PGMantel

Raised in a home filled with books on Western civilization, P.G. Mantel became a lover of history at an early age. An amateur writer of verse, he makes himself useful as an editor for Men of the West.

June 4, 2019

Culture·History·Literature·Nationalism·Religion

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) It was the attempt of the Oriental Persian Empire to conquer the Aegean basin which engaged the Homeric genius of Herodotus; Thucydides

December 19, 2018

Where is the Leadership? A Gen Xer Answers a Millennial

December 4, 2020

Friday Music: Bubba Ho-Tep

History

The Last of the Latin Historians

July 10, 2023

If we had to single out the special excellence which marks Ammianus as a writer of history, we should find it in his distinct gift for life-like portraiture.

Culture·History

Wine in Roman History

July 1, 2023

"I shall show you how the branches and tendrils of the plant of Bacchus are entwined about the history and the destiny of Rome."

Culture·History·Literature·Nationalism

Jacob Grimm

June 25, 2023

"All my works relate to the Fatherland, from whose soil they derive their strength."

History

Marshal Ney: The Bravest of the Brave

June 17, 2023

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Napoleon’s Marshals, by R. P. Dunn-Pattison (published 1909). “Go on, Ney; I am satisfied with you; you will make your way.” So spoke a captain

Culture·History·Literature·Nationalism·Philosophy·Politics·Religion

Thoughts On History

June 2, 2023

I do not propose in this paper to enter into any general inquiry about the best method of writing history. Such inquiries appear to me to be of no real value, for

Culture·History·Religion

Europe After the Fall of the Roman Empire (476-754 AD)

May 22, 2023

Go where you will over the Lowlands of Scotland or England, or in western Europe over the countries south of the Danube, you will seldom find a district that cannot boast of

Religion

Sermon: Endurance

May 21, 2023

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Discipline and Other Sermons, by Charles Kingsley (published 1881). i Peter ii. 19. This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief,

Culture·Literature

Carlyle’s Message to His Age

April 29, 2023

There are two great classes among writers: those who are echoes and those who are voices.

History

The Phalanx and the Legion

April 27, 2023

Before noting further contributions of the Greeks and Romans, we shall stop to call attention to their tactical units, the phalanx and the legion. The phalanx consisted of rows of hoplites, heavy-armed

History

The Evolution of Generalship

April 18, 2023

The modern idea that the general is first and foremost the intellectual leader of the army is so well established that it is hard to realize that it is an evolution from

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PGMantel

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

Where is the Leadership? A Gen Xer Answers a Millennial

Friday Music: Bubba Ho-Tep

The Last of the Latin Historians

Wine in Roman History

Jacob Grimm

Marshal Ney: The Bravest of the Brave

Thoughts On History

Europe After the Fall of the Roman Empire (476-754 AD)

Sermon: Endurance

Carlyle’s Message to His Age

The Phalanx and the Legion

The Evolution of Generalship

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