User talk:Srnec/Archive, 9 January–20 July 2008

Welcome

I see that you are working in some pretty abstruse areas. Let me know if I can be of help. Not that I'm an expert on things medieval, but I'm pretty knowledgable on things Wikipedian. - Jmabel | Talk 00:44, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Alboin

Why not return to Paul the Deacon for colorful details? Give the article some juicy quotes instead. --Wetman 21:32, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

My information was garnered from Charles Oman. I decided to put it in when I read the comment in the discussion page there, which seemed to confirm it. It seems apt. Srnec 21:39, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

why not quote Oman, then? Or, less good, refer to him? "Womanly wiles" presented as a fact of human life is a little creaky nowadays, don't you think? but the details are drawn from Paulus Diaconis. It's all posted on-line, somewhere. --Wetman 23:01, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

I did refer to him: I added Oman to the references. I couldn't quote him, I didn't have the book with me then. The comment on the discussion page prompted me to add it, as it had occurred to me before and apparently to someone else also. I know that "womanly wiles" as I wrote it would sound a little "old", but the whole article is based on the 1911 Encyclopaedia. I did not intend to present it as a "fact of life": there are plenty of women with no wiles, I was merely signifying that the wiles used were of a specifically feminine variety—a way of saying she initiated an affair with the purpose of getting something out of someone. I did find the quote online in Paul's work. I don't believe, however, that quoting is necessary here. The incident is supported by the sources. Merely expressing it in different language is probably best. Srnec 03:53, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Radbod, king of the Frisians

Could you offer some suggestions on this page since you attached the cleanup tag? I think the article could benefit from greater detail, but may not need the cleanup tag at this time. I'll give you a couple of days before I remove the tag. Hiberniantears 16:16, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Cleaned it up and removed tag. I moved the page to a grammatically better title. I added a list of Frisian rulers (stub) page and a Radbod disambiguation page. Now some links may need fixing, but I already fixed a few. Srnec 19:20, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Nice work! Hiberniantears 20:23, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Thankyou. I would have done that earlier but I had not time, so I tagged it with a cleanup. Srnec 20:24, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks

thanks for ur help on the kingdom of galicia article Jfreyre

lol to much wine for today... lol Jfreyre

Welcome. It turned out nicely. Srnec 05:22, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Norbert

Dear Srnec, could you please tell me whether you have found something about Norbert, mayor of Neustria, whom I added to the list of mayors. I had in mind that he was a brother to Pepin, but couldn't find anything about that. Since you added him to sons of Ansegisel, I presume that you know more. Cheers, Str1977 14:45, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. I have seen him listed in other lists of mayors of the palace, but I have never read anything about him and have never seen him outside of lists. I added him to the Ansegisel article because of what was stated on the list of mayors page: for the sake of consistency. Perhaps the information should be removed from both pages until its confirmed. I may be able to find something about it my university library. I will check. Brief Google searches yielded this (on pages in German and French): he was a faithful follower of Pepin and count of Paris entrusted with Neustria and Burgundy after the Battle of Tertry. Srnec

Dear Srnec, all elements of my last edit I have taken straight from the "Lexikon des Mittelalters", a standard reference work for Mediaevistic studies, from the articles on "Pippin der Mittlere", "Grimoald", "Drogo", "Karl Martell". Nobert was only mentioned under Pippin. It explicitely stated that Pepin became mayor of Neustria after Berchar's death (one year after his victory at Tetry) and also that he didn't use the title of mayor after Grimoald took over Neustria and that only Charles Martell again called himself mayor. Of course, de facto P. was the mayor in Austria and it is a bit tricky to draw conclusions from titles to offices. Str1977 09:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

I think the mayors of the palaces page is probably the most accurate reference for all this information on the internet by far. I clarified (did nto change) something about Drogo and Nordebert based on the Dictionnaire de Biographie Français. Only one question: should the date of Pepin's "reign" in Neustria be changed to begin in 688 or 689 instead of 687 if that's what is says in your resource (though it sounds strange to me)? Srnec 02:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

New articles

Please don't forget to announce your new articles on medieval subjects here. Thanks. --Ghirla | talk 07:38, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Cleph

no, sorry, I don't remember where that was from. Possibly from the article without checking, feel free to ignore it. The Origo says just that Cleph was de beleos, and I don't know what to make of this. We don't know any Beleos or Beleus at any rate. dab (ᛏ) 21:11, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

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Merovingian template

I reverted it because Neustria is generally mentioned first, before Austria and Burgundy. Str1977 08:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Tours

User: SrnecGood point on the crowning of Charlamagne as the ultimate "he who has the power" principle. There was no way that the Pope had the authority to revive the empire of the west, since the regalia of the west had been sent to the Eastern Emperor when the West fell, with the specific note from the first barbarian king of Italy that now there was but one Roman Emperor! Justinian's forays into the West, and the establishment of the authority of the Bzyantines there, had clearly shown there still was a Roman Emperor, even if his authority, as you originally noted in that article, had shrunk, and was minimal. Anyway, nice addition. We have been working on that article the past six months trying to get it completely historically accurate, and I think it is close. It is important to note, as you did, that while for Martel power was sufficient, he could care less about titles, his son and grandson were a little more into the regalia thing! Isn't it ironic that the Pope crowned Charlamagne as "Emperor of the Romans," (supposedly without Charlamagne knowing he would do so, though as you know most historians doubt that) on Christmas Day, 800 a.d.?old windy bear 14:20, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

It is interesting that, at the beginning of his career, Charles Martel had to raise on Clotaire IV as king, but by 737 there was no need to appoint a successor to Theuderic IV. Clearly, his reign completely changed the dynamics of rulership in Francia, the hallowed Merovingian line was necessary to legitimise his authority early on, but his fighting on behalf of the nation and Christendom apparently changed this, he had legitimised his own rule himself and no king was needed. His sons may have feared that they had not yet proved themselves when they appointed Childeric III in 742. Pepin's assumption of the title of king in 751 was probably an attempt to make the power won by he and his ancestors perminent for his descendants. Srnec 21:36, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

