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Art aficionados like to pretend that there's a very specific and complex science behind interpreting paintings. But as these humorous tweets reveal, the hidden messages are often pretty obvious, not to mention pretty funny!
Pre-contact distribution of Native Americans. Fascinating stuff.
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If you're searching for German ancestors, these 3 websites can be instrumental in your genealogy research.
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Little-known panel in the Bayeux Tapestry! © 2014 Christy K Robinson For several years, I’ve collected interesting descriptive names of medieval personages. In the hundreds of years and countless generations before surnames became popular in the 1200s, it was necessary to distinguish one Charles or Robert from another. It looks as if the French culture was much more nickname-oriented than other areas of Europe and Asia. It would be fun to know if the nicknamed ones knew about their descriptors, and how one hairy man came to deserve his name more than some other bearded, pelted man. This is not every medieval epithet or nickname, but as I come across them, I’ll add to this list. In the meantime, enjoy! Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona (etc.), died 897. Christy the Author, or Christy the Editornado, with Yaroslav the Wise, Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, in St. Sophia church in Kiev. The bust was sculpted forensically based on Yaroslav's remains. Photos are rarely permitted, but I was given permission--I think the Ukrainian officials were impressed that an American knew a bit about their ancient history. Charles the Bald, King of France Charles Martel the Hammer, 676-741 Clovis the Riparian Sigebert the Lame, King of Cologne, died 509 Louis the Stammerer, King of France Louis VI the Fat, King of France Eystein the Fart Alfred the Great Carloman the Great (Charlemagne) William I the Bastard / William the Conqueror Charles III the Simple, King of France, 879-929 Robert the Strong, Duke of Neustria Fulk the Rude Geoffrey le Bel (the Handsome) Hugh Lusignan le Brun (the Brown) Ivan the Terrible was not an ancestor! Edward I, Longshanks, King of England Walter d’Espec / Walter the Woodpecker 1066-1153 Louis the Pious / Louis the Debonnaire, King of France Robert the Pious, King of France Louis IV d’Outre-Mer (Exile), King of France, 920-954 Yaroslav the Wise, Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, 980-1054 Edward the Elder, King of England Edmund Ironside, King of England Lambert I The Bearded Count of Mons and Louvain, 950-1015 Malcom II the Destroyer or Avenger, King of Scots Strange name: Elena Rotenhering de la Pole b. 1287 at Hull, Yorkshire. Malcolm III Canmore (Longneck or Big Head), King of Scots Géza I Magnus King of Hungary, 1040-1077 Béla II The Blind of Hungary Simon le Scrope (the Crab) Louis VIII the Lion, King of France, 1197-1226 Philip III the Bold, King of France, 1245-1285 Philip IV le Bel/the Fair, King of France, 1268-1314 William I the Lion, King of Scotland 1165-1214 William Longespee (Long-Sword), son of Henry II Hugh de Moray, Lord of Duffus, 1162-1214 Hamo Dentatus de Creully, Hamo the Toothy (maybe bucktoothed) 1050-1107 Roger de Bully, Norman landowner in Nottinghamshire 1028-1098 Reverend Richard P. Goodenough married the daughter of Archbishop of York Garcia IV the Tremulous, King of Pamplona, Count of Aragon d. 1000 Adam le Fuckere, William le Fuckere, and Jordan le Cok. Oh, dear. Apparently, the F-word is a very, very old word. Hat tip to historian Kathryn Warner (Edward II blog) for this image. Christy K Robinson is the author of five-star nonfiction and fiction historical books, as well as author of Rooting for Ancestors and William and Mary Barrett Dyer websites. You will find her books at http://bit.ly/RobinsonAuthor. · We Shall Be Changed (2010) · Mary Dyer Illuminated (2013) · Mary Dyer: For Such a Time as This (2014) · The Dyers of London, Boston, & Newport (2014) · Effigy Hunter (2015) · Anne Marbury Hutchinson: American Founding Mother (2018)
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The Royal Family might have picked up a few nice heirlooms in a couple of millennia of selective breeding, but one thing they never seemed to have inherited was height.
The Normans were a relatively short-lived cultural and political phenomenon. The emerged early in the tenth century and had disappeared off the map by the mid-thirteenth century. Yet in that time they had conquered England, southern Italy and Sicily, and had established outposts in North Africa and in Levant. Having traced the formation of the […]
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White indigenous English people share about 40 per cent of their DNA with the French
The Arthurian legend experienced a profound change in the 12th century; some would argue that this was when the real legend began. This post considers to what degree the Plantagenet kings of England were responsible for shaping the Post-Galfridian Arthurian legend.
Alfred the Great was the first king of the Anglo-Saxons and one of only two English rulers to have been given the epithet ‘the Great’. He may have earned this title in part by defending his kingdom against the Vikings and for his efforts in improving education.
Where to find British crime and punishment records. The best genealogy research resources to find your British criminal ancestors.
What does it mean when a record(s) says that your family member was Prussian? This topic comes up frequently and seems to cause a lot of confusion, especially here in the US. Listen to this article…
IN 911AD the Vikings invaded northern France and established a new colony in Normandy, and that is a seriously good name for a region if ever I’ve heard one. They quickly dominated the local popula…
Find your UK ancestors with electoral rolls. This post looks at how UK electoral rolls can help with your UK genealogy research by locating your ancestors for the years that census records are not available. Available Online records (free and paid for) and physical records are listed.
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Britons are still living in the same 'tribes' that they did in the 7th Century, Oxford University has found after an astonishing study into our genetic make-up.
Are your relatives not interested in learning about your shared ancestors? Discover four reasons to write your family history anyway.
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Facts about the 16 German states, their size, population, holiday regions. Learn about the history, discover wonderful holiday destinations.
10 Great Free London Genealogy Websites. If you have ancestors who lived or worked in London, here are 10 websites to help with your research.
