19 May 1499: The proxy wedding of Arthur Tudor, heir to the #English throne & Catherine of Aragon takes place at Arthur's Tickenhill Manor in Bewdley, near Worcester #otd 37 years to the day before Anne Boleyn's execution as it happened
There are few #English sovereigns with such a dubious marital record as Henry VIII, who fancied a lot of women and was very jealous.
A lot of historic fiction portrays #AnneBoleyn as a lascivious #adulteress. Current scientific research does not support this hypothesis.
She and her family, which rose "from rags to riches," most likely were a target of a court cabal by the infamous...
18 May 1583: Olbrecht Łaski palatinate of Sieradż #Poland arrives at Mortlake meets with John Dee for the 2nd time during his #English trip to work on alchemy & angelic sessions #otd (Bodleian)
Today I learned the #Japanese equivalent of the #English phrase 'Food Porn' is '飯テロ' or 'Meshi Tero', where the 'tero' part is a borrow word for 'terrorism'.
The literal translation is 'Food Terrorism'. Consider that in relation to the Japanese penchant for filling their #SocialMedia streams with pictures of every single thing they eat.
This theory by linguist Bernard Cerquiglini was put to the test today in the France24 newsroom when the title of a segment dedicated to the #Paris2024 Olympics was determined to be "Destination Paris" in both #English and #French... #linguistics#France
These are #european bison rather than imports from the #us . Thirty years ago they were almost extinct - small populations in north east #romania and north east #poland They have since been introduced elsewhere - including the #netherlands and even the #english county of #kent - somewhere normally not at all keen on anything #european !
9 May 1639: Sir Edmund Verney to Ralph Verney: "Our men are verry rawe, our armes of all sorts nawt, our vittle scarce, and provition for horses woarce", writing about the state of the #English army
(Edmund: The Chequers Trust; Ralph: PeerageDotCom)
8 May 1557: Anne Locke [née Vaughan] arrives in Geneva #otd at John Knox's invitation with her 2 infants. While there she translated some of Calvin's sermons to #English. She returned to Cheapside #London in 1559
7 May 1621: d. John Guillim, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary #otd His "Display of Heraldrie" remained the standard #English textbook on the subject till the end of the 18th Century
"We have challenges" is one of the most used phrases for "We screwed up and have a problem. Sometimes "challenges" is a legitimate term but it's still far overused. Overuse dilutes meaning.