User: Srnec OUTSTANDING job of tweaking and finishing an article I had been working half a year on; your renaming the sections, and emphasizing his reaching the point at 737 that he did not even bother with the facade of naming a King - so completely did he and Europe know where the power lay. It is especially vital, because in an age, the dark age, basically berift of great figures Martel was one. He pretty much singlehandedly stopped Islamic conquest of Europe while they could have done it, and tried! Great job of integrating the defeat he inflicted on the Muslims at Narbonne specifically, once again, his phalanx withstood their cavalry. He then began the integration of heavy cavalty into Frankish forces, laid the basis for the Carolingian Empire, (sure, Pippin the Elder had conquered a large of it, but he never bothered to actually incorporate it, as Charles did, or christianize those who were Pagan, which Charles also did, uniting them to him with those two most powerful of weapons: religion and taxes! And his brilliant use of the phalanx did, as you put it, make him a brilliant general in an age berift of same. I would argue his surprise use of armoured horsemen plus his planax at Narbonne was also proof of his generalship. (and I added a little to the article also) GREAT JOB,old windy bear 11:05, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Srnec I just wanted to say what an honor it was to work with you on the Charles Martel article. You are bright, eloguent, (far more of both than I!), but willing to listen to folks like myself. You are a thoroughly nice person in addition to being a thoroughly outstanding historian, and I thank you.old windy bear 21:05, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Srnec Once again thanks for the help on the Martel article. i consider him such a vital figure in medivial history - do you think, if he, or his grandson, had been in power when the vikings came, they could have stopped them? I actually believe Martel could have, and perhaps Charlemagne. They would have done what no one else thought to -- struck directly at Dane's land, at their homes, ship building ports, and strongholds. What do you think? old windy bear 01:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

It was accidental. There was a spate of vandlism and at first glance, your edits appeared to be that. I will change it back right away.

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charles martel

Srnec I moved that paragraph which you so rightly observed needed to be in a different location. I moved it to legacy -- please check it, I think it fits there, but if you do not, i will move it again. But I believe you will find it appropriately there. old windy bear 03:22, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Srnec Hi -- 209.116.79.33 is vandalizing the charles martel article we worked so hard on - can you get Kirill to take a look at it, and bann this idiot.old windy bear 19:41, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Srnec Hi -- good catches tonight, as usual! I was in the process of reverting them when you did so! Tell me great minds do not think alike! old windy bear 02:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Srnec GREAT rewording on the Norwich quote! You are a better writer than I am. Thanks! old windy bear 19:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

William of Montferrat

His nickname entered English usage through modern scholars, from the Latin of William of Tyre (and French translations thereof). 12C Montferrat was not Italian-speaking, but Piemonteis, which at that time was still an Occitan dialect. (Montferrat was one of the great troubadour courts.) The Peire Bremon song is the earliest known reference to his nickname. Silverwhistle 08:40, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

William of Tyre calls him "dominus Willelmus marchio, qui cognominatus est Longaspata, filius marchionis Willelmi senioris de Monteferrato". (I'll add this in.)

I've taken the pages on the family under my wing, as I've been an enthusiast on the family (especially Conrad) for some 25 years. I have books on them by Theodor Ilgen, Leopoldo Usseglio, Walter Haberstumpf and Roberto Maestri, as well as most of the primary sources, and lots of CDs of the troubadours they supported!

The family was very closely allied with the Hohenstaufen and Byzantium; there's not actually a huge amount of interest in them in Italy. I'm in the Circolo Culturale I Marchesi del Monferrato (have published articles in their Bollettino). I was told when I was over there in October that even within the region these characters don't get much attention (Montferrat was annexed by Piedmont in 1708, and its history subsumed within that even before Italian unification). Indeed, one of the Circolo founders told me that when he was at school and they studied the Third Crusade, it was all "Riccardo, Riccardo..." (I reassured him that I was always much keener on "Corrado".) The main people I know here in the UK who are interested in the family are Byzantinists, not Italianists.

Silverwhistle 19:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

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Roman Era

Srnec Good afternoon! I am beginning to work on battles of the early Roman Republic - could I interest you in helping me? My goal literally is to work my way up the Roman ladder, republic to empire, to Eastern Empire, to Carolingians, to the Holy Roman Empire, to the almost unbearably tragic end of the Bzyantine Empire. I enjoy working with you, and thought I would ask? (I think we did a great job on Martel and Tours, and you did a superb job on Charlemagne...old windy bear 19:42, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

christian or catholic church?

User:Srnec Om the issue of historical accuracy in the Martel article, technically, "Catholic" means universal in latin, (or as close a translation as is possible, but it carries connotations that modern users could misconstrue). At that point, in 734a.d. the split between the Greek and Roman wings of the church had not taken place, and there was only ONE christian church. For that reason, I would suggest that christian is more historically correct, since there was no christian church except that of Rome and Constandinople, which at that point, were feuding, but not broken. Feelings? Srnec, my worry is that people would misunderstand, and think there were more than one church, when at that point in christian history, it was not true. It would be hundreds of years before the two wings of the catholic church split, and hundreds more after that before there were christians who were not "catholic." therefore, historically, for accuracy, I believe the word christian is most approrpriate. Thoughts? (rememeber many of our users are students who assume, and would assume from the word catholic there was more than one church to defend, when in fact, there was only one at that point in history.(unless we are talking about the Copts, a relatively minor sect, which has no bearing on this issue! old windy bear 03:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

User:Srnec Hey my friend, was the new wording okay on Martel!? Do you think it suffices to make the point you were emphasizing, that there were other christians than those in western europe, although "protestants" were three quarters of a milinium off. Was it acceptable?old windy bear 20:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Pippin

User:Srnec Hey my friend, please look at the expansion I have done to the article on Pippin the Short. I want your help to polish it off. He had the fortune to be left in a great position by a great man as his father, and is forgotten by history for being sandwiched in between two of history's great men, Charles Martel, and Charlemagne. But he was actually a fairly good ruler, and certainly continued his father's work, and set the table for his son. Help finish it off and give it that Smec touch?old windy bear 03:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

User:Srnec Hey my friend, good catch on Martel not being a surname. (as you well know, it means "Hammer" and essentially was what today we would call a nickname for his merciless hammering of his enemies in battle). Would you take a look at the work I have started on his other son, Carloman? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman%2C_son_of_Charles_Martel Though he only ruled as major domo of Austrasia and Chrotrud for a few short years, he actually accomplished a startling amount in terms of consolidating the family's power, and strengthening the ties to the Church. I have just started on expanding the article, but wanted your usual magic editing touch and opinion! Thanks!old windy bear 00:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Ottonian Renaissance

Check my recent edit, since you're probably the only one interested. Would the start be signalled by the marriage of Otto and Adelaide, 951? --Wetman 10:01, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria

I added a mention of your stub to Portal:Germany/New article announcements. Please add any other relevant articles you create there. Thank you, and happy editing, Kusma (討論) 06:09, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Lothar/Lothair

You moved Lothar II of Arles to Lothair II of Italy. I have no thoughts of what he ought to be "of", Early Medieval Italian history means nothing to me. However, you say "Lothair is English spelling". The first book I looked at had four Lothars and a Lotharingia in the index, and no Lothairs at all (it also had several Chlothars, rather than the frenchified Clothaires we see on WP, but that's another story). The The New Cambridge Medieval History uses Lothar prodigously. I could go on, but I think that's enough for now. Thoughts ? Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:18, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Desiderio references.

