Liga Nobiliaria
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Liga Nobiliaria
War of Saint Sabas
en.wikipedia.orgBut though the story of the Stuarts was a tragedy, I think it was also an epilogue. I make the guess, for it can be no more, that the change really came with the fall of Richard II, following on his failure to use mediaeval despotism in the interests of mediaeval democracy. England, like the other nations of Christendom, had been created not so muc
... See moreG. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
As heiress of Castile, the question of Isabella’s future marriage became a matter of increasing diplomatic activity at home and abroad. Portugal, Aragon, and France each put forward a marriage candidate. Henry seems to have wanted his half sister to marry Afonso V, king of Portugal. As between the Portuguese and Aragonese candidates, she herself, n... See more
Isabella I | Biography, Reign, & Facts | Britannica
The fort at Banna (Birdoswald) on Hadrian’s Wall is, perhaps, the best place to catch sight of localized lordship in its early development.b The last army pay wagons cannot have arrived here much later than the 390s; the last visit by a Dux Britanniarum probably occurred in the same decade. Banna’s fifth-century commanders responded by expediently
... See moreMax Adams • The First Kingdom
The message was that succession almost never happened without a struggle or a victim. This was a pattern projected back to the myths of the early kings too: they enjoyed long reigns, but only two of the seven died natural deaths.