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Troilus and Cressida

The true significance of posy rings….

Oct 29, 2021

art, culture, sources

Catherine de Roet, Countess of Salisbury, courtly love, Duchy of Lancaster, Edward III, Froissart, Geoffrey Chaucer, gifts, John of Gaunt, posy rings, royal mistresses, Troilus and Cressida, Wales

Treasure buried in fields and discovered centuries later are always in the news these days. These are usually coins, of course, but also jewellery, including posy rings. A posy ring was found in Wales very recently so I was interested to then read about the true meaning of such rings in A Crisis of Truth…
Useful Shakespearean Insults for every Occasion….

Dec 24, 2020

buildings, humour, religion, The play’s the thing

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As you like it, Henry IV, Henry V, Holy Trinity Church Stratford upon Avon, insults, King Lear, Macbeth, monuments, Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com William Shakespeare @Abdul Rahim One, or two, of these may come in useful the next time you find yourself lost for words……. “Villain, I have done thy mother” (Really rude and should only be used in the event you don’t mind your lights being punched out..) Titus Andronicus (Act 4,…