I'm not sure what you require as "credible" references for the surname Remy. As you know, Royal surnames are seldom utilized, ie. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, etc. Aside from the Official record of the Louvre, in Paris, France, there are a couple of other references that have been published. The one I have a complete (except for ISBN#) reference for is:

"The Remy Family in America, 1650 - 1942" compiled by Bonnelle William Rhamy of Fort Wayne, Indiana, produced in 1942, consisting of 526 pages. It is complete with a surname index. It was published by Westward the Families' Publications of Shelton, Washington.

Had Desiderio not been exiled to that area, I don't know whether it would have even been recorded in the records of the Louvre.

Most of the records and sources are from churches. Desiderio's bloodline is established through SAINT REMY, born in 437 AD at Cerny in Lorraine near Leon of Croanne, ancient Picardy (now dept of Ainna),died jan 13 533 AD at rheims. He was the son of Count Emile de Laon Remy and Celinie and brother of Priciple, Bishop of Goismons. he studied literature in which his great virtue and noble birth caused him to succeed at Gannade, the metropolitan seat in 459 AD. where he acquired great knowledge and piety. Authoritative records of his life and works are rare nevertheless, a few of his writings are preserved in the church records he was considered the greatest orator of his time. He was the first Bishop of Rheims and annointed and crowned Clovis, First King of France in 496 AD. He was ennobled in 497."D'or a une tet d'aigle arracha de aable."

Duchy of Benevento

Hi! Thanks for your revertion to Pandulf II article. I have just added some material to Duchy of Benevento sub-article (by they way, you could judge if move the section to a separate article or not). As I am not of English mother tongue, if you've time you can check it and maybe copy edit as your will. Also Battle of Garigliano is new and could interest you. Attilios 09:05, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I can't see where the deleted history has been moved. Can you make it explicit in the article? --Wetman 09:48, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Peace

I, Ghirlandajo, hereby award you this Epic Barnstar for your contributions to the Wikipedia coverage of mediaeval history. Keep it up!

Thankyou. Srnec 17:37, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Princes of Salerno

Hi! Thanks very very much for your good addings of articles about Salerno Princes. I have a question: do you have infos als about hypati of Gaeta to add? Attilios 10:24, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Gaeta#History

In the section of historical hypati, written by me, there's something a mess about dates of reigns. It seems the source I used made a big confusion with names and etc. Can you help? Attilios

Dynasty naming

I'd like an outside opinion, from people who won't be afraid to speak their mind, on the discussion at Talk:House of Dunkeld. Do you have any thoughts on the subject ? Thanks ! Angus McLellan (Talk) 10:26, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Lower Lotharingia vs Lower Lorraine

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CHANGES ON CHARLES MARTEL

User:SrnecI liked your edits, were mine okay? I spent a couple hours last night (old wounds hurting!) working on it, deleting redundent material, condensing, and trying to capture what we had intended from the start, that this was a complex, brilliant man in an age generally berift of them, who basically set the structures in place that carried Europe through the middle ages, and pretty much single handedly is responsible for stemming the Islamic tide into Europe while the Caliphate was able to mount a real invasion, and occupation. Your help is always greatly appreciated - I really work, with study and drafting, to try to make these good articles, and your help in creating them is truly appreciated.old windy bear 22:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

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Alife

I just wrote from scratch the article about Alife. Being not an English mothertongue, it'd probably need some copyedit: if you have time, give it a check. As it was a Norman county, morevoer, if you have info you can add some about it. Let me know. Attilios 21:24, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

"CE" is the abbreviation of the province, used mainly on cars. CE = Caserta, NA = Naples, PI = Pisa, SO = Sondrio, etc. Gaeta has "GA" but it's used only on boats. Attilios 21:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC) P.S.: I don't know how can you so informed about history of Middle Ages Southern Italy. It stuns me. Personally, I do better with condottieri: my latest are Martino della Torre, Malatesta Baglioni and Fabrizio Maramaldo. Give them a check if you're interested (maybe, as usual, they'd need copyediting). Ciaoooo!!

Good article about Ranulf. However, it's longer than Roger II of Sicily's!!! I've a good book about the latter, so one day or anohter I should involv myself in the creation of a good article also. Ciaoo!! Attilios 08:15, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Added some info to Roger II of Sicily. Also added the George of Antiochia article. Copyedit them if needed, and let me know if Roger's entry has still some lacks, I'll try to intervene. Attilios

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Swanachild

Hi Srnec,

Thanks for the clean up. Why did you remove the link to Regintrud? --imars 06:25, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Kudos to you on your work on the Bavarian dukes. You bring a lot to the topics.--imars 06:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

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Nice Tidbit historically on Charles the Bald

User:SrnecI had forgotten that, and it really is relevant, since the first "Knights" were created during the reign of Martel, and that edict was vital later on. Also your wording is as usual better than mine - I thought the introduction needed to emphasize your point that he is more than the victor of one battle, he was a brilliant general in an age generally berift of same, a social innovator, and an obviously incredibly complex man - certainly he could have simply named himself King, and not needed the Pope, as his son did - but simply did not bother! Your wording better captures his complexities. Thanks! old windy bear 10:29, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Spelling of Moslem

I noticed your comments regarding spelling of this word on someone else's talk page. As I understand it, Moslem either phonetically or when translated sound similar to 'Oppressor' in Arabic, and as a result, it is now considered polite to use Muslim in general conversation. I cannot claim to have read extensively on this subject, but it is something I wondered about a few years ago as well and if I recall arite, this is what my brief research threw up. - Hayter 18:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

It may sound similiar, but it does not mean that, it means "he who submits to God," or "one who submits to God." old windy bear 10:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Tours, Help!

