#strip 1291

[song-of-oots]

Is anyone else going a little bit insane over this exchange or is it just me?

[scotianostra]

May 18th 1313 saw Robert the Bruce invade the Isle of Man.

Dates differ a wee bit on this, but they all say it was mid May when Robert the Bruce landed at Ramsey on the Isle of Man "with a multitude of ships."

Some of you may be thinking, why was Scotland invading "Man" but the island was a Celtic nation, other Scottish monarchs had taken interest there, notably King Alexander III who in 1267, was compelled to send an expedition against " the rebels " of Man. Edward I "Longshanks took Man while Scotland was in turmoil during the great cause, in July, 1291, " the Noble Lady Maria, Queen of Man" a member of the Scandinavian royal family of Man, paid homage to Edward at Perth, two years later Edward granted Man to his Puppet King of Scotland, John Balliol.

After Balliol entered into an alliance with Norway and France, Longshanks promptly marched north to Scotland, stripping Balliol of the Scottish crown and treated the country as a forfeited fief, Man is thought to have been retaken around the same time, and so it remained until 1313.

According to a contemporary account " In the year 1313, on the 18th of May, Lord Robert [Bruce], King of Scotland, put in at Ramsay with a large number of ships, and on the following Sunday went to the nunnery at Douglas, where he spent the night, and on Monday laid siege to the Castle of Rushen, which was defended by the Lord Dungali Mac Dowyle against the said Lord King until the Tuesday after the Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle (June 21), on which day the said Lord King took the Castle."

Bruce granted the Isle of Man to Randolph, Earl of Moray. One of the conditions was that Moray had to annually provide ‘six ships of twenty six oars’ - perhaps an indication of Bruce’s growing maritime ambitions.

This invasion was a bold move by The Bruce, you have to remember it was over a year before the decisive Battle of Bannockburn.

The English retook the Island in 1315, probably in response to the Scots invasion of Ireland by Edward Bruce.

The pic is Castle Rushen on Man.

[ao3feed-jaytim]

Surprise at the Show

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/50697475 by Silicon_Tiger While testing out a new fake id at one of the strictest gay clubs in town, Tim sees an unexpected participant in their terrible Vigilante themed strip show. Words: 1291, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 9 of Kinktober 2023 Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd Relationships: Tim Drake/Jason Todd Additional Tags: Kinktober, kinktober 2023, Stripping, dangerously close alies to real names used, Underage Drinking, test run for fake id read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/50697475

[the-laridian]

Wordcount 13 April 2023

Raider AU: 1291

Legion ASC: 560

H&M: 4978

BDVV editing (camp nano): 4534

Also today: 

hit 53k for Camp Nano, complete, will keep going, idk that I will hit 100k words on editing BDVV bc I don't know if BDVV is 100k words, lol

did 2 more strip pieced blocks? That sounds right

quilted the Green Crazy Quilt and trimmed. Needs binding tape so I can finish it, I'll get that on the weekend

Arting continues! The head still looks weird, so I started coloring the lineart until I can figure out what's going on with the head.

H&M has some story, but then a whopping amount of research happened because we changed the year the story takes place in, AND I discovered an issue that means a big change in the middle of the plot. The plot itself is fine, just that elements have to change. 

Exercised.

Total for today: 11,363

Total for April: 142,977

Total for 2023: 1,017,167

[dan6085]

Certainly! Here is a detailed timeline of Palestine from 300 BC to 1950:

**300 BC - 63 BC:** Palestine was part of various empires, including the Persian Empire and later the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire.

**63 BC:** The Roman Empire conquers Palestine, incorporating it as part of the province of Judea.

**4 BC - 30 AD:** The period of Jesus Christ’s life, teaching, and crucifixion in Palestine.

**70 AD:** The Romans destroy the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the First Jewish-Roman War.

**132-136 AD:** The Bar Kokhba revolt against Roman rule takes place in Judea, leading to a Jewish diaspora.

**4th century AD:** Palestine becomes a predominantly Christian region under the Byzantine Empire.

**7th century:** Palestine is conquered by Muslim Arab forces under the Rashidun Caliphate.

**1099:** Crusaders capture Jerusalem during the First Crusade, establishing the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

