http://www.carlanayland.org/ New items and articles on Carla Nayland's website Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:21:50 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.carlanayland.org/reviews/stolen_crown.htm Unsentimental portrayal of the turbulent events surrounding the short and ill-starred reign of Richard III, and in particular the dramatic role played by Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:21:07 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/wood_turning.htm Wood was the standard material for tableware in early (Anglo-Saxon) England, and was used even by wealthy individuals like the king buried at Sutton Hoo. How would wooden cups and bowls have been made? Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:20:21 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/ingeld/reader_reports.htm New reader reports and reviews added on Ingelds Daughter Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:40:23 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/wooden_tableware.htm Early English (Anglo-Saxon) settlement sites tend to yield less pottery than Roman and medieval sites, suggesting that either Anglo-Saxon pottery does not survive well or that it was replaced by other materials for some applications, such as tableware. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:41:03 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/reviews/sixth_wife.htm In 1547, Katherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII, marries her old love, the dashing Thomas Seymour, much to the puzzlement of her closest friend, Catherine Duchess of Suffolk (Cathy). Soon these three will find themselves entrapped in a (fictional) love triangle that can only end in betrayal – but of whom? Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:39:57 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/human_sacrifice_rite.htm If human sacrifice was practised at all in early England (which is by no means proven), can Norse legends and the archaeological evidence of the Iron Age bog bodies from Britain and Northern Europe provide any clues about the rites that might have been used? Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:12:18 GMT