User:Srnec Help! I cannot for some reason get the original article on the Battle of Tours restored. I was trying to add some quotes by Schelgal, and ended up deleting most of the article, which for some reason, my computer won't let me restore - can you restore it to the orgiinal? THANKS, we both worked hard on that article, and this was inadvertant, and I cannot seem to reverse it. THANKS AGAIN! old windy bear 10:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, i finally figured out where I was fouling up! Thanks though! old windy bear 11:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Gaitelgrima

To tell you quite frankly, Srnec, I did not have any special information. I reviewed the several references to this and the other Gaitelgrimas found in the Wikipedia and tried to put some order by normalizing them, i.e. accepting the version that seemed the most clearly argued for and referencing it in the other other articles. Pasquale 21:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Martel

Good work on tightening the opening. You are simply a better writer than I am. old windy bear 18:41, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

have you read naming conventions for kings and European royalty

As you are medievalist, Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (names and titles)#Consorts may interest you, among other points there. Marrtel 12:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Christian I, Archbishop of Mainz

Nice article. Can you point me to any details of his activities in Greece? Andrew Dalby 19:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Names of biography articles

Could you please follow the Wikipedia guidelines in naming articles. Ecclesiastical and ruling individuals are quite well directed at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles) Marrtel 11:00, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Frederick II of Sicily redirect

Hi! I saw you changed the redirect to Frederick III of Sicily... however, if it's true that it is more correct, you should change at the same time all the occurrences of Frederick II of Sicily referring to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (some 100, I seem)! Otherwise, there will remain wrong linkings in all those articles. Let me know. Attilios

I disambiguated ALL the articles, and now Frederick II of Sicily redirects to Frederick III of Sicily. Attilios

Use (actually non-use) of regnal numbers in Middle Ages

I observed that you decided to add your "two cent" to some article stating something with ordinals. Please kindly familiarize yourself with how little medieval they actually used numerals. A consequence is that if one (such as Emperor Frederick II) actually used that, it somewhat illogically had some impact in his other realms too, and in their future. It is quite certain that in Middle Ages, no ruler organized explicitly his regnal numbers for each realm separately. Marrtel 21:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Award

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for your excellent additions about Mediaeval History Attilios 20:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: in exchange, I'd like to receive from you the Working Man Barnstar for my working on Frederick's II disambig, and the countless boring things for Italian communes, sights and provinces, sport templates etc. etc. (Today I just edited with new stuff Alphonso II of Naples and his sons' articles. Give them a glance if you've time). Silly and tiiiiired Attilio)

In exchange? Hmm... think you might have got the wrong idea about barnstars. --Lord Deskana ^{Dark Lord of the Sith} 20:30, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Jagiello

Would you care to visit at Talk:Wladyslaw_II_Jagiellon_of_Poland#Survey. YOu indicated that you support the simple "Jagiello" - now there is a formal listing going on to sign supoirt or opposition. ObRoy 21:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Duchy of Sora

Hi! Just added a little entry for Duchy of Sora, with info taken from the Italian edition. Also used it for the History section in the Province of Frosinone. Do you have some time to check what I wrote? Let me know and thanks. user:Attilios.

Polish medieval monarchs naming

Hi. I have proposed to move the following monarchs from their current, generally Polish-spelled names (with diacriticals) to the systematical English name, citing my general ground that English should be used, not Polish. Would you share your opinion at Talk:Bolesław I the Brave , Talk:Bolesław II the Bold, Talk:Mieszko II Lambert, Talk:Władysław III Spindleshanks, Talk:Jan I Olbracht and Talk:Kazimierz III the Great. Marrtel 19:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

postmodern

the key to remember is that wikipedia is not about your opinion about whether the sydney opera house is or is not postmodern, modern, or otherwise. the evidence is in google and several scholarly articles and books that describe it in that set. when i said it was widely accepted when i reverted, that is what i meant. --Buridan 12:02, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

you might differentiate postmodernism in architecture from postmodernism or postmodernity, but that is just irony. the jenks book about postmodern architecture ties the two together quite closely and it was one of the first to describe postmodern architecture. that people on wikipedia see them as different in some significant way is likely an ideological position. almost all of the early work on postmodernism, prior to david harvey and fredric jameson, which is the period which most cites the sydney opera house, alongside the beauberg center and other places, does not make the differentiation that you claim exists. this is not to say there isn't room for redefinition of terms, perhaps postmodern architecture does mean..... butterfies on walls or somesuch, but it isn't really there in the citations yet. now given that you are the only one that keeps deleting this and there seems to be no one else that is supporting the change, we should take it to discussion before taking action in order to see what the consensus is. random removal of content without discussion is bold and good, unless it is not agreed upon --Buridan 21:53, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Medieval Moroccan Rulers

Hello. It seems that there are a fair many Medieval/Renaissance Moroccan rulers on fr.wikipedia that we don't have. Translating them is easy enough, but I would like to get the article naming sorted. I updated Wattasid today and I wondered if you could have a look and comment on naming of the red-links, if you have any books which name these folks in English. Thanks in advance ! Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

C.S.Lewis

Hello Srnec.I thought it only polite to give you a reply but as we are getting badly off topic I thought I would do so on your user page.

I don’t know much about psychoanalysis, though I did read a few of those little paperback editions of Freud as a teenager. Based on this knowledge ,I would say Freud is not scientific ,as his assertions cannot be tested by experiment. He may not even be rational by which I mean logical and internally consistent.

Despite describing myself as a scientific rationalist I do not actually believe strict scientific reductionism is an appropriate tool for all situations. If applied to literary criticism it would certainly lead to some pretty sterile work. I don’t think there is any way to prove whether or not Lewis’s children’s stories have any sexual content, there are clearly some intelligent people who believe they do and probably an equal number who believe they don’t. We probably aren’t going to get much further than that and science isn’t much help. I have my own opinions and I have stated them.I must admit to getting into the debate partly from motives of mischief making but having said that the standard of debate seems to have improved since my contribution.

I have some sympathy for your view that this whole thing has become rather distasteful. I suspect if Lewis himself was still available for comment we might all be treated to some robust Ulster invective.Dave59 17:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Less than significant

Calling the Netherlands "less than significant", says everthing about your obvious bias doesn't it Srnec? I find it very strange those "See also"-sections became "superfluous and ugly" when a link to the history of the Netherlands was added. You didn't seem to have a problem with them before ... care to explain?!

