Supporters of Richard III are always incensed that his reputation (courtesy of the Bard, the sainted Sir Thomas More and the House of Tudor) has always been damned because of his scoliosis. Well, the Bard and More embellished a curved back into much, much more. They turned him into a wicked hobgoblin! But in those… Continue reading The Queen of France’s necromancers….
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Mark Ormrod….a sad loss….
In Mark Ormrod we have lost a great historian of the medieval period. His work was impeccable, and he will be greatly missed. Rest in Peace, Mark. To read more, go to this Guardian obituary
TREASON 1 – The Merciless Parliament 1388
Introduction Treason is a terrible crime. It denotes a betrayal so wicked as to be unforgivable. In medieval England a traitor was executed with the maximum of corporeal pain and all his goods and chattels were forfeited to the crown, thus disinheriting his heirs and successors forever. Henry de Bracton a thirteenth century English jurist,… Continue reading TREASON 1 – The Merciless Parliament 1388
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