<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - middle-ages</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/middle-ages</link><description>Newsvine - middle-ages</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:44:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:54:28 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>VA workers told to work overtime to clear claims backlog - News - Stripes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Vets and family members who have deceased while &nbsp;waiting for health and security&nbsp;benefits will be happy their still living compatriots will ( maybe ) benefit from some long promised expedited action on the part of the Veterans Administration.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vested Veteran]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vested Veteran]]></source><link>http://vested-veteran.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18285306-va-workers-told-to-work-overtime-to-clear-claims-backlog-news-stripes</link><guid>http://vested-veteran.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18285306-va-workers-told-to-work-overtime-to-clear-claims-backlog-news-stripes</guid><category>health</category><category>far-east</category><category>us-army</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>unesco-world-heritage</category><category>benefits-allison-hickey</category><category>gulf-may</category><category>arlington-may</category><category>gallery-wandering</category><category>pacific-sportsblog-pacific</category><category>spouse-calls-qa</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:44:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=vested-veteranF63BDC4A-E48B-57EA-A77B-91D4191571C2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=vested-veteranF63BDC4A-E48B-57EA-A77B-91D4191571C2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope Francis and the Two Jesuits Who Disappeared </title>
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The newly-elected&nbsp;Pope Francis&nbsp;has celebrated his first Sunday prayer to much acclaim and impressed many with his exhorting the&nbsp;Church to focus on the poor&nbsp;and his reportedly &ldquo;down to earth&rdquo; habits (as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he reportedly&nb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17428417-pope-francis-and-the-two-jesuits-who-disappeared</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17428417-pope-francis-and-the-two-jesuits-who-disappeared</guid><category>religion</category><category>latin-american</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>falkland-islanders</category><category>pope-francis</category><category>orlando-yorio</category><category>archbishop-aramburu</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:51:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236473B330C0-C51C-F47D-9016-A2FF2FC41661.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236473B330C0-C51C-F47D-9016-A2FF2FC41661.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bella, Cha Cha Man, Boogles, Fido, Mopsulus: Dog-naming trends through the ages</title>
<description><![CDATA[`Forget naming your pup Max. Pets in the middle ages were named things like Zaphyro and Smylfeste.' -- The Week]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[EJ Rotert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[EJ Rotert]]></source><link>http://ej-rotert.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032971-bella-cha-cha-man-boogles-fido-mopsulus-dog-naming-trends-through-the-ages</link><guid>http://ej-rotert.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032971-bella-cha-cha-man-boogles-fido-mopsulus-dog-naming-trends-through-the-ages</guid><category>history</category><category>dogs</category><category>names</category><category>pets</category><category>ages</category><category>fido</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>nosewise</category><category>mopsulus</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:50:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ej-rotert1CAF179E-5595-4F2B-80B4-4BB222B229DD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ej-rotert1CAF179E-5595-4F2B-80B4-4BB222B229DD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>An open letter challenging the EPA on CO2 regulation | EPA Abuse</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Medicine Show Communications]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Medicine Show Communications]]></source><link>http://medicine-show-communications.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16326838-an-open-letter-challenging-the-epa-on-co2-regulation-epa-abuse</link><guid>http://medicine-show-communications.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16326838-an-open-letter-challenging-the-epa-on-co2-regulation-epa-abuse</guid><category>us-news</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>endangerment-finding</category><category>this-epa</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:34:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medicine-show-communications6A799330-8F45-751E-00A5-E15A7F3E78FE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medicine-show-communications6A799330-8F45-751E-00A5-E15A7F3E78FE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Skipton Castle and the case for neo-feudalism -- Puppet Masters -- Sott.net</title>
<description><![CDATA[
1090 aSkipton Castle in North Yorkshire dates back to&nbsp;nd is one of the best preserved Norman strongholds existing in England today. The site is steeped in nine hundred years of history, a heavyweight as one contemplates the individual lives of thousands who have lived and &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wm. Sanders]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Wm. Sanders]]></source><link>http://swilliamrex.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15623455-skipton-castle-and-the-case-for-neo-feudalism-puppet-masters-sottnet</link><guid>http://swilliamrex.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15623455-skipton-castle-and-the-case-for-neo-feudalism-puppet-masters-sottnet</guid><category>history</category><category>society</category><category>globalism</category><category>elitism</category><category>class-warfare</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>feudalism</category><category>skipton-castle</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Dec 2012 23:08:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=swilliamrex1A9F77FB-EF48-FB41-BE1F-13E6C1C6A3CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="106" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=swilliamrex1A9F77FB-EF48-FB41-BE1F-13E6C1C6A3CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israel Vows to Send Gaza Back to the Middle Ages</title>
