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sitasays: Holy hell…this must be good since Alison Weir gave it a good review. She’s my FAVORITE historical writer ever. You like Tudor history, then she’s your bitch, seriously. UPDATE! Yeah, I know you guys are really on the edge of your seats waiting on my opinion on this book…well, wait no longer! It’s fucking epic. If you geek over medieval stuff, then this will engross you. There’s tons of detail on how folks lived their day to day lives in the 14th century. Everything from the mode of dress, health, medicine, food, law, lodging, social structure…it’s all there and told as if you are actually going to tour the country during the time period. And yes, there is a lot of morbid shit on the plague, leprosy and other unpleasantness. I was not disappointed but my husband was predictably disgusted with my readings to him while trying to either eat or watch football.. Anyway, I thought it would be a re-hash of other things I’ve read but I was pleasantly mistaken. I KNEW Alison Weir wouldn’t steer me wrong.

sitasays:

Holy hell…this must be good since Alison Weir gave it a good review. She’s my FAVORITE historical writer ever. You like Tudor history, then she’s your bitch, seriously.



UPDATE!
Yeah, I know you guys are really on the edge of your seats waiting on my opinion on this book…well, wait no longer! It’s fucking epic. If you geek over medieval stuff, then this will engross you. There’s tons of detail on how folks lived their day to day lives in the 14th century. Everything from the mode of dress, health, medicine, food, law, lodging, social structure…it’s all there and told as if you are actually going to tour the country during the time period. And yes, there is a lot of morbid shit on the plague, leprosy and other unpleasantness. I was not disappointed but my husband was predictably disgusted with my readings to him while trying to either eat or watch football.. Anyway, I thought it would be a re-hash of other things I’ve read but I was pleasantly mistaken. I KNEW Alison Weir wouldn’t steer me wrong.

(Source: historyofeurope)

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medievallove: Carbonnières tower ruins, Goulles, France. Legend says, this village was infested with leprosy until a mysterious young maiden arrived. Lord Bertrand, owner of the castle fell in love with her and married her. She could cure everything and villagers started to believe she had made a pact with the devil. So they killed her as a witch. Lord Bertrand was so sad that he locked himself up in these towers and was never heard of again. The villagers slowly started to leave the village and that is how the castle was left to decay. 11th c. by Gérard d’Alboy on Flickr.

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Carbonnières tower ruins, Goulles, France.

Legend says, this village was infested with leprosy until a mysterious young maiden arrived. Lord Bertrand, owner of the castle fell in love with her and married her. She could cure everything and villagers started to believe she had made a pact with the devil. So they killed her as a witch. Lord Bertrand was so sad that he locked himself up in these towers and was never heard of again. The villagers slowly started to leave the village and that is how the castle was left to decay.

11th c.

by Gérard d’Alboy on Flickr.

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enchantedengland:    Doorway to the Schola Moralis Philosophiae (School of Moral Philosophy) at the Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford (Oxford, England) and one of the oldest libraries in Europe. Known to Oxford scholars as “Bodley” or “the Bod”, the Bodleian contains 11 million items within on 117 miles of shelving. Ohhhhhhh. **shuddering sigh** Talk about book lust! And look at that ancient studded door!! (zoomed in shot from a Wikimedia Creative Commons image) Sheer unadulterated bliss.

enchantedengland:

   Doorway to the Schola Moralis Philosophiae (School of Moral Philosophy) at the Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford (Oxford, England) and one of the oldest libraries in Europe. Known to Oxford scholars as “Bodley” or “the Bod”, the Bodleian contains 11 million items within on 117 miles of shelving. Ohhhhhhh. **shuddering sigh** Talk about book lust! And look at that ancient studded door!! (zoomed in shot from a Wikimedia Creative Commons image) Sheer unadulterated bliss.

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cheriskeepsakebox:   THIS is this week’s Bed of Lust! You know I haven’t done a Bed of Lust in ages. It has NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH THOSE FLICKERING FLAMES ABOVE THE BED I CANNOT EVEN SEEN THEM THEY HAVE NO MEANING TO ME **by James on flickr** Oh yes, this is indeed lust worthy…and it would be smashing with that wine cellar I just posted right next to the bed. How lovely would that be?

cheriskeepsakebox:

  THIS is this week’s Bed of Lust! You know I haven’t done a Bed of Lust in ages. It has NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH THOSE FLICKERING FLAMES ABOVE THE BED I CANNOT EVEN SEEN THEM THEY HAVE NO MEANING TO ME **by James on flickr**



Oh yes, this is indeed lust worthy…and it would be smashing with that wine cellar I just posted right next to the bed. How lovely would that be?

(Source: magicalplacetobe)

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