Wednesday, May 21, 2003

A little known but excellent resource is Roger Pearce on Tertullian and other matters relating to the early fathers. This page, in particular includes English translations of lots of useful stuff which means I shall have to update my work on the Library of Alexandria to include it. Lots of other good resources on the site too about Eusebius, Tacitus and the other authorities that get quoted about early Christianity. Roger sets the record straight on a few common myths about Eusebius the forger etc.

Tuesday, May 06, 2003

I've been off history for a couple of weeks to get my breathe back and rest the brain. Returning to the grindstone now with my Masters dissertation to be handed in 30th September. A meeting with my supervisor about the proposed plan went pretty well but as they say about the best laid plans.... On footnotes, the best plan seems to be to put them in the status bar like this: [NOTE].