Michael Baizerman Author

  Courtesy: https://www.wikihow.com/Set-Writing-Goals  It's high time to set up my writing goals to show my strategy. I would like to continue developing my site at the Academia: see https://independent.academia.edu/BaizermanMichael I intend to expose the articles from my second and third books on Discussions. By the way, you can view the paper on the current discussion, which will end in a week   https://www.academia.edu/45063380/Jerusalem_on_European_Mind_Maps I have started collecting materials for the next chapter from my third book; it is devoted to light and great galleys. I will try to explain why the long-lived  Age of the Galleys on the Mediterranean was coming to the end and what efforts were undertaken to prolong it.  I am going to extend my blog and keep in contact with my readers. Building a platform is a multi-year enterprise and I hope you will assist me in these efforts.  I will look for additional opportunities, like giving l...

  Venetian War Galley, late sixteenth century https://www.pinterest.com/pin/511721576383894517/ Genoese Merchant Vessel https://www.pinterest.com/pin/313915036504583191/ The first chapter of a new unit compares and contrasts galleys and sailing ships negotiating maritime routes in the medieval Mediterranean. It discusses shipbuilding approaches and the diet of seafarers. The paper is based on my previous version penned about seven years ago but sustained major corrections. Due to personal reasons, I will keep the draft intact but I cannot help uploading the first page for you.  A curious landlubber gazing at the sea could discern with ease two broad types of watercraft hugging the coast: oared vessels (galleys) and sailing ships. These breeds epitomized the unabated contest between seaworthiness and speed. Oared vessels were born for speed and doomed to fight; not for nothing tags like "dromon" (Greek: "racer") in Byzantium and "sagitta" (Latin: "ar...

  This is a new version of my article that is taken from my second manuscript, "The Enchanting Encounter with the East". The paper studies the role of Jerusalem in the European Middle Ages. I draw on medieval travelogues, "world maps", and modern research. You are invited to read the draft and leave comments in the Discussions section. https://www.academia.edu/45063380/Jerusalem_on_European_Mind_Maps It might take a few hours until my contribution is converted so don't be in a hurry. Discussions are open for 3 weeks. I have started writing the first chapter of Unit II of my third manuscript. It is called  Galleys versus Sailing Shi ps: Plying the Waters of the Medieval Mediterranean. Here, I would like to compare and contrast the two types of medieval craft. I have nearly completed three sections out of five or six: galleys, sailing ships, pros & cons. I will add a few words about shipbuilding technology in the medieval Mediterranean as well as about sailors...