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December 20, 2015
Eileen Mary Casey
This post by Eileen Luscombe first appeared on WomenAustralia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
Eileen Mary Casey (1881-1972) suffragette, translator and teacher, was born on 4 April 1881 at Deniliquin, New South Wales, first child of Dr Phillip Forth Casey, surgeon, and Isabella Julia Agnes Raey.
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The relics of St. Nicholas: From Myra to Bari and across Europe.
Fascinating history
The History of the Byzantine Empire
The remains of St. Nicholas, who is believed to be the inspiration behind our modern-day Santa Clausare buried in a number of holy places across Europe from Bari to Venice and possibly Kilkenny, in Ireland. If it is true at all, how is it possible ? Surely he was buried in one place ? At first he was, originally buried in the cathedral church soon after his death in Myra, 346 AD; and as far as we can tell he remained entombed there for...
Mince Pies, Plum Pudding and Bustards (Christmas History 21)
A drawing of a bustard by Harrison Weir.
A travel journal was published in 1910, titled Winter Wanderings, by A. Per Lee Pease, M.D. This was Dr Abraham PerLee Pease (1847-1926), son of Anson Pease and Eliza Pease (nee PerLee). The volume collects his articles inThe Pittsburgh Dispatch, in which he documented his world travels over the course of four consecutive winters. The book also includes a previously unpublished account of a visit to Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), whe...
December 17, 2015
St Helen’s Well, Eshton, North Yorkshire
St Helen’s Well, Eshton, North Yorkshire.
SD 9309 5704.St Helen’s holy wellstands in a walled and railed-off enclosure beside Eshton Lane, tucked in between the water-works and a wooded area, about halfway between Gargrave and Rylstone – in what is the district of Craven, north Yorkshire. Skipton lies a few miles to the east. The holy well has been a sacred site, not just since the late Roman period, but ‘long’ before that. However, almost certainly it had been...
‘Our Pickets Were Gobbled’: Assessing the Mass Capture of the 69th New York, Petersburg, 1864
Irish in the American Civil War
On 30th October 1864 the famed 69th New York Infantry suffered one of it’s most embarrassing moments of the war, when a large number of its men were captured having barely fired a shot. In the latest post I have used a number of sources to explore this event, seeking to uncover details about those men captured– who they were, how long they had served, what became of them. In an effort to consider why this mass-capture occurred, the post also examines how veter...
Paths to Modernism: Puvis de Chavannes’ Murals
On the 14th of December 1824, the Symbolist painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born in Lyon, France. Considered a ‘painter’s painter’, he was a great influence on artists, amongst which Matisse and Picasso and universally popular in his time. “Virtually all the artists and critics of the day admired Puvis de Chavannes. His admirers hailed from the political right, left, and center, from the avant-garde, the academy, and the state.” (Jennifer L. Shaw, ‘Imagining the Motherland:...
December 16, 2015
Being First – the Triumphs and Tragedies of Sofia; A Steampunk Feminist’s Perspective
A great piece on one of the great minds of mathematics and her struggle for an education in an era unfriendly to intelligent women.
Source: Being First – the Triumphs and Tragedies of Sofia; A Steampunk Feminist’sPerspective
Celebrating Christ: Where was Jesus born?
If It Happened Yesterday, It's History
In this nativity scene by Giotto, Jesus is placed in a manger, underneath a roofed structure set into a rocky outcrop.
The Christian gospels of Luke and Matthew have long described how Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea. However, we have no way of really knowing whether he was born in a house, inn, stable or cave? Where does all the confusion stem from? How do we come to an agreement, as to what really happened?
If we refer back to the go...
Spotlight on the Dancer: Brazilian Ballerina, Ana da Costa
California Ballet Company's Blog
Meet Ana da Costa, our newest Principal dancer! Ana joined us for our 47th season and we are very pleased to welcome her back for our 48th. Most recently, you may recognize her as Myrtle from our production of The Great Gatsby. Soloist Tess Lane sat down with Ana to learn a little more about Ana’s the international ballet world and Ana’s favorite things.
Ana da Costa: I started w...
December 15, 2015
the hidden one
Zēb-un-Nisā (1638 – 1702) was the Imperial Princess of the Moghal Empire. She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb and his wife Dilras Banu Begum. She was a very smart girl, and by the age of 7 had memorized the Qur’an- making her a Hafiza (a muslim term for “Memorizer”). She also studied science, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, literature, architecture and languages.
Her father, the emperor, was incredibly proud of his daughter (As he should be!)however, he did NOT...
