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Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 15:46 in Enlightenment, voltaire, french history, medieval history
I recently stumbled the Virtual Exhibitions page of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF to its friends), which conveniently has an English translation button.The site a) looks fab and b) has plenty of interesting content.Enlightenment ("Lumier...
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Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 16:38 in tudor history
Today we have a mystery photo: can anyone identify the location? It has a famous Tudor connection...[Photo Copyright the author]...
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Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 16:31 in fun and games, siege engines
Every history fan should have one of these Medieval Trebuchets on their desk, or alternatively an equally effective Roman Onager - according the the blurb the range is up to 20 feet, so plenty of scope for office mayhem......
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Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 16:28 in blogging, blog stats, fun and games, googlefight, ben johnson
One of the fun things you can do with a website tracking tool such as Statcounter is to look at the sometimes odd search strings or keywords people enter into Google (or occasionally Yahoo, or sometimes the new-fangled Bing).Here are a few obscure on...
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Posted on Saturday August 15th, 2009 at 01:23 in george iii, kew gardens, queen charlotte, 17th century history, 18th century history, kew palace
Kew Palace is a striking terracotta Dutch-gable style house in the grounds of Kew Gardens, London.It was built in 1663 by a merchant and later leased by George III, who acceeded the throne in 1760.It is not really a palace at all, but takes the name ...
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Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 17:00 in twitter, henry viii
Loyal subjects can now follow Henry VIII's coronation on Twitter (!), courtesy of the Historic Royal Palaces press office. Today is the day before Henry's coronation, and he reflects on becoming King. How long will HRP keep the site going I wonder? ...
As a 52 year old college student majoring in History, I will be checking into your blog on a regular basis. Reading Richard III in English Lit class now. great blog!
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