo-survival-sixteenth-century-japan%ef%bb%bf/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/16/last-man-standing-causes-daimyo-survival-sixteenth-century-japan/</a></p><p><a href="http://deremilitari.org/2014/08/profit-and-loss-in-the-hundred-years-war-the-subcontracts-of-sir-john-strother-1374/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://deremilitari.org/2014/08/profit-and-loss-in-the-hundred-years-war-the-subcontracts-of-sir-john-strother-1374/" rel="nofollow">http://deremilitari.org/2014/08/profit-and-loss-in-the-hundred-years-war-the-subcontracts-of-sir-john-strother-1374/</a></p><p><a href="http://deremilitari.org/2014/08/the-expression-of-power-in-a-medieval-kingdom-thirteenth-century-scottish-castles/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://deremilitari.org/2014/08/the-expression-of-power-in-a-medieval-kingdom-thirteenth-century-scottish-castles/" rel="nofollow">http://deremilitari.org/2014/08/the-expression-of-power-in-a-medieval-kingdom-thirteenth-century-scottish-castles/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/extralegal-english-robin-hood-legend-increasing-national-identity-middling-sorts-late-medieval-england/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/extralegal-english-robin-hood-legend-increasing-national-identity-middling-sorts-late-medieval-england/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/extralegal-english-robin-hood-legend-increasing-national-identity-middling-sorts-late-medieval-england/</a></p><p><b>Finally</b></p><p>This fortnight we enjoyed tweets from <a href="https://twitter.com/DrIanFriel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/DrIanFriel" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/DrIanFriel</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ComingHomeOrg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/ComingHomeOrg" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ComingHomeOrg</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><b>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 2014</b></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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