Scottish Poetry and the Italian age

The spirit of the Renaissance (which is often thought only as an Italian phenomena) gave a huge effect to Scotland. Literature, art and music back in the 15 century shared the modern (for its time) spirit. It confirmed the fantastic develo…

Baby names

I have a real interest in names. They can be place names or names of people. I am interested in the history of names as well as the origins of names Another particular interest is long lost names such as Biblical or ancient text names. The…