#At least 15th Century

[wonder-worker]

"It is too easy to dismiss [Leonor of Navarre] as an overambitious schemer who would do anything to obtain a crown, shedding the blood of her own siblings and her subjects in order to attain the throne. However, a deeper investigation of her long lieutenancy and ephemeral reign shows a woman who fought tenaciously to preserve her place but also worked tirelessly to administer a realm which was crippled by internal conflict and the center of the political schemes of France, Aragon, and Castile. She tried to broker peace, fight off those who opposed her, repair the wounds caused by conflict, protect the sovereignty of the realm, and keep the wheels of governance turning. Leonor was not always successful in achieving all of these aims but given the background of conflict and the lack of cooperation she received from all of her family members, bar her loyal husband, it is a huge achievement that she survived to wear the crown at all. Many writers have argued that Leonor deserved the troubled lieutenancy, personal tragedies, an ephemeral reign, and a blackened reputation, basing their assumption that she committed a crime that cannot be [conclusively] proven. However, a more fitting description of her would be that of a resolute ruler who successfully overcame a multitude of challenges in order to survive in a difficult political landscape and gain a hard-fought throne.”

-Elena Woodacre, "Leonor of Navarre: The Price of Ambition", Queenship, Gender and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600 (Edited by Zita Eva Rohr and Lisa Benz)

[henryyarden]

We actually had our first Rorveth photoshoot yesterday and while waiting for the photos, let's dump some randoms here.

IORCATH

The one-eyed gang having fun.

Vernon in a McDonald's trying to kill his fries or something.

*lick*

We went for a two hours long hike to find some cool places to shoot. I deserved a good spink on our way back.

I hope you're at least half as thrilled as we are! Then the suffering would be worth it.

Now let's just wait for the results!

[une-sanz-pluis]

An interesting video excerpted from History Hit's documentary on the Battle of Shrewsbury discussing the treatment of the then-Prince Henry's arrow-wound.

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

fucking going mental over this man 

Church: ok you’re a priest now. Maybe stop being a doctor?

Ficino: how about no? how about i never stop?

Church: 

Ficino: how about I develop theological underpinnings for my continuing to be a doctor because I love being a doctor? I shall do this alongside creating new theological underpinnings to support my obsession with Plato and my deep, all consuming love for Cavalcanti, whom I call Hero because he is my hero and my most perfect friend. 

Church: 

Church: fine. i guess. ?

[nostalgia-tblr]

but what will i do now i dont have to look up obscure shite about anglo-saxons to then not put it in the fic anyway???

[milkywayan]

i really love the bbc tudor monastery farm, BUT

why dont any of the men have skirts on their doublets? their clothes dont fit and look silly because literally half of the doublet is just not there

like what is this??

this is what it should look like! see the part below the waist? that is the skirt that is missing

there are some doublets without skirts that i have seen in some art (outside of southern german/austrian) but there the hosen are waaaaay higher!

this just looks as if that guy is wearing the doublet of a child, or a half finished garment

[primeministerofantarctica]

continuity errors aside (honestly who even cares about continuity at this point) i think it's cute how much lazy loves his pillow in the cuddlytoy episode. someone should get 'em a giant squishmallow. or several.

[chumpovodir]

pls pray for my soul i wandered into r/castlevania and stupidly decided to give my 2 cents

already getting nonsense replies from the most diehard frothing at the mouth netflixvania fans

my criticism? "there could've been less swearing or failing that, they could've come up with something less jarring and too-modern than fuck shit piss ass every 2 minutes"

[jaeltree]

" W-where am I? " (from Esmeralda. had to send this from her too)

Due to new restrictions in France for travel to stamp out witchcraft and sorcery, the need for secrecy, and his own unwillingness to allow his body to get worse— Mozenrath decided to set up shop in the sectioned off Parisian catacombs. Fitting for a necromancer, and certainly a hazard for any guard to go searching through. Though it wasn't exactly his first choice.

“Consider this my… defacto laboratory,” he gestured to the surroundings, where blue fire lit up with the wave of his hand. Casting an eerie green glow over row after row of yellowed human skulls in the upmost quadrant of the walls. Where a few wooden tables stood in the centre with the active, alchemical equipment, bubbling and distilling. And where a stainless steel table stood a small distance away, with a bloated dead body lying on top.

Thankfully, there wasn't any smell beyond the mustiness of the underground catacombs.

[sp1keification]

i will never ever understand people’s impulse to blatantly lie to make what they’re saying sound more impactful because when it’s clear that you’re lying it makes your message seem disingenuous which is super shitty when the message you’re sharing is a good one!! why do people do this!!!