**1187:** Jerusalem is recaptured by Muslim forces led by Saladin.

**1291:** The Mamluks drive out the Crusaders, ending Crusader rule in Palestine.

**16th century:** Palestine becomes part of the Ottoman Empire.

**Late 19th century:** Zionist movement emerges, advocating for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

**1917:** The Balfour Declaration: Britain expresses support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine.

**1918:** World War I ends, and Palestine comes under British control as a League of Nations mandate.

**1936-1939:** Arab revolt against British rule and Jewish immigration in Palestine.

**1947:** United Nations proposes the partition plan, dividing Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

**1948:** State of Israel is declared, leading to the Arab-Israeli War and displacement of Palestinians (Nakba).

**1949:** Armistice agreements are signed between Israel and neighboring Arab states, formalizing borders.

**1950:** Jordan annexes the West Bank, and Egypt controls the Gaza Strip.

**1951-1967:** After the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949, Palestinian refugees face difficult living conditions in camps. During this period, tensions persist between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

**1967:** Six-Day War: Israel defeats Arab states (Egypt, Jordan, and Syria) and occupies the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and Golan Heights.

**1970-1971:** Black September conflict in Jordan: Palestinian militant groups clash with the Jordanian government, leading to thousands of Palestinian and Jordanian casualties.

**1987-1993:** First Intifada (Palestinian uprising) against Israeli occupation, marked by widespread protests, civil disobedience, and violence.

**1993:** Oslo Accords: Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agree on a peace process, leading to the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and limited self-rule in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

**2000-2005:** Second Intifada: A period of intensified Israeli-Palestinian violence, resulting in significant casualties on both sides.

**2005:** Israel disengages from Gaza, evacuating Israeli settlers and withdrawing its military forces. Hamas takes control of the Gaza Strip.

**2006:** Hamas wins Palestinian legislative elections, leading to tensions between Hamas and Fatah, the political party dominant in the West Bank.

**2007:** Hamas takes full control of Gaza after a brief but intense conflict with Fatah forces.

**2008-2009:** Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches a military offensive in Gaza in response to rocket attacks from Palestinian militants.

**2012:** Operation Pillar of Defense: Another Israeli military operation in Gaza, primarily targeting militant groups.

**2014:** Operation Protective Edge: A 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, resulting in a significant loss of life and widespread destruction.

**2017:** Fatah and Hamas sign a reconciliation agreement, aiming to reunite the West Bank and Gaza under a single administration, although full implementation remains a challenge.

**2018:** U.S. President Donald Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, leading to widespread protests and condemnation in the Arab world.

**2020:** Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco normalize diplomatic relations in a series of agreements brokered by the United States.

**2021:** Renewed violence erupts in May between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, resulting in significant civilian casualties and destruction before a ceasefire is brokered.

Please note that the situation in Palestine remains complex and ongoing, with diplomatic efforts, peace negotiations, and occasional violence continuing to shape the region's dynamics.

[staymirthy]

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[heavylittlepeople]

[qqueenofhades]

Thoughts on the debate surrounding the concepts of “feudalism” and “serfdom”? (Also, if you’re comfortable revealing, what have you focused on in your research/studies? “Mediaeval and Early Modern history” covers an awful lot of ground.)

Oh ho ho, an obscure and technical question that is of interest to perhaps five people and a cat. Bless you. This is delicious.

As for my research, my PhD dissertation was on medieval French and crusade history, and I have worked mostly on the crusades from 1095-1291, medieval Europe and the Middle East, medieval gender, social, and queer history, medieval and modern comparative historiography, and the "imagined medieval" in the modern world. I focus primarily on gender, power, class, race, and law, and my recent and upcoming publications are centered on medieval/premodern queer history, sometimes in combination with another research interest (such as crusade, gender, law, etc). I am also interested in the global medieval world (i.e. outside Western Europe), and developing secondary research projects/papers on modern Eastern Europe, the Cold War, and Russian/Soviet/post-Soviet Russian history.

As for the debate on "feudalism" and "serfdom", I tend to agree with the position that they've been generally stripped of authentic critical value, and are usually meaningless placeholders designed to gesture vaguely at a concept that the author doesn't actually understand or has not bothered to define. "Feudalism" is used as a generic catch-all for a broad variety of medieval social systems, or in a disparaging way suggesting that these arrangements were trite, limited, nepotistic, reliant on bribery, personal volition, or some other political structure that we define as "bad" or "outdated" (i.e. not modern representative democracy). It’s a bad habit, and it needs to stop.

