Jonathan Spangler

American in England working on the history of France. Interested in presenting European history to wider British public #Versailles #twitterstorian #lorraine 🌈

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At last, my copies of the Monsieur book have arrived! #Frenchhistory #Versailles #Versaillesfamily Thanks to @RoutledgeHist and @HistoryRCMmu https://t.co/jnJCzYDJZi

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@justthinki47321 @EMRowley1 @XOQueenEsther I’m using logic to respond to your post. I have in fact been studying this topic for about 40 years. Admittedly not related, but I do think you should take the time to get a profile pic if you want to be taken seriously.

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@thebluestshade @justthinki47321 I’m certain very few people knew Markle was married before. It was not at all part of the narrative. That she was half-black was made part of the narrative, though I suspect if you just put her in a crowded room most would think she just had a great tan complexion.

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@justthinki47321 @EMRowley1 @XOQueenEsther So “a staff member” (could be a cleaner?) equals “everyone”? Seems doubtful

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@justthinki47321 @XOQueenEsther Why do you think that? All the signs said otherwise. All the comments from her older friends who said how much she’d studied and idolised the British royal family for years…

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@XOQueenEsther Well put

[Universitarios Católicos @UniCatolicos_es]

¿Por qué la Reina Letizia va de blanco con el Papa?

No es un capricho: es el Privilegio del Blanco, una tradición vaticana que permite a las reinas consortes de monarquías católicas vestir de blanco en audiencias con el Santo Padre.

El protocolo habitual exige negro a las demás mujeres, pero a ellas se les concede este honor como reconocimiento a las casas reales que permanecieron fieles a la Iglesia Católica.

Simboliza pureza, distinción y la estrecha relación histórica entre la Corona y el Vaticano.

España, como baluarte del catolicismo desde los Reyes Católicos, lo tiene desde hace siglos.

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Another blockbuster for #NicholasGalitzine this weekend. Once rumoured to be related to the Golitsyns, the most powerful princely family in Russia. Ministers, diplomats, musicians, collectors, even the 'Queen of Spades' https://t.co/wZk7yhqcEr

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Today one of the last members of the princely house of Battenberg passed away. RIP #LadyPamela . Here is the story of her family on #dukesandprinces https://t.co/VkWbftxWK2

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@barristerlawusa @kevinnbass Yes, I think he's confusing academics with people who publish popular books and appear on popular television programs (though admittedly there is often an overlap). A real academic knows that there is always something new to learn about your subject

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@Avabelly__ Vanilla

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@ShitpostRock2 Killing the guy who tried to stop the Ark of the Covenant from falling

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@ItsAndyRyan There's a town in Virginia called The Plains

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Here is the link to the version on Apple: https://t.co/pvZ5EB6gtm

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Enjoy Philippe d'Orleans on You're Dead To Me? Want to know more? Here's me a bit racier and less polished, discussing his sex life and the show #Versailles Enjoy! Philippe, Louis XIV's Brother, Is Gay - PART ONE (feat. Jonathan Spangler) - Historical Homos | Podcast on Spotify

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The Dukes of Galliera, builders of stunning palaces in both Genoa and Paris, and a junior branch of the Spanish royal family I bet you you didn't know about. https://t.co/LeKEkHdgRp

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@Teddyhardy22 @VeryBadLlama Im unclear who I'm hating here. Because I want better fruit from France it makes me anti-white?

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@Craptain_Crunch @VeryBadLlama Whose quote is that?

Nationalism is an arbitrary construction established through random twists of history rather than logic (that's a quote by me)

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@MaceyMcLovin @VeryBadLlama Some people do

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@megha_lilly Why does someone have to say that?

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@MaceyMcLovin @VeryBadLlama My own country? I'm from Virginia. I love every country. But if I had to choose a national identity it would be 'European' which is inclusive of Great Britain

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@Millsy007193891 @VeryBadLlama I love sausage. Have you ever tried it in Germany or Poland? Amazing. Of course English sausage is *also* good. So I’m arguing for ‘and’ not ‘or’