May Day, the first day of May, was a time to celebrate the arrival of spring. In the Middle Ages it was the custom to gather wildflowers and green branches, weave floral garlands, and dance around a Maypole. Here a group of young folk are depicted ready to set forth on a jaunt through the countryside to collect foliage.
image: Folio 5v: the calendar page for May of Les Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
“Starry Night”, Light Installations by Lee Eunyeol.
Eunyeol will be showing this series of photos at the Gana Art Space in Seoul starting this week.
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Stave churches
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The Muppets Recreate Classic Fairy Tales: Robin Hood. | David Peterson
In international relations, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, signed in 1373 between the Kingdom of England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal, is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
An excerpt of the treaty is given below:
“In the first place we settle and covenant that there shall be from this day forward… true, faithful, constant, mutual and perpetual friendships, unions, alliances, and needs of sincere affection, and that as true and faithful friends we shall henceforth, reciprocally, be friends to friends and enemies to enemies, and shall assist, maintain, and uphold each other mutually, by sea and by land, against all men that may live and die.”
image: An illuminated manuscript miniature, c.1430-40, of Edward III of England. The king is wearing a blue mantle, decorated with the Order of the Garter, over his plate armour.
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Cherry Bomb (by evidence)
