But at the time of the invasion in late September 1066, the Normans’ action was startlingly novel: prior to that point, castles had been virtually unknown in England. The exceptions comprised a handful constructed a few years earlier by the French friends of King Edward the Confessor. Before 1066 the…
Well, yes, and no. England invented a game of running around kicking a ball in the mid-19th century (although the Chinese claim to have played a version centuries earlier). They called it “football,” not because the ball is played with the feet, but because the game is played on foot…
Enlightenment thought encouraged radical change, because the ideas of the philosophes were unable to be achieved through gradual reform, and their thoughts were to reform societies and governments of entire countries on a large scale. The Enlightenment brought secular thought to Europe and reshaped the ways people understood issues such…
Eren Yeager, the anti-hero unfortunately dies at the end of the Attack on Titan manga. In chapter 138, he dies an ironic death after getting beheaded by Mikasa Ackerman at the climax of the Paradis War arc. He decides to become the villain to achieve the greater goal (freedom and…
There could have been an iconic moment in history when The King met The Queen. On this day in 1962, Elvis Presley received a very special invitation from Her Majesty to come to the UK. Linda Thompson was one of the many women caught up in Elvis Presley’s life throughout…
Canadian Olympic champion showjumper Eric Lamaze is getting married. Lamaze, 45, surprised long-time girlfriend Alexis Stein by finally popping the question when he got down on bended knee and proposed on Sunday, October 20, in Wellington, Florida. Eric Lamaze (born April 17, 1968) is a Canadian showjumper and Olympic champion.…
Elvis soon established a pattern that would follow him on every film set, “flirting with Paget almost from day one and following her around the set like a lovesick puppy.” He also went to meet her parents and was determined to marry her. Who did Elvis have a crush on?…
Elvis got his first name from his father, Vernon Elvis Presley. But it’s unclear where Vernon got it. The name of a 6th Century Irish saint was variously spelled Elvis, Elwyn, Elwin, Elian and Allan. Wherever the name came from, it has caught on. The state-issued birth certificate reads “Elvis…
– Elvis Presley sings Imagine – Graceland 1972. It was a well-known song when Presley was a boy, with hit covers by Glenn Miller and The Ink Spots played regularly on the radio. A private recording of Presley singing the song was made in 1960, with his actress girlfriend Anita…
The effect of these strains, the symptoms of severe headache and nausea mentioned in her letters, and her deathbed coma punctuated by raspy and difficult breathing, have led researchers to conclude that she died of heart failure induced by severe hypertension (high blood pressure). Did Emily Dickinson have a sister?…