If you're using "feudalism" as a critical term and you expect your reader to understand what you're talking about, then you need, as Chris Wickham says, to carefully define it and include strict parameters as to where it applies and how. Are you talking about specific relations between a king and his vassals, and if so, which king, which vassals, where, when, and why? What does it mean to say that these relations were "feudal," and are you referring to the commonly accepted system of mutual rights and obligations between elite male landholders and the king? What is the underlying motivation for painting these political relationships as Less Worthy? Did they work or not work? How were they subject to external social pressures, and if we're talking about "modern feudalism," what the hell does that mean? Is that as much a contradiction as when, in 2001, Osama bin Laden was talking about "Zionist crusaders," tying together the post-1948 creation of Israel and a modern right-wing political movement with the medieval crusades? Can these two things exist in the same chronological moment, and if so, what is the criteria that we're using to decide that?

Likewise, I think "serfdom" tends to go down the same track, because of the omnipresent popular mindset that all medieval people were kings, priests, knights, or peasants. "Serfdom" is also used in a pejorative way suggesting that medieval working people were constantly exploited and misused, and it papers over the wide variety of economic classes that existed beneath the nobility. True, actual serfs -- i.e. people legally bound to a certain plot of land and expected to work it in exchange for a percentage of the crop yield, with few if any legal rights and generally poor living conditions -- were never the majority of the non-noble medieval population, and even where they did exist, they were subject to the same negotiation over their status and reward as there is today. Elderly peasants could retire and be supported by the overall yield of their estate, even without working it themselves, in a medieval form of Social Security. They often also sued their landholders for withheld benefits or bad treatment, so the semantic sense of "serf" as "person with no agency or ability to change their circumstance" is likewise not accurate.

Basically, you can't use it as a synonym for "someone who is not a king, priest, or knight.” Indeed, the strict hierarchies of medieval society were under attack in the late 14th century by the Lollard reform movement in England, the peasants' uprisings, and other ordinary medieval people who felt that (uh, rather like today), society had become stratified into the rulers, the religious extremists, and the military, and that they all profited in economically and morally unfair ways from the labor of working people. However, "serf" is still only applicable to a certain subclass of those, and using it as a broad-brush term is both misleading and generally bad practice.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 5.18

332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I. 1096 – First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany. 1152 – The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England. 1268 – The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch. 1291 – Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land. 1302 – Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia. 1388 – During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan. 1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela. 1565 – The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta. 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. 1652 – Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced. 1756 – The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France. 1783 – First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States. 1794 – Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. 1803 – Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate. 1811 – Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas. 1812 – John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. 1843 – The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland. 1848 – Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State. 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. 1896 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional. 1896 – Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people. 1900 – The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. 1912 – The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai. 1917 – World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription. 1926 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California. 1927 – The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan. 1927 – After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China. 1933 – New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1944 – World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. 1944 – Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. 1948 – The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. 1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. 1955 – Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends. 1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. 1973 – Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board. 1974 – Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. 1977 – Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. 1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. 1980 – Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms. 1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph). 1991 – Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community. 1993 – Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators. 1994 – Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern. 2005 – A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra. 2006 – The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. 2009 – The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. 2015 – At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar. 2018 – A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people.

[eldritchsurveys]

899.

5k Survey XXVI

1251. Do you believe that people should be able to choose death for themselves if they want to end their lives? >> I do. And yeah, I’m aware that that also means I think suicide is a viable option. I do think that. I think it’s possible to prevent it from becoming the option the person takes, but sometimes that doesn’t happen, and it is what it is. 1252. Is there anything you morally object to? >> I don’t know about “morally”. I guess if “well, that thing you want to do is gonna cause immediate harm to me or somebody I care about, so I object to you doing it” is a moral, then yeah. Otherwise, in “moral” debates, I mostly just pick the side that seems to make the most sense to me. 1253. What would you never do for money? >> There is a lot I wouldn’t do for money, because I’m just not money-motivated. 1254. Applebees, the Outback, or TGI Friday’s? >> I don’t want to eat at any of these places. It would please me greatly if they all just disappeared off the face of the earth and were replaced by better restaurants, honestly. 1255. Which do you drink the most: juice, soda, milk, or water? >> Water.

