then we may be sceptical about the likelihood of humanity significantly mitigating the effects of the crisis. Humans will need to behave in ways that are historically extraordinary if the future is not to be one of
The question that this case raises is of course why John Lovell VII claimed to be the rightful owner of the Burnell coat of arms. The most likely explanation is that he used the claim to the Burnell coat of arms to also stake his claim on the Burnell barony. His grandmother Maud Burnell...
The façade was never finished, only ever having a door and an oculus window. Over the door are the coats of arms of the Pope Leo X and Cardinal Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, Archbishop of Florence and the future pope Clement VII. ...
Fox,Great Cloister: A Lost Canterbury Tale.A history of the Canterbury Cloister, constructed 1408-14, with some account of the donors and their coats of arms.By Philip Allfrey (pp.255-258). Kurrild-Klitgaard,Nordiske Heraldiske Exlibris.By Steven Ashley (pp.258-260). ……….. 201...
The war diary contains a narrative of what happened, written by Major Leonard Markham Crofts, who went on to command 1st Battalion until being wounded in late-December 1917: ‘At 11.0 am an armistice began – It started opposite the left of the Wiltshire Regiment – the Regt on our right ...
Then three quarters of the way around there was a longish sit in the sunshine, coats off, basking in the warmth of the sun on our arms and faces (I always think ‘Oh good, vitamin D!’) occasionally sipping water while staring at the stunning view. ...
Then three quarters of the way around there was a longish sit in the sunshine, coats off, basking in the warmth of the sun on our arms and faces (I always think ‘Oh good, vitamin D!’) occasionally sipping water while staring at the stunning view. Spotted these blackberries on the ...
All bodies or individuals who have been granted coats of arms by the College of Arms may display them in this fashion including county councils. Since their establishment in the late nineteenth century confusion has occurred between the counties and these local administrative bodies, the councils, ...
Nonetheless, we have driven through beautiful country, and we were now in Wiltshire, just coming into Lacock, around 5PM. This is where “Pride and Prejudice” was filmed (is there any other Mr. Darcy than Colin Firth? I think not.) The Sign of the Angel in Lacock What an exquisite ...
Ambergris. According to Culpeper, this “helps the fits of the mother” and “strengthens the brain and memory, the heart and vital Spirit, warms cold stomachs, and is an exceeding strengthener of nature to old people” (Culpeper,Pharmacopoeia, 49). ...