Mnemonic memory wheels were developed by Raymond Lull in the medieval period and then popularised by Giordano Bruno in the sixteenth century. In this video we explored some Pseudo-Lullian wheels and Martin Faulks spoke about how they would have been used.
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On this day in 1502 the first peace treaty between England and Scotland was signed in over 170 years, the Treaty of Perpetual Peace, and in a way it did lead to a peace of some sorts - the unification of the two crowns. Part of the treaty was a marriage agreement between James IV, who was 27 years old, and Margaret Tudor, the 12 year old daughter of Henry VII of England.
A century later it was through her bloodline that the Stuarts succeeded to the English throne, marking the end of the Tudor dynasty and uniting the two countries. |
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