crossposting from tumblr bc wow it's really not every day lately that I have a potentially semi-original and at least interesting academic type thought :)


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So so lovely to come back while this is still going! My favorite ficathon :)

Medieval History, Richard II/Anne of Bohemia + Richard III/Anne Neville, history repeating
"I think...they are saying my husband had me murdered, to make way for his brother's daughter."

"Oh, my dear, there will always be Edwards and Richards and Henrys reigning and marrying ( Read more... )

PEOPLE. I ASK YOU HOW WE HAVE NOT FOUND THIS BEFORE.

GO HERE NOW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Brocadelli

PERTINENT EXCERPTS

The basics:

The Blessed Lucy Brocadelli, O.S.D. (also known as the Blessed Lucy of Narni), (Narni, 13 December 1476 - Ferrara, 15 November 1544) ( Read more... )

So. I'm reading The Curse of Chalion, and I think Lois McMaster Bujold has shamelessly cribbed from Spanish - or, Castilian - history.

Iselle, the royesse - Isabel of Castile.
Betriz, her lady - the Infanta Beatriz of Portugal, the above's aunt and friend.

Anyway, the relationship of the people and how they connect to the following story isn't a ( Read more... )

I currently have 7 tabs open on my browser - this one, Pandora for music, and then five tabs for Sir Orfeo - a Middle English version, an English version, an introduction to the ME, and two ME glossary type things. This is kind of utter bliss.

So - yesterday for history read the chapter entitled Royal Women of England and France in the Mid- ( Read more... )

Today, instead of writing my essays or reading my secondary sources or studying geology or anything else necessary, I rewatched Prince Caspian, and thus, I have thoughts.

Namely, the Telmarine dynasty's rule could basically just be classified as 'apartheid Narnia.'  Obviously there are all sorts of other historical occasions where one powerful group ( Read more... )

Otherwise entitled - Why Does Everything I Do These Days Have To Involve Religion and History ( Read more... )

So, guys, what if the Weeping Angels from Dr Who were in Narnia/came from Narnia?  Because, because...something happened and so they didn't actually get woken up when Aslan de-stonified everybody (maybe because they would be dead of old age by that point or something).  So basically Jadis magic-spawned a whole new race (they all turned human-women- ( Read more... )

...Or people, I should say.  I am in such a giddy, life-loving mood right now, and I know exactly the reasons why ( Read more... )