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Once upon a time, there was a child, born around 1474 in Brittany, who, after the assassination of Richard III at Bosworth, lived at the court of the new king, Henry VII, as a trusted knight of the Tudors. He died in 1535, leaving behind a trail of whispers that still echo today: who was…
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C’era una volta un bambino, nato attorno al 1474 in Bretagna, che, dopo l’assassinio di Riccardo III a Bosworth, visse alla corte del nuovo re, Enrico VII, come cavaliere di fiducia dei Tudor. Morì nel 1535 lasciandosi alle spalle una scia di sussurri che ancora oggi continuano a ripetere: ma chi era Roland de Velville?…
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These past few days I’ve been in Bruges, and in the rare moments when I wasn’t forced to weave through crowds of tourists, I felt as though I were suspended in time. The strongest sense of this suspension came as I stood before the Hospital of St. John, founded around 1150, where the still waters…
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It happened again.I was in the kitchen, holding my cup of coffee. I heard a name, I’m not sure where it came from, maybe the TV, but it struck me. It felt like I already knew it. And right after, that clear and unmistakable sensation: I had already lived this moment, exactly as it was.…
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For centuries, it has been taught that Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was the murderer of his nephews. Two children, Edward and Richard, locked in the Tower of London in 1483 and never seen again. “They disappeared,” they said… but in the history books, the accusation has always been clear:…
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Per secoli è stato insegnato che Riccardo III, ultimo re della casa di York, fu l’assassino dei suoi nipoti. Due bambini, Edoardo e Riccardo, chiusi nella Torre di Londra nel 1483 e mai più visti. “Scomparsi”, si disse… ma nei libri di storia è sempre stata chiara l’accusa: uccisi dallo zio per il trono. Ok,…
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Often, when we think of the Middle Ages, we tend to imagine that historical period as one of darkness, punishments, plagues, and chastity pushed to the limits of asexuality. As if having sex, or even just thinking about sex, were so forbidden that no one dared, under penalty of death. In reality, nothing could be…
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Spesso, quando pensiamo al Medioevo, tendiamo sempre a immaginare quel periodo storico fatto di oscurità, di punizioni, di pestilenze e pudicizia ai limiti dell’asessualità. Come se fare sesso, o anche solo pensare al sesso, fosse proibito a tal punto che nessuno lo facesse, pena: la morte. In realtà, niente di tutto questo è vero: nel…
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Have you ever felt like you deeply belong to something or someone?Like you’ve already seen an object, or you know someone deeply even though you’ve never truly met?Like you’ve had déjà vu or the feeling of already having been in a place… seen those eyes before, known that voice, even though you’ve never seen that…
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There is something extraordinarily symbolic in the story of Elizabeth of York and her niece, Elizabeth I. Two women, same name, same blood. One at the dawn, the other at the dusk of the Tudor dynasty. And exactly one hundred years lie between them. Elizabeth of York died in 1503. Elizabeth I in 1603. A…
Beyond Death 