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Sunday read. I started Antonia Fraser's 'Cromwell' not long ago and was struck by the familiarity she assumes with the events of the Civil War and concurrent religious debates (published in 1973). Incredible how much it has vanished from the realm of common anglophone knowledge.
Sunday read. I started Antonia Fraser's 'Cromwell' not long ago and was struck by the familiarity she assumes with the events of the Civil War and concurrent religious debates (published in 1973). Incredible how much it has vanished from the realm of common anglophone knowledge.
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Plague in Jerash: Researchers find first evidence of Justinian Plague’s bacteria, which sweeped the Byzantine Empire in the 6th Century AD! 1/
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⛓️Cadenas del puerto de Marsella (Valencia). En 1423, en medio de la guerra por Nápoles, la armada de la Corona de Aragón con Alfonso V consiguió asaltar y saquear el puerto de Marsella. Como trofeo, sus cadenas todavía hoy cuelgan de la Capilla del Santo Cáliz.
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The Caucasus functioned as an impartial barrier, with the Darial Gorge & Derbent Pass as the primary choke points from which to traverse it. It was done by Neolithic farmers & Chalcolithic traders traveling north & Middle Bronze Age proto Indo-European Steppe pastoralists south.
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Holy Wisdom of a local kind: This morning I visited the stunning ruins of the early Christian Basilica of Agia Sofia in Panormo, Crete. This 5th-century imperial Roman gem, the largest of its kind on the island (54m x 23m), was a three-aisled church with a transept cross layout,…
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A bit of Istanbul in Sicilia, "Evening prayer in Bisanzio" by Giuseppe De Sanctis (Napoli 1859-1924), Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo
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Can't wait for Western governments to mandate fitness programs once they realize obesity rates are allowing China to race ahead in critical marketing technologies.
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And what does Charles XII of Sweden have in common with Theodore Metochites and John XIV Kalekas? They were all exiled to Didymoteicho.
And what does Charles XII of Sweden have in common with Theodore Metochites and John XIV Kalekas? They were all exiled to Didymoteicho.
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Despite being small and poor, Sweden became a major player in the 17th century through the feats of its superb army. But military power depended in turn on the extremely efficient organization of all society and expansive investment in industry.🧵
Despite being small and poor, Sweden became a major player in the 17th century through the feats of its superb army. But military power depended in turn on the extremely efficient organization of all society and expansive investment in industry.🧵 https://t.co/U929GRDQ7e
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The Białowieża Forest on the border between Poland and Belarus is one of the largest primeval woodlands in Europe. The fallen trunk of Jagiełło Oak has been preserved. According to a legend King Władysław II Jagiełło rested under this tree before the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.
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You can enter your surname into this large database of medieval muster records to check if you have ancestors who served in the Hundred Years’ War.
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Discovering Ernest Crofts' paintings of the English Civil War. The rehabilitation of Oliver Cromwell by Thomas Carlyle led to renewed Victorian interest in the Civil War, when historical painting was at its peak.
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Biblical Tabernacle, a temporary worship or sacrificial shelter, was a broader Semitic phenomenon which may have lasted into early Islamic period.
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The settlement of Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. It's considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the USA. The Spanish conquistadors, who discovered it in 1539, described it as "a very strange place built upon solid rock". I found an interesting account by…
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Amalfi Cathedral, dedicated to the Apostle Saint Andrew (more on that later), hides a number of medieval Roman treasures - if one knows where to look. The Cathedral’s magnificent and huge bronze doors were cast in Constantinople by Simeon of Syria (whose signature survives). The…
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