<description><![CDATA[Israel pounded Gaza enclave with a barrage of missiles from land and sea for a fifth day on Sunday, killing at least three children, targeting media houses and threatening to "send Gaza back to the Middle Ages".While the first round of strikes destroyed a building housing Arab Al&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SomeDude68.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SomeDude68.]]></source><link>http://somedude68-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15337011-israel-vows-to-send-gaza-back-to-the-middle-ages</link><guid>http://somedude68-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15337011-israel-vows-to-send-gaza-back-to-the-middle-ages</guid><category>israel</category><category>war</category><category>gaza</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>middle-ages</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:48:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=somedude68-11678222B-65BE-6A3F-2EF6-BB9B86A816A4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="147" width="213" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=somedude68-11678222B-65BE-6A3F-2EF6-BB9B86A816A4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israeli Minister: 'The goal...is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages.'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Interior Minister Eli Yishai, in a moment of disturbing candor, revealed what is for many in Netanyahu's government the ultimate goal of its escalating military campaign on Gaza:
"The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages. Only then will Israel be calm &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15255610-israeli-minister-the-goalis-to-send-gaza-back-to-the-middle-ages</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15255610-israeli-minister-the-goalis-to-send-gaza-back-to-the-middle-ages</guid><category>interior-minister</category><category>gaza</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>benjamin-netanyahu</category><category>ultra-orthodox</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>eli-yishai</category><category>military-campaign</category><category>shas-party</category><category>callous-israel</category><category>known-racist</category><category>bulling-and-oppressive</category><category>brutal-and-heartless</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:22:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Age of Unreason </title>
<description><![CDATA[The reign of capitalism is now a worldwide phenomenon,  achieving a pinnacle of influence that dominates politics and societal  behaviour. Never before throughout the history of humankind has one  principle of socio/economic theory had such profound impact on the  world, rivaling&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/01/13612706-the-age-of-unreason</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/01/13612706-the-age-of-unreason</guid><category>constitution</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican-party</category><category>capitalism</category><category>anti-abortion</category><category>anti-gay</category><category>secularism</category><category>christian-right</category><category>anti-muslim</category><category>anti-immigrant</category><category>anti-government</category><category>anti-feminism</category><category>anti-union</category><category>positive-thinking</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>objective-reporting</category><category>extremisim</category><category>polarized</category><category>negative-thinking</category><category>political-agenda</category><category>anti-science</category><category>ungodly</category><category>anti-same-sex-marriage</category><category>anti-tax</category><category>american-experience</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>wealthy-elites</category><category>americans-for-properity</category><category>anti-stem-cell-research</category><category>age-of-enlightement</category><category>anti-environmental-laws</category><category>anti-no-fault-divorce</category><category>anti-regulations</category><category>anti-secular-education</category><category>anti-welfare</category><category>anti-separation-of-church-and-state</category><category>and-intolerant-founding-father</category><category>eccleswiocracy</category><category>islamic-church-state</category><category>franklin-center-for-government-and-public-integrity</category><category>massive-stranglehold</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Sep 2012 22:49:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Men Defining Rape: A History </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Men have been in the business of deciding when it is okay and when it is not okay to rape women for thousands of years.&nbsp;If Missouri Rep. Todd Akin's claim that women's bodies magically fend off rapist sperm or the GOP's&nbsp;meditation on what's&nbsp;really&nbsp;rape&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13502870-men-defining-rape-a-history</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/27/13502870-men-defining-rape-a-history</guid><category>history</category><category>rape</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>todd-akin</category><category>woman-rights</category><category>biblical-law</category><category>history-of-rape</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:14:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236404251867-B873-A47F-7C5C-14C2868262A8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd1236404251867-B873-A47F-7C5C-14C2868262A8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Medieval business was less keen on greed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Historian Laura Stokes examines the mindset of business in the middle ages.&nbsp; Was greed less during medieval times?&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Medieval Marketplace]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Medieval Marketplace]]></source><link>http://medievalmarketplace.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/05/13134209-medieval-business-was-less-keen-on-greed</link><guid>http://medievalmarketplace.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/05/13134209-medieval-business-was-less-keen-on-greed</guid><category>history</category><category>greed</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>medieval-business</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2012 01:56:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medievalmarketplace3964E77E-9726-1B76-0E27-1AE5F1ADF335.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medievalmarketplace3964E77E-9726-1B76-0E27-1AE5F1ADF335.