Thank you, Bruce!

Ah, that's the difficult part. Alas, I'm not a musicologist, I'm sure they have great ideas about this. I, unfortunately, use music as a sidelight in broader lessons about culture. Good luck!

If you're working on the continent, use the recordings of Jordi Savall, they're easily accessible (not to mention excellent). He's got a wide repertoire of Iberian, Mediterranean, and Italian music from the 15th-16th centuries. I use Io Visto lo Mappamundi when I teach the culture of discovery.

Well, I'd say the human experts, but I did hear Jeremy Black saying something dumb... You, me, and Ângela were right on the money, though!

I trust you! But I confess that I hated it. Whoever wrote the script used completely outdated material (School of Sagres, anyone?), and the graphics are totally barfy. I got the impression that they really didn't know what they were doing. So glad they didn't show me saying anything embarrassing!

Oh, nice baroque pearls you got there.

I didn't know you were in it, too. Now I want to watch it (I wasn't sure before...hopefully I'm not too embarrassing!)

Still the most uplifting Christmas carol, 40+ years running!

No, it's the mortgage industry complex. Tax code is a fig leaf for the fact that you get robbed of 40% or more of your home's value in interest.

Thanks for the recommendation, this was great!

Penn State Press

I hope you meet Fred, he’s so nice!

Fred loves you, too!

My children are in their 20s and we still can’t donate any of their treaures. Good luck!

I hope you like it, it was fun to write!

And as an Albariño, not even Portuguese!

Aren't we all? But can we show it?