Granted, I got caught up on my podcasts and listened to 2.5 audiobooks, but my mind wanders. There were a couple of things I kept mulling over. 1. I have undergone a great deal of change in my lifetime. Granted this is how life works, but when you grow up in religious and ...
13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. The other Biblical painting by Tintoretto in this room is The Expulsion...
And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come.Loathed by the English people, who called her "the King's Great Whore," Anne Boleyn was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. ...
Jane Gordon is one of those women who was caught up in the tumultuous life of Mary Queen of Scots. Used as a pawn on the marriage market by her family, she was espoused to the Earl of Bothwell whose marital history was exceedingly complicated. Despite all of this mayhem, Jane’s reputat...
On its arrival in England many prominent members of the nobility received the party. Helena was by all accounts a beautiful woman, having large brown eyes, red hair, and a perfect pink and white complexion. She caught the attention of William Parr, marquess of Northampton (1513-1571), noblem...
. Being allured by the shadow of Sir Lancelot, Lady of Shalott forgets about the curse and looks down to Camelot. After being ideologue with purity and chastity, she brakes free from her established destiny and is caught by the moment, which was an immoral thing to do for awomanin that...
The main character Dmitry falls in love with Anna and it’s totally unexpected. The theme of love is the main point of the story because Dmitry begins to realize his love for Anna. He begins to express his feeling for Anna as well. “There was something touching about Anna Sergeyevna; ...
In America, literary criticism was caught up in the worries of the Great Depression, and concerns over Lady Chatterly's Lover took a back seat to the more immediately important issue of keeping food on the table. Nevertheless, its popularity evidently did not die. The National Union Catalog ...
The problem for France's first couple is that quite apart from what the Swiss newspaper the Tribune de Geneve described as the "no smoke without fire" syndrome, the rumour -- and it remains just a rumour -- caught on. The personalities, history and previous statements of Nicolas Sarkozy a...
Her family arranged her marriage to George Boleyn in 1525. At the time, George's sisterAnne Boleynwas a leader in court society, but had not yet caught the king's eye;her sister Maryhad recently been Henry's mistress. As a respected member of a powerful family, George earned a wedding ...