De Captivitate Babylonica Ecclesiae, Praeludium Martini Lutheri, October 1520

Friday, 8 November 2019, 13:51.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If you’ve not been keeping up. You’ll have no idea. I’m making homemade pizza. No time to explain :o) Wiki : On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

Columbus, Cathar, Templar, Genoa and More.

Friday, 8 November 2019, 10:44.Reading time 1 minute.

All in one single paragraph. From AMP : On the other hand, it does make sense that Columbus represents the Genoese and/or Catalan authority of the Order of the Temple of Solomon (which until now has been the main maritime authority of the military arm, as evidenced by the paintings of the discovery and world […]

Capitulations of Santa Fe

Friday, 8 November 2019, 10:30.Reading time 1 minute.

Wiki : Capitulations of Santa Fe From Andreu Marfull Pujadas’ article (linked earlier) : In addition, the surprising concessions to the admiral Columbus of the Capitulations of Santa Fe, sealed in Barcelona before consuming the “discovery”, are not congruent. These capitulations make no sense, neither the distribution of the world between the Hispanic kings […]

Ariadne & the 39 Steps

Friday, 8 November 2019, 7:23.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Wiki : Ariadne Wiki : 39 Steps Or how about Twelve Good Men and True morphed into Twelve Angry Men ? Wake me up when it’s over, Dolores!!!

X-185 Chronology: Another mental map for the discovery of America

Friday, 8 November 2019, 6:29.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I admire the work of Andreu Marfull Pujadas. He has been a great help to me – in many different ways; Andreu Marfull Pujadas X-185 Chronology: Another mental map for the discovery of America

Craptacular Day

Thursday, 7 November 2019, 15:02.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Coming from generations of sailors, I’m the one who gets seasick most. My bad :o( It’s the only time you’ll ever see me ask/plead for a Coca-Cola. Works for me! Naval warfare in Europe, c . 1330– c . 1680

The Fault in Lincoln Cathedral

Thursday, 7 November 2019, 14:15.Reading time 1 minute.

One hundred million years ago, give or take an exaggeration or many (!) I spent several Saturdays on my own in Lincoln Cathedral — doing research for my history exam. From Lincolnshire Pride : 3. Construction of the Cathedral is a bit iffy in places! Sacrilege, surely? The Cathedral is beautiful! Well yes, but there’s still […]

It’s Official!

Thursday, 7 November 2019, 9:41.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Despite Everything that Everyone has told me my Whole Life… …I am NOT the only Weirdo in the world. Wooohoooo! What a relief :o)

John Keats

Thursday, 7 November 2019, 9:20.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve been reading Keat’s poem, Endymion. I’d started looking into Perseus but came across this and went off the rails, as per! Endymion, iv …“Over wide streams and mountains great we went, And, save when Bacchus kept his ivy tent, Onward the tiger and the leopard pants, With Asian elephants: Onward these myriads—-with song […]

The Castle of Otranto

Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 15:59.Reading time 1 minute.

About a gajillion years ago, when I was a teenager, I was obsessed with the Gothic genre of books. From Wiki. Do it (research) yourself. The Castle of Otranto is a book by Horace Walpole first published in 1764 and generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word ‘Gothic’ to the novel […]

I Am in Heaven

Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 15:20.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A RARE gift. I love John and Caitlin Matthews and their works. Today, another deep love/obsession/joy connected with them.

Iron Ships, Iron Men. If It Works for You…

Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 15:03.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…It works for me. History. Myth and Legend etc are my thing. Not this. I’m not qualified to comment on the contents. I’ll read it when I’ve done all the Boring housewifey thingamebobs. Iron Ships. Iron Men

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.