1499: Edward, Earl of Warwick, the last Plantagenet claimant

Executed Today ^ | November 28th, 2019

[Agamemnon]

The name Aquitaine goes back before the Franks or Normans.

Actually, proto-Basque languages pre-date the Roman Latin which you quote, and I alluded to this root earlier when I posted, "Aquitaine is Frankish (from which the term "French" is derived) and Basque if anything...

More correctly, the territorial name "Aquitania" was used in Julius Caesar's ancient Rome. Julius Caesar wrote and spoke Latin. "Aquitaine" is not a word used in Latin. Aquitani is the Latin plural form used by Julius Caesar to identify the people of "Aquitania."

That said, the writings of Julius Caesar and the reign of Henry II are substantially outside the scope of the original topic.

FReegards!

[mass55th]

Yep...I get the message that the page is too busy too, despite continually emptying my cache. When it happens, the fans on my laptop turn on. When I have questions on family connections due to varying dates and names (which is very often), I do a search on Bing for the name and dates, and go through whatever sources show up. I’ve used Geni many times.

[gnarledmaw]

Long live King Michael!

[Red Badger]

“Dames are Not Aggressive..........

Said the man who never met Queen Elizabeth I..................

[SunkenCiv]

coming soon to a GGG topic near you (I’ve just not gotten ‘round to it):

Elizabeth I identified as author of Tacitus translation
November 29, 2019
https://phys.org/news/2019-11-elizabeth-author-tacitus.html

[Red Badger]

Next thing you know, they’ll be saying she wrote a couple of Shakespeare’s plays........................

[Verginius Rufus]

So which of the emperors in Tacitus' Annals did she want to emulate? Tiberius, Claudius, or Nero? (Or Augustus--he figures briefly in Book 1.) Unfortunately the portion covering Caligula's reign is lost.

Anyone who has learned Latin well enough can translate the surviving books of the Annals. I'd be more impressed if she had done a translation of the lost books of the Annals.

[SunkenCiv]

Give 'em time.

[SunkenCiv]

• Discovery of queen's 16th Century manuscript paints Elizabeth I in new light [Tacitus] [2019]

[gleeaikin]

I am reading a book about Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII. It does tell about the death of Warwick so that her father Ferdinand (and Isabella), would consent to the marriage since the inheritance would not be contested. Catherine found out that her marriage was started with a murder and years later bestowed kindnesses on that family in recompense. In the Ferdinand and Isabella marriage, she was actually the stronger and smarter ruler, even leading troups into battle against the Moores.

In a separate line, the book also described riots in London because foreigners with skills had successful businesses and were putting native English out of work. Riots occurred and people were executed. A little like the Brexit fuss, where one of the issues is Polish plumbers coming to England and doing better work than the native English.

[mass55th]

I'm not sure who the author of the book that you're reading is, but I watched the first season of a TV series titled "The Red Princess." It's based on a book series by Philippa Gregory. I don't particularly care for her writing, but I enjoyed the series. It's been renewed for a second season. And Isabel was portrayed as a strong woman...who commanded her Army in actual battle. Don't know how factual it is, as I've never studied her, but several years ago, there was a Spanish series titled "Isabel." It ran for three seasons. I never watched it. Here's the link to the IMDb page for it:

Isabel 2011-2014

I like Alison Weir and David Starkey as writers.