King Louis IX of France was kind, fair, popular, and the only French king ever to be made a saint.
A 15th-century silver disc used to connect the leather jesses attached to a hawk's legs has been confirmed as treasure. An inquest at Dunstable Coroner's Court heard how the piece was discovered by Mr. Wilde on property in Eaton Bray belonging to Mr. French in 2007. The disc, known as a vervel, has the name Edward inscribed on it and may have belonged to Prince Edward, the son of Henry VI, or a different Prince Edward, the son of Edward IV.
Find out more in the item at Dunstable Today.
So I'm watching parts of the Forever Knight marathon on Chiller (What can I say? 150 channels and nothing's on) when an advertisement comes on for something called "True Horror." Evidently this is a regular series on the Chiller channel, and today, Thursday the 26th, they'll be running an episode on the real Dracula. Now, I haven't seen it, and I have no idea whether it's going to be sensationalistic schlock or a well-researched, credible look at the historical figure whose name is shared by Stoker's fictional count, so I can't exactly recommend it. But if you're interested, it'll be on at 5 and 9 pm Eastern, and again at 3:00 Friday morning. And if you see it, please feel free to post your comments here.
FYI, Yes, I'll catch the show, but I'll be recording it to watch later. Vlad may have enjoyed a feast next to a forest of impaled bodies, but the gruesome details of his horrific deeds are sure to put me off my turkey.
Happy Thanksgiving, to those of you who celebrate it.
A Torah believed to have been inscribed in Soria between 1278 and 1295 was sold for $330,000 at Sotheby's in New York. Written in Spanish, the script is one of only four surviving Jewish law books in Spain, providing invaluable data for scholars of medieval Jewish and Spanish history. The Torah is 58 centimeters high and more than 36 meters long.
Find out more in the piece at thinkSPAIN.
The Norwich Inquest has declared that a silver-gilded knob discovered by a metal detector enthusiast two years ago is treasure. The knob has a cast animal head and dates to the 6th or 7th century. Find out more in the piece at the Norfolk News.
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