1256. What sport do you like to watch the most? >> Figure skating. 1257. What sport do you like to play the most? >> I don’t. 1256. Do you write poetry? >> No. 1257. Are you aggressive? >> I can be. My assertiveness and even just my regular conversational style tends to be on the hard side, so it gets mistaken as aggression pretty easily. 1258. Have you ever fallen from grace? >> I don’t know what that means. 1259. Does it bother you when a band you like gets really popular? >> No. 1260. Has anyone ever won you a stuffed animal? If yes, did you name it after the person who won it for you? >> I don’t think so. That’d be cool, though. Especially if it’s a huge plushie. Probably wouldn’t name it after the person, though. 1261. Can you go one week without cursing at all? >> Maybe, but why would I put in all that effort? For what, really? 1262. What’s the best candy? >> I don’t know, I don’t eat it much. 1263. Can you lick your own nose? >> No. 1264. What song would you like to hear spontaneously in a public place (like a store)? >> I mean, any song that I like? 1265. Do you ever make others feel unwanted? >> I don’t know. If so, it wasn’t intentional. 1266. Do you think you have ever made others feel unwanted without realizing you were doing it? >> It’s certainly possible. 1267. Are you very sensitive to what other people are feeling and how they will react to certain things? >> No. I guess I could be, what with my penchant for hypervigilance, but my vigilance skews almost every response as negative, which isn’t exactly rooted in reality most of the time. So I wouldn’t consider that sensitivity, since it’s not actually sensing anything, it’s just making shit up so I feel awful and withdraw from the situation. Yay. 1268. Have you ever climbed a tree? >> No. 1269. Do you feel somehow different when the moon is full? >> I don’t know, I don’t keep track. It’s entirely possible, I guess. 1270. Who do you know that talks a lot but never really says anything? >> --- 1271. Is world peace possible? >> I don’t know. 1272. Who do you know that is making a huge life mistake yet you can’t stop them? What’s the mistake? >> --- 1273. Do you plan to own a home or rent an apartment for most of your life? >> I don’t have any plans. It’s not me that can afford any of this shit, after all. 1274. Would you enjoy going to a strip bar to see strippers (of whatever sex you find appealing)? >> Probably not. It’s just not appealing to me. Maybe I’d go to keep someone else company if it’s their first time and they’re nervous or something. 1275. Would you ever consider stripping in a sexual way for money? >> No. Not my thing. At all. 1276. Would you ever consider being a nude model for an artistic life drawing class for money? >> Probably not. I have body issues and I don’t want to sit still doing nothing for that long. 1277. What are 2 goals that you have? >> --- 1278. What are 2 negative traits that you have? >> --- 1279. Will these negative traits stop you from achieving your goals? >> --- 1280. Everyone knows that you are nice, fun, creative, and good but what are 4 other positive traits that you have? >> --- 1281. How often do you daydream about your wedding day? >> That already happened. I never daydreamed about it, though. 1282. If you were hiring someone for a job but could only ask him or her 3 questions in the interview what would you ask? >> --- 1283. If you were interviewing someone for the position of your new friend but could only ask 3 questions, what would they be? >> --- 1285. Wholesome - Conducive to sound health or well being; salutary: simple, examples: wholesome food; a wholesome climate, Promoting mental, moral, or social health: example: wholesome entertainment. Do you enjoy wholesome activities (sports, cooking, beach, family time, zoo, museums, etc.)? If yes what wholesome activity do you enjoy the most? >> I mean, sure. Just... stuff. I don’t feel like thinking about this too hard. Are you a wholesome person? >> Not particularly. 1286. When was your first kiss and what was it like? >> --- 1287. Are you quiet and shy? >> I’m quiet, but not necessarily shy. 1288. Are you bitchy, cranky, whiny, miserable, depressed, needy, mean, flaky, shallow, obnoxious, inconsiderate, nervous, and/or stuck up? >> I can be any of these things at any time, I’d imagine. 1289. Do you come off any of these ways even if you aren’t really like that? >> Maybe? 1290. Are you loud and unfriendly? >> Unfriendly, sure, but not loud. 1291. Can a positive attitude/good personality make up for someone being less than beautiful? >> What do you mean, “make up for”? This is what that sounds like to me: “I didn’t want to associate with you because I think you’re ugly, but you’re nice so I guess I’ll overlook it”. What the fuck, lmao. 1292. Can being totally beautiful and hot make up for a negative attitude/bad personality? >> And this sounds like “you’re an asshole but I like looking at you so I guess I’ll put up with it”. This all sounds incredibly dumb. 1293.What are you seeking? >> I’m not seeking anything. 1294. Could you see yourself as a future nun/monk? >> I don’t think so. The contemplative life has its attractions, but I’d get bored way too easily. 1295. Would you rather have a baby or get a pet? >> I’d rather not have either.  1296. What mistake do you repeat over and over? >> --- 1297. What do you think of the restaurant Hooters? >> I don’t think about it at all. I’m not even sure I’ve ever seen one in real life. 1298. What are 5 traits that make someone ugly? >> --- 1299. Do you hate when people tell you to smile? >> Of course I hate it. 1300. Do you like the writing of Douglas Adams? >> Eh. I mean, I can see how it’s clever and masterful, but that particular style of writing doesn’t hold my interest for very long.