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Islamist Fanatics Seek to Destroy the Pyramids &amp;#8211; Patriot Update</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just in the past few decades, Muslims have destroyed churches in Cyprus, destroyed non-Islamic artifacts found in Mecca, sacked the Tomb of Joseph, destroyed the world-famous statue of the Bamiyan Buddha, pillaged Iraqi museums and libraries in 2003, destroyed a historic Malaysia&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></source><link>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12773224-islamist-fanatics-seek-to-destroy-the-pyramids-patriot-update</link><guid>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12773224-islamist-fanatics-seek-to-destroy-the-pyramids-patriot-update</guid><category>religion</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>middle-ages</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:37:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jmhjetmech56D145C4-F1D6-10A7-601C-BB1E60CB7F3A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jmhjetmech56D145C4-F1D6-10A7-601C-BB1E60CB7F3A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Historian Ian Mortimer Describes Everyday Life in the Middle Ages - SPIEGEL ONLINE</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In a SPIEGEL interview, British historian Ian Mortimer discusses  the often brutal reality of everyday life during the Middle Ages, the  violent excesses of the time, his lively approach to writing historical  tomes and his need to empathize with the subjects he is covering. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12734271-historian-ian-mortimer-describes-everyday-life-in-the-middle-ages-spiegel-online</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12734271-historian-ian-mortimer-describes-everyday-life-in-the-middle-ages-spiegel-online</guid><category>history</category><category>europe</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>sir-john-arundel</category><category>ian-mortimer</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 06:47:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rabbis tell 60,000 Jews in NY: Get rid of the Internet if you know what's good for you | The Times of Israel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Well, that should help their integration into society and the IDF!
Marching relentlessly backwards towards the Middle Ages.
Isn't religion wonderful!
&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[andyboy1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[andyboy1]]></source><link>http://andyboy1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11792467-rabbis-tell-60000-jews-in-ny-get-rid-of-the-internet-if-you-know-whats-good-for-you-the-times-of-israel</link><guid>http://andyboy1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11792467-rabbis-tell-60000-jews-in-ny-get-rid-of-the-internet-if-you-know-whats-good-for-you-the-times-of-israel</guid><category>israel</category><category>religion</category><category>internet</category><category>atheism</category><category>judaism</category><category>middle-ages</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:26:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=andyboy1B1F19135-4C41-D8E7-162C-44EA0BA77D2E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=andyboy1B1F19135-4C41-D8E7-162C-44EA0BA77D2E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Niccolò Machiavelli - Born May 3, 1469</title>
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Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Lemert Whitmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J. Lemert Whitmer]]></source><link>http://lem4546567.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11539744-niccol-machiavelli-born-may-3-1469</link><guid>http://lem4546567.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11539744-niccol-machiavelli-born-may-3-1469</guid><category>politics</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>niccolo-machiavelli</category><category>ernst-cassirer</category><category>cary-nederman</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 16:06:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Lem4546567E348EC6C-98EC-6B5B-F6ED-47F831A812DB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="196" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Lem4546567E348EC6C-98EC-6B5B-F6ED-47F831A812DB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Charlemagne - Born April 2, 742</title>
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&ldquo;To have another language is to possess a second soul.&rdquo; ~ Charlemagne]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Lemert Whitmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J. Lemert Whitmer]]></source><link>http://lem4546567.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10982582-charlemagne-born-april-2-742</link><guid>http://lem4546567.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10982582-charlemagne-born-april-2-742</guid><category>history</category><category>charlemagne</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>holy-roman-empire</category><category>holy-roman-emperor</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:48:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Lem4546567AD167512-C58A-DB27-00DC-C49A1431230F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="480" width="261" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Lem4546567AD167512-C58A-DB27-00DC-C49A1431230F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="221" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Village on sale for €330,000</title>
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AN ABANDONED village is on sale in the Haute-Vienne &ndash; for &euro;330,000.&nbsp;Anyone interested in becoming the new owner of Courbefy has just 10 days to make up their mind, after which it will remain the property of the Cr&eacute;dit Agricole bank.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10496551-village-on-sale-for-330000</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10496551-village-on-sale-for-330000</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>europe</category><category>village</category><category>for-sale</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>courbefy</category><category>credit-agricole-bank</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:10:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth98B8BABB-6333-9A71-90E5-FDECE0D43CEC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="239" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth98B8BABB-6333-9A71-90E5-FDECE0D43CEC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> The Left's Hatred of Religion</title>