[wonder-worker]

In early autumn [of 1456] Richard and Cecily travelled back south. By mid- September York was in residence at the bishop of Salisbury’s inn on Fleet Street. Cecily, however, may have stopped in East Anglia. That November John Fastolf mentioned in one of his letters that Cecily had been visiting him at his sumptuous castle at Caister in Norfolk. Here she had ‘soore mevid [him] for the purchas of Castre’. This was presumably on York’s behalf since, as a married woman, she could not own property in her own right. Fastolf had spent over £ 6,000 rebuilding his luxurious and well- fortified ‘gret mansion’, just a mile from the coast. By 1456 he was in his late seventies and childless, so he knew he would soon have to pass this ‘ryche juelle’ to others.

It seems that Fastolf was seriously considering Cecily’s request to purchase Caister since her visit prompted him to try to speed up his plans to complete this splendid memorial of his life and achievements. The finishing touch was to be a college within the castle to pray for his soul and that of his wife Milicent. Cecily must have considered visiting Fastolf at Caister again either the following summer or in 1458 because in a letter dated simply 18 June, Fastolf expressed anxiety that he would be too ill to receive her. It is plausible to assume that there were other, unrecorded, occasions upon which Cecily was transacting similar business with gentlemen on her husband’s behalf, perhaps sometimes with greater success. Like her negotiations with Queen Margaret, the episode indicates York’s respect for his wife and his faith in her abilities."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Cecily Duchess of York"

[eowynneigh]

Shout out to Katherina Hetzeldorfer, pre-modern lesbian icon

She walked (attempted to pass off her girlfriend as her sister) so we modern lesbians could run (have everyone assume our girlfriends are actually our sisters)

[toubledrouble]

I just saw that my previous school released an article in the school magazine about me and my last year's accomplishments accompanied by a photo where I look like I'm stoned out of my mind. I remember exactly how this photo was taken - a teacher had me stand in front of a wall in the hallway with her camera just millimeters away from my face. It looks even worse than I expected. I'm fucking crying why would they put that in an article that is supposed to brag about how amazing I am?

Like ah yes. This absolutely high looking hippie child is our most prized, diploma-winning student. She has competed in several 'olympics' of varying subjects and she also may or may not have snorted some cocaine in the bathroom before this photo was taken.

[cardo-de-comer]

"Alternate 15th century. Young Imri is one of the few knights in the royal service, who gets their own angel and devil. The king is killed in a strange accident, and Imri and his companions must investigate his death, where everyone has a different opinion on the matter."

i love making fanart for games that don't exist. At least i have their models :_)

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

It’s the autumnal rains coming with November wind and darkened skies that make it all a bit much at times which is what Marsilio declares to Giovanni who is currently standing, hawkish and full of nerves, at the door.

Hero, Marsilio calls him from time to time. Look at him now, all that noble height and noble nose and gallant bearing and and and—

‘Anyway,’ Marsilio says, ‘that’s what I was trying to get through to Bernardo in my last letter—that the soul is always positioned sunward, skyward, towards God who is Stillness, perfection, and therefore what the soul yearns for can never be evil. Naturally, discernment is needed—’

‘Marsilio. Dear-heart.’

‘What?’

‘Do hurry up.’

‘I was getting to the point I was making—’

Giovanni makes a broad gesture with his hands. Marsilio looks around him at the περιβάλλον, environment, (he can hear it in Giovanni’s drawled Greek—the man has never managed a proper accent) so what? There’s a dead body he’s supposed to inspect. He can inspect dead bodies and discuss Plato at the same time. He is capable of doing more than two things. He can walk, talk, and breathe can’t he?

But dear Giovanni is literally ready to run and Marsilio takes this into account so burrows his head fully back into the task: death.

Not his trade while, simultaneously, always his trade. Part and parcel of doctoring and priesthood.

your honour. they’re in love. 

[foone]

One of the etymological theories* (admittedly, not the main one) is that the "guinea" in "guinea pigs" is that it's a corruption of "coney"/"cony", an older word for a rabbit.

And I think I wanna support this etymology, if only because "rabbit pigs" is a GREAT name for guinea pigs!

Look at it. Tell me that's not a rabbit pig. It's a pigbun! Great name.

* yeah, the tl:dr is: It's not a pig from Guinea**, it's a rodent from South America. So the question is "why the fuck do we call it a guinea pig"? There are many theories but none with enough evidence to be certain.

** they don't actually even mean the West-African Republic of Guinea, or the oceanic country of Papua New Guinea: this name is old enough that it's Guinea: a traditional term for the whole area near the bay of Guinea, going back to at least*** the 15th century. That area today contains 10 countries, including the Republic of Guinea.

*** yeah we're not sure why it's called "Guinea" either. Etymology is hard.