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mapsontheweb · 5 months

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The Low Countries ca. 1566.

by u/Tequorie

#maps #Tequorie #low countries #1566

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general-hugss · 6 months

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Battle of the low countries’ m-class double deckers! Which one wins your heart?

@nmbs-sncb-official

#trains #nmbs #sncb #ns #double deckers #Alstom #bombardier #Belgium #the Netherlands #public transport #Low Countries

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theworldatwar · 2 years

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German troops contemplate their next move as they stand on the bank of the river Maas, Maastricht, Holland, 16th May 1940

#world war two #1940s #worldwar2photos #history #ww2 #wwii #ww2 history #wwii era #world war 2 #wehrmacht #ww2history #Maas #rivermaas #maastricht #Holland #1940 #low countries

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illustratus · 2 years

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Coat of Arms of Charles the Bold (le Téméraire) Duke of Burgundy

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thefreelancehistorywriter · 5 months

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Margaret of Austria's Table at the Court of Savoy, Mechelen

Laid Table by Nicholaes Gillis, 1611 (Photo credit: https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/gillis/laidtabl.html) When Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, designated his daughter Margaret of Austria as his procurator of the Netherlands, she bought a complex of buildings in Mechelen located across the street from the home of his grandchildren, the son and daughters of Margaret’s brother, Philip…

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#Anne Boleyn #Burgundian history #Charles V #Court of Savoy #Duchess of Savoy #Habsburg #Holy Roman Emperor #Low Countries #Margaret of Austria #Maximilian I #Mechelen #medieval history #Netherlands #Regent of the Netherlands #Women’s history

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unnecessary-hetalia-headcanons · 2 years

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Neighbors HCs

The Low countries being neighbors with the Germanic family.

- Netherlands and Germany trying to have nicer lawns than each other.

- Prussia and Czech blaring really loud music and Luxembourg knocking at the door asking them to please turn it down.

- Hungary coming over to visit Belgium one night, and the BTT convinces Prussia to play love songs from a boom box outside Belgium’s window. He does it. Hungary is flabbergasted and embarrassed. Belgium and Luxembourg stand in the window laughing their asses off.

- Austria getting kicked out of the house by the other two because he ‘isn’t german’ and staying with them for a few days until he can buy his own house.

- Belgium suddenly caring about helping Netherlands with the garden when Prussia invites Spain over.

- Germany seeking refuge in Netherlands garage when Prussia has friends over. They drink beer and watch soccer until the nightmare is over.

- Belgium and Prussia hating each other, but not really. They totally hang out if nobody else is around and hook each other up with their friends.

#Hetalia #hetalia headcanons #hetalia imagines #spabel #pruhun #Germany x Netherlands #whatever that is #hws netherlands #hws belgium #hws luxembourg #hws czech republic #hws prussia #hws germany #hws spain #hws austria #Benelux #low countries #Germanic Family

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stil-lindigo · 3 months

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The UNRWA is concerned that if they do not receive more funding they will run out by the end of February please spread this message

in case any of you missed it, despite the ICJ's ruling for Israel to facilitate MORE aid into Gaza, the global west has responded by cutting funding to UNWRA, which is responsible for delivering significant amounts of aid into Gaza, as well as surrounding areas such as Lebanon. The countries cutting funding consist of the US, Australia, the UK, the Netherlands, Swritzerland, Italy, Germany, Finland, Canada and Japan. This was all due to a claim by Israel that members of UNWRA were Hamas-members or sympathisers which, at the end of the day, is a claim that concerns only 12 members in a total of 30,000.

Without proper funding, UNWRA is likely to run out of resources by February of this year (only another month) and urges the countries that have suspended donations to reconsider. This is a blatant move from the colonialist countries of this world to starve Palestinians even further when they are already facing unforeseen levels of famine.

Please take some time out of your day to call your reps, your political leaders and urge them to restart their funding. In the meantime, here is a link to donate to the UNWRA.

#colonialist countries surprise me every day to what new lows they can sink to #the depravity of the US and their simpering lackies #who wield so much power and use it all for profit #may every politician in power at this time die miserably #unwra #free palestine #free gaza #free west bank #palestine #fuck israel

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rptv1 · 1 year

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Christ at Emmaus

by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

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St. Luke tells us that two of Christ’s disciples, walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus shortly after the Resurrection, were joined by a stranger. When they reached Emmaus in the evening they asked him to stay with them for supper. “And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.”

