Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 50
January 16, 2017
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My Health Update Jan. 9, 2017
Lenora's Culture Center and Foray into History
My Phlebotomy treatments continue because iron levels still haven’t gone down.
I continue to need help but don’t know how to ask because I am not used to asking for anything from anyone.
I need help with car and food and groceries either through PayPal at chrmeldan3@yahoo.com or message me by messenger on FaceBook or email me if you can help. Email is chrmeldan3@yahoo.com. Please share and help me get the things I need to continue my treatment...
The Unfortunate Wives of Philip II of France
History... the interesting bits!
Coronation of Philip II Augustus
Philip II Augustus had acceded to the throne of France in 1180, at the tender age of fifteen. He married his first wife, Isabella of Hainault the same year; she was only ten-years-old. Isabella was the daughter of Baldwin V, count of Hainault, and Margaret I, countess of Flanders. At just one year old she had been betrothed to Henry, the future count of Champagne and nephew of Adele, queen of France. However, Isabella’s fath...
January 12, 2017
Tintagel Head Celtic Monastery, Cornwall
Map of Tintagel Island in Cornwall.
OS Grid Reference: SX 05003 89064. On the rocky, windlashed headland of Tintagel-Head, in Corn-wall, near the ruins of Tintagel Castle which was built in c 1145, are the scant foundations ofwhat was considered to be a Celtic monastery, dating from the beginning of the 6th century AD.This was probably a high-status Dark Age monastery with royal connections.Thereare also thewallsof a 12th centurychapel of St Julittawhich is atta...
The Distant Past? Ireland’s American Civil War Grandchildren
Irish in the American Civil War
I have had the good fortune to deliver dozens of lectures around Ireland discussing local connections to the American Civil War. Wherever I am, I always highlight two factors; the reality that for many Irish counties, the American Civil War saw more locals in military uniform than any other conflict in their history, and the fact that these connectionsare not as distant aswe might think. Nothing has brought that home to me more than three men I have met in rec...
January 11, 2017
Roman mosaic from Antiochia, House of the Evil Eye.
If It Happened Yesterday, It's History
During antiquity, Greeks and Romans strongly believed that there were certain types of people who possessed the ability to cast horrible curses upon individuals by simply looking at t...
Art Detectives: The Family of Captain RD Pritchard
We came across a painting on the ArtUK website, simply titled The Children of Captain RD Prichard and dated 1827; the artist is Philip August Gaugain (1791-1865). It captured our attention and so we decided to turn art detectives and find out a little more on the history behind the portrait. As a result we can now put names to the two children and provide a little more information on Captain Pritchard.
The Children of Captain R. D. Pritchard (1827) by Philip August Gauga...
Tedious, repetitive life of Pacific killer whale ends at 105
The longest-lived killer whale is believed to have died recently, at the age of approximately 105.
Known as Granny, the orca lived in the northeast Pacific Ocean and coastal bays of Washington state and British Columbia.
Last seen on Oct. 12, 2016, it was classified as dead by The Center for Whale Research earlier this month.
Granny was noted for having elicited this remark from Capt. Simon Pidcock of Ocean Ecoventures Whale Watching in a 2014 story that appeared...
January 10, 2017
Julia Varley: champion of the woman worker
In September 2016, as part of Birmingham Heritage Week, Sheroes of History organised an event about Birmingham Sheroes at The Library of Birmingham. It was a pleasure to hear Dr Cathy Hunt speak about Julia Varley. Below is a transcript of her talk. [Not to be cited without the author’s permission.]
The woman I am going to talk about this evening was not a native Brummie. She was born in Bradford in 1871, but I think that the fact that there is a blue plaque on the house in which she lived...
Thomas Jefferson’s Merry Party
The White House, as it looked in Thomas Jefferson’s time.
Thomas Jefferson was a sophisticated gentleman, not usually associated with rudeness, but…
President Jefferson’s Hosting Attitudes
The sophisticated Virginian, Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) had grown up in a time and place of elegance and form. As a young student at William and Mary, he was a frequent guest at the Governor’s Palace, where fine dining and fine manners were matter of course...
