tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:25 +0000American Civil Warwomen playwrites17th Century BeautyJohnny DeppThe Putney DebatesLady Henrietta WentworthThe Exeter PrincesscropsbathingvariolationThe Hope DiamondRose TremainJohn MaitlandAngel of HadleyWilliam PrynneWilliam and MaryHouse Un-American Activities CommitteeOliver St. JohnKing Philip's WarLondon BridgeLondon Coffee HousesAfrican ServantsColonel RigbyBlack PlaguecornwallreformationTrumpet of Seditionmary frithhalloweenAppamattuckdaily lifeBy The Swordbllod transfusionwhite slavesDeliverance DaneLegend of the DeadVirginiaprivyLady Tollemachethe roaring girlSea VenturePamunkeyBorwick HallNathaniel's NutmegThe Globe Theatreelizabeth pepysCountess of Derbycounter reformationNicola CornickCharles IIcruck archreenactmentIn search of the Théâtre du MaraisregicidesLucy HutchinsonVengeance ThwartedChickahominyDaphne Du MaurierCulloden Spirit17th century english villageThe Physick BookExecution of Charles ILetice MorisonAndrea ZuvichRoyalist RebelThe King's RevengeInigo JonesThe Starving Timewitches of New MexicoKim MurphyPrue PhillipsonCounterfeitersFleet MarriagesChristopher WrenWendy PerrimanGeorge DowningJamesILucius Cary 2nd Viscount FalklandarcheaologyTrencarrow SecretThe Country WifeWallensteinPocahontasOsaka CastleThe King's GeneralMusketeerSusan Holloway Scottmassacre at BarthomleyTower of TalesCommedía dell'ArtelancashirefairiesCharles Sedley17th century theatreHam HouseWilliam IIIFrederick Elector of PalatineThe Dreaming: Walks Through MistHenry SpelmanMary HydeClippersHildegard of BingenSir Edward DennyMacDonaldsThe Cabal Ministry of Charles II1692Peace of WestphaliaPremio Dardas AwardAlec GuinessPrince of WalesThis 'n ThatOliver CromwellMarylandElizabeth MaletJamestownMourholme local history societyhighwaymanFlittonshakespearedatestonesLady Anne Halkettfilmcoloniel AmericaSolway MartyrsVicaragehistorical novel societyCorneliszAntwerpKatherine SedleyAfricansKit CavanaghThe WitscleanlinessThe Tyrannicide Briefsamuel pepysFranceColonel Joseph BampfieldregimentRoyalist Spyvalentine's dayJosephine B trilogyThomas FairfaxDressing in StarlightBattle of DunbarGlencoe Massacrethe CommanderyRubensThe PaspaheghMary SharratColonel John Hutchinsonseventeenth centuryinquisitionsumptuary lawsThe TempestElizabeth MurrayJames IIAgecroft HallhempMary SharrattWitches of EastwickThe DreamingFrench historyscalpingHeworth MoorlanguageShThe Lost Children of Charles ISaint-SimonHugueonotsNell Gwynembroiderywitches of Pennsylvaniawar crimesHMS Sussex 1694cunning folksuperstitionVisscherSir Mattew HaleBattle of LandenFrenchman's Creek17th Century Funeral PracticesMay 1660CatharsKeith LiveseyshamansWilliam CravenWilliam WycherleyHistory of the Book of Common Prayershogunate of JapanBoscobelJacobszwitch trialsSalemLouis's LegsMargaret LemonJohn HothamThe New WorldLevellersThe Man in the Iron MaskRoyal navyPrince Rupert Of The RhineGillian BagwellMarie de RohanSiege of GloucesterKatherine GradySir Richard GrenvilleBacon's CastlePlague Doctors [Dottore De La Peste]Thirlestane Castlewitches of New YorkBerkeleyAnne of AustriaCockacoeskeWhite IndiansThe Lady's SlipperMajor AllenagricultureAlfristonFire on Dark WaterPeter FitzsimmonsDemdikewomen mysticsChristie DickasonThe King's ManSir Thomas FairfaxtheaterWreck of the BataviaLord SavileMother RossA Divided InheritanceFootmenEarl of DerbyLathom HouseJ.D. 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I devour every issue as soon as it arrives. It's largely intended for devotees of living history, specifically those who participate in Renaissance fairs. That aspect of the publication doesn't appeal to me, but their historical background and news items are fantastic. I end up tucking at least one article per issue into a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/EfgwZRh8zzI/oh-poo-you-say.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sandra Gulland.)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/EfgwZRh8zzI" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/05/oh-poo-you-say.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-7456638035650380999Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 +00002013-05-12T01:00:02.921+01:00Bacon's CastleNathanel BaconBacon's RebellionVirginiaMajor AllenArthur AllenRecently I attended a seminar on 17th-century architecture in Surry, Virginia. Bacon's Castle was built by Arthur Allen, a wealthy merchant, in 1665. It's the oldest documented brick building in Virginia, and one of only three surviving structures of Jacobean architecture (named after King James I of England) in the western hemisphere. Allen died in 1669, and his son Major Arthur Allen II http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/tpbPVX-8luc/bacons-castle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Murphy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/tpbPVX-8luc" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/05/bacons-castle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-1278517247581477790Sun, 05 May 2013 05:00:00 +00002013-05-19T15:37:06.262+01:00Charles IIHenriette Catherine of Nassau Henriette Catherine of Nassau <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/QL0p9eLD-mE/charles-ii-lady-who-might-have-been-his_5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anita Davison)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/QL0p9eLD-mE" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/05/charles-ii-lady-who-might-have-been-his_5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-6405041391291539581Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:19:00 +00002013-04-29T12:19:49.104+01:00 When I was forty-two years and seven months old, Heaven was opened and a fiery light of exceeding brilliance came and permeated my whole brain, and inflamed my whole heart and my whole breast, not like a burning but like a warming flame, as the sun warms anything its rays touch.   --Hildegard von Bingen, Scivias, translated by Mother Columba Hart, O.S.B., and Jane Bishop Neurologist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/vQr-DP9zS1I/were-hildegard-von-bingens-visions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Sharratt)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/vQr-DP9zS1I" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/04/were-hildegard-von-bingens-visions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-9010433203371880764Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:26:00 +00002013-04-22T01:42:10.658+01:00History of the Book of Common PrayerAlison Stuart writerUntil the late twentieth century, a member of the Church of England could travel anywhere in the world, attend any Church of England church and be guaranteed of knowing that the service they would be attending was word for word the same as that of their own regular place of worship. On every pew of the church in India, Africa or Australia there would be a familiar, well thumbed copy of the BOOK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/X1xkp80ncys/the-book-of-common-prayer-1662.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alison Stuart)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/X1xkp80ncys" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-book-of-common-prayer-1662.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-4107371411488247081Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:50:00 +00002013-04-14T02:50:00.750+01:00Hope of IsraelA Notable OccupationPatrica O'SullivanLegend of the Dead17th century jews history This week the Hoydens are pleased to welcome Patricia O'Sullivan.  Patricia is passionate  about bringing to light odd bits of history. Her first three novels deal with Sephardic Jews and Native Americans and she has also written about Irish slaves in the Caribbean and the limits on women throughout history.  17th Century Jews:  Carving a Place in the New World The Jewish http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/k_E2bN8Im1c/17th-century-jews-carving-place-in-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alison Stuart)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/k_E2bN8Im1c" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/04/17th-century-jews-carving-place-in-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-4164377242895499050Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +00002013-04-07T21:44:07.884+01:00The Merry GangDeborah SwiftWilliam WycherleyNell GwynJohnny DeppEarl of RochesterElizabeth MaletCharles SedleyThe WitsThe gilded LilyDuke of BuckinghamThe Country WifeThe most infamous rogues of Charles II's court were the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Rochester. Both were members of a young group of courtiers called 'The Wits' so named because of their literary pretensions, and their reputation for quick repartee. In this period of the seventeenth century, sandwiched between the rigours of puritanism and the later tragedies of the Plague and the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/VtZKWXERlcg/rakes-and-rogues-of-restoration-london.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deborah Swift)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/VtZKWXERlcg" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/04/rakes-and-rogues-of-restoration-london.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-3257781456174288704Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:11:00 +00002013-04-03T18:16:46.775+01:00New Year's Day in 17th C France "Baby New Year"—cartoon by John T. McCutcheon.  The New Year has, over time, had many beginnings. I am posting this essay on Easter Sunday (2012), and this day would have been considered the beginning of the New Year at certain times in French history.  The Julian Calendar, established by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, declared January 1 the first day of the year. With the advent of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/SGYfjCpo0Ak/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sandra Gulland.