Love Goddess #10: Lactating German Virtues May 25, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval, Modern
Another love goddess, though this time from Germany. If you go to Nuremberg and make sure you don’t get distracted by recent traumatic events there (trials, fire storms etc) you will discover a beautiful medievalish city in the heart of Bavaria. On the edge of Lorenzer Platz you will find perhaps the most curious fountain in Western […]
Genetics vs Environment among Monarchs July 31, 2012
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
There is a phrase that’s trotted out from time to time that monarchs are simply the descendants of those who killed lots of people and as such deserve little respect and certainly no adulation. Of course, it is true that monarchs are the descendants of those who killed many people. But what really matters is […]
