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(image above) Three knights being girded by their paiges and squires, presented on this 14th Century illuminated manuscript. From Paige to Knight: A Journey Into Medieval Chivalry. When a medieval knight is envisaged they are often seen charging across battlefields in shining armour, sworn to honour, courage, and heroic deeds. But behind the legends we hear and see today, …
Louis XVI in Coronation Robes (Louis XVI 1754-93) painted by Joseph Siffred Duplessis “Oh its good to be the King” An amusing line from a 1981 Mel Brooks movie ‘History of the World Part I’ which paints a funny but stout mono picture of the French Revolution and Louis XVI. And with ‘Bad’, often being a better topic than ‘Good’, …
The Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots in 1568 by Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798). Amidst the cards of the KINGDOM card game (an original card game designed by BMK Workshop in 2022), the first of the Medieval set of three card games which can be played individually or all together, the Queen is at the top of the Fuedal or Monarchal …
