(I mean. Was I not going to quote from Twelfth Night? That seems unlikely.)

Putting this in the "cross-dressing" tag, although Twitter (where I found the link) reminds me that the assumption that all such figures found in the archives must have been cross-dressed women does erase the possible presence of trans men:

‘A poor wench in man’s clothes ( Read more... )

I honestly can't decide whether this story makes me feel better about the current political situation, or worse. But here it is anyway:

Coins buried during English Civil War found on farm
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-38003071

From the Pepys' Diary daily feed:

A solemn fast for the King’s murther, and we were forced to keep it more than we would have done, having forgot to take any victuals into the house.

http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1663/01/30/

People are people, even across the centuries.

Black Soldiers in the English Civil War
http://lordgreys.weebly.com/lord-greys-news/black-soldiers-in-the-english-civil-war

(Actually contains information about eMod Black communities aside from the Civil War as well, plus some

Currently reading a book called Cromwell's Head (which basically does what it says on the tin). This is inadvertently amusing, because whenever I take the book out of my bag and leave it somewhere, I find myself wandering around going, "Now, what did I do with Cromwell's HeadMy life, it is not a very interesting life, so I take my amusement when ( Read more... )

Two things:

1) awwww, boys.

2) I'm pretty sure that the actor who played Father of Mine was another detective in this episode, so that's two members of the Family of Blood in as many weeks.

(The episode itself: Civil War treasure stories! Reenactors! Hathaway's new haircut! All things of great joy.)

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I wound up watching The Thirteenth Warrior this morning/afternoon instead of doing anything useful. I don't actually think it was a particularly *good* movie, but it was much better than its advertising suggested. Also, as you may know, I am a sucker for things that foreground the issues of language and translation in historical contexts (see my " ( Read more... )

Fun with Roundheads! And John Simm!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/aug/10/television.television1

Every time I have anything to do with Milton, I come to the conclusion that I probably would have been a royalist. (They had all the fun entertainment, plus I'm just really not down with the deposing of kings.) Except I'm all about freedom of thought, so I probably would have had some Puritan leanings. I would have had to enact my own personal ( Read more... )