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/SGYfjCpo0Ak" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-3374127556220506978Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:30:00 +00002013-03-24T00:30:00.366Zbllod transfusion17th century Recently I was writing a scene where a character needed a blood transfusion. You're probably saying, "Wait a minute, they didn't give transfusions during the 17th-century, did they?" As it turns out, the 1600s claimed the first known successful transfusions. In 1613, a doctor by the name of William Harvey formulated the theory of blood circulation. Before then, blood was assumed to wash back http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/5oh4fLW9igQ/17th-century-blood-transfusions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Murphy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/5oh4fLW9igQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/03/17th-century-blood-transfusions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-8877391088622189025Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +00002013-03-17T06:00:05.333ZRichmond Palace Richmond Palace an engraving 1 Some of the most beautiful Royal Palaces lined the River Thames, and I have always wondered about the ‘lost’ ones; those that were left to become ruins, or destroyed long before photographs could tell us what they looked like. One of these is the castle which once stood between Richmond Green and the River Thames. In Medieval times, Richmond Green was used forhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/FC_e0OedYb4/richmond-palace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anita Davison)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/FC_e0OedYb4" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/03/richmond-palace.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-5668562317534780745Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:16:00 +00002013-02-26T04:51:53.174ZFake or FortuneAlison Stuart Secrets in TimePhilip 4th Earl of Pembroke.Margaret LemonAnthony Van DyckHenrietta Maria I have just returned from a visit to the US which for an Australian, means 15 hours pinned to an uncomfortable seat by the person in front of you on full recline with nowhere to go and nothing to do except watch the TV screen in front of you. What a brilliant invention inseat TV is! I managed to catch not only Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis a deserving Oscar winner) but also a little gem of a BBC http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/T7Zl08SDZMw/bearding-van-dyck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alison Stuart)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/T7Zl08SDZMw" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/02/bearding-van-dyck.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-5277032807555716596Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +00002013-02-17T15:32:35.545ZDeborah SwiftJamesISir Edward DennyBen JohnsonThe gilded LilyMary Wroth In earlier centuries it was not so easy to pusue a career in writing if you were a woman. In the 17th century there were a few notable women that made a name for themselves through their writing, Aphra Behn was probably the most famous, but Mary Wroth was another whose life and works are often overlooked today. I think her life is fascinating and she is on my shortlist of  'what to write about http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/ZTjdsyjSGbU/lady-mary-wroth-paving-way-for-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deborah Swift)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/ZTjdsyjSGbU" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/02/lady-mary-wroth-paving-way-for-women.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-3292425759964549343Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:51:00 +00002013-02-14T10:51:58.449Z My father died recently, my mother many years before. I was with my mother when she died, and with my father in his last hours. My mother had the good fortune to die at home, under Hospice care. My sister Robin and her partner Betsy came prepared with a bag of rose pedals. In the dead of night, I was reading "Wild Swans" by Edna St. Vincent Millay to my mother when she breathed her last. It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/MknP-4ofXEQ/ancient-death-rites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sandra Gulland.)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/MknP-4ofXEQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/02/ancient-death-rites.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-4526212425170738373Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:00:00 +00002013-02-03T01:00:01.429Zwitches of New Mexicowitch trialswitches of South CarolinawitchesThis time I'm going to blog about little known colonial witch trials. The witch trials of New Mexico were associated with the Spanish Inquisition. Beatriz de los Angeles was a Native woman. She and her mixed heritage daughter, Juana de la Cruz, were gifted in the use of herbs and tutored friends in the making of love potions. In Santa Fe, allegations were brought against them for sorcery. A friarhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/TkoroZoP2-E/witch-trials-of-new-mexico-and-south.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Murphy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/TkoroZoP2-E" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/02/witch-trials-of-new-mexico-and-south.