> Charles the First was the problem. Oliver Cromwell was the solution.

Nation - #TerryPrachett

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Share: The Accursed Kings - Maurice Druon

"The only difference between Adam’s descendants and Capet’s was that the latter had so far avoided incest between brothers and sisters"

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Share: The Accursed Kings (Historical Notes)

> King Robert, however, took the head of his brother to Naples as a souvenir. Forty years later Pope Urban V sent an arm to Montpellier and, finally King Alphonso V of Aragon when he took Marseilles in 1433, exported what remained of the bones to Valence.

Weirdos.

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The Accursed Kings

> ... indeed [Louis X] felt inspired, and those present wondered as they listened to him whether his true destiny would not have been to make an excellent country priest.

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“Still, let us not disarm, even in unsatisfactory times. Social injustice still needs to be denounced and fought. The world will not get better on its own.”

- Eric J. Hobsbawm

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So I should have posted this #TerryPratchett quote yesterday but here it is, dedicated to all #Folklore enthusiasts.

"Showin' oursels tae hags is one thing, but not to other folks! You remember what happened a few years back when Daft Wullie got spotted by that lady who wuz painting the pretty pictures doon in the valley? I dinnae want to have them Folklore Society bigjobs pokin' aroound again!"

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#DianaWynneJones could write #Fantasy in "the language of dreams" without it crossing the boundaries into pretentiousness. I don't know if this out of context line does anything for anybody who hasn't the book #Spellcoats but here it is anyway.

>It is that same wool I am using now to weave our story.

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