#twelfth century

[ardenrosegarden]

Gurun is one of the few lais without any supernatural dimension: instead, it is strongly marked by historical reality. If we redesignate the rulers of Brittany count and countess instead of king and queen, we immediately recognize the latter, the king of Scotland's sister, as being Margaret, sister of King William, who married Duke Conan of Brittany in 1160. Pursuing the equation, we see the Scottish monarch as William himself. Conan and Margaret were blessed with no male heir; but their daughter Constance became the wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet, who thereby inherited Brittany. Their son, the ill-fated Arthur, was thus King William's great-nephew, whereas Gurun in the lai has no direct counterpart in history.

-D.D.R. Owen, William the Lion, 1143,1214: Kingship and Culture

#historyedit #william the lion #margaret of huntingdon #konan iv #twelfth century #my edit

[emmaklee]

Christ’s feet bleeding into a skull’s mouth

Alberto Sotio / 1187

#crucifixion #twelfth century

[kill-your-poets]

Visiting the ruins of a XXIIth century Gothic abbey.

#dark academia #vintage #architecture #photography #dark academia aesthetic #vitange style #gothic architecture #abbey #twelfth century

[wisdom-and-such]

“The master [of Kabbalah in the Bahir] depicts Nature as the King’s emissary, His medium, through which He projects Himself (in humble disguise) into this world. Human thought, also part of Nature, is man’s emissary.

Insofar as it has no end, man may extend himself through thought all the way to the end of the world— to confront G-d. Since all of man’s sensory faculties were no more than extensions of thought, the imaginative faculty was the source and ruler of all created things.

Gazing into the Throne of Glory only meant descending into oneself in order to ascend to the Infinite…”

#kaballah #merkabah #judaica #judaism #monotheism #theism #mystic #mysticism #meditation #infinite #infinity #books #history #bahir #book of light #first century #twelfth century #12th century #texts #literature

[coloursofunison]

Charters and Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce from c.993-1023. Re-sharing an old blog post about Leofwine I first wrote in 2014. It's a bit nerdy:)

Charters and Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce from c.993-1023. Re-sharing an old blog post about Leofwine I first wrote in 2014. It's a bit nerdy:)

I always think that the characters of Saxon England are a little too ethereal for people to really connect with.  I think it’s difficult to visualise life before the Norman Conquest, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. My current obsession, and victim of my historical fiction endeavours is Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce during the reign of Æthelred II, who I refuse to call ‘Unready’ because…

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#Academic history #Anglo Saxon charters #historical fiction #mj porter #tenth century #The Earls of Mercia #twelfth century

[cy-lindric]

One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons ; a natural perspective that is, and is not !

#twelfth night #shakespeare #1600s #17th century #my art #I'm not going to tag all the characters here if you know you know if you don't you don't #baroque theatre #jacobean era #elizabethan era #maybe very late elizabethan I didn't crunch the numbs #the Bisexual Play tm #everyone say #thanks billy shakes

[williamedwardparry]

Twelfth-cake and riddles on HMS Erebus

A Twelfth Night celebration illustrated by Robert Seymour from The Book of Christmas (1836) by Thomas Kibble Hervey – note the cake in the left part of the picture and the cards in people's hands.

In his entry for January 6th, 1841 in his Antarctic-journal-slash-autobiography, Robert McCormick (who was surgeon on the Erebus on the Antarctic expedition) makes this reference to a Twelfth-cake eaten by the officers:

Wednesday, 6th. — Being Twelfth-night, all the officers took tea in the cabin with Captain Ross, and partook of a Twelfth-cake, which had been given him in a tin case, and was to have been opened on the 6th of January, 1840, but had been reserved for entering the ice. It was accompanied by the customary painted figures on paper and sugar, with enigmas to solve, which afforded us all some amusement and laughter; to aid which we had a glass of cherry brandy each.

(The age of the cake always surprised me a little, but apparently, according to the 19th century Cassell’s Dictionary of Cookery, fruit cake “will improve with keeping – indeed, confectioners do not use their cakes until they have been made some months; and if a cake is cut into soon after it is made it will crumble.” (x))

I had no idea that “painted figures on paper and sugar” were a customary part of the Twelfth-cake tradition, so I had a poke around the web and was delighted to learn that Twelfth-cakes came with various figurines for decoration. They were made from moulded sugar paste, with some depicting people, some not.

