#the seprent queen season 2 is out; this blog will likely be doing lots of early modern posting

[propalahramota]

Anytime I hear Putin say anything in support of Palestine, I think of how Tzar Ivan Grozny summoned all foreign envoys at his court after the St.Bartholomew's Massacre to publicly condemn it. Which was mighty rich of the guy, who had himself only 2 years prior massacred the whole city of Novgorod and its surroundings.

Tsar Ivan, of course, didn't give a shit about the Huguenot plight. He just wanted to kick off his promo campaign for nominating himself as one of the candidates for the role of the elected monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth