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mei 9, 2015 · 11:26 am

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/Henry of Lancaster’s grandchildren

A post about some of the grandchildren of Henry, earl of Lancaster(1280/81 – 22 September 1345), who was Edward II’s first cousin, Isabella of France’s uncle, Earl Thomas’s younger brother and heir,Blanche of Artois’s son, grandson and nephew of kings of England, great-grandson, brother-in-law and uncle of kings of France, half-brother of the queen of Navarre, and also descended from kings of Castile, Aragon and Germany and the Holy Roman and Byzantine emperors.

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mei 8, 2015 · 5:17 am

Swedish police list Palestine flag as terror symbol/Letter to the Swedish ambassador in the Netherlands

ISRAELI STATE TERRORISM AND WARCRIMES

DESTRUCTION OF GAZA

SWEDISH POLICE LIST PALESTINE FLAG AS TERROR SYMBOL/

LETTER TO THE SWEDISH AMBASSADOR IN THE NETHERLANDS

TO THE SWEDISH AMBASSADOR IN THE NETHERLANDS

Subject:

Sweden police documents, including the Palestinian flag

among known terror symbols

””Recognizing the imperative need to put an early end to colonial and foreign domination and alien subjugation,1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of all peoples under colonial rule, foreign domination and alien subjugation to self-determination, freedom and independence in conformity with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;”

UN GA RESOLUTION 3246, 1974

Your Excellency

Hereby I draw your attention for the following:

I have learnt with astonishment and indignation from the Swedish

police documents, including the Palestinian flag among known

terror symbols.

I consider this as a flagrant violation of the Palestinian right of

selfdetermination and the right of resistance against the Israeli

occupation and I request to you to use your influence to remove

the Palestinian flag and any Palestinian organization from the

Swedish police documents list. [1]

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april 19, 2015 · 12:26 am

(Article in The Guardian)/Refugees don´t need our tears. They need us to stop making them refugees

REFUGEES DON´T NEED OUR TEARS. THEY NEED US TO STOP

MAKING THEM REFUGEES

In the desert, the smugglers lace their water with petrol so the smuggled won’t gulp it down and cost more. Sometimes the trucks they’re packed into stall crossing the Sahara; they have to jump out to push, and some are left behind when the trucks drive off again. In transit camps in Libya before the perilous venture across the Blue Desert, they play football, fight, and pool their scanty resources so an even poorer friend can pay his way. One man says his tiny wooden boat was flanked by dolphins as they made the journey, three on each side, like guardian angels, and this was what gave him hope.

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april 17, 2015 · 12:50 am

Lincoln Remembered in Washington D.C./Comments on Susan Higginbotham’s ”History Refreshed”

SLAVE TRADE

SLAVERY IN THE USA

HOUSES OF THE PLANTATION OWNERS

LINCOLN REMEMBERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C./COMMENTS

ON SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM’S HISTORY REFRESHED

Dear Readers,

Knowing Susan Higginbotham from her impressive novels about

English Medieval History, Queen of Last Hopes [about the

life of Queen Margaretof Anjou, one of the major players in the Wars of

the Roses] and The Traitor’s wife [about Eleanor de Clare, wife to

Hugh Despenser the Younger, favourite of King Edward II], I was somewhat

surprised about her book about the American Civil War, Hanging Mary,

which describes the life of Mary Surrat, a Confederate sympathiser,

who had a boarding house.

John Wilkes Booth, assassinator of president Lincoln, was

a regular visitor.

In Mary Surat’s boarding house Booth and fellow conspirators

planned the assasination plan.

Susan Higginbotham attended a vigil in remembrance of the

assasination of president Lincoln, now 150 years ago.

She wrote about that in her interesting Blog ”History Refreshed”

Her post was:

”LINCOLN REMEMBERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.”

http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/posts/lincoln-remembered-in-washington-d-c/

I wrote some comments about this post.

See underlying:

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april 16, 2015 · 11:40 am

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/The death of Piers Gaveston

THE DEATH OF PIERS GAVESTON

Today is the 696th anniversary of the death of Piers Gaveston, run through with a sword and beheaded at Blacklow Hill, Warwickshire, on 19 June 1312.The story of Piers’ death – abducted from the earl of Pembroke’s custody by the earl of Warwick and killed in the presence of the earls of Lancaster, Hereford and Arundel – has been told so often I’m not going to bother repeating it here. Instead, I’ll look at some lesser-known aspects of the whole sordid business.

