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June 23, 2016
Regency Personalities Series-William Stevens
Regency Personalities Series
In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency, today I continue with one of themany period notables.
William Stevens
2 March 1732 – 7 February 1807
William Stevens was an English hosier and lay writer on religious topics from a High Church perspective, the biographer and editor of the works of William Jones of Nayland.
Born in the parish of St. Saviour’s, Southwark, he was son of a tradesman. His mother was sister of t...
June 21, 2016
Bombs Away! The day America dropped four nukes on Spain
A B-52 bomber like the one which crashed at Palomares
It was January 17, 1966, and Jose Molinero was teaching class in his elementary school in the village of Palomares, on Spain’s southeast coast, when he noticed huge pieces of blazing metal falling from the sky.
A plane’s landing gear smashed into the ground just 80 yards away. He immediately ordered his pupils to stay indoors. One little girl later described how the sky was ‘raining fire’.
Others witnessed the debris,...
June 20, 2016
What happened this month in history?
If It Happened Yesterday, It's History
One of the most talked about days of the last century occurred on 6th June 1944. It is known as D-Day. It was the first day of Operation Overload, which saw the largest combined land-sea-air operation in history. Its objective was the liberation of western Europe from Nazi occupation.
The plans for Operation Overlord were talked about as far back as 1942. In the years between 1942 and June 1944, e...
“WOMEN ON THE EDGE…Unsung Heroes of the Trojan War” | RIOULT Dance NY at the Joyce Theater, June 21-26, 2016….
An established name in modern dance with a reputation for performing sensual, articulate, and exquisitely musical works, RIOULT Dance NY performs two programs. Women on the Edge… Unsung Heroines of the Trojan War, a profound and timeless anti-war statement, features the world premiere of Cassandra’s Curse with commissioned music by Richard Danielpour performed by the Uptown Philharmonic under the baton of Kyle Ritenauer. The work is narrated by guest artist Kathleen Turner on...
Huda Sha’arawi
Huda Sha’arawi was an Egyptian feministand activist who founded the Egyptian Feminist Union.
Huda was born in Cairo in 1879 and came from a very wealthy Egyptian family. Life for boys and girls in Egypt at that time was quite different. As Huda grew she came to notice there were many things permitted for her brother which were forbidden to her. For example, when she saw her brother riding a horse she wanted one too, however she was told that riding wasn’t for girls. Huda was educated, but a...
Empress Pulcheria: A woman truly ahead of her time.
The History of the Byzantine Empire
One might wonder what the early fifth century Byzantine world would have been like if Aelia Pulcheria was not around and her younger brother Theodosius II was led by other ambitious men? Sometimes, strong Byzantine women like Pulcheria aren’t given enough credit for the role they play in the Byzantine state and society.
This amazing woman should be an inspiration to all who study Byzantine history. Though she was a woman not without her flaws. She was very...
Genealogical Houses
The practice and study of genealogy is supposed to be about people of course, but some of the genealogical tomes that I have consulted over the years seem to be almost as interested in houses, both family homesteads and the impressive residences of offspring. I’m not over-familiar with genealogical literature (I like a bit more context in my history), so I’m not sure whether this is a unique feature of Salem genealogies or not but many of the nineteenth-century histories of Sa...
Silken Skirts and Open Houses
On at least five occasions over the last century, residents of Chestnut Street opened their wardrobes and their houses, donning period clothing while giving house tours on a succession of “Chestnut Street Days” celebrating the apparel, architecture, and culture of Salem’s golden age. The first Chestnut Street was in 1926, organized to recognize Salem’s Tercentenary, and the last was sometime in the 1970s: I’m not sure precisely when but I’m assuming it must have been around th...
June 19, 2016
William Montagu, the Man Who Married – and Lost – the Fair Maid of Kent
History... the interesting bits!
William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
Born on the 28th June, 1328, at Donyatt in Somerset, William Montagu – or Montacute – was the son of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Katherine Grandison (died 1349), 3rd daughter of William Lord Grandison. Young William was the eldest of the couple’s 2 sons and 4 daughters.
William Montagu was a friend and contemporary of Edward, the Black Prince, son and heir of Edward III, who was raised alongside William...
June 16, 2016
Grace Dieu Priory, Near Belton, Leicestershire
Grace Dieu Priory ruins, near Belton, Leicestershire.
OS grid reference: SK 43531835. The sad, crumbling ruins of Grace Dieu priory, a 13th century religious house, lie just to the east of the A512 Ashby Road and Grace Dieu brook – about halfway between the villages of Belton and Thringstone, Leicestershire. Since about the middle of the 16th century the priory buildings have been left to fall into decay and crumbleaway, with only the walls and gable-ends standi...