In the Every-Day Book of William Hone (1827), Twelfth-cakes are described as decorated with “Stars, castles, kings, cottages, dragons, trees, fish, palaces, cats, dogs, churches, lions, milkmaids, knights, serpents, and innumerable other forms, in snow-white confectionery, painted with variegated colours”.

An advertisement for “well executed Twelfth-Night characters”, 1842 (The Australian). Queen Victoria’s Twelfth-cake, 1849 (ILN).

The Twelfth-cakes themselves were generally large, domed, and heavy, full of nuts, dried fruits, and spices. Hone, again, calls them “Dark with citron and plums and heavy as gold”. (A recipe from 1802 is available here, and one from 1830 here – the latter promises a cake 12-14 inches across.)

You could also buy sets of cards with Twelfth Night figures and riddles on them, which were sold in packs. In the late 18th century, it was customary for the party to draw lots with the cards – and whichever character a person was assigned, they would have to play until midnight.

An extant pack of Park's Twelfth-Night characters, 1843. (The Puzzle Museum)

The resolution on these is only just about legible, but here's a close-up of four of them and their solutions from the sheet:

Transcriptions: From left to right: SIR OLIVER OGLE. Why is a lover like a gooseberry? BETRICE BOUQUET. When is a cheese most like college? CHARLES CUTEMDOWN. Why are Jews at a feast like a brewer? PATTY PRIMROSE. Why is a dandy like a haunch of venison?

Solutions: He is easily made a fool of. / When it is eaten. [Eton] / He brews [Hebrews] drink here. / He is a bit of a buck.

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Sources:

The Puzzle Museum https://www.puzzlemuseum.com/month/picm08/2008-04-parks.htm

The Dickens Museum blog https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/charles-dickens-museum/dickens-and-the-spirit-of-twelfth-cake-past-by-pen-vogler

Elizabeth Gaskell House blog https://elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/twelfth-night-cakes/

Sydney Living Museums blog https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/let-them-eat-fruit-cake/

Foods of England blog http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/twelfthcake.htm

Primary sources:

Hone, William, The Every-Day Book (1827) - Project Gutenberg

Kibble Hervey, Thomas, The Book of Christmas (1836) - Project Gutenberg

Kitchiner, William, The Cook's Oracle (1830) - Project Gutenberg

McCormick, Robert, Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas (1884) - Hathi Trust

The Australian, January 8th, 1842 - Trove Newspaper Archive

Illustrated London News, 13th January 1849 - Hathi Trust

#polar exploration #1839 antarctic expedition #james clark ross #robert mccormick #francis crozier #(tangentially) #the terror #(even more tangentially) #19th century #if the formatting or something else in this post breaks - I'M SORRY; i had to do the entire thing on mobile; i am filled with rage #happy twelfth night! #m

[werewolfetone]

Killing me actually that I've managed to get into a situation in my crusader kings game where northern ireland already exists

#it is THE TWELFTH CENTURY why is there a fucking partition #crusader kings #jory.txt

[trans-cuchulainn]

i periodically test myself on the counties of ireland (just the names, not the locations, fuck remembering where offaly is) but there are always 2-3 i miss and it's a different 2-3 near enough every time. but today it's tyrone and carlow. why the fuck i can't remember those two specifically i dunno but hey

#the most recent map of ireland in my house is 18th century #my sense of borders and provinces tends to be a bit more twelfth century #i have to remind myself the modern counties exist it's important #but i am not good at it

[feste-de-jester]

🃏 ⤷ Twelfth Night Characters, Lines and Scene Numbers

Thought this table was pretty cool, so I copied it up onto Google Sheets to post here! :)

(Sir Toby above everyone in BOTH his amount of lines and his amount of scenes...as he should be though to be fair, what a cool guy)

(also I linked the source I got it from in the ID! ✨)

#twelfth night #what you will #william shakespeare #shakespeare #1500s #sixteenth century #16th century #1600s #seventeenth century #17th century #comedy #romantic comedy #english literature #feste #sir toby #maria #viola #sir andrew #twelfth night celebrations #christmas #cesario #sebastian #malvolio #olivia #orsino #fabian #curio #valentine #festethejester

[ardenrosegarden]

Immediately after Falaise, the king had tried to limit Breton patriotism by remarrying his rebel son’s future mother-in-law, Duchess Margaret, to Humphrey IV de Bohun, Lord of Carentan in the Cotentin and constable of England. Margaret had likely been active in rallying support against Henry in the war, so the king could not trust leaving her in charge of his son and the heiress of Brittany, Constance.  After the Bohun marriage, Margaret either chose or was not allowed to visit her daughter until sometime between 1187 and 1199, at least six years after the death of her second husband and possibly during the divorce of her daughter from her second husband Earl Ranulf III of Chester.  Mother and daughter did not appear to meet again for at least thirteen years and when they did encounter each other it was on Breton soil at Jugon-les-Lacs, southeast of Saint-Brieuc.

