Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 62
October 26, 2016
Mary Paley Marshall
Mary Paley grew up in a rose-covered country rectory in Northamptonshire, England. Her great-grandfather was the famous philosopher William Paley, who wrote Natural Theology. Unusually for the time Mary’s father, the Reverend Thomas Paley, did not see why his daughter’s education should stop at age thirteen. He taught her maths and science himself and encouraged her to take the new exam for women wanting to become teachers. Mary did so well in it that in 1871 she was offered a scholarship t...
October 24, 2016
If a job’s worth doing…
Great post
Jobs are funny things … you can invest your heart into them, or you can simply take the money and run. I’ve tended towards the former rather than the latter in the course of my journalistic career, but that’s about to change.
After 18 years with my current employer I’m about to head off into the great unknown – and not by choice, but by redundancy. It’s a little scary as prospects go but I’m hearted by the example of others who have made the same leap and found th...
October Gardening, 1788
The Artist’s Garden at Eragny by Pisarro, 1898
Snippets 95. In Snippets 93 we looked at some gardening advice for September, from The New British Jewel, or Complete Housewife’s Best Companion, published in 1788, a collection of recipes and other practical information. Reflecting a time where people had to be rather more self-sufficient than today, the book also includes detailed month-by-month instructions about gardening work, divided into section on “flower garden”,...
Crusader: Godfrey de Bouillon
Godfrey de Bouillon
Godfrey de Bouillon, born in 1060 to parents Eustace II, Count of Boulogne and Ida, daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Godfrey de Bouillon, was one of the first European nobles, to answer the call, and arm thyself, departing on the First Crusade in August of 1096, to the Holy Land, with a force of 10,000 knights and 30,000 foot soldiers.
Godfrey de Bouillon along with Tancred de Hauntville achieved victory at the Siege...
Vikings in Britain
Viking Warrior
In the year 787, the first of three Viking ships came from Denmark. Upon their arrival, these newcomers from the seas were greeted, by the hand of friendship, only to be cut down where they stood.
Who were these Vikings that came from the seas of Europe? They came from Sweden, Denmark and Norway; some came to settle, for they were farmers and fishermen seeking new lands. Whilst others came to plunder, killing and taking captives to sell as slaves, th...
October 20, 2016
Natalia Goncharova’s Stand Against Western Modernism
Russian painter Natalia S. Goncharova (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Russian artist Natalia Goncharova (b. 1881) died on the 17th of October 1962 in Paris. One of the leaders of the early 20th century Russian avant-garde, her art spanned from Primitivism, Fauvism, Cubism to Futurism and Rayonism, but she was mostly known in the West for her book illustrations and stage decorations for ballet, costumes designs, settings, and drop curtains particularly for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Rus...
Guest blog by Suzie Lennox ‘Sites to be seen!’
I have read of this and no one seemed safe. What a scary thought. Great post.
We are thrilled to welcome the lovely Suzie Lennox who has spent her timeresearching the dark tales of Britain’s resurrection men for over ten years, after becoming interested in bodysnatching whilst studying History at University. Suzie has recently published a book entitled Bodysnatchers: Digging up the untold stories of Britain’s Resurrection Menwhich makes fascinating, if somewhat macabre rea...
October 18, 2016
New Resource Pages – Soldier Images
This is something I should have been doing all along. You’ll find a new resource page for soldier images. I haven’t decided if I should include multiple images or just pick one. Anyway, this should fill up some time. You’ll be able to find these in alphabetical order by clicking on the Soldier Imagespage links in the right hand column and on the Bull Run Resources page accessed via the tab in the header, or in the Orders of Battle next to the individuals name when the letter I...
The White House New Year’s Day Reception
An early artistic rendering of Washington DC about the turn of the 19th century.
After two years in New York and ten years in Philadelphia, the capital of the country was moved to Washington at the very end of 1800.
The Dismal Days
Washington DC was just opening for business in late 1800, after a ten-year building process. Designed and built practically from scratch from donated pieces of Virginia and Maryland, the new city was muddy, full of building debris, stra...
October 17, 2016
First Grand Master: Hugues de Payens
Hugues de Payens
Hugues de Payens was born in 1070, to Theobald of Blois, who had conspired against King Henry I of France, and was defeated in 1044. Once a noble family, who lost its importance in France, because they chose the wrong side, and were forced to relinquish much of their lands and power, surrendering their titles and accepting a lower noble rank in Champagne.
In 1085, Hugues de Payens was dubbed a French Knight, and in 1096 joined the forces of Godfrey de Boui...
