The third son of Edward III, John married and outlived two women who brought him titles and land, but his heart belonged toKatherine Swynford. Though their relationship was at times rocky, Katherine bore John four children out of wedlock. When John, at last, married Katherine, the children ...
He died in 1879 in Paris.Source: Wikipedia Charles Marville was commissioned by the city of Paris to document both the picturesque, medieval streets of old Paris and the broad boulevards and grand public structures that Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann built in their place for Emperor Napoleon III...
in 1754, and he was also a trustee of the British Museum. He was a founder member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 1754. Brander owned a manuscript of The Forme of Cury, one of the oldest medieval cookbooks, which was published by Samuel Pegge ...
The arrogant Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and the son of Cromwell’s arch enemy Norfolk, sneered: “Now is the false churl dead, so ambitious of others’ [noble] blood. These new erected men would, by their wills, leave no noble man a life.’ Trimuphantly, he pointed to the process...
Flanders, especially the Pas-de-Calais city of Arras, was the other great centre of tapestry production. A long-established medieval centre of textile weaving, Arras' tapestries were so highly regarded abroad that the word for tapestry in Italian (arrazzo), English (arras), and Spanish (drap...
A significant aspect in many of Morgan's medieval and later iterations is the unpredictable duality of her nature, with potential for both good and evil. Her character may have been rooted in Welsh mythology as well as other earlier myths and historical figures. The earliest account, by ...
MEDIEVAL CASTLE Saint Margaret of Scotland ruled Scotland as the second wife of Malcolm III from 1070 until her death in November 1093. Her reign and commitment to Roman Catholicism are revealed in the Norman chapel built at Edinburgh Castle, now the fortress’s oldest original section. Margaret...
MedievalUncategorizedWilliam Marshal Famous Londoners – William Marshal (part I)… February 10, 2020 We’ve decided to tell William Marshal’s fascinating story over two weeks – tune in next Monday for part II, the latter part of Marshal’s life, when the connections of Marshal to London ar...
Highly respected by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, he is remembered as a Catholic saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Columba studied under prominent church figures in Ireland, founded multiple monasteries, and composed three early medieval Latin hymns....
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