I wonder how much of this people from centuries ago would recognise. (The coronation, not Thalia & co).

And actually old, unlike most of the rest of it.

The coronation oaths have changed a lot since the middle ages.

Travisina isn't here either, so I'll give her apologies. Not sure what she's up to but it will involve running errands for other people. She does a lot of that.

Interesting that the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland says 'sir' and not 'sire'. Slightly cutting him down to size.

Just a bit. There was that important 17th century interlude from which point English moved from Middle to Early Modern.

Reminds me of a toilet door joke to be shared off-forum.

The substance has changed a lot too, though. Swearing to obey the laws (made by parliaments) was a very contentious thing in the fourteenth century, and kings agreed to do it with great reluctance.

The substance has changed a lot too, though. Swearing to obey the laws (made by parliaments) was a very contentious thing in the fourteenth century, and kings agreed to do it with great reluctance.

Yes, Travis. The Law is an ass.

As in 'It is noted,'?

Having said that I don't feel sorry for him (and I don't), his subsequent actions do make a lot of sense in the light of this stitch-up.

Exactly. He's completely reprehensible, but his subsequent actions make a lot of sense. A military man brought down by the thing he lived and ate and breathed. Nasty.

It's difficult to write laws that cover every possibility. Hence the parliamentarians applying a retro-fit.

Blake is an ass, too. But he means well.

He brought it on himself. And Servalan made sure he did.

We're in that process here, too. It's why I'm watching the coronation on Britbox instead of on the ABC where there are people moaning on about how the Crown represents invasion and stolen land etc, etc. I just want to say, today it's not all about you.

Thank you for that. Tourism does at least as much harm as colonialism did.

The Road to Hell etc.

And she's not reading from the Augustine gospels - alas!

Indeed. Romans go home. And Celts, and Angles, Jutes and Saxons, and Vikings, and Normans...

Whoa! This is a bit happy-clappy. Actually, there's a very fine, feathery Servalan dress there.

Recently heard someone bemoaning colonialism, and the question 'what have the Romans ever done for us?' came to mind.

Well, fellow travellers, time to retire to the other watching? An interesting juxtaposition of watches there. And now we know a bit of a spanner has been thrown in the works. Servalan is a real force to worry about, Travis is the proverbial loose-cannon (not to mention, 'loose-canon', and heck, Blake, what did you have to make that useless attack for?

Well, fellow travellers, time to retire to the other watching? An interesting juxtaposition of watches there. And now we know a bit of a spanner has been thrown in the works. Servalan is a real force to worry about, Travis is the proverbial loose-cannon (not to mention, 'loose-canon', and heck, Blake, what did you have to make that useless attack for?

My father always used to say Romans go home. It was one of our archaeology jokes. As for that particular Monty Python quote, yes, it is the title of one PhD thesis that I know of.

Yes, but you have to have diversity, even if it makes no sense. The feathery frock was nice.

Would be interesting to write an AU where he didn't.