[lukeskywaker4ever]

7th King of Portugal and of the Burgundy Dynasty: King Afonso IV of Portugal, “The Brave”

Reign: 7 January 1325 – 28 May 1357 Predecessor: Dinis

Afonso IV (8 February 1291 in Lisbon – 28 May 1357 in Lisbon), called the Brave (o Bravo), was King of Portugal from 1325 until his death. He was the only legitimate son of King Dinis of Portugal by his wife Isabel of Aragon.

Afonso, born in Lisbon, was the rightful heir to the Portuguese throne. However, he was not Dinis' favourite son, the old king preferring his illegitimate son, Afonso Sanches. The notorious rivalry between the half brothers led to civil war several times. On 7 January 1325, Afonso's father died and he, Afonso IV, became king, whereupon he exiled his rival, Afonso Sanches, to Castile, and stripped him of all the lands and fiefdom given by their father, Dinis. From Castile, Afonso Sanches orchestrated a series of attempts to usurp the crown. After a few failed attempts at invasion, the brothers signed a peace treaty, arranged by Afonso's mother Queen Isabel.

In 1309, Afonso IV married Infanta Beatriz of Castile, daughter of King Sancho IV of Castile by his wife Maria de Molina. The first-born of this union was Infanta Maria of Portugal.

In 1325 Afonso XI of Castile entered a child-marriage with Constança Manuel of Castile, the daughter of one of his regents. Two years later, he had the marriage annulled so he could marry Afonso's daughter, Maria of Portugal. Maria became Queen of Castile in 1328 upon her marriage to Afonso XI, who soon became involved publicly with a mistress. Constança was imprisoned in a castle in Toro while her father, Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, waged war against Afonso XI until 1329. Eventually, the two reached a peaceful accord after mediation by Juan del Campo, Bishop of Oviedo; this secured Constança's release from prison.

The public humiliation of his daughter led Afonso IV to have his son and heir, Pedro, marry the no less aggrieved Castilian infanta, Constança. Afonso subsequently started a war against Castile, peace arriving four years later, through the intervention of the Infanta Maria herself. A year after the peace treaty was signed in Seville, Portuguese troops played an important role in defeating the Moors at the Battle of Río Salado in October 1340.

Political intrigue marked the last part of Afonso IV's reign, although Castille was torn by civil war after Afonso XI died. Henry of Trastámara challenged the new King Pedro of Castile, who sent many Castilian nobles into exile in Portugal. Afonso's heir, Pedro, fell in love with his new wife's lady-in-waiting, Inês de Castro. Inês was the daughter of an important noble family from Galicia, with links (albeit illegitimate) to both the royal houses of Castile and Portugal. Her brothers were aligned with the Trastamara faction, and became favorites of crown prince Pedro, much to the dismay of others at the Portuguese court, who considered them Castilian upstarts. When Constança of Peñafiel died weeks after giving birth to their third child, Pedro began living openly with Inês, recognized all her children as his and repudiated the idea of marrying anyone other than Inês herself. His father refused to go to war again against Castile, hoping his heir's infatuation would end, and tried to arrange another dynastic marriage for Pedro.

The situation became worse as the years passed and the aging Afonso lost control over his court. His grandson and Pedro's only legitimate son, future king Fernando of Portugal, was a sickly child, while Inês' illegitimate children thrived. Worried about his legitimate grandson's life, and the growing power of Castile within Portugal's borders, Afonso ordered Inês de Castro first imprisoned in his mother's old convent in Coimbra, and then murdered in 1355.

He expected his son to give in and marry a princess, but the heir became enraged upon learning of his lover's decapitation in front of their young children. Pedro put himself at the head of an army and devastated the country between the Douro and the Minho rivers before he was reconciled to his father in early 1357. Afonso died almost immediately after, in Lisbon in May. He rests in Lisbon Cathedral with his wife.

Afonso IV's nickname the Brave alludes to his martial exploits. However, his most important accomplishments were the relative peace enjoyed by the country during his long reign and the support he gave to the Portuguese Navy. Afonso granted public funding to raise a proper commercial fleet and ordered the first Portuguese maritime explorations. The conflict with Pedro, and the explorations he initiated, eventually became the foundation of the Portuguese national epic, Os Lusíadas by Luís de Camões.

The dramatic circumstances of the relationship between father and son and Inês de Castro was used as the basis for the plot of more than twenty operas and ballets.

On 12 September 1309, Afonso married Beatriz of Castile, daughter of Sancho IV of Castile, and María de Molina, and had four sons and three daughters. Unlike many scholars say that he is the only King without any illegitimate children, the fact is he also had a daughter out of wedlock.

Maria (1313 in Coimbra – 18 January 1357), was the wife of Afonso XI of Castile, and mother of the future king Pedro I of Castile. Due to the affair of her husband with his mistress Leonor de Guzmán "it was an unfortunate union from the start, contributing to dampening the relations of both kingdoms";

Afonso (1315 in Coimbra), heir to the throne, was a stillbirth. Buried at the disappeared Convento das Donas of the Dominican Order in Santarém;

Dinis (12 January 1317 - 18), heir to the throne, died a year after and was buried in Alcobaça Monastery;

Pedro (8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), the first surviving male offspring, he succeeded his father. When his wife Constança died in 1345, Queen Beatriz took care of the education of the two orphans, the infantes Maria and Fernando, who later reigned as King Fernando I of Portugal;

Isabel (21 December 1324 – 11 July 1326), buried at the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha in Coimbra;

João (23 September 1326 – 21 June 1327), buried at the Monastery of São Dinis de Odivelas;

Leonor (1328 in Coimbra – October 1348), born in the same year as her sister Maria's wedding, she married King Pedro IV of Aragon in November 1347 and died a year after her marriage succumbing to the Black Death.

He also had an illegitimate daughter:

D. Maria Afonso de Portugal (1316 - Lisbon, 1384), married in 1330 to D. Fernando de Castela, lord of Valencia de Campos, master of the Order of Santiago and son of D. Afonso de Castela, lord of Valencia and D Joana de Castro (1280 - 1327).

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May 18th 1313 saw Robert the Bruce invade the Isle of Man.

Dates differ a wee bit on this, but they all say it was mid May when Robert the Bruce landed at Ramsey on the Isle of Man ‘with a multitude of ships.

Some of you may be thinking, why was Scotland invading "Man" but the island was a Celtic nation, other Scottish monarchs had taken interest there, notably King Alexander III who in 1267, was compelled to send an expedition against " the rebels " of Man. Edward I "Longshanks took Man while Scotland was in turmoil during the great cause, in July, 1291, " the Noble Lady Maria, Queen of Man" a member of the Scandinavian royal family of Man, paid homage to Edward at Perth, two years later Edward granted Man to his Puppet King of Scotland, John Balliol. After Balliol entered into an alliance with Norway and France, Longshanks promptly marched north to Scotland, stripping Balliol of the Scottish crown and treated the country as a forfeited fief, Man is thought to have been retaken around the same time, and so it remained until 1313. This account tells part of the story from  Chronicles of the time.

18th of May, Lord Robert [Bruce], King of Scotland, put in at Ramsay with a large number of ships, and on the following Sunday went to the nunnery at Douglas, where he spent the night, and on Monday laid siege to the Castle of Rushen, which was defended by the Ilord Dungali Mac Dowyle  against the said Lord King until the Tuesday after the Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle (June 21), on which day the said Lord King took the Castle."

Bruce granted the Isle of Man to Randolph, Earl of Moray. One of the conditions was that Moray had to annually provide ‘six ships of twenty six oars’ - perhaps an indication of Bruce’s growing maritime ambitions.

