They sure do and you can still see why! Lampreys look terrifying.

Thanks. That's unfortunate they are endangered. I remember time team had some eel fisherman go about and demonstrate how they use to catch them. I think I remember them saying how people of the fens had a specific culture and that after most of the fens were drained, their culture and eel fishing mostly died out. There is also the story of king charles and the feather. Supposedly people of the fens had a tradition where if you presented a fen man a split goose feather( I think) they would guide you, feed you, and ferry you to safety without questions. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Split-Goosefeather/

Thanks. That's unfortunate they are endangered. I remember time team had some eel fisherman go about and demonstrate how they use to catch them. I think I remember them saying how people of the fens had a specific culture and that after most of the fens were drained, their culture and eel fishing mostly died out. There is also the story of king charles and the feather. Supposedly people of the fens had a tradition where if you presented a fen man a goose feather( I think) they would guide you, feed you, and ferry you to safety without questions.

Thanks, very interesting. I remember hearing about the strange beliefs people had about eels in manuscripts from the middle ages. They ate alot of eels.

Are these the same eels you find in British River systems and wetlands? Or are those freshwater eels and these guys just live in the tidal saltwater marshes?

Even today breeders and horse trainers select animals who seems undaunted by sounds, and then they expose them to more to train them. They still do this to train police horses.

The British history podcast. The byzantine history podcast picks up after what you're listening to and the creator specifically models it after Mike Duncan's to the point where it gets kinda annoying how much he fawns over the history of rome, but its still good. Next, any of the history hit podcasts. They include narratives of events and experts coming on to talk about their latest books or research/digs. Under the history hit banner there is Dan snows show which ia general history, then Suzanna Lipscomb has "not just the tudors", then there's gone medieval with cat Jarman and someone else. And then "the ancients". They're all really good but the audio quality fluctuates wildly and Dan snows commercials are enough not to listen ( but u prob should anyhow).

Haha, I just saw the other day ancient aliens is on its 18th freaking season or so. Incredible. I do enjoy the shows cinematography though. They do an excellent job at filming historical sites. I just wish they wouldn't purposefully film blurry shots of hieroglyphics to mislead people into believing it's a helicopter or whatever they choose to imagine. They also tend to crop out all the context to fit their narrative. Def A show that's always best watched on mute.

There's also this https://www.routledge.com/The-Mesolithic-in-Britain-Landscape-and-Society-in-Times-of-Change/Conneller/p/book/9781138790438?utm_source=cjaffiliates&utm_medium=affiliates&cjevent=e20d44bb4be511ed81b2e51f0a82b838

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/oldest_house_01.shtml that's one of the structures I was referring to. They've found a few others which is a miracle considering the transitory period.

I tend to stick to the papers and journals, but there are plenty of popular history books that cover this period. Just never in the detail some of us would like. There's simply not enough information to really write a large book specifically on the mesolithic In Britain. There most certainly is alot of research on it, but not the type that lends itself to the usual popular history books which tend to be narrative driven.

They had seasonal hunting and gathering lands. They'd move to where they could find the most abundant resources at the time. Most of the time it seems to be adjacent to wetlands. Wetland always have an abundance of animals, even in winter. Archeologists have found dwellings that were semi permanent. Meaning, they weren't inhabitanted year around but were built to be used as camps when they were in the area. The mesolithic is a fascinating Era. Especially when we get a glimpse into their believes like all the red deer skulls at Starr carr

If I remember correctly he made a cameo on the time team where they dove on the ship wreck. I'm not sure about his involvement, but I'd still prefer his name was left out of a reddit title ffs

I mean did you really have to add the part about Charles? Unless the whole point was trying to get good piblicity..

Pretty much most stone buildings of any status had mosaic floors. They're everywhere. Of course most aren't beautiful scenes and are checkered or patterned into squares.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(305%E2%80%93304_BC)

Siege engines were routinely covered in metal to prevent the enemy setting them alight. The colossus of Rhodes was said to be built from the metal from captured siege engines. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes

There's a famous crusaer; I was hoping someone to add the name by now. I gave it a quick search and I couldn't find who I was talking about. Thanks for adding this in now; I'll check this person out anyhow

Oh man of course I said kingdom come, but its actually exactly like mount and blade!!!! I just saw they are finally bringing the second one to console! I don't have a pc anymore but man those mods on warband were epic!

This guy's KCDs.... sorry what were we talking about again? I was just cudgeled by 6 angry peasants in sack cloth...

I believe you just wrote the intro to kingdom come deliverance 3, the pre pre pre quel.

Or the 12th son. I can't remember the name right now. Imagine being the 12th son.

The church absolutely said it was going to protect people's land who took the cross, but they couldn't do much but point a finger and wag the excommunication punishment. Even after that, people would just pay off the church. Most of the time the land was stolen by other people's family members. Now as for whether england was any better off without Richard, no by far no. England was taxed to 7 hells for the crusades and there would absolutely still be enough normans to boot stomp any anglo saxon who got uppity.