Memoires de Madame de Motteville

If you were paying attention (?) I have original copies of all these volumes by Madame de M. Hint – Savage Magnificence They were invaluable to me when I wrote Weave a Garland of my Vows. Check out this Madame. And her mother. And Marie de Rohan and Anne of Austria. And the House of […]

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Zoé Oldenbourg

Oh What a Circus, Oh What a Show?! Watching David Wells’ video just now reminded me of a book wot I have, that I’ve been mining for my next post on the Cathars. A don’t-hold-your-breath-vibe :o( What a co-inky-dink? What’s in a name of the game?   A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when […]

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Mosse Labyrinth

I bought this book in an airport when it first came out because of the subject matter. Can I recommend it? Urm. Eeerrr. Oooh. Well. On the positive side, Ms Mosse has a second home in the Languedoc so she describes the sights, sounds, smells etc very well. Other than that……!? The book was over-hyped. […]

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S M H

Something, someplace…Shrug.  M’eh Has just decided that her family may be “Somehow” (God only knows how) “connected” with the Languedoc. S M H 18th March 2019 – Hidden History of the Cathars    

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The Allegory of Love: A Study In Medieval Tradition

I have this book :o)   The Allegory of Love is a landmark study of a powerful and influential medieval conception. C. S. Lewis explores the sentiment called ‘courtly love’ and the allegorical method within which it developed in literature and thought, from its first flowering in eleventh-century Languedoc through to its transformation and gradual […]

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FAF Housewife Doing Her Usual FAF 30 Posts a Day?

OMG! Le Brun came from CATHAR country. How very dare I be so annoyingly annoying to certain people. M’eh. Housewives CAN multi-task, I guess. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN ;O)        

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La Rambla, Barcelona

Why? Why? Why? Am I stuck in Spain? Or Catalonia to be more precise? I Dunno! G O A W A Y F R E D D I E   Wiki : La Rambla, Barcelona  

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Still in Spain

Catalonia to be precise. EEEEK. WTF? The Cathars are back in town! Full Volume works best. Even Montserrat was blown away. Go away, Freddie  

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Château de Chantilly

Wiki : Château de Chantilly   An interesting Wiki piece about Chantilly. I like the built/destroyed/rebuilt bit – The original mansion was destroyed in the French Revolution. It was repaired in a modest way by Louis Henri II, Prince of Condé, but the entire property was confiscated from the Orléans family, between 1853 and 1872, during which interval […]

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Oh. I’ve Done That One :o)

The European half (WEST) of the Double-Headed Eagle and the Yellow of the Cathar Flag Missing!!   In my inbox this morning… WOObloodyHOOOOO!   Basarab House of Wallachia  

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