Confessions of a Ci-Devant

Musings on history, life, popular culture, and art by historian Gareth Russell. All opinions, unless otherwise stated, are either my own or possibly Gabrielle de Polignac's.

Thursday, 24 June 2010

The Coronation of Katherine of Aragon

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Stephanie A. Mann, author of the book Supremacy and Survival: How Catholics Endured the English Reformation , has an account of the coronati...

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Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Early Christian icons uncovered

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Firstly, a word of condolence to the Northern Irish blogger, "Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland," whose posts on the history of t...

Saturday, 19 June 2010

The Burning of the Fair Gospeller

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Claire at The Anne Boleyn Files gives a fantastic, if grotesque, account of the horrible and hideous death of Anne Askew, a young Protestant...

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Friday, 18 June 2010

Summer Reading

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So, I have arrived in Connecticut to spend two weeks with my friend, Alexa. I'm off to D.C. for two days to catch-up with some old frien...

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Thursday, 10 June 2010

Royal Snub in Ulster?

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The news that His Royal Highness Prince Edward, youngest son of our Sovereign, and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, were not able to ea...

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Tuesday, 8 June 2010

More on the fox attacks in London

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The Daily Mail is carrying more information on the terrible attack by an urban fox on the two infant daughters of high street fashion desi...

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Monday, 7 June 2010

Terrible fox attack on private home in London

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Two nine month-old twins, Isabella and Lola Kouparris, were mauled in their nursery whilst their parents were watching the finale of Britain...

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Gareth Russell: Gareth Russell is the author of four works of non-fiction, including the critically-acclaimed biography of Queen Catherine Howard, "Young and Damned and Fair", and two novels set in his native Belfast.

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