-Melissa Pollock, The Lion, the Lily and the Leopard: The Crown and Nobility of Scotland, France, and England and the Struggle for Power (1100-1204)

#historyedit #margaret of huntingdon #constance of brittany #twelfth century #my edit

[linusbenjamin]

17th Century Costumes  Doctor Who (2005-) 9.06 | The Woman Who Lived

#doctor who #dwedit #dwgif #twelfth doctor #ashildr #tvedit #17th century #period drama #costume drama #nikolatexla #i hope it met your expectations anon :)

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

I receive Cursed Header Image you receive Cursed Anime fanart @oldfritz

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#historical hetalia #hetalia fanart #aph prussia #aph hungary #aph austria #frying pangle #gilbert beilschmidt #elizaveta hedervary #roderich edelstein #historical fanart #my art #18th century #pruhun #aushun #prusaus #Yeah the faVouRitE dEtAiLs r just a couple of orders specifically the pour le merite n order of the golden fleece sorry for being a NERD #And also sorry for being a h*talia at heart still lmao. Like yes i actually have opinions on how they look smh my head #Also technically his bruised hand vs his bloodied glove #Anyway enough rambling from me as always lmao idk if it's what you had in mind but I hope you like it Suzanne!! #OH and thank you Amadeus 1984 as well for wig colouring ideas. And also anne hathaway twelfth night ofc #P.S sorry Prussia's uniform isn't accurate i lost my reference and couldn't find it again so i made it up halfway through 💀

[finnlongman]

I have a massively disappointing lack of haribo or other sweets in my house right now, and I was going to go to the supermarket on my way home, except I couldn't because I accidentally borrowed five chivalric romances from the library when I didn't plan to get any, and thus had no room in my bag for snacks.

This feels... on brand. However, the lack of snacks is terrible.

#and I'm going to a conference about twelfth century literature the next two days so no supermarket then either #truly chivalric romance is standing between me and sugar

[the-busy-ghost]

Petty rant this morning- I can understand that somtimes even the nicest noises can be a nuisance, even painful, and believe me I have become cranky about all sorts of innocuous noises at the wrong time.

That being said, I have heard a surprising number of people complain about bellringers practising, when they moved into a house next to a mediaeval English church

#Oh I'm sorry we'll just move this twelfth-century bell tower somewhere that doesn't irritate you #Can it sometimes be a rather awful cacophony? Yes but they only get better if they practise #And even the worst noise of bells (from the distance of neighbouring houses not the tower) is better than car engines and drunk arguments #And bellringing is such a magnificent piece of craft and tradition; it's worth preserving even above and beyond any religious role #Though to be fair all the bellringers I've met seem to hold bellringing as their chief religion and are indifferent at best to the church #So it's not even that much of a reminder of Christianity imo #Thouhg I suppose people could disagree #Anyway church bells were one of the best things about living in the south of England #Even when they were rattling away very untidily #I miss them so much being back in Scotland where we only have a handful of towers at best #and certainly don't have the longstanding tradition of ringing in small churches #I have to get my kicks from the Tolbooth clock and let me tell you it just isn't the same as hearing an English bell tower ringing up #Let alone actually ringing the changes #It's one of the few genuinely wholesome English traditions and you want to whine about the sound of BELLS #Not because it's a sensory issue or anything just because you don't like your lie-in being interrupted #But you'd expect your neighbours to put up with your noisy barbecues #Actually never even mind disruptive events like that- in my opinion the noise of your silly car idling in the driveway is worse than bells #You trying to fit your massive SUV down the tiny streets of a small English village #Is always worse than plain hunt

[coloursofunison]

Charters and Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce

I always think that the characters of Saxon England are a little too ethereal for people to really connect with.  I think it’s difficult to visualise life before the Norman Conquest, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. My current obsession, and victim of my historical fiction endeavours is Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce during the reign of Æthelred II, who I refuse to call ‘Unready’ because…

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#Academic history #Anglo Saxon charters #historical fiction #tenth century #twelfth century