A dim light, reflected by the white cloth on the table, illuminates the room. Four figures emerge from the deep surrounding shadows. The man in front of the table has pushed his chair back and joins his raised hands in prayer; the seated man on the right, leaning forward, braces his right arm against the table and turns his chair around, his look fixed on Christ. Christ in the center, his raised eyes reaching out into another world, breaks the bread. “And their yes were opened, and they knew him.”

The innkeeper may feel that something unusual is happening, as shown by the reverence with which he approaches the guests - but he cannot know. Doubt, questioning, awe mingle in the disciple on the right upon whom the revelation is dawning. It has already taken hold of the other; he prays, he worships, he knows who the stranger is from whose head a magic light begins to radiate.

Through a process of selective simplicity everything is eliminated that does not directly reflect the divine nature of Christ and the emotional experience of the men. Subtle details in contour, posture, and arrangement thus gain such an extraordinary suggestive power that they reveal the inner relationship between the figures more eloquently than gestures could do.

We must be willing to listen to a delicate music of inner voices if we wish to comprehend the message of the painting. Adding to the group of figures the mighty sounding board of wall and niche in the background, Rembrandt helps us to participate in the dramatic tension vibrating between the figures of the Resurrected and the human beings in their struggle between faith and doubt.

#Rembrandt van Rijn #resurrection #easter #resurrección #Christianity #Christian #Christ #Low Countries

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alliluyevas · 1 year

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#leaving barbecue and fried chicken off bc I know they’d sweep and I want to see more detailed answers #I actually do not like low country boil due to my anti shrimp stance but I’ll eat the other parts of it

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b4kuch1n · 3 months

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Hello! Honoring the call for a global strike, from now (24/01/2024) until the end of this week (6AM Monday 29/01/2024, Hanoi/Jakarta time (GMT+7)) I am offering one full-body sketch of any character you want for every e-sim you donate.

All you need to do is:

go to gazaesims.com

follow the instruction there and donate an e-sim of any plan

screenshot the confirmation of your purchase and donation

send the screenshots to me via either email ([email protected]) or Tumblr DM, along with the character you want a sketch of and any references you have on hand.

Standard commission/request guideline applied. I'll run streams in the next four days (and perhaps after as well) on Youtube doing these sketches live - those will be announced on this blog as they happen.

I'm not currently affiliated with the Cartoonist Cooperative or any other artists doing the same drive, but if my art's not what you're looking for, definitely give the Coop's site as well as the e-sim tag on Tumblr a look! And if you're not looking for sketch commissions from me or art commission in general at the moment, I encourage you to donate an e-sim anyway if possible.

Thank you for your work and support - I can't wait to draw your character!

#bakuspecial #gaza esims #e sims #commission info #I've been wanting to buy an e-sim myself but. my current credit card is Extremely weird #it does not register as either an ATM card or a VISA card when I do online purchases. and I need a VISA card for this from where I am #so hey! if you're looking to commission me for something like this anyway #then for this week we can put the money towards an urgent cause #I am sadly otherwise extremely low on energy nowadays. so my comm bouts are few and far inbetween #but while I have the energy I very much want to do this #I'll need to set up some admin stuff for the streams and for checking the donations. but I can do it #have a good day guys! you know where I stand on the matter as an inhabitant of a country deeply wounded by colonialism & imperialism #I'm glad to be able to add my effort. from the river to the sea!

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heartshapedcaskett · 1 month

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Home sweet home

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kittykatninja321 · 16 days

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I feel like if you’re going to call something enemies to lovers there needs to be real hatred and preferably real stakes. Grumpy coworkers who don’t like each other could technically be enemies to lovers but that feels like stealing valor. Like they should be ENEMIES in a real sense. They need to be on opposite sides of some sort of conflict so that falling in love with each other amounts to a sort of transgression. That’s like half the fun

#My ideal enemies to lovers is high stakes. Someone needs to be low key betraying their morals and or country for pussy #that’s just me tho I don’t make the rules (I am right tho)

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illustratus · 2 years

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The Italian Wars

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thefreelancehistorywriter · 1 year

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The Formation of the Valois Burgundian Empire - Charles the Bold

The last in a four part series on the formation of the Valois Burgundian Empire

Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy by Peter Paul Rubens Charles the Bold, the fourth and last Valois Duke of Burgundy, was born to Isabel of Portugal on November 10, 1433, at Dijon, Burgundy. For political reasons, he was married to Catherine of Valois, daughter of King Charles VII of France. Once widowed, his father arranged a marriage to Isabella of Bourbon, who also died after…