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• 1550: Jon Arason, the last Catholic bishop of Iceland

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 426
  At dawn this date in 1550, two sons* of Jon Arason were beheaded at Skalholt , followed by the energetic sextegenerian prelate himself — cementing Lutheranism in Iceland. As bishop of the northern diocese of Holar and one of the most powerful pols in Iceland, Arason did what he could to maintain papal authority ...
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• A Bruegel For All Seasons

  
  Art Ravels — Authority: 125
  Pieter Bruegel the Elder s The Harvesters , above, is an iconic fall painting for me. This large work, bursting with golden yellow tones, illuminates the room it hangs in at the Met, more reminiscent of a Van Gogh than of the 16th c. works around it. However, Fall is nearly over. The painting below is more ...
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• The Devil Trying to Disrupt and Discourage the Heroic Vitalist

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  This Albrecht Durer drawing from 1513 made me think of John Calvin (who was born in 1509). I like Durer’s depiction of the devil on the left side of the drawing, with his Medusa-echoing snake hair and taunting display of an hour glass. I also like the faith warrior’s high Apollo mode, his eyes calm and focused, ...
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• Women Unbound

  
  Bride of the Book God — Authority: 120
  So after yesterday’s post it seems a bit surprising to be writing about another challenge, but this one looks too good to resist. Women Unbound runs from 1 November 2009 until 30 November 2010 and involves reading both fiction and non-fiction from the field of women’s studies. I’m aiming for Bluestocking (at ...
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• Mummy Powder and the Household Use of the Egyptian Dead

  
  History Blog — Authority: 119
  Beginning in the 12th century, Arab physicians began to prescribe their patients a most unorthodox remedy: the ground remains of mummies procured from Egyptian tombs. As Islamic Arabs of the day did not regard the ancient Egyptians as ancestors, the practice was widely accepted and so-called mummy powder was in sold ...
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• Was Calvin a Calvinist?

  
  Historical TheoBlogy — Authority: 91
  On October 15, 2009, Dr. R. A. Muller lectured on this topic in a presentation: Was Calvin a Calvinist? Or, Did Calvin (or Anyone Else in the Early Modern Era) Plant the “TULIP”? at the Meeter Center at Calvin College, Hekman Library. Dr. Muller engages with several lines of scholarship in a winsome, thought ...
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• John Calvin’s Geneva: A Little Reminder of What It’s Like to Live in a World Where Church and State are Combined

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  I’m kind of weirded out by people who express nostalgia for John Calvin, and call themselves admirers of his. I think it a useful correction to this nostalgia to actually recall what it was like, exactly, to live in John Calvin’s Geneva in the 16th century. Here’s the historian Will Durant (from his book, The ...
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• The martyr in the fools coat: Edmund Geninges, 1592

  
  Early Modern Whale — Authority: 446
  I approach once again my annual lecture on the religious poetry of John Donne. I will talk, again, about the third satire, and its difficult admonitions to seek true religion, while doubting wisely, dismissal of the available choices, and (to crown all this), earnest insistence that you must hold the truth you find at ...
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• Just £239.79 for One Night Deluxe Room B&b For Two At Langshott Manor - Experiences

  
  My Bloggerings — Authority: 159
  £239.79 Info / Buy Product Information Minutes from Gatwick Airport, the beautifully restored 16th-Century manor is surrounded by 3 acres of stunning gardens and an ancient moat. With elegant interiors the property has modern luxuries for discerning ...
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• BOO

  
  A Reader's Respite — Authority: 424
  A Readers Respite set aside much of October for holiday themed reading. For some reason, Halloween is our favorite reading season. Perhaps its the arrival of cooler weather and a roaring fire in the fireplace. Whatever it is, there are certain books that beg to be read this time of year. Our favorites this ...
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• Necklace Of The Spanish Inquisition

  
  Random Stuff By Paul — Authority: 140
  One does not normally associate beautiful jewelry with the time of the Spanish Inquisition. But in the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of gems, there is an exquisite necklace holder stand and a necklace badge holder of diamonds and emeralds. It is an incredible double row of diamonds and emeralds finishing ...
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• Blue and White porcelains of the Edward (Ted) Wrangham Collection of Chinese Art

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 150
  A blue and white barbed-rim dish. Early 15th century Boldly painted in rich dark tones of blue at the centre with five various flower heads in a symmetrical meander issuing single leaves, the petal-moulded well with twelve petals each containing a single curling leafy flower head on a stem, the everted rim with ...
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• Just when we thought wed recovered.....

  
  A Reader's Respite — Authority: 424
  A Readers Respite has been running into a spate of bad historical fiction lately. Recently, we BookMooched (is that a real verb?) a historical fiction novel entitled Bathory: Memoir of a Countess . hey, at least the cover is beautiful Familiar with the story of the Countess? Allow us to present the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Il Bronzino, “Eleanor of Toledo and Her Son” (ca....

  
  Heuresis — Authority: 132
  Il Bronzino, “Eleanor of Toledo and Her Son” (ca. 1545). Via Artchive .
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• The Black Death in Eyam: A Case of Ill Fate

  
  History Blog — Authority: 119
  The plague took the lives of million of Europeans from the 14 th until the 17 th century. In England, its destruction stayed mainly in the south of England concentrating around the poor quarters of London. But for one small village in England’s rural north, the plague would be devastating and historic. The case of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Friends Dont Let Friends Read Bad Historical Fiction

  
  A Reader's Respite — Authority: 424
  Or do they? Not so very long ago, A Readers Respite found ourselves at home with a few hours of spare time on our hands. Feeling industrious, we drove into town to meet a Bloggy Friend for lunch. After a wonderful greasy feast (the Bleu Baron: a marvelous concoction of roast beef on sourdough with a bleu cheese ...
  3 weeks ago

• Art experts think they may have found the worlds oldest painting to feature an image of a watch.

  
  Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge designs of today — Authority: 498
  The portrait was painted in around 1560 Art experts think they may have found the worlds oldest painting to feature an image of a watch. The Science Museum is investigating the 450-year-old portrait, thought to be of Cosimo I de Medici, Duke of Florence, holding a golden timepiece. ...
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• Wolf Hall

  
  B O O K L U S T — Authority: 472
  Title: Wolf Hall Author: Hilary Mantel Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. # of Pages: 532 I received this book for free to review. Favorite Line: Why does everything you know, and everything youve learned, confirm you in what you believed before? Whereas in my case, what I grew up with, and what I thought I ...
  4 weeks ago

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