My edit to the Frankish Empire was a fair one,and let me say this: I will not tolerate one case of "Germany + France = Western Europe" as long as I'm active on wikipedia.

Rex 12:40, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

RE: Jogaila vote

I'm curious to know why you oppose Jogaila on the vote taking place at Talk:Jogaila (sorry can't be bothered pasting the diacritics)? I ask, because some of the reasoning you gave for your support for Jagiello also applies to Jogaila. Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 01:54, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

War of the Sicilian Vespers

Good work! I've been trawling around trying to find out where the battle of La Falconara (Falconaria, Falconeria) was fought; apparently it's a plain near Trapani, but it doesn't appear on modern maps. There's a description of the battle here, as well as various other events in the later war; my Italian is non-existent, but perhaps you might get something out of it. (I've found a nice history of Frankish Greece 1301-1460 online and am mining that.) Choess 03:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow, that was quick! Thanks for translating it and creating the article. Choess 04:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Charlemagne

Thank you for your excellent work on the article.CyrilleDunant 20:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Srnec 15:15, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Villehardouin

Your point was well taken, Srnec. I have now adjusted the redlinks I made. They now point to Isabella of Villehardouin and Margaret of Villehardouin, Lady of Mategrifon. I will go ahead and make stubs on these two, unless you happened to have articles ready! I have not adjusted the other Villehardouin names, e.g. William II Villehardouin, though they ought to be changed really. Andrew Dalby 17:19, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

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Ciao! I've saved the former image, as it was at least GFDL. As for help, if you've time, can you copyedit Bianca Maria and Francesco I Sforza, and Astorre Manfredi? I don't know if you're intereseted in Italian Renaissance, but these are outstanding figures that were of course understimated here by English-language users devoted only to fill the space here with jerkish wrestling, TV-trash and baseball entries... My next projects are to improved Leon Battista Alberti and Cesare Borgia, and Renaissance popes. Ciao, thanks again and compliments for good work as usual!!--Attilios 10:58, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders

Hi. How can it be anachronistical? The title of Infante is used in the Iberian peninsula since the 10th century. In Iberia, a Prince is almost always the heir to the throne and has to have a propper principality inside the Kingdom to be prince. This guy was born Infante Fernando of Portugal (and was it for the rest of his life). He became Count consort of Flanders by marriage to Jeanne, Countess of Flanders. I do not object if the article is moved to Infante Ferdinand or Infante Ferrand. As for the historical relevance: Fernando forced his father to give him the Templar Knights lands near today's Castelo Branco, Portugal. He founded Vila Franca da Cardosa, that would later become Castelo Branco (a distric capital today). In 1214 he gave the town to the Templars, receiving half of the income of the lands and under the condition that the Templars populated the zone, building a castle. This donation was confirmed by a papal bull by pope Innocence III in 1245. The depart of Fernando to Central Europe created a small wave of Portuguese merchants (and immigrants) to the region. As you see, he has equal importance in both countries. What do you suggest? Joaopais 05:01, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

The title "Prince of Portugal" doesn't exist at all. There are several titles of "prince" in Portugal, all connected with the heir to the throne: Heir Prince, Prince of Brazil, Prince of Beira and Prince Royal, all in different periods of history and none attributed to Fernando. As for the title "infante", it is quite formal indeed. As all sons of Portuguese monarchs that are not heirs to the throne, Fernando is styled His Highness the Infante D. Fernando, Lord of Vila Franca da Cardosa, Count of Flanders by marriage, where infante is the equivalent of the common English prince. You are only thinking in the British royalty, in which the use of the title "prince" is recent. In Iberia the informal use remotes to the 10th century, and the formal use to the 12th. If you see pages in the Spanish and Portuguese wikipedia you may find that infante is quite common in articles of Middle Ages' Iberian princes. What you may argue is that the title Count of Flanders implies that he doesn't use the title Infante of Portugal. Anyway, I've created the article myself, and at the time I decided to use the title Count of Flanders (a consort title) to disambiguate from other Fernandos of Portugal. I prefer Infante Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, or Infante Fernando of Portugal, Count of Flanders to clarify that he is from Portugal. The reason for this is the fact that he is only a consort of a non-sovereing fiefdom. Ferdinand, Count of Flanders seems to indicate that he was a local, a member of the family of Philipp of Alsase, or a European noble to whom was given a county. By the way, I wont revert if you move it again. The problem with this thing is that the convention doesn't specify what to do with royals of a country that received a title in a foreign state or used the title as consort. Sorry for the long text. Cheers! Joaopais 00:40, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Mediation

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Srnec What is this foolishness? This poor guy is basically trying to force original research on everyone else? I have been out of touch, but what sources does he have, other than his opinions? old windy bear 11:53, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Louis the Pious

Dear Srnec, I have replied on the List's talk page. Re your comments on the aforementioned article. I can tell you that that certain user has a bit of history of adding dodgy stuff. So don't bother. I don't want to say more out here. Str1977 ^{(smile back)} 16:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Charlemagne

Hi, I was just reading your comments on Talk:Charlemagne and had some comments myself, although I wanna stress beforehand that I agree fully with your main point that one can clearly speak of a Germany long before the Pragmatic sanction.

• while your remark that the Kingdom of Germany was not identical to the HRR is correct, it is of no relevance for the dispute in question since the Low Countries were part of the Regnum Teutonicum. Correct me if I'm wrong here.
• re your remark that the Treaty of Verdun marks the birth of Germany, I found it interesting to see that on de:Vertrag von Verdun the assessment is that contemporary historians do not think so any more. And I think that makes sense, because as I understand the Treaty of Verdun, it was only a starting point of a development over the course of several centuries that culminated in a German state (for instance the empire is called "HRR of German nation" only after the Imperial Reform in 1512).
• an aside re Luxembourg: I find the status of Luxembourg between 1815-1867 very puzzling. On the one hand, the King of the Netherlands was Grand Duke of Luxembourg by way of personal union, on the other hand it was closely integrated into the German Confederation (Customs, "Reichsfestung Luxembourg"). I was trying to adapt Template:History of the Low Countries accordingly, maybe you have some thoughts as well.
• And for Switzerland, if you trace the history of each and every canton, it can be easily shown that it is a "breakaway nation from the German empire". And a very fascinating history, I might add.

