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6 Jan 2020, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
In this book, Geoffrey of Vinsauf's phenomenally popular Latin compositional handbook, the Poetria nova, finds its place against the diplomatic backdrop of the English Interdict, while Robert Grosseteste's Anglo-French devotional poem, the Chateau d'Amour, is situated within the landscape of property law and Jewish-Christian interactions. [read post]
31 Dec 2019, 4:40 am by Ben
So on behalf of Marie-Andree, John, Eleonora, Angela, Ken and Ben, can we thank you for supporting the 1709 Blog, and we wish you every happiness and success going forwards. [read post]
30 Dec 2019, 6:00 am by Matthew Waxman
On this day in 1842, President John Tyler announced to Congress that the United States would henceforth protect the Hawaiian (or Sandwich) islands from European control. [read post]
29 Dec 2019, 7:23 pm
., "moral discernment, ability to distinguish right from wrong;" c. 1400, "prudence, sagacity regarding one's conduct," from Old French discrecion and directly from Medieval Latin discretionem (nominative discretio) "discernment, power to make distinctions," in classical Latin "separation, distinction," noun of state from past-participle stem of discernere "to separate, distinguish" (see discern). [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 7:09 am by Jack Sharman
From the folks at Punch, a recipe for a French 75 punch. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 6:56 am by elizabethw
” Clearly close to the Latin (caper) and French (chevre) for goat, these were often used to (male) roe deer. [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 7:50 am by Guest
Another bit of good fortune was finding a portrait of John Marshall that somehow had not been used (as far as I could tell) on any of the numerous books with John Marshall on the cover. [read post]
6 Dec 2019, 10:35 am by Gordon Ahl
John Rood, the under secretary of defense for policy, said that the United States is seeking a broader treaty that includes China. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 5:30 am by Robert Brammer
I am With the greatest respect sir your Excellency’s Most obedt humble Servant Ths Conway Conway survived, and later rejoined the French army, but due to his support for the royalists, he was forced to leave France and died in exile. [read post]
30 Nov 2019, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The men behind the effort included wealthy scion Pierre du Pont; the former treasurer of General Motors, John J. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 11:05 am
It was about the French word "quatre," which means 4, and "quatre" was also sometimes spelled "catre" — in French — and it became "cater" in English.The four spots on dice, or four symbols on cards, can be seen as making an X, and it's suspected that this is how cater came to develop the extended senses of "diagonal" or "diagonally. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 3:00 am
Kat friend John Shaw reports on the latest trade mark dispute between Chanel and Catherine Sidonio. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 4:40 am by INFORRM
” Labour’s case will also allege a lack of impartiality on the part of reporter John Ware who presented the programme. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 11:10 am by Gordon Ahl
French President Emmanuel Macron warned that European states can no longer rely on the United States to defend NATO allies, according to CNN. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 9:30 pm by Mitra Sharafi
I was lucky to have found John Phillip Reid at NYU Law School, who was pioneering a legal history that took seriously culture and consciousness. [read post]
30 Oct 2019, 4:59 pm by Amanda Sloat
With Speaker John Bercow stepping down, there are questions about whether his replacement will be chosen by the current Parliament or after elections. [read post]