Saturday, 26 October 2013

Mystras, a Frankish Crusader Castle

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The Castle of Mystras Mystras is just over the Taygetos mountain from my summertime home near Kardamyli. It is situated only 6 km from ...
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Monday, 14 October 2013

Edith Swan-Neck Identifies the King's Body on Senlac Hill

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The Handfasted Wife is the story of King Harold's wife Edith Swan-Neck. As 14th October is the anniversary of The Battle of Hastings h...
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Sunday, 22 September 2013

Embroidery in the 11th Century

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This month, September, sees the anniversary of the first two battles of the Norman Invasion of 1066, Fulford Gate and Stamford Bridge. The ...
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Friday, 6 September 2013

The Anglo-Saxon Heiress and The Norman Conquest

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Anglo-Saxon women played an important role in the years following The Conquest by providing the opportunity for intermarriage into the land...
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Sunday, 25 August 2013

Some Summer Reading

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Summer is a great time for book reading especially if you are on holiday and have that precious time for relaxing on a veranda somewhere pe...
Monday, 29 July 2013

Eleventh Century Wall Painting

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I have long been fascinated by medieval wall paintings whether they are in tiny churches in Greece where I have spent much of the last year...
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Thursday, 27 June 2013

Eleventh Century Beauty Treatments- My Lady's Cosmetics

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Eleventh century women did care about their appearance. Of course they did! Cosmetics were not as horrific as those used in Tudor times, su...
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