Aristocratic Fury
"We regarded war as entertainment, but it is a very real profession that wins and loses empires."
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Where did the modern card suit symbols originate from? Also why are the clovers and pikes named clubs and spades in English? It makes no sense! Let's explore the evolution of the...
The Hofämterspiel! One of the earliest sets of playing cards preserved in its entirety, depicting different court functions. Commissioned by Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440-57), t...
@JosephB70979213 This is the establish terminology which I also use. But the territory of France was called "Gallia" for pretty much entire middle ages, at least from what I saw o...
@HistoryinStory @RuxandraTeslo If you want to give it a name it was still a Roman civilization before. In the sense that the only unifying civilizational factor that there was amo...
There's a difference between King of the English (Rex Anglorum) and King of England (Rex Angliae). The first to style himself King of England was Cnut ( 1016-35), and that's when...
It was only after Europeans discovered just how large South America was that they realized this was a new continent. It was Vespucci who first used the term "new world" in 1503 af...
Who gave America its name? While it's named after Amerigo Vespucci, this was not his idea. It appeared on the 1507 Waldseemüller world map, but Martin Waldseemüller wasn't the ma...
In 866 he was sent as a legate to Bulgaria. Apparently he was very popular there. But his enemies in Rome accused him that he was corrupting the mind of Bulgarians! https://t.co/t...
The cadaver trial! In 897 they exhumed the body of Pope Formosus, who had been dead for 7 months, and put the corpse on trial. Formosus was accused of violating the canon law, pe...
Henry of Castile the Senator! Another unusual medieval nickname. He was a Castilian prince. On this painting he is depicted as a 65 year old man who has been through a lot in lif...
Today 10 October is the anniversary of the battle of Koronowo in 1410. In a battle that resembled a chivalric tournament, the Polish knights defeated the knights of the Teutonic O...
The banner of Hayreddin Barbarossa, the famous 16th century Ottoman corsair and admiral! It includes Solomon's Seal, the Zulfiqar sword and the names of the four caliphs! This ba...