Crix 02:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Srnec, thanks for your reply. I basically agree with you, I just have one point concerning Lux and another concerning Bohemia:

• the way I understand Lux history, it was an Imperial estate of the HRE until it became a part of the Burgundian Netherlands, and was affected by the Pragmatic Sanction as well. Then it was a part of the Southern Netherlands (or whatever the Hapsburg part was called), which was technically still a part of the HRE, but only very loosely so. I guess legally you're right. Be that as it may, the situation post 1815 is very complex. I have been in a discussion with User:Str1977 on Template talk:History of the Low Countries trying to agree on the best way of having the template reflect these situations. Pls. have a look.
• the discussion on Charlemagne at some point mentioned Bohemia, which puzzled me as well. I have left a note on User talk:Str1977#Luxembourg/Bohemia regarding this and would like to refer you there, in order to avoid duplications. (I'm avoiding posting on Talk:Charlemagne until the situation has calmed down a bit.

Crix 02:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Just a quick correction of Crix's post: Luxemburg was "an Imperial estate of the HRE" not "until it became a part of the Burgundian Netherlands" but beyond that, until it was annexed by the French Republic.

Merger note

Dear Srnec, I have seen your merger note on some of Germanus' recent creations and I must disagree. There is no basis for merging this as it was only created by splitting a viable article. I changed it into a redirect, but now Germanus is using your merge tag as an excuse to revert me. Please have a look into Monarchic rulers of Germany, 1806 onwards (what a silly title) and [[[Kings of East Francia / Germany]] (hardly better). Cheers, Str1977 ^{(smile back)} 09:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Dear Str1977,

Instead of calling the titles of articles I've created silly, you might want to use arguments in the discussion developing on the talk page of List of German monarchs‎.Cheers,

 Rex  10:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Military History Coordinator/Assistant Coordinator Positions

Srnec Greetings my friend, I don't know if you are interested, but there are elections for the military history project coordinator and assistant coordinators ongoing. I believe Kirill should be reelected as coordinator, and have nominated myself for one assistant spot, but there are six open, and if you are interested, I will nominate you (I am going to ask Ewulp as well, you both would be good). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Coordinators/August_2006 is the link if you are interested in going and looking, or commenting on the current nominations. If you are interested yourself, let me know, and I will nominate you, I think your research and writing skills are superior, and I personally find you a pleasure to work with. I wonder if Angus knows about this, he is another good candidate. old windy bear 22:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Jogaila

Hi there. Despite a whopping victory for the name Jogaila on the previous vote, the Polish users have got upset and called yet another vote. They want to get it moved back to the old unpopular name Władysław II Jagiełło. If you are interested in stopping this, you'll need to cast your vote again. Sorry for all this tediousness. Regards, Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 03:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Take note that the "whooping victory" was in fact a 16:16 parity. Despite that the article was moved anyway, in violation of wiki rules and procedures. Now is the chance to repair that. Besides, Calgacus is also lying about the name - the one we propose to move it to is Wladyslaw II Jagiello, without diacritics. And that name is at least 10 times more popular with English scientific literature than Jogaila. //Halibutt 08:59, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Lochmaben Fair

This article is about a battle on Anglo-Scottish borders and takes its place in the Battles of Scotland section, along with others of the same kind that I have written. It also describes an important episode in the political relations between England and Scotland in the late Middle Ages, and the decline and fall of a Scottish noble house. It forms a small part of my wider attempt to fill the gaps in Scottish medieval history, and to correct the quite enormous number of errors I have encountered on the subject in these pages. You are at liberty to flush it altogether, if you wish; but stop corrupting what I have done with your puerile and half-witted tags. If you have knowledge of the subject in question-which I assume you do not-I will deal with any specific issues you may care to raise. Otherwise please continue to devote your talents to lists of central European monarchs and the like. Rcpaterson 00:50, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

The following originally appeared on User talk:Rcpaterson, but was removed:

As to your article: do you realise it is not accessible because no other artilce links to it? I am tagging it so as to draw attention to this fact. If I could correct it, I would. I can't, you say as much when you admit that you expect I know little about the subject. I should also note that I take exception to your attitude in calling the tag "puerile" and "half-witted". It is neither, but your comments were both. I devote my time to many things, a list of central European monarchs is not one of the primary ones (though it has demanded attention of late). Fix your article yourself so that it need not be any longer "corrupted" by necessary tags. Srnec 02:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks to you this has now been abandoned; a great pity. Anyway, back to your lists. Rcpaterson 07:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Military History Task Force

Hello, I see that you've made some edits on Italian history, and was wondering if you'd be able to join a new Military History WikiProject Task Force opening up on Italian military history. It will just be a small division of the main project, but it will be devoted to helping the fairly sad Italian history articles on Wikipedia right now, (for instance, all articles on their WWII tanks are stubs), and we need a few editors before we can actually create the project. Thank you for any support.-KingPenguin 11:12, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Thomas Aquinas

Just a quick note about Thomas Aquinas - this past July, you expanded on an introduction to the Thomas Aquinas#Epistemology section of the article. It turns out that the material you quoted did, in fact, come from the Summa Theologiae, but what you quoted was one of the "objections" that Aquinas was about to refute in that article. Another user pointed out the error, and I've changed the introduction to reflect Aquinas's true thoughts. Just thought you might like to know... - David aukerman ^talk 02:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Vote concerning Scottish monarchs

There is currently a vote going on regarding the names of early Scottish monarchs at Talk: Cináed I of Scotland. Your contribution would be most welcome. --Nydas 19:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Our Alfons(o?

Hi! Finally managed to add some news to one of the most underdeveloped articles here, Alfonso V of Aragon. As usual, maybe you'll be able to give it a glance and correct my poor English. I included especially detailed news abaout the 1420s-1430s war with Louis III of Anjou, and it could be a good idea to find a way to make it recognizable also in the History of Naples, in some way. Ciao and compliments for your excellent work (I just noticed your work about southern Italy topics, I'm just back from a 1.5 month stay in Gaeta!).

Bye. Attilios 23:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Carolingian genealogical cruft

I see that he's still at it. I don't have an issue with having children added to an article, so long as what's done matches reliable sources, but grandchildren and great-grandchildren is just silly. I changed Boso of Provence to match Riché. I don't care which is right, but between a website and reliable sources there's no argument. I'll have a go at cleaning some of this up later in the week. All the best ! Angus McLellan (Talk) 08:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

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List of Castilian monarchs Disambiguation link repair - You can help!