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The progressive conceit is that human history is a continuum, clawing on vestigial fins inexorably away from abject ignorance and superstition at one end toward a science-based utopia at the other.&nbsp; Europe's atheists traced the pathology of religion to the neurotic imagina&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10446542-the-lefts-hatred-of-religion</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10446542-the-lefts-hatred-of-religion</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>detroit-free-press</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>joan-walsh</category><category>brian-dickerson</category><category>reverend-wrights</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:43:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Five myths about Christmas ~~~ Was Jesus' family dysfunctional?</title>
<description><![CDATA[No matter your religious beliefs &mdash; whether you&rsquo;re devout, doubtful or downright atheist &mdash; you&rsquo;re probably familiar with the Christmas story.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9664619-five-myths-about-christmas-was-jesus-family-dysfunctional</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9664619-five-myths-about-christmas-was-jesus-family-dysfunctional</guid><category>egypt</category><category>politics</category><category>st-joseph</category><category>jesus</category><category>mary</category><category>epiphany</category><category>easter</category><category>gospels</category><category>virgin-birth</category><category>incarnation</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>st-luke</category><category>john-the-baptist</category><category>three-kings</category><category>jesus-brothers-and-sisters</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:51:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log1F52ADE1-03B1-A891-589A-9C2C8713E430.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="194" width="260" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log1F52ADE1-03B1-A891-589A-9C2C8713E430.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cats Throughout History: Tales of Good, Bad and Just Plain Kooky Feline Legends  - Vetstreet</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cats won&rsquo;t let us forget that they were once worshiped for their mysterious ways.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/07/9279293-cats-throughout-history-tales-of-good-bad-and-just-plain-kooky-feline-legends-vetstreet</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/07/9279293-cats-throughout-history-tales-of-good-bad-and-just-plain-kooky-feline-legends-vetstreet</guid><category>not-news</category><category>in-europe</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>early-europeans</category><category>godly-cats</category><category>bad-cats-dreamstime-in</category><category>good-cats-in</category><category>but-mesopotamian</category><category>li-chou</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Dec 2011 19:47:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Right Royal Christmas: How'd That Party Start?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The roots of the holiday of Christmas were always more Pagan than Christian, associated with a multitude of pre-Christian traditions in many countries around the world.
The Christmas season was closely associated with the birth of gods and heroes that pre-dated the Christian cal&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[scar_tissue]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[scar_tissue]]></source><link>http://scarmouth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/02/9157678-a-right-royal-christmas-howd-that-party-start</link><guid>http://scarmouth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/02/9157678-a-right-royal-christmas-howd-that-party-start</guid><category>history</category><category>britain</category><category>ireland</category><category>england</category><category>scotland</category><category>celebration</category><category>christmas</category><category>wales</category><category>christian</category><category>christmas-tree</category><category>roman</category><category>royal-family</category><category>pagan</category><category>medieval</category><category>ivy</category><category>holly</category><category>hogmanay</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>winter-solstice</category><category>saturnalia</category><category>christmas-wreath</category><category>mistletoe</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:07:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth4F06607C-598E-E47C-1BEE-83C896DC4F6A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth4F06607C-598E-E47C-1BEE-83C896DC4F6A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Winter Solstice (picture from edcentric.org)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthD103ABC0-6CB0-AE5A-88A6-BCC3534E4B93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthD103ABC0-6CB0-AE5A-88A6-BCC3534E4B93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hogmanay parade in Edinburgh, Scotland (picture from gallimaufry.ws)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth83D95B7B-1B1A-9888-F9DA-238D3E17B2D1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth83D95B7B-1B1A-9888-F9DA-238D3E17B2D1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dragging in the Yule log (picture from scandinavianchristmastraditions.org)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthD8957788-D80B-1A14-4B81-46F93CBD3291.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="331" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthD8957788-D80B-1A14-4B81-46F93CBD3291.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christmas wreath (picture from homedesignsblog.org)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth21848A03-A623-E623-1B25-0083916BE223.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="375" width="264" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth21848A03-A623-E623-1B25-0083916BE223.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Holly and mistletoe (picture from oneforthetable.com)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthB7F6C340-E90F-6F70-05B1-FD2BC7861ACC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="356" width="241" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthB7F6C340-E90F-6F70-05B1-FD2BC7861ACC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Candle in window (picture from gapinteriors.com)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth9B41A908-0C2C-4989-26E0-034668FC41D1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="324" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouth9B41A908-0C2C-4989-26E0-034668FC41D1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="127" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Holly King battling Oak King (picture from irregulartimes.com)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthCEA0B175-1A38-3F20-20BB-A52CE30A592C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="219" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthCEA0B175-1A38-3F20-20BB-A52CE30A592C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Royal medieval Twelfth Night celebration (picture from 2.bp.blogspot.com)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthC033D794-057B-A5DC-9220-DA947E4E667C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=scarmouthC033D794-057B-A5DC-9220-DA947E4E667C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Henry VIII Toasting the Revels, painted by Fortunino Matania (picture from dailymail.co.uk)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>10 Excruciating Medical Treatments from the Middle Ages</title>
