Tag Archives: Orangemen

The Orangeman in Winter: Ogle Gowan, Masculine Frailties, and the Rise of the Orange Order

Posted on October 16, 2013 by midatlanticmusings

After many, many months of silence, I’m posting again.  The time since March has been slightly mad with conferences and research on the new book.  The next half-dozen or so posts will be versions of these papers that I gave … Continue reading →

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Family History Ghosts

Posted on August 31, 2013 by midatlanticmusings

A brief plug before I return to a regular season of weekly posts.  I’ll be speaking at the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa Conference on 22 September.  This is an interview I did earlier today about it… … Continue reading →

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Covenant This!

Posted on September 30, 2012 by midatlanticmusings

Well, that was a bit of a surprise. Yesterday marked the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Ulster Covenant, the document signed by nearly half a million Ulstermen and women in 1912 as a protest against the British government’s … Continue reading →

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Sentences of Death: Infamous Executions and the Power of Romantic Nationalism

Posted on December 22, 2011 by midatlanticmusings

If an execution is done well, it is – barring a “traitor’s death” — supposed to be painless.  If one’s heart and intestines are not being ripped from the body post-genital mutilation but prior to decapitation, then the bullet, axe, … Continue reading →

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