This invasion was a bold move by The Bruce, you have to remember it was over a year before the decisive Battle of Bannockburn.

The English retook the Island in 1315, probably in response to the Scots invasion of Ireland.

I love the pic of the Bruce and Rushden Castle but suspect it has been photoshopped ;) 

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The red strand of the destiny

by MiaScolechia

Chisaki Kai has controlled everything, society is sunk into the absolute misery without heroes or anyone who controls the main villains, will Aizawa be able to reverse the situation? Bad summary, but give it a chance

Words: 1291, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Dabi (My Hero Academia), Shinsou Hitoshi, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Bubaigawara Jin | Twice, Toga Himiko, Bakugou Katsuki, Kirishima Eijirou, Eri (My Hero Academia), Toogata Mirio, Amajiki Tamaki, Sako Atsuhiro | Mr. Compress, Chisaki Kai | Overhaul, Midoriya Izuku, Shuuzenji Chiyo | Recovery Girl, Gran Torino (My Hero Academia), Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Todoroki Fuyumi, Todoroki Natsuo, Takami Keigo | Hawks, Iida Tenya, Iida Tensei | Ingenium, Kayama Nemuri | Midnight, Nezu, Kaminari Denki, Asui Tsuyu, Tokoyami Fumikage, Tsukauchi Naomasa, Satou Rikidou, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Monoma Neito, Aoyama Yuuga, Yaoyorozu Momo, Todoroki Family (My Hero Academia)

Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Dabi/Shinsou Hitoshi, Dabi/Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Amajiki Tamaki/Toogata Mirio, Dabi & Shinsou Hitoshi, Bubaigawara Jin | Twice/Toga Himiko, Kaminari Denki/Shinsou Hitoshi

Additional Tags: Rape/Non-con Elements, Rape, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Gay Male Character, Bisexual Male Character, Violence, Blood and Violence, Bullying, Minor Character Death, Torture, Implied/Referenced Torture, Psychological Torture, Sickfic, Sick Character, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Drug Use, Prostitution, Strip Tease, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Rough Sex, Sex Toys, Semi-Public Sex, Gay Sex, Crying, Shinson, Secret Relationship, Illegal Activities, Fights, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Fluff and Smut, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Choking, Underage Sex, Dadzawa, Post-War, Post-Apocalypse, Alternate Universe - Post-Apocalypse

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Fanfic - How To Save Your Honeymoon - 1/1

Summary: After Ralph interrupts their Honeymoon YET AGAIN Barry has to go big to save his Honeymoon. 

Rating: PG-13

Word Count: 1291

In 2.5 seconds Barry zipped them both back to their honeymoon.

The cold steel interior of Star Labs melted away to the warm sands and bright blue waters of Bora Bora. Barry could feel the tension in his shoulders melt away as the heat of the bright sun hit his skin.  He wasted no time in sinking back down on the lounge chairs they had been sitting in before Ralph rudely interrupted them. He turned boneless in the chair, closing his eyes briefly and listening to the sounds of the waves crashing gently against the shore.

“It really is hard to run in flip-flops,” Barry grumbled after a minute as he kicked off his shoes in order to massage his sore feet. “We should seriously consider locking Ralph out of the main system. Cisco told me last week Ralph almost caused a core melt down when he tried to order take out.”

Barry frowned in confusion when his normally chatty wife, and god did he love calling Iris his wife, remained silent. Using his hand to shield his eyes from the bright sun Barry glanced up to see Iris still hadn't sat down in her chair yet. She remained standing, her shoulders a tense line and her hands balled at her sides. Barry knew from the thin press of her lips that her anger had yet to dissipate.

Not that he blamed her. The two of them had barely been on their honeymoon for two days and they'd been interrupted three times. Barry was reaching the point of wanting to toss their communicators into the ocean for some peace and quiet. At least the initial interruptions did require Barry and Iris's help but Ralph's recent mistake was the last straw.

Seeing Iris this angry made Barry wish he didn't hold her back from decimating Ralph.

But now back on the sunny beaches Barry wanted all thoughts of interruptions to vanish from her mind.

“Iris?” Barry reached out to touch her hand. “Sweetie come sit down and relax.”

Iris didn't budge a inch but continued to scowl.

“I should of strangled him,” Iris continued to mumble under her breath. “What kind of idiot sets off a Code 11 alarm?”

