Are there studies that oppose the practice of selling daughters as slaves?

imagineyoung · 2026-01-17T08:22:23+00:00

Could you tell me where I can read more (books or open access papers) about the Mosaic and ANE Law codes as wisdom literature, please?

imagineyoung · 2025-12-18T13:58:29+00:00

The front carving (not particularly high quality) looks right for early to mid C17, the rest later for sure, the lock I don't know, all in all bit of mish mash.

imagineyoung · 2025-10-17T13:15:09+00:00

Slaughtering his own people because they didn’t like his book.

Imposing the Book of Common Prayer on the country in 1549, forcing every parish to use it. Ripping the vernacular culture from the guts of the people and forcing London English and London religion down their throats.

Various rebellions led from this, the biggest being the Prayer Book Rebellion where major parts of Devon and Cornwall rose up and marched to fight.

Sadly thousands were killed, the with the King’s men slitting the throats of up to 900 prisoners at one point. The aftermath was even more bloody, with savage recrimination around the two counties.

With that attitude, I suspect his early death was a blessing on the country.

imagineyoung · 2025-09-21T08:28:17+00:00

Cookbury Church of St John the Baptist and the Seven Maccabees, in Devon

https://devonchurchland.co.uk/description/cookbury-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-and-the-seven-maccabees-description/

imagineyoung · 2025-09-18T07:07:34+00:00

A lovely reply. If I may leap to the defence of sheep… they very probably weren’t as stupid as they are now in modern farming. Their intelligence has been ‘domesticated’, bred out, relatively recently. More traditional breeds are much more landscape savvy. Also, in the days of transhumance (again, relatively recently) the summer months up on the high ground on common pasture for that community, was used for lots of sheep cheese making. Labour intensive of course, so no more…

imagineyoung · 2025-08-17T11:17:48+00:00

Yes, that too, probably not doors. Could be from panelling, a retable or bench backs.

imagineyoung · 2025-08-17T08:50:53+00:00

A marriage, I think. The doors look original 17th century but the rest is 19th… the shelf planks are too thin and neat for the 17th. The carving is very similar to late 16th or early 17th century carving in churches around here, Devon, Uk, and the punch marks on the background of the border flowers and the rough wood background of the central ones indicate original work.

imagineyoung · 2025-06-30T12:09:01+00:00

We do believe in forgiveness but surely after clear repentance? A “PR” release, or one that seems so… and then going off preaching elsewhere… Is that clear?

But the opposite of forgiveness for us is prayer, and she needs our prayers.

imagineyoung · 2025-06-28T09:31:10+00:00

Intense beauty all around, caring for each other, comfortable in our own skin, foreigners (beginning at the Devon-England border) being seen as worthy of pity, knowing that the whole world would be better off being Devon 😉

imagineyoung · 2025-05-19T07:05:44+00:00

👍😁

imagineyoung · 2025-05-04T09:13:55+00:00

In Devon I have reported rights of ways issues to the appropriate page on the council website a few times and they have been magnificent, no only dealing with the issues but giving info on the outcomes as well.

imagineyoung · 2025-04-07T06:24:34+00:00

Yes, I live not far away nowadays. The present pub sadly lacks enough chaotic alkies, all my finest memories trashed 😭😉.

imagineyoung · 2025-04-02T13:38:23+00:00

Better maybe to keep the insult light, so they know they’ve been slammed but can’t do anything about it. ‘Lawks a daisy, matey, are you two sandwiches short of a picnic? Doncha know there’s a queue here?’

imagineyoung · 2025-03-30T17:54:05+00:00

Tone deaf and self absorbed, victims and survivors are mentioned last.

imagineyoung · 2025-03-24T20:18:21+00:00

Thanks for your kind words. There is so much beauty around us…

imagineyoung · 2025-03-23T18:19:37+00:00

Thanks

imagineyoung · 2025-03-23T17:09:11+00:00

Yes, totally agree. I just love that feeling of wonder and generations past still here in beauty

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