#twelfth century

[angevinyaoiz]

Cubs of the Roaring Lion (and a Clever Fox)

A bit of a redraw of one of my first TLIW drawings of the sons a couple years ago, also added a Philip to even it out <3 Tried for a bit of a more harmonious palette for this one

[ardenrosegarden]

In December 1174, Henry signed the Treaty of Falaise with the humiliated William King of Scotland who had been captured at Alnwick. With Richard and Geoffrey witnesses to this treaty, he agreed that Henry was his feudal overlord. Geoffrey should have had more than a passing interest in this because William was his fiancee's uncle. Constance's mother Margaret, who had returned to England after Conan's death, had also been captured in 1174, and was imprisoned first at Portchester Castle, then at Rouen. Henry II must have wanted to keep her under his control by marrying her to one of his men, for in 1175, he married her to his constable Humphrey de Bohun. More than a decade later he would treat her daughter in the same way.

-Kathy Carter, Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, in History and Literature

[emmaklee]

Christ’s feet bleeding into a skull’s mouth

Alberto Sotio / 1187

[kill-your-poets]

Visiting the ruins of a XXIIth century Gothic abbey.

[vesseloftherevolution]

This reminds me of the Witches in Apuleius’ Metamorphosis or the Golden Ass

They transform into weasels and sneak into houses to eat the facial features of corpses for their magic power. It seems weasels are involved in the dark arts from the 2nd Century onwards. I’d have to check to see if necromantic weasels are a feature of Roman literature, or if it’s just Apuleius.

modern medieval fantasies don't have enough weasel-based necromancy

[annabelle--cane]

to me the appeal of pathetic vampires is similar to the appeal of stupid cats. you have the teeth and claws to rip through flesh to your heart's content, but here you are. paw stuck to a quilt. staring woefully with eyes the size of saucers to get someone to help. same goes for a vampire failing miserably to use a touchscreen because his fingers are too cold.

[coloursofunison]

Charters and Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce from c.993-1023. Re-sharing an old blog post about Leofwine I first wrote in 2014. It's a bit nerdy:)

Charters and Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce from c.993-1023. Re-sharing an old blog post about Leofwine I first wrote in 2014. It's a bit nerdy:)

I always think that the characters of Saxon England are a little too ethereal for people to really connect with.  I think it’s difficult to visualise life before the Norman Conquest, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. My current obsession, and victim of my historical fiction endeavours is Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce during the reign of Æthelred II, who I refuse to call ‘Unready’ because…

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 69: Assorted Performances VIII

These Questions are the result of suggestions from the previous iteration.

Please add new suggestions below if you have them for future consideration.

[suburbanbeatnik]

It's Christmas Eve, when King John was born in 1166. Happy birthday you magnificent bastard

Within his royal apartments, King John takes a moment to embrace his Welsh mistress, Helvie, after giving her a chaplet of roses. The next in the medieval series “The Disparaged Bride." 

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

when u manage to somehow be so shit at having a prisoner You end up developing Stockholm Syndrome and they’re fine #justgirlythings

[werewolfetone]

Killing me actually that I've managed to get into a situation in my crusader kings game where northern ireland already exists

[ardenrosegarden]

[feste-de-jester]

🃏 ⤷ Twelfth Night Characters, Lines and Scene Numbers

Thought this table was pretty cool, so I copied it up onto Google Sheets to post here! :)

(Sir Toby above everyone in BOTH his amount of lines and his amount of scenes...as he should be though to be fair, what a cool guy)

(also I linked the source I got it from in the ID! ✨)

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

i periodically test myself on the counties of ireland (just the names, not the locations, fuck remembering where offaly is) but there are always 2-3 i miss and it's a different 2-3 near enough every time. but today it's tyrone and carlow. why the fuck i can't remember those two specifically i dunno but hey

[the-busy-ghost]

There are many reasons my interests are more geared towards mediaeval Scotland than mediaeval England, but at least one of them has to be the fact that I am completely incapable of Being Normal about the Lion in Winter and Shakespeare's second tetralogy.

[ardenrosegarden]

This post is so funny.