“Ralph is a special kind of idiot,” Barry agreed. “And its my responsibility to house train him but for now lets forget about him.”

Iris hummed in agreement but the tension in her body told Barry she wasn't about to forgive and forget anytime soon.

Which made Barry realize he'd have to pull out of big guns to get his honeymoon back on track.

“I want to show you something,” Barry stood back up and offered his hand to her, “Help you take your mind off things.”

“No Barry its okay,” Iris's anger suddenly deflated from her. “I'll be fine in about a minute. You don't need to cheer me up.”

Barry still offered up his hand to her convinced more than ever she needed this.

Iris rolled her eyes at his persistence but gave him a fond smile. She placed her hand in Barry's as he used his speed to whisk them off. The world blurred in the span of Iris blinking her eyes before coming back into sharp focus.

Barry brought her to a scene right out of a postcard. Completely surrounding them was lush dark green jungle. Away from the constant bustle of the resort you could hear the squawks of tropical birds. Directly in front of them was a small waterfall. The water crashed over the sandy stone into a large oval pool.

Iris found herself mesmerized by the azure blue water that was so clear you could see the pebbles glinting at the sandy bottom.

“Oh Barry,” Iris breathed out, “Where is this?”

“You like it?” Barry said clearly pleased with himself. “This is one of the smaller islands close to the resort that they haven't developed on yet.”

“So no one else is here?” Iris asked.

“Nope,” Barry grinned proudly. “We're the only people here.”

Iris didn't reply back but her fingers made quick work of the sarong wrapped around her waist. Before the silk material could float to the ground Iris whipped off the lei of flowers from her neck.

Barry's eyes darkened as Iris's fingers moved to the straps of her bathing suit. Slowly she peeled the material downwards until finally Iris stepped out of her bathing suit and tossing it over her shoulder.

Iris now stood completely naked in front of a dumbstruck Barry. Normally Iris wasn't the type to strip down out in the open in broad daylight. But Iris figured if you can't get naked in front of you husband then whats the point of marriage.

“Ir-Iris...” Barry said in a strangled voice.

“I'm going for a swim,” Iris tried to keep her voice even. “Care to join me?”

Iris turned around to walk towards the inviting pool of water. She made certain to add an extra swing to her hips because she knew Barry's eyes would be glued to her ass.

With both feet in the water Iris let out a pleased sigh. The temperature was perfect, not too cold but still refreshing in the tropical climate. Iris waded in until the water reached her waist. She glanced over her shoulder to see Barry frantically trying to dispose of his clothes.

Iris barely had time to let out a laugh before she felt the solid press of Barry's chest against her back. A spray of water misted the air from Barry running through the water in his urgency to get to her. Iris leaned back loving the feeling of his bare skin against hers.

Iris sighed softly as Barry's hands traveled across her body. Touching the taunt muscles of her stomach to the curves of her hips. Barry ducked his head down to leave a trail of kisses from her neck to her shoulders. His teeth nipped at her soft brown skin before he soothed it over with a soft kiss. Iris could feel her body shudder under his attention as waves of heat rolled through her.

Barry had always been physically affectionate in their relationship. At the start Barry took every opportunity to shyly take her hand to pull her in closer. As their relationship deepened Barry became more tactile. When alone together he never missed an chance to be touch to her. His hands, his lips and his arms always in close contact to her. Now with them married Barry couldn't seem to get enough of her.

If only it could always be like this.

“Do you feel more relaxed?” Barry whispered against the curve of her neck.

“Hmmm very,” Iris's breath hitched when she felt Barry's cup her breasts.

“What do you think about that waterfall?” Barry said while nipping at her ear lobe.

Iris didn't answer as her mind was fogged up with pleasure. Her husband's thumbs were brushing lightly against her nipples. She could feel hardness against the curve of her ass and it was completely distracting her.

“Iris?” Barry chuckled in amusement. “The Waterfall?”

“What about it?” Iris said while biting back a moan.

“How do you feel about you and I moving this to the waterfall?” Barry asked.

Iris glanced over at the tumbling waters falling over the rocks and the image of her and Barry standing underneath the water with their bodies intertwined was too tantalizing to resist.

“Lead the way Flash,” Iris answered.

Iris let out a shriek of laughter as Barry gathered her up in his arms to speed them over to the waterfall all thoughts of Ralph and annoying interruptions completely leaving Iris's mind.