February 2012
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“He was a tall, swarthy, gangling youth who met his difficulties with the only...”
– Antonia Fraser on Charles II as a teenager (via fuckyeahcharlesthesecond)
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feminist historian: Secret Renaissance Letter... →
archaeologicalnews: A newly discovered document, written by one of Europe’s most famous philosophers, Thomas Hobbes, reveals a plan that, if successful, could have turned the tide of one of England’s bloodiest wars. In the words of Hobbes, the plan would prevent the “ruine of the…
Feb 26th
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“Oliver was siezed with one of those extraordinary fits of humour, surely manic...”
– account of a dinner party of Cromwell’s, 11 February 1648, from ‘Cromwell Our Chief of Men’ by Antonia Fraser (via shitolivercromwellsaid)
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A book, in English, on "Les Mazarinettes". →
putalioninthere: thestuartkings: Wow! What a find. Thank you for sharing. No problem! (Is it just me or does “Mazarinettes” sound like a really cool name for a fem!punk band?) It really does! Or a sixties style girl group like the Ronettes. 
Feb 23rd
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A book, in English, on "Les Mazarinettes". →
Wow! What a find. Thank you for sharing.
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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“Give me leave to rail at you, - I ask nothing but my due: To call you false,...”
– Give Me Leave To Rail At You - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (via gemothy)
Feb 21st
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