I had the most amazing epiphany today. When #MarsilioFicino wrote of the #chaos, it dawned on me that he wasn't talking the chaos of destruction and disturbance. It was the chaos of the formlessness before the light and dark, before the creation. A place of rest. #Beauty #Genesis #RenaissanceLife

🍇 This illustration from the Middle Ages shows how grapes were crushed by foot to make wine. In the back right, you can also see two people operating a wine press. #Shakespeare #HistoryOfWine #RenaissanceLife www.cassidycash.com/ep375

Fun Fact: In Renaissance England, noble kids got kicked out at age 7 to live with other nobles—not for misbehaving, but to 'learn manners.' Basically unpaid interns in ruffles. Character-building, they said. We say free childcare.
#HistoryWithSnark #TudorTrivia #RenaissanceLife
Circa 1580