My lastest A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com post. Artist’s impression of a medieval wedding being solemnised. ‘Frieze of a Medieval Wedding’. Artist Thomas Stothard (1755-1835) Yale Centre for British Art. I have, in my most recent meanderings, meandered quite a bit. Of late I’ve meandered from the Plague Pits of London 1665 to Gleaston Castle, rendezvous… Continue reading Marriage in Medieval London And Extricating Oneself Only You Couldn’t…
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THE SECRETS OF STRAWBERRIES
The use of strawberries in the works about Richard III written by Thomas More, Edward Hall, and William Shakespeare has always been puzzling to me, and I suspect, many others. The fact that strawberry are given such a prominent mention in the ‘council chamber’ scene where Richard reveals an, ahem, withered arm, is well known… Continue reading THE SECRETS OF STRAWBERRIES
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