Good Things to Read, Written by Smart People

If you're looking for some good things to read on medieval topics, here are some suggestions for you:

• Jonathan Jarrett has a post about violence, the placement of medieval coins, and one of his academic heroes.
• Over at In the Middle, Heather Blurton responds to the various praise / criticisms of her book on cannibalism. My own comments, along with puns, can be found here.
• Jeff Sypeck has a post on Charlemagne and the European identity, responding, in part, to this post by Horace Jeffery Hodges over at Gypsy Scholar.

I would have commentary on these various pieces, but classes started yesterday, so my synaptic pathways are all leading toward the fall semester. I'll try to be less dumb next week.