https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/turrets-toilets-partial-history-throne-room-180951788/ “Garderrobe” is both a euphemism for a closet as well as a quite literal appellation, as historian Dan … [Read more...] about garderobes
The Glorious and the Vile
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There are times when drafting flows, and there are times when I cannot even get going because I cannot find a way in. I haven't been good about recording these issues in the past but I'm noting it now … [Read more...] about feri
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They tried to establish the model of a nobility entirely dedicated to the profession of arms, finding justification in an ascetic ideal. The disappointed hopes of the petty nobility thus led them to … [Read more...] about french nobility
