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Matthew Malthouse @calmeilles · 2026-09-04 · 08:09 UTC

Behind the Scenes at Soulton Hall —

James D. Wenn on the code of the hall, the old altar stone from St. Paul's Cathedral, and the resting place of the relics of St. Erkenwald.

BBC Radio Shropshire August 2026

#history #archaeology #symbolism

Matthew Malthouse @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 08:09 UTC

Behind the Scenes at Soulton Hall —

James D. Wenn on the code of the hall, the old altar stone from St. Paul's Cathedral, and the resting place of the relics of St. Erkenwald.

BBC Radio Shropshire August 2026

#history #archaeology #symbolism

Matthew Malthouse @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 08:09 UTC

Behind the Scenes at Soulton Hall —

James D. Wenn on the code of the hall, the old altar stone from St. Paul's Cathedral, and the resting place of the relics of St. Erkenwald.

BBC Radio Shropshire August 2026

#symbolism #archaeology #history

Matthew Malthouse @[email protected] · 2026-09-04 · 08:09 UTC

Behind the Scenes at Soulton Hall —

James D. Wenn on the code of the hall, the old altar stone from St. Paul's Cathedral, and the resting place of the relics of St. Erkenwald.

BBC Radio Shropshire August 2026

#history #archaeology #symbolism

Christine Sætre-esque @[email protected] · 2026-07-13 · 17:53 UTC

The Bastille: on the 14th of July 1789 the prison held 7 inmates:

• 4 forgers
• 2 mentally ill men,
• 1 count imprisoned at his family's request.

(Rather modern prison demographics)

And while the fortress no longer held military significance, the storming was perfectly strategic.

The British ambassador to France reported two days later: “…the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected with, comparatively speaking—if the magnitude of the event is considered—the loss of very few lives.

From this moment we may consider France as a free country, the King a very limited monarch, and the nobility as reduced to a level with the rest of the nation." — Francis Osborne

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille#Aftermath

Christine Sætre-esque @[email protected] · 2026-07-13 · 17:53 UTC

The Bastille: on the 14th of July 1789 the prison held 7 inmates:

• 4 forgers
• 2 mentally ill men,
• 1 count imprisoned at his family's request.

(Rather modern prison demographics)

And while the fortress no longer held military significance, the storming was perfectly strategic.

The British ambassador to France reported two days later: “…the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected with, comparatively speaking—if the magnitude of the event is considered—the loss of very few lives.

From this moment we may consider France as a free country, the King a very limited monarch, and the nobility as reduced to a level with the rest of the nation." — Francis Osborne

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille#Aftermath

Christine Sætre-esque @[email protected] · 2026-07-13 · 17:53 UTC

The Bastille: on the 14th of July 1789 the prison held 7 inmates:

• 4 forgers
• 2 mentally ill men,
• 1 count imprisoned at his family's request.

(Rather modern prison demographics)

And while the fortress no longer held military significance, the storming was perfectly strategic.

The British ambassador to France reported two days later: “…the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected with, comparatively speaking—if the magnitude of the event is considered—the loss of very few lives.

From this moment we may consider France as a free country, the King a very limited monarch, and the nobility as reduced to a level with the rest of the nation." — Francis Osborne

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille#Aftermath

Christine Sætre-esque @[email protected] · 2026-07-13 · 17:53 UTC

The Bastille: on the 14th of July 1789 the prison held 7 inmates:

• 4 forgers
• 2 mentally ill men,
• 1 count imprisoned at his family's request.

(Rather modern prison demographics)

And while the fortress no longer held military significance, the storming was perfectly strategic.

The British ambassador to France reported two days later: “…the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected with, comparatively speaking—if the magnitude of the event is considered—the loss of very few lives.

From this moment we may consider France as a free country, the King a very limited monarch, and the nobility as reduced to a level with the rest of the nation." — Francis Osborne

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille#Aftermath

#14jul #symbolism #hindsight #quotes

Christine Sætre-esque @csaetre · 2026-07-13 · 17:53 UTC

The Bastille: on the 14th of July 1789 the prison held 7 inmates:

• 4 forgers
• 2 mentally ill men,
• 1 count imprisoned at his family's request.

(Rather modern prison demographics)

And while the fortress no longer held military significance, the storming was perfectly strategic.

The British ambassador to France reported two days later: “…the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected with, comparatively speaking—if the magnitude of the event is considered—the loss of very few lives.

From this moment we may consider France as a free country, the King a very limited monarch, and the nobility as reduced to a level with the rest of the nation." — Francis Osborne

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille#Aftermath