Today, January 25, is the day Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII wed in secret for the second time in 1533. From the Catholic perspective, it was bigamy, in that the Pope had not released Henry from his first marriage. The marriage was also wildly unpopular with his subjects because Anne was thought of as a… Read more An Anne Boleyn Analog in Modern China?
I am a huge and avid fan of Jane Austen and her works. I am a Janeite, and I wear that badge proudly because as an anthropologist I believe the academic mindset that named those who appreciate Jane Austen the “wrong” (read: non-academic “popular culture”) way is full of “high-culture” baloney. You do not have… Read more The Best Colonel Brandon
For this month’s adventure, I will discuss how I felt about visiting the city of Florence, Italy, a place rich with history. I first became interested in the history of Florence back in 2009, when I was gifted a fiction book about one of Cosimo I de Medici’s daughters. I was hooked. I picked up… Read more Heather Darsie’s Adventure in History
Iconic musical superstar David Bowie has passed away from cancer at the age of 69. His birthday was January 8th, 1947 and I am convinced he held onto life until 2016 because he wanted “69” to show up on every obituary. His overt sexuality and wry sense of humor would both be satisfied by that,… Read more David Bowie: Amazing and Transgressively Gender Fluid
I’ve posted about Maria de Salinas before, on more sites than this one, but she DESERVES multiple posts because she was awesome. On this day in history Maria Willoughby, nee de Salinas, defied a king and arrived at Kimbolton manor house to comfort Katherina of Aragon on her deathbed. Maria de Salinas is one of… Read more Once More About Maria de Salinas
I am writing this to help the many mothers-to-be that have written me about their Kell sensitive pregnancy and how it could have happened. I think the hardest thing for anyone in a modernized medical society to realize just how random and confusing the body still is. You can do every single thing “right”, and… Read more Kell inheritance
Have you ever been to Universal Studios Island of Adventure in Orlando, Florida? Well, thanks to my parents (THANK YOU MOM & DAD), my kids got to spend the day there as part of their Christmas vacation. The main attraction for my little geeklets was, of course, Hogwarts/Hogsmeade section of the park. We’re all big… Read more A Day of Hogwarts and Dinosaurs
Welcome to Niki Incorvia, who is here on my blog to tell us all about her first book, Monarchial Roles: Redefining Religion and Family under Henry VIII and Mary I! Henry VIII and Mary I are a bit of a mystery to us in the twenty-first century, their lives and personalities are crafted together from… Read more Monarchial Roles by Niki Incorvia
I am currently at my parent’s house in Eastern Kentucky, where love is abundant and internet connections are sparse. Prior to that, I was frolicking throughout Florida and costal Georgia with my children and my parents. I’ll tell you more about that odyssey in a Honda Odyssey when I return to civilization, AKA: the Land… Read more Christmas Eve and Sunny
On this day in 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack that would rip through the American psyche in a way unequaled until the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001. The next day my paternal grandfather, Henry Cornelius, signed up the US Navy and served in World War II. He wanted, he said, “a… Read more Pearl Harbor Day and My Grandfather