Queens On Top (or not?) August 3, 2012
Posted by Beachcombing in : Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
Beach has been waxing lyrical a lot about monarchy recently: there was Charles I with his head sewn back on (the bastards!), then there was environment vs the hereditary principle (or perhaps better environment within the hereditary principle) and today we come to queens. Queens, you’ve got to love them. For is it Beachcombing’s imagination [...]
Queen Victoria Drinks Blood from a Skull in Tibet March 2, 2011
Posted by Beachcombing in : Ancient, Modern
Leaders who think that they are gods are par for the course: the ancient Egyptians, the Persians, the medieval Japanese, Idi Amin… The insidious eastern idea of divine rulers even leapfrogged the Levant and seeped into Greece and Rome in antiquity. Alexander encountered and enjoyed the privileges of divinity as he pushed his armies east, having his [...]
