RedDeliciousApple

Hello! Not here often. Good morning, and in case I don’t see ya: good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

[ydhsbhsnf-deactivated20210613]

that "OKAY SO" before someone u love starts infodumping........ most blessed feeling in the world

[roughbuddy]

reblog to let your mutuals know that they can always give you the “OKAY SO” and you will listen

[itispartoftheplan]

A choice of kings my beloved play....

[qqueenofhades]

Scholarly Saturday: Bishop Odo and the Bayeux Tapestry

Inspired by the ASOIAF/Bayeux Tapestry crossover I just reblogged, let’s take a look at the historical artifact itself.

William the Conqueror’s half-brother, Odo, is centrally connected to one of the main surviving sources for the Norman Conquest: the Bayeux Tapestry. [1] While folklore often romantically associates the Tapestry with William’s wife Matilda, this connection has been thoroughly debunked. [2] Instead, secondary clues have placed the Tapestry as a work contemporary to the events it illustrates, sewn in England – likely St. Augustine’s Abbey, Kent – and completed, very probably on Odo’s commission, sometime before 1082, when he fell into disfavor with his royal brother. [3] His appearances within the Tapestry itself are rare but strategically chosen, and it will be argued herein that his internal depiction strengthens the case for his external patronage.

Odo does not physically appear in the Tapestry for some time, as it opens with the narrative concerning Harold Godwinson’s visit to Normandy. But he makes his presence known before he does, in the depiction of the crucial event of Harold’s oath-taking to William – the event that Norman justifications of the Conquest were built on. [4] The Tapestry is alone among contemporary sources in claiming the oath occurred at Bayeux itself, the seat of Odo’s bishopric, on holy relics placed before Bayeux Cathedral. [5] This creates an association between the crux of the Norman claim and Odo, as if his holdings were the place where William’s right to the English throne (so far as the Normans saw it) was formally sealed.

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[itispartoftheplan]

[helpmeimblorboing]

1066 was kind of an insane year for Europe when you think about this, even outside of the fact that three super-main-character-y people all decided that they wanted the English throne and began a three-way war (that was geared HEAVILY against Godwinson, by the way) for it

Because Harald Hardrada was king of Norway, the Thunderbolt of the North, who had served as military commander in Novgorod and head of the Varangians in Constantinople. His culture, as the title suggests was Norse. He was "nordmannakonungr" - king of the Norsemen

Harald Godwinson, the Anglo-Saxon, was the son of Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, the sister-in-law to Estrid Svendsdatter, the wife of King Cnut the Great, kind of Norway from 1028 to 1035. Harald was thus, an Anglo-Norse monarch, or, for the sake of simplicity, a Norseman

William "the Bastard" de Normandie - later "the Conqueror" - was the Duke of Normandy, and a Norman, as the redundant titles suggest. The house of de Normandie, and rulers of Normandy, descend from Rollo "the Walker", a Norse Viking who made a deal with Charles the Simple of West Francia that granted him the duchy in exchange for defense against other Viking raiders. William was, thus, a Norseman ("Norman" - "North-man", the same etymology as "Norseman")

Therefore, the war of 1066 was as follows - the Norse held England, until the Norse and the Norse decided to invade them. The Norse were defeated at Stamford Bridge, but then the Norse defeated the Norse at Hastings, leading to the Norse taking England

[sunnifer]

happy 161 years since john wilkes booth died badly

[iseecuassea]

KNIGHT SACRIFICE

Original fan comic

Inspired by the song "Endgame" from the musical.

The composition is from Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen | 8 Jun 1965 | 1-0.

[onecanbehere]

FINISHED. If yall can hype it up that be so cool (o^^o)

Can you tell I love chess

[crispy-ghee]

Considering storyboarding “The Interview” from Chess just for practice’s sake. 

World Chess Champion Anatoly Sergievsky is shocked to find that Frederick Trumper, the former champion he had defeated a year before, is the one to be interviewing him for Global Television. 

[redjunglefowls]

welcome to the west anatoly!!!!!!

[signeswan-deactivated20241120]

Disclaimer: I do not condone the actions of any person depicted in the musical.

Heroic Bard harasses local racist moments before his death.

[deusexlachina]

Anatoly, slinking back to his pawns and to his tarts

Anatoly himself is in stark black and white (thematic), and so are his pawns, which are a mix of black and white to symbolize his conflicted identity (thematic). However, the tarts are colourized to show their diverse and yummy flavours - lemon, raspberry and blueberry (thematic).

[iseecuassea]

Oh my god I love the Bridge Theatre 2021 production of Julius Caesar so much🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌yeahhhh female Cassius yeahhhhh female Casca🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

[footnoteinhistory]

Like three weeks ago I was reading about ap hill before work And I literally have had negative ap Hill energy since then

throughout his life Powell exuded nothing but negative energy and you feeling his negative vibes now is a sign that he’s watching over you, congrats

[macaron-n-cheese]

Reading about something any well known historical figure did that makes them seem like a loser is hilarious. By this I mean little things like John Adams accidentally sending his diary to congress or John Laurens hitting his head on the ceiling. (It's not always Johns doing this btw)

[grants-blue-eyed-stare]

I can't stop thinking about how much of a loser George Pickett he is. Dude placed last in his class AND is really only known because his division was blasted to smithereens. And of course since he is a Confederate he is automatically a loser lol.

At least he is a loser in style

[tommy-288]

George A. Custer got 700+ demerits at West Point. That and the fact that he took place in killing Native Americans makes him a loser. (Especially the Native Americans, they deserved much better.)

[itispartoftheplan]

girlification

[tommy-288]

I’m just wondering what went through the photographer’s mind when taking this? Why is McClellan backwards??