30 Aug 2023 Women’s Wills From Anglo-Saxon Times To Post War Feminists By Viki Holton History & Tradition 0 Since ancient times, wills and inheritance have a long, recorded history and Britain is no different. A history of a thousand years of the wills of women offer a rare but rich glimpse into their often otherwise secluded and unreported lives.... Read More
23 Aug 2023 The Roman Empire’s Pragmatic Puzzle Of Provinces By Patricia Southern History & Tradition 0 The popular conception of the Romans, mainly fostered by movies and television, extends to their all-conquering dominance, their armies, gladiators, blood and gore, sex and violence, mad emperors, everything that titillates the imagination in fact,... Read More
21 Aug 2023 Three Daughters Of Saintly Germanicus And Sisters Of Decadent Caligula By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 At the height of the Roman Empire, Germanicus Julius Caesar was unanimously regarded as one of the greatest soldiers the Empire had ever produced. Ancestry was very important to the Romans and Germanicus had an impressive pedigree, as the son of... Read More
16 Aug 2023 The Legacy Of Emperor Magnus Maximus, Despite His Damnatio Memoriae By Maxwell Craven History & Tradition 0 In Roman times, a decree of Damnatio memoriae was the chief way of obliterating the memory, nearly always posthumous, of those perceived as having transgressed in some way, as was the case of Emperor Magnus Maximus, in 389 AD. Virtually erased from... Read More
11 Aug 2023 King Henry I’s Illegitimate Daughters, Pawns In A Dynastic Strategy By James Turner History & Tradition 0 Familial identity and affinity were crucial factors in the establishment of an aristocrat’s social and political contexts, defining to a significant extent their place and interactions within the networks of power in which they existed. These... Read More