Hi,

The article List of Castilian monarchs links to a disambiguation page, [[Castile]], in the opening sentence. If you have a moment, could you please repair that disambiguation link by specifying which Castile (or Castiles, perhaps?)is referred to:

• Kingdom of Castile
• Crown of Castile
• Castilla-La Mancha
• Castile-León
• Old Castile
• New Castile
• Castile (historical region)

Thanks for your time & trouble --Ling.Nut 23:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Joan of Naples

Help again needed for copyediting in Joan II of Naples, Muzio Attendolo and Giovanni Caracciolo. Ciao and thanks in advance!! Attilios 15:07, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Castilian Civil War

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Peter Tempesta

Nice article. Some questions: when you say "Philip I of Taranto took reinforcements and was successful", at what was he successful? It isn't clear. Wasn't it Philip who retreated toward Fuecchio, Peter being dead on the field? And was Peter Count of Gravina as well as of Eboli? Choess 02:43, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. It just seemed to me that his body wasn't likely to be lost except in the chaos of a melee. There's an English translation of Villani here, which says "In this battle there died M. Piero, brother of King Robert, and his body was never found...The prince [Philip] fled with all the rest of his followers, some towards Pistoia and some towards Fucecchio and some by the Cerbaia." Foundation for Medieval Genealogy also calls him Conte di Gravina, although they don't supply a citation for that particular fact. Search for "Pietro Conte di Gravina" on Google and some Italian sources turn up as well. Choess 03:10, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. There's supposed to be an article on Montecatini in "Römische Historische Mitteilungen 40 (1998) 237–288", which presumably (from the length) goes into some detail, but I don't have convenient access to that journal. Choess 04:11, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Fucecchio lies about ten miles south of Montecatini, at the junction of the Guisciana (now Usciana) and the Arno. Looking on aerial photos today, much of the area between the two towns, on the east side of the Usciana, appears to be undeveloped, ditched-and-drained marshes. This page suggests the marshes were even larger and more lake-like during the medieval era. Evidently part of the Guelphic army was driven into there to drown. Choess 03:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Bernard I William of Gascony

That seems to be a sentence fragment so it's hard to decipher it...do you have any more of the text? It looks like Bernard is being affected by womanly deceits and evil tricks etc, but I'm not totally sure. Adam Bishop 04:20, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Ah, did you get it from here? That page might have bungled it, I see they have some other strange formatting. But fortunately they give the reference in the MGH, so I can look it up tomorrow. Adam Bishop 04:31, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, as I suspected, that sentence is a fragment, a couple of nested ablative absolutes with the main clause following it. The most recent edition is in the Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Medievalis, vol. 129, book III, chapter 38, pg. 160 - "At Bernardo, insidiis muliebribus, maleficis artibus corpore fatescente, vitae privato, Santius, frater eius, dux Wasconum extitit." I assume that webpage had been copied and pasted from Word, which autocorrected privato to private. Not that I am particularly competent to judge these matters, but Ademar's Latin is not great, which makes it hard to translate literally...but it obviously means he grew weak and died because of womanly plots and evil tricks, and then his brother Sancho became duke of Gascony. Fortunately, there is also a recent French translation, by Yves Chauvin and Georges Pon (Adémar de Chabannes, Chronique, III, 39, pg. 250), which says "Bernard, privé de la vie par des intrigues féminines, la santé ruinée par de néfastes artifices, Sanche, son frère, devint duc de Gascogne." Hope this helps! Adam Bishop 23:49, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Badheads

Ciao! I wrote some biographies of House of Malatesta members. Can I ask your help for the usual copyedit (really tell me if my repeated requests annoy you, I won't offend!)? Bye and thanks in advance! --Attilios 21:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Arborea

Can ask your help for Arborea? I explain: there's a huge lot of red links, and in recent times a stupid user removed ALL the giudicato di Arborea section, I think because he disliked all those redlinks... Bye and thanks (PS: Emilia of Gaeta was a surprise for me also)!! --Attilios 09:27, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I thought that the Dizionario degli Italiani contained some of them... I'm afraid I don't know other sources at the moment. Thank you anyway!! --Attilios 10:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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Principality of Achaia

Good work on the Prices of Achaia. Just an idea: The French wikipedians have made a nice table (better than the one we had here). Check fr:Principauté d'Achaïe.--FocalPoint 06:52, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Help with a "Ferdinand I"

The Catalan nationalism article mentions a "Ferdinand I, a Castillian", who was chosen as ruler, before John II of Aragon. I couldn't see a mention of this person at Ferdinand I. Is there an article on him ? Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:06, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Invitation

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I saw your interest in editing, among others, pages related to the Byzantine history. That is why I thought to inform you about the History of Greece Wikiproject. The project is new and it definitely needs the contributions of users with appetite for initiatives. You can visit the main page and the various sections, most of which are stil underdevelopped; if you decide that you wish to participate and contribute, we'll be happy to see you there. Cheers!--Yannismarou 08:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Or are you more interested in a WikiProject:Italy? Check [1] and good work. --Attilios 10:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Italy

Here is the provisional page for the Project. Tell us if you are interested in. Bye. --Attilios 17:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier

Thank you for contributing this article, which I have again announced at the Germany portal page P:DE/A. We now have a project to go with the portal, the Germany WikiProject, which is still new - if you have any ideas what we should do or want to help, you'd be welcome. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 09:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Leo of Tripoli

Hi, Srnec, and thanks for all your hard work. I was attempting to trace the article about the Byzantine renegade Leo of Tripoli and can't find it anywhere. How can it be that Wikipedia lacks an entry about this legendary pirate? --Ghirla ^-трёп- 12:09, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Ciao! I've recently done a grat effort to improve that which was a really shitty article on such in important figure. However, I seem something is still missing. Do you have some further material to add? If you've time, of course... Or maybe you could simply check my Italianized English language... Thanks in advance and good work. --Attilios 14:06, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, thanks! I didn't surf on Henry III before, I've just looked at your fine additions to it this year. OK, I'll save me to such a task (I used really spare and confused sources!) and wait with anxiety your article on Henry V, the big traitor. I could always add something from the beautiful "History of Rome in the Middle Ages" by Gregorovius: being him a German, he devoted much space to the Emperors fact, also to their German things. Just a note: you removed the red link to Saxon War... there's an article on it in the German version, so image we should also have it here. Bye, thanks and good work. --Attilios 18:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I've expanded also Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor. I'm getting steam!!! Give them just a check if you have time (the language should be decent, they're a re-elaboration of 1911 Britannica). Bye and good work.

