Imagine. It’s the 15th or 16th century in merry old England. You’re a monk looking for some action on a Saturday night. Where do you go? Littlemore Priory of course! In 1445 the priory was investigated because the prioress, Alice Wakeley, regularly hosted drinking sessions. At least one local monk often dropped by to party …
No one knows the exact year that Irene was born. It could have been 750 or 756 or somewhere in between. What we do know is that she was Greek and born in Athens. By the time of her birth Athens was a provincial backwater in the Eastern Roman Empire. Many of the buildings from …
Marketing baseball to females is nothing new. It is almost as old as professional baseball itself. The New York Gothams (later the Giants) had a Ladies Day in 1883. It offered free admission to ladies in the hopes of hooking them on the game. Then they would presumably come back as paying customers. Sounds like …
