Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 34
June 3, 2017
Guest Post: Sir Lancelot of Siedlęcin
History... the interesting bits!
Ducal tower of Siedlęcin. Photo courtesy of sekulada.com
The 15th International Castellological Conference „Castrum Bene” took place at Książ Castle, in Lower Silesia, Poland, on 16th – 19th May, 2017. This year’s conference brought together, as it always does, prominent architectural historians and castellologists from across ten European countries. There were scholars from Pol...
June 2, 2017
Dennis Hopper: The Man Who Went Looking For America…
On the 29th of May 2010, American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and artist Dennis Lee Hopper died in Venice, California. Known in Hollywood for his insolent behaviour, Hopper made his debut on film in two roles with James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). After Dean’s death, and major falling out with the director Henry Hathaway on the film From Hell to Texas (1958), Hopper had difficulties finding work for the next seven years. The spell was broken by John...
May 31, 2017
On the trail of the Hawkhurst gang of smugglers
In An Infamous Mistress: The Life, Loves and Family of the celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliot, we mention her uncle by marriage, John Dundas who married Helen Brown, Grace’s determined and strong-minded maternal aunt who was a constant presence in Grace’s formative years. In 1748, some six years before Grace was born, John Dundas was a Captain in the 34th Regiment of Foot and was placed in command of a troop of soldiers hunting two fugitives from Newgate Prison.
William G...
Memorial Trees
I’ve been thinking a lot about memorialization lately: the process and purpose, as well as its vehicles. Like most historians, I’ve always found public/collective memory fascinating (mostly in terms of what is remembered and what is not) but I think the combination of the pulling down of Confederate statues and our upcoming symposium on the Salem Witch Trials as well as the imminent dedication of the new Proctor’s Ledge memorial site to its victims has shifted my interest into...
Out and About in LA Launch LA Presents “Point of View” A Group Exhibition
936 MEI LING WAY , LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, May 27th, 7 – 10pmRSVP Essential to: rsvp@launchla.org
Ryan Molenkamp, “Sound Casca...
May 29, 2017
FLOTUS Ellen Wilson: American Impressionist
A statue of Ellen Axson Wilson in her hometown of Rome, Georgia.
While many First Ladies displayed some artistic gifts, Ellen Wilson was arguably the most talented.
Ellen Axson: Child to Woman
Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914) was bookended by war: Born just as the American Civil War was about to start, dying just as Europe was about to explode into World War I. She was Georgian born and raised, and displayed artistic talents at an early age.
Young Ellen Axson
By...
The Knights of Malta
An ancient hospice for Christian pilgrims, was located in Jerusalem, and had been in existence well before the arrival of these Crusaders. The Hospice was founded by Abbot Probus around 600AD. It underwent restoration in 1010 by the Emperor of Charmagne, only to be destroyed by Caliph El-Hamin, and in 1023 restored by the citizens of Amalfi.
In 1048, the Order of St.John was born by Amalfian merchants and its founder Gerard from Martigues in Provence, who also went by the...
Jacobite Succession
…lonely cairns are o’er the men, Who fought and died for Charlie! Sound the Pibroch, traditional ballad If the men who fell at Culloden lie under lonely cairns, where is Bonnie Prince Charlie himself buried? I stumbled on the answer some years back. While wandering through the big marble barn that is Saint Peter’s Basilica […]
via After the Bonnie Prince—the Jacobite Succession — History Imagined
