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Patrick Wyman
Personal blog · patrickwyman.substack.comhistorypolitics
Patrick Wyman's personal blog at patrickwyman.substack.com covers history and politics. Since 2020, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “American Gentry”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Patrick Wyman's Substack for posts on medieval and social history, including peasant life, American gentry, and bro culture as a lens on chivalry. One commenter points to his new podcast.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- American Gentry3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-09-17
- Bro Culture, Fitness, Chivalry, and Identity (2020)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-01-01
What Hacker News says?
The medieval period was a fairly long ordeal with large differences over both time and place. Life post-black death in Europe, for example, included a heightened QoL for many as population density was lowered. Many peasants in Europe had their own plot of land but also had to spend some time working his lords' fields. Often the lords had to supplement this with paid work - peasants did not particularly like giving a…
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on “What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on peasants”Submitted Imperial Wars Always Come Home as a story · 127 points
HN discussion> Headley has had the wicked idea that what we’ve needed all along is Beowulf: The Frat-Boy Chronicles. Maybe it doesn't apply to the cultural context of Beowulf, but from https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/bro-culture-fitness-chiv... , I got the impression that "bro culture" is a valid — and illmuninating! — lens through which to at least view the concept of medieval chivalry.
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on “Beowulf: A New Translation”Submitted The Siberian Ice Maiden and the Scythian World as a story · 59 points
HN discussionOutside of large cities, car dealership owners are usually some of the people with the most money. See also: beverage distributers https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-gentry
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on “Carvana sees 98% of its market value evaporate”Submitted What Just Happened? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou might enjoy Patrick Wyman's (Fall of Rome, Tides of History) new podcast "Past Lives": https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/new-history-podcast-past...
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on “High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building”Submitted American Gentry as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere's probably many reasons why tech won't grow inland. There's this story about Yakima, WA, and why ambitious and/or smart people move away: https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-gentry I grew up in Kirksville, No. Much smaller town, but very similar situation as far as local gentry. Almost everyone I knew in highschool moved away. Then there's this little issue of non-compete agreement and companies ownin…
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on “Silicon Valley Had Its Heyday. Can Tech Ecosystems Now Grow Inland?”Submitted Don’t Quote Laws to Men with Swords as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bro Culture, Fitness, Chivalry, and Identity (2020) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Who Were the First Americans? as a story · 1 points
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