Whatever the original sources of the names, the theories show how much Biblical, mythological, and historical figures have influenced Western culture. RACHEL – HEARTS Though modern cards aren’t labelled with names, French playing cards were, between the 16th and 18th centuries. The two different ...
Cardinal André Vingt-Trois has been making headlines during the last few months for sharing his predictable stance on the issue of gay marriage. He has an interesting surname. I was hoping that Vingt-Trois (twenty-three in English) was descended from a long line of Trappist monks, his ances...
and its by-name (Noanamn) in swedish was ‘varg’ who’s original meaning was thief, or a generally bad person (a ‘Kasevarg’ was an arsonist). By-names was used for creatures that was feared, as using its real name supposedly would ...
Remarkably, archaeologists have even been able to identify the owners of the building, which was known at the time as Helle: a capmaker called John de Flete and his wife, Cassandra. “So what I love about this is that we know the names of the people whose bottoms probably sat on it,...
Arthur stood on top of the names of all the kingdoms subject to his rule. British Library MS Royal 20 Aii. Edward Burne-Jones’s ‘The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon’, one of many popular Victorian depictions of Arthur . Iron Gall Ink: A Medieval Recipe Many people love gazing at ...
rewarded.He received £300 on the 29 April, knighted May/June and on II August appointed king’s counsellor, with, for his good council on 8 July last, one third of Bassingbourne Cambs, and one third of the honour of Richmond(Yorkshire)which had been forfeited by George (23).Thus ...
the Wars of the Roses between the Yorks and the Lancasters; Edward IV being descended from the second adult son of Edward III as great-great-grandson of Philippa, countess of March, and in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and the fourth adult son of Edward III....
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she was also pregnant again with her third child which made travel difficult, and because after having done everything that was expected of her, after producing two male heirs and after two councils where all the barons of the land and princes of the Church swore to uphold her as heir, sh...
One of the cruxes of Davies’ argument was the absenteeism of the lords who had succeeded to English lordships after the male line of the original conquerors had died out and the lordship had been partitioned among a number of female heiresses.2 In the case above, Davies was speaking of ...