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-7299363344879190422Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:00:00 +00002013-01-27T19:29:12.146ZCharles IIRoyalist SpyPen and SwordElizabeth MurrayHam House Whilst searching for a strong female protagonist from the 17th Century on whom to base my latest novel, I discovered one practically on my own doorstep. At the time I lived around the corner to Ham House, a stunning red brick Jacobean mansion on the River Thames, the home of Elizabeth Murray, Lady Dysart and Duchess of Lauderdale. Her second husband, John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, washttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/SPLbxv63ot0/royalist-rebel-by-anita-seymour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anita Davison)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/SPLbxv63ot0" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/01/royalist-rebel-by-anita-seymour.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-5690205088227320492Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:03:00 +00002013-01-21T12:03:15.852Z Born in the Rhineland in present day Germany, Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was a visionary nun and polymath. She founded two monasteries, went on four preaching tours, and wrote nine books addressing both scientific and religious subjects, an unprecedented accomplishment for a 12th-century woman. Her prophecies earned her the title Sybil of the Rhine. Over eight centuries after her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/esTaKApwZWM/the-soul-is-symphonic-music-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Sharratt)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/esTaKApwZWM" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-soul-is-symphonic-music-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-8051173505829937056Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:51:00 +00002013-01-14T21:52:45.644ZGeorge DowningCharles IIThe Tyrannicide BriefregicidesDon JordanThe King's ManOliver CromwellEnglish Civil WarAlison StuartAphra BehnGeoffrey RobertsonThe King's Revengeseventeenth centuryI am currently reading THE KING'S REVENGE by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh. This book follows the fate  of the 59 regicides (the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I), following the restoration of the monarchy. The death warrant of Charles I Back in 2009 I wrote about my own family connection with the regicide, Sir Michael Livesey.  Whether I am indirectly descended from Sir Michaelhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/ThKPOchKRUg/the-fate-of-regicides.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alison Stuart)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/ThKPOchKRUg" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-fate-of-regicides.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-4360569921144192771Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:58:00 +00002013-01-17T11:07:51.491ZAlison StuartMary SharratJosephine B trilogyDeborah SwiftSecrets in TimeRoyalist RebelAnita SeymourSandra GullandThe Dreaming: Walks Through MistIlluminationsKim MurphyThe gilded LilyA very happy Hoydens New Year to all our followers. 2012 has been an exciting year for all of us and to bring everyone up to date... ANITA DAVISON (writing as ANITA SEYMOUR) has a new biographical novel,  coming out on 31st January.  With her feet firmly planted in the seventeenth century, ROYALIST REBEL tells the real life story of Elizabeth Murray. It will be available from Amazon UK and US http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/YptxWG-yQL4/hoydens-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alison Stuart)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/YptxWG-yQL4" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2013/01/hoydens-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-697325924006754720Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:02:00 +00002012-12-30T13:05:16.147ZParsonageDeborah SwiftVicarageRectoryFlittonWest DeanEnglish Civil War17thCenturyA Divided InheritancearchitectureThe gilded LilyChurche's MansionAlfriston Alfriston Vicarage - Tudor I have recently been researching background information for the character of a 17th century parson, so I thought I'd share a few snippets of information about their households, or parsonages. First what is a parson? A parson is 'the priest of an independent parish church not under the control of a larger ecclesiastical or monastic organization.'