Thanks for Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. --Attilios 16:47, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Frederick, Archbishop of Mainz

Thank you for contributing this article! I have announced it at Portal:Germany/New article announcements and on the Germany portal. If you create more articles on German archbishops, please announce them there and consider joining our Germany WikiProject. If you want to help out writing the missing articles about archbishops of Mainz, you might also want to check out the Mainz task force. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 08:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

In fact Srnec already joint us without explicit writing! Welcome ! --Symposiarch 10:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

De Nerio II et Antonio II Acciaiolis fratribus ducibus Athenarum

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article De Nerio II et Antonio II Acciaiolis fratribus ducibus Athenarum, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:De Nerio II et Antonio II Acciaiolis fratribus ducibus Athenarum. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Brianyoumans 18:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Alfonso, Robert of Capua, and Ranulf of Alife

Thank you for your kind words regarding my map. I do not understand the reference to ' "Southern Italy circa 1000" not showing up '. I would like to investigate if you tell me where to look.

Regarding the edits, I was just trying to put some flow into the article, in part by occasionally removing what I thought were digressions, deleting placenames I could not verify (e.g. Amitenno and Ceprani in the Alfonso article) and also changing some of the modern-day phrases (e.g. "mopped up") to more formal wordings.

I did review my edits on the 4 articles (Alfonso of Hauteville, Robert II of Capua, Ranulf II of Alife, and Roger II of Sicily) and they looked reasonable -- at least to me : ) . I did re-insert the note about Ranulf appearing at Lothair's coronation back into Ranulf's article. You are right -- it is appropriate. You are welcome to change anything I added or to re-insert anything I deleted. These are very good and much-needed articles and you are to be congratulated for creating them! MapMaster 15:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

When I go to the "Italy 1000 AD.svg" page at Commons, it shows up, but if I click on the image shown there, my one computer's browser crashes and my other asks if want to open or download the file. Does that help? MapMaster 05:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Still unable to see Commons:Image:Italy 1000 AD.svg? I had User:Attilios check it out and he says that he can see it. Perhaps you could go to my user page and look at all my maps there and let me know what you see and don't see. I'm wondering whether your browser may be having a problem with SVG files. Thanks, MapMaster 04:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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Early Agilofing Dukes of Bavaria

I know you did some work on the early dukes of Bavaria, especially cleaning up the legendary Agilofing dukes Theodo I-V. I just wanted to let you know that someone went and added Garibald I of Bavaria, Tassilo I of Bavaria, and Garibald II of Bavaria, as well as Theodon I and Theodon. These I moved to standard naming and redirected the Theodon to Theodo. I thought you might be interested in looking at the Garibalds and Tassilo I.imars 08:16, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Translation

There is Wikipedia:Requests for translation, but I don't know how effective that is, or how to tie it into the medieval project. You could create a project subpage for translations, though. I have noticed the same thing recently, for example the German Wikipedia has much better info about Roman and canon law. Adam Bishop 06:43, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Clothar

What's wrong with Clothar? It you discount the false positives, it's almost exactly as common as Chlothar and less shocking to the reader.

No, I don't believe you are a German nationalist; I know nationalists. I do think that you have been reading scholarship influenced by Germany, as whoever wrote the article has clearly been reading French. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:23, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Diz. Biografico

Frankly, I have no idea. It looks a bit a weird category. Don't know. But keep good work as usual (my last additions in history field are Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Sigismund, Obizzo II d'Este, Azzo VIII d'Este, Niccolò II d'Este. For the first two, I merged 1911 stuff with the few additions in the previsou (poor) articles. Maybe, if you've time, you can give them a glance. Bye. --Attilios 14:43, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

A few remaining comments on the Duchy of Vasconia/Gascony

Since year's end, i've been too busy to work on Wikipedia, but I feel we left a couple of points in the air, which i will address here

First, on the value of Marcel Rouche's book: For those of us without access to JSTOR, i've found two other reviews of Rouche (in french, but open) (review by Pierre Riche@Annales) and (review by Gerard Moyse@Bibliotheque de la Ecole de Chartes ) for a clear view of the nature of the (still) main controversial point in the book. The book has, though, stood the test of time, and appears again and again in almost all the recent authors I've perused, used as a guide for the events in Aquitaine (f.i. Wood (1994) and -more critically- Larrea (1998)). Thus is why it seems to have become the "must read" book on Aquitaine and the Merovingian era.

A seemingly very common view of the book can be found in the words of french arqueologist Françoise STUTZ, footnote 3)

La première partie relate les événements historiques en une synthèse rigoureuse. On ne peut en revanche être d’accord avec l’analyse culturelle écrite en seconde partie.

I have tried to buy the book (second hand) but it seems unavailable at the moment. Another book which has poped-up frequently in my research and might be of your interest is Renee Mussot-Goulard's "Les princes de Gascogne" (CTR, 1982, ISBN 2904159002), also sadly unavailable. But perhaps you can get then thru interlibrary loans. There are more recent books y the same author on similar subjects

I'll try to add some data for Lupus_I_of_Aquitaine when i'm free for a while Wllacer 09:16, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject France

Hello! We are a group of editors working to improve the quality of France related articles. You look like someone who might be interested in joining us in the France WikiProject and so I thought I'd drop you a line and invite you! We'd love to have you in our project :-) STTW (talk) 22:51, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Help in edit war

Can I ask your help in the poll to dirime this edit war at Castelseprio (see talk:Castelseprio)? I've stumbled in somebody with awful style layout, nad probably one of those guys getting stuck like children in their version of any article. Bye and good work. --Attilios 09:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Need your input

Srnec, I need your input on the question of whether the spelling of Bohemond I of Antioch should be "Bohemund" or "Bohemond". Can you please chime in on the talk page?? Also, please look at what is now Logudoro/Torres? I had moved it to Giudicato of Logudoro, but an apparently-avengeful user has reverted all my moves in the past month. I would value your input as an expert in the field. Thanks, MapMaster 03:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)