Battle Abbey, Rother, East Sussex, United Kingdom ~ aclotheshorse

a recent trip to Battle Abbey

yes I know they all look the same but I loved it, definitely made me want to rewatch TCON. Also those vaults!

The Small Things Spreading Joy in September

Click the link to find all the photos I posted to twitter during my ongoing daily sharing of things to brighten the moment.

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Day 3: “Like crying out in empty rooms; with no-one there except the moon.”

The Mentalist 1x07 | Outlander 5x08 | Wandavision 1x08 | Sense8 2x10 | 9-1-1 5x13 | Prodigal Son 1x17 | Broadchurch 2x04 | Merlin 5x13 | Doctor Who 2x13 | The Magicians 5x03 | The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies | Downton Abbey 6x06

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Thomas Barrow | Downton Abbey: A New Era

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#OTD in Irish History | 18 November:

1657 – Death of Franciscan friar and historian, Luke Wadding, in Rome. Born in Co Waterford, Wadding founded the Pontifical Irish College for Irish secular clergy in Rome. In 1900, Wadding’s portrait and part of his library were in the Franciscan friary on Merchant’s Quay, Dublin. Through Wadding’s efforts, St Patrick’s Day became a feast day. 1703 – The Commons hears a petition from Sir Kildare…

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i will be forever chewing on this line goodbye

"I am a Proudmoore, and I always will be. But I've changed, and it's time to see where the tides will take me."

(Clip sources below!)

[Spoiler] An Unexpected Reunion: https://youtu.be/2wREeahXw1Q?si=8BeQKitOor1yiUyY

The Resurrection Of Derek Proudmoore Cutscene | Battle for Azeroth 8.1: https://youtu.be/o_fbZKlKUAA?si=Xjc9TN8nr53JR6JK

WoW: The Return Of Derek Proudmoore - Quest: https://youtu.be/if4OVk8v2DI?si=-rLS4ZGyMI7XvtOd

Memories Of Derek Proudmoore | Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1: https://youtu.be/OLYCWllt6NM?si=8_VX_9Dh6T1pfSaf

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'abbey' by mitski but you're in a cathedral hungry and waiting for something: https://youtu.be/JlSGCsVQDq8?si=5u7BRGj_VLTrzjYM

Abbey: https://youtu.be/4WykMxuJKuk?si=C-HqQiAP6wPrxxAU

Red like the Oriflamme

At various times in their histories, the kings of the Iberian Peninsula, of Scotland, of Poland, and especially of England also had coronation mantles in the color red, a symbol of their power and prestigious inheritance of antique purple. Only the kings of France, who were always asserting their difference from other monarchs, never wore such a mantle. We do not know in exactly what attire the first Capetian kings were coronated, but beginning with Philip Augustus crowned in 1179 while his father, Louis VII, was still alive, and until Charles X, lavishly crowned in 1825 according to the ritual of the Ancien Régime, that mantle was always d'azur semé de lis d'or. The azure, moreover, which was a relatively light blue in the seventh and eigth centuries, tended to become darker over the course of time and sometimes to take on purplish or crimson shades.

If French kings never wore red copes or mantles like the emperor and most other sovereigns, they did, on the other hand, make use of a red ensign for more than three centuries: the oriflamme. The legend of its origin makes it Charlemagne's standard, "of a vermilion color as sparkling as gold", The Song of Roland tells us. According to a more modest version, it was a matter of a simple feudal banner, cut from plain red cloth and belonging to the abbey of Saint-Denis. As the abbey could not wage war, it was represented in battle by an "avowed", the Count of Vexin, who, in rallying his troops, came to the abbey itself where the banner was kept to collect it. Philip I inherited the Vexin countship in 1077, and henceforth it was the kings of France who had the honor of bearing the oriflamme of Saint-Denis into battle. It seems that Louis VI, son of Philip I, was the first to actually do so, in 1124, and Louis XI did it for the last time during the Battle of Montlhéry in July 1465. A simple monochrome gonfalon of the feudal period, the oriflamme seems to have been given long flying tails during the Hundred Years War and sometimes to have been decorated with flowers, rings, flames, or small crosses. All these materials, objects, and practices underscore how the color red maintained direct ties with power in the medieval West, with sovereign power but also feudal power, and representative power.

Michel Pastoureau - Red, the History of a Color

at around this time 3 yrs ago i was having my first panic attack after which i would barely leave my bed for 2 days <3 happy february 8 to you and yours

Honestly im probably going to draw my uh dd guys soon i. Like them alot

Nelson Boarding the 'San Josef' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797

by George Jones

Horatio Nelson with 74 Gun HMS Captain breaks formation against his orders, attacking aggressively despite facing 80-112-130 Gun Ships. He would later board and capture two Spanish Ships with the Battle Cry "Westminster Abbey or Glorious Victory!".

the first downton abbey movie is so fucking romantic especially at the end i don’t understand why the one family member i have who’s seen it hated it so much