Eleanor's straightforward feminine image combined with its royal medieval history is striking just the right note for parents in search of a girls' name that combines substance and style. Iris Origin: Flower name; Greek Meaning: "rainbow" ...
In his introduction, Ives notes that the book is based on a medieval law that allowed for animals to be convicted of crimes. I’ll stick with reading and watching Ives’ plays. Looking for a good book? Monsieur Eek by David Ives is Ives’ first foray into writing fiction for young reade...
(Of course, the names that were common in, say, Medieval Europe would sound quite strange today.)You might also look at non-European cultures for inspiration - provided they make sense in your story world.Some writers prefer names that distinguish one culture in the story world from another....
Many superstitions have attached themselves to Good Friday. In past times blacksmiths hesitated to work on this day, out of respect for the terrible purpose that iron nails were put to on the first Good Friday. In medieval England monarchs blessed gold and silver "cramp rings" on Good Friday...
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford PART I I THIS is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy--or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as clos
Here are two epic fantasy stories, one with a classic medieval European-like setting, and one contemporary. Splinter and Ashby Marieke Nijkamp. Read by Vico Ortiz. Greenwillow Book, 2024. ASIN B0CQPKHQTW. Listened to audiobook on Libby. ...
(Harvard), library sciences (Simmons College), and archival sciences (UMass/Boston). She also completed the coursework for two history doctorates: the first in medieval studies in the 1960s at Harvard, and the second in the 1980s and 1990s in the History of the Book program at Boston ...
The whole area, Pskov Kremlin is nice and has extensive medieval history but is under renovation since 1952 (!) Later that evening, I sat outside the hotel entrance near the bikes in the parking lot and drank my coffee while Jan was repacking his stuff on his bike. Suddenly, we heard ...
Medieval Civilizations. I determined I would remember at least one fact from that night for the rest of my life: Ethelred the Unready was King of England from about 979 to 1016. Two facts. His son Edward the Confessor died without an heir. That led to the Norman invasion and defeat of...
The great medieval thinker Anselm argued for a posture of faith seeking understanding. In other words, “we must believe in order to understand.” Moreover, our human reason is vital as it “tells us what follows from the articles of faith revealed in Scripture. Reason exercises a ministerial...