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The medieval version of the enema was known as the clyster, which is really an instrument for injecting fluids into the body through the anus. The clyster was a long metallic tube with a cupped end, into which the medicinal fluid was poured.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[scar_tissue]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[scar_tissue]]></source><link>http://scarmouth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/07/8202393-10-excruciating-medical-treatments-from-the-middle-ages</link><guid>http://scarmouth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/07/8202393-10-excruciating-medical-treatments-from-the-middle-ages</guid><category>history</category><category>surgery</category><category>treatment</category><category>medicine</category><category>medieval</category><category>middle-ages</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:35:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-nullBFDAC733-73B9-615B-B44E-686589891274.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="437" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-nullBFDAC733-73B9-615B-B44E-686589891274.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The origin of Boxing Day in the United Kingdom</title>
<description><![CDATA[On the face of it, Boxing Day is not a day that can be pinned down to just one reference or origin, especially as historians appear divided on how it all began. It is multi-faceted in its meaning, though there is a rich vein of giving and caring running through its possibilities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/26/7487603-the-origin-of-boxing-day-in-the-united-kingdom</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/26/7487603-the-origin-of-boxing-day-in-the-united-kingdom</guid><category>history</category><category>service</category><category>united-kingdom</category><category>bonus</category><category>gifts</category><category>boxing-day</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>queen-victoria</category><category>eartherware-clay-box</category><category>trades-people</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:47:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BBC News - For sale in Sweden: Three-bed house, includes skeleton</title>
<description><![CDATA[
An estate agent in Sweden is offering a house with the remains of a medieval resident included in the price.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[anonymous-1077600]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anonymous-1077600]]></source><link>http://anomalies.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/18/7409037-bbc-news-for-sale-in-sweden-three-bed-house-includes-skeleton</link><guid>http://anomalies.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/18/7409037-bbc-news-for-sale-in-sweden-three-bed-house-includes-skeleton</guid><category>sweden</category><category>real-estate</category><category>house</category><category>tomb</category><category>museum</category><category>odd-news</category><category>property</category><category>skeleton</category><category>cellar</category><category>basement</category><category>tours</category><category>resident</category><category>medieval</category><category>haunted-house</category><category>weird-news</category><category>estate-agent</category><category>baltic-sea</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>house-for-sale</category><category>visby</category><category>russian-church</category><category>courtyard</category><category>spiral-staircase</category><category>1750</category><category>3-bedroom-house</category><category>three-bed-house</category><category>island-of-gotland</category><category>leif-bertwig</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:37:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>History  of Capitalism</title>
<description><![CDATA[Capitalism is not a form of government.&nbsp; It is an economic term associated with the creation of wealth.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[onefan51]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[onefan51]]></source><link>http://onefan51.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7346427-history-of-capitalism</link><guid>http://onefan51.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7346427-history-of-capitalism</guid><category>history</category><category>church</category><category>labor</category><category>economics</category><category>wealth</category><category>enterprise</category><category>capitalism</category><category>usury</category><category>time-line</category><category>middle-ages</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:41:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Punk Rockin' the Wars of the Roses</title>
<description><![CDATA[
♫ Now if the Middle Ages had only rocked out and partied like this after winning victories in important battles....how cool would that have been? ♫ Beats the lute any day of the week :P
This is an old and obscure British punk rock group called Tenpole Tudor that never quite &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[scar_tissue]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[scar_tissue]]></source><link>http://scarmouth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/25/6943216-punk-rockin-the-wars-of-the-roses</link><guid>http://scarmouth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/25/6943216-punk-rockin-the-wars-of-the-roses</guid><category>england</category><category>arts</category><category>royal-family</category><category>medieval</category><category>punk-rock</category><category>middle-ages</category><category>wars-of-the-roses</category><category>tenpole-tudor</category><category>edward-tudor-pole</category><category>swords-of-1000-men</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:43:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mANx3L-N0yU" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mANx3L-N0yU/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Tenpole Tudor - Swords of 1000 Men</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>