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Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Empress Matilda The Oxford Castle and Prison complex drips with history. Tracing it’s roots back to Anglo-Saxon England and the world of Viking raids and fortified burghs when towns like Oxford faced waves of violence and destruction; the castle has endured sieges, held political prisoners and undergone numerous adaptations…
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I have just come upon this postcard scene of Ludlow Castle, with Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon. I really like it, and imagine it must be available from the castle shop. Having seen Ludlow in the snow, I would love to think of such a scene when Prince Arthur and Catherine were there. Or,…
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Believe it or not, the above is supposedly the Battle of Tewkesbury. At least, it is according to the BBC website. Tewkesbury was in May. Silly author. The picture is of Towton, which took place in the middle of a snowstorm. The article itself is referring to Henry VI, Part 3 – first transmitted in the UK:…
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Witchcraft (1): Witchcraft and Royalty: The Cases against Eleanor Cobham and Joanne of Navarre
astrologers, Azincourt, Beaumaris Castle, Cardinal Beaufort, Edward IV, Eleanor Cobham, Elizabeth Wydeville, Father John Randolf, feminism, George Duke of Clarence, Gilles de Rais, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Jeanne d’Arc, Joan of Navarre, John IV Duke of Brittany, Leeds Castle, Margery Jourdemayne, Mortimer’s Cross, mud, parhelion, Pevensey Castle, propaganda, Richard III, Roger Bolingbroke, snow, Thomas Southwell, Towton, witchcraft
Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Fake news – smearing the opposition With the current interest in the media about the spread of ‘fake news’ and misinformation, it seems appropriate to reconsider the cases of two royal ladies who were both accused and found guilty of witchcraft during the early C15th. Were these simply cases…
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