The chronicle of the monk Herbert of Reichenau for the year 1021 ends “My brother Werner was born on November 1.“
1021 was not an uneventful year. The emperor began a campaign into Italy. Illustrious abbots died. There was an earthquake. But Herbert took the time to note, at the end of the year, that his brother was born.
Of such acts of tenderness is history made.
This post broke through the shell of crustiness on my medievalist heart and made me go ‘aww’.
There was a medieval parenting manual that recommended parents smack pieces of furniture their toddlers bumped into and scold the furniture for being so naughty as to get in the way, so that the kids would laugh and forget about their bumps and bruises
I read that and my heart melted
(source: Medieval Women by Deirdre Jackson. She cited the primary source but I cannot for the life of me find the book to check what it was called)
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Princess mega post! I absolutely had a blast creating this artwork for the Disney Designer Collection – Premiere Series. Now that the madness has passed, who was your favorite?
Sometimes I imagine what Erik would look like if he wasn’t born with his deformities. Of course, we wouldn’t be getting the chandelier dropping crusty asshole if he weren’t uggly in the first place haa
((unintentionally ended up making him look like Peter Cushing, but let’s be honest here he is probably one of the most dashing looking men on the planet and would absolutely be great as Erik as that one post I saw earlier has stated))
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