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april 14, 2015 · 2:54 am

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/Edward II’s other great favourite, Hugh Despenser the Younger

EDWARD II’S OTHER GREAT FAVOURITE, HUGH DESPENSER THE

YOUNGER

This post is about a man I’ve always found absolutely fascinating: the man who was the de facto ruler of England for much of the 1320s, until his hideous execution at Hereford on 24 November 1326. In a recent poll, he was voted most villainous Briton of the 14th century, and got 9% of the vote for the worst Briton ever! Let’s face it, a man who extorted money and lands from rich widows (including his own sister-in-law), who became a pirate when he was exiled from England, and who was almost certainly the lover of his wife’s uncle, is waaay more interesting to write about than a man who helped little old ladies to cross the road (though maybe he did that too, who knows?)

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· 2:47 am

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/The charges against Hugh Despenser the Younger, november 1326

THE CHARGES AGAINST HUGH DESPENSER THE YOUNGER,

NOVEMBER 1326

This is my translation of the charges against Hugh Despenser the Younger at his trial in Hereford on 24 November 1326, which are printed in the original Anglo-Norman in G. A. Holmes’ ‘Judgement on the Younger Despenser, 1326’ (English Historical Review, 70, 1955). Investigating the accuracy of the charges would be a major undertaking, and although some of them are certainly true, some are utterly ludicrous. May McKisack (The Fourteenth Century 1307-1399) calls the charges “an ingenious tissue of fact and fiction,” while Roy Martin Haines (in his biography King Edward II) points out that “it is an ingenious document, another piece of propaganda that puts the blame for all the ills of the reign on one man and his father,” ignoring – for the time being, at least – Edward II’s own manifold failings and that the earl of Lancaster and his followers were in armed rebellion against their king in 1322, and in treasonous correspondence with Robert Bruce to boot. The original text begins Hughe le despenser en parlement nostre seignur le Roi Edward qui ore est tenu a Westmonstre Lan de son regne xvme…

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· 1:24 am

[Lady Despenser’s Scribery]/Who was Despenser the Younger? In a (very large) nutshell

WHO WAS HUGH DESPENSER THE YOUNGER? -IN A (VERY LARGE}

NUTSHELL

The Early Years

The exact date of Hugh’s birth is not known but it was most likely between 1286 and 1290. He was the eldest son of Hugh Despenser (the elder) who was the son of another Hugh (the even elder) who fought alongside Simon de Montfort against Henry III during the Baron’s war of 1265. He was killed by Roger de Mortimer (grandfather of the Roger de Mortimer who became Queen Isabella’s lover and deposed Edward III) at the Battle of Evesham, thereby starting a feud between the Despensers and the Mortimers which was to have deadly echoes decades later. His mother was Isabelle de Beauchamp, the daughter and sister of two of the Earls of Warwick, so he was certainly well connected.

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april 11, 2015 · 10:14 pm

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/Announcement of the birth of Edward III

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF EDWARD III,

NOVEMBER 1312

Isabella, by the grace of God, Queen of England, Lady of Ireland, and Duchess of Aquitaine, to our well-beloved the Mayor and aldermen and the commonalty of London, greeting. Forasmuch as we believe that you would willingly hear good tidings of us, we do make known to you that our Lord, of His grace, has delivered us of a son, on the 13th day of November, with safety to ourselves, and to the child. May our Lord preserve you.

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· 4:14 pm

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/2 or 3 January 1315: Piers Gaveston’s funeral

2 OR 3 JANUARY 1315: PIERS GAVESTON’S FUNERAL

Today, or perhaps yesterday, is the 700th anniversary of Piers Gaveston’s funeral. Here’s a post about it.Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall, was killed at Blacklow Hill in Warwickshire on 19 June 1312. A group of Dominican friars from Oxford came across the body – presumably not by accident, as the Dominicans were Edward II’s favourite order and the king’s fervent supporters, and it would seem a bit of a coincidence if they of all people just happened to find Piers’ body – and took it to their house at Oxford. They embalmed Piers’ body, and sewed his head back on (he had been murdered by being run through with a sword, then his head was struck off).

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[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/Henry of Lancaster’s grandchildren

Swedish police list Palestine flag as terror symbol/Letter to the Swedish ambassador in the Netherlands

(Article in The Guardian)/Refugees don´t need our tears. They need us to stop making them refugees

Lincoln Remembered in Washington D.C./Comments on Susan Higginbotham’s ”History Refreshed”

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/The death of Piers Gaveston

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/Edward II’s other great favourite, Hugh Despenser the Younger

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/The charges against Hugh Despenser the Younger, november 1326

[Lady Despenser’s Scribery]/Who was Despenser the Younger? In a (very large) nutshell

The Early Years

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/Announcement of the birth of Edward III

[EdwardthesecondBlogspot]/2 or 3 January 1315: Piers Gaveston’s funeral

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