16th Century Nobility
-
before her father thinks to pen a letter
In medieval and early modern Europe it was a norm for a bride’s family to offer a dowry for a prospective Groom— or for the church— to take on the care and keep of a daughter. The dowry could comprise as little as a pot from a poor family, to estates from a wealth family.… Continue reading
-
unite the leisure divided
Though primogeniture, the passing of an estate to the eldest son, was the norm in sixteenth century Europe, it wasn’t unusual for estates of the Holy Roman Empire to be divided between sons. Beyond this observation, these lines are fiction— the biography of a fictional Margrave: Who in life, got it all together; and in… Continue reading
About Me
I have a day.
Jake's Flea Market 