(Wikipedia) Often the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/ZTJZC53ZbyY/at-home-with-17th-century-vicar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deborah Swift)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/ZTJZC53ZbyY" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2012/12/at-home-with-17th-century-vicar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-7711838840079217830Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:06:00 +00002012-12-25T17:06:31.098ZWe all know the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas": I thought, for this post, I would have a look into its history. As with any research, one thing leads to another ... The words to the song were first printed in a children's book, Mirth Without Mischief, in 1780. (The title is quite delightful as is, but even more so with the addition "...or the Gaping Wide Mouthed Waddling Frog." You can http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/G_xfKV6IDkc/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-historical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Sandra Gulland.)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/G_xfKV6IDkc" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-twelve-days-of-christmas-historical.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-7827898521300165853Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:30:00 +00002012-12-16T15:49:41.748ZNathanel BaconBacon's RebellionBerkeleyAppamattuckPamunkeyDuring the 1650s and 60s, the English population increased dramatically in Virginia. Economic situations and the addition of new arrivals caused conflicts with the Native people. Raiding from both sides resulted, and the colonists were either confused or didn't care as to which tribes were friendly. Governor Berkeley gathered a force to deal with the situation, but the colonists murdered five http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/onq07aUdMb0/bacons-rebellion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Murphy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/onq07aUdMb0" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2012/12/bacons-rebellion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-3347178228473146060Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:30:00 +00002012-12-09T03:30:00.556ZJohn MaitlandElizabeth Countess Dysart.Thirlestane CastleMaryQuen of ScotsEarl Lauderdale<!--[if gte mso 9]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/5AABDYutrlA/the-maitlands-of-thirlestane-castle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anita Davison)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/5AABDYutrlA" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-maitlands-of-thirlestane-castle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-7479621391930816462Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:50:00 +00002012-12-02T10:50:00.066Z Elizabeth Erickson’s 2008 painting “Hildegard’s House of Light.”  Today marks the First Sunday of Advent and the first post of our Viriditas Interfaith Advent Calendar, “Journey into Light.” Here in Northern England, I find myself plunging into the depths of midwinter darkness. It is in this womb of night and stillness that the Light is reborn. Through the ages and across cultures, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/PIDZKtE4Fvg/hildegards-house-of-light.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mary Sharratt)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/PIDZKtE4Fvg" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2012/12/hildegards-house-of-light.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-6344682338899067112Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:07:00 +00002012-11-25T04:30:37.935ZAlison Stuartwhite slavesVirginiaSteeleye SpanWhite Cargo (book)The King's ManKim Murphyindentured servantsRobert Louis StevensonMary HydeKidnapped (book)I am probably straying into the territory of my fellow hoyden, Kim Murphy, but I recently had cause to research the plight of "white slaves" in England's colonies in the seventeenth century. In the horrendous history of black slavery in the Americas, the existence of something in the order of 300,000  Englishmen who, during the seventeenth and eighteenth century, were sent as "indentured http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/CsafJrEIEAs/white-slavery-in-english-colonies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alison Stuart)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/CsafJrEIEAs" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2012/11/white-slavery-in-english-colonies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404140129284862220.post-4555613607259801081Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +00002012-11-18T15:28:42.825ZElizabeth VilliersHenry PurcellGlorious RevolutionChristopher WrenWilliam and MaryAndrea Zuvich This week we welcome Andrea Zuvich as our guest blogger. William and Mary are the forgotten Stuarts (except to the Irish!) and we are very excited to find out a little bit more about them! The story of William & Mary is one of duty, love, war, heartbreak, betrayal, and revolution. It was a real game of thrones. This was a unique reign as there was a joint King and Queen upon the throne for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~3/1_mFSpkYBh8/william-and-mary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alison Stuart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HoydensAndFirebrands/~4/1_mFSpkYBh8" height="1" width="1"/>http://hoydensandfirebrands.blogspot.com/2012/11/william-and-mary.html