Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Anna Keay

Quote by Anna Keay

“In his will he said nothing of war or injustice or personal achievements, but spoke of gratitude, peace and acceptance. He gave thanks for his long life -- the 'great measure of daies' with which God 'had filled my glass of time' -- and for the love and companionship of 'that life of my life my dearest wife'.”

Quote by Anna Keay

Book:The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
Create image

Work

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Anna Keay

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Anna Keay. more

You May Also Like

“As soon as the edifice of the knowledge of the ancients had been shaken in the minds of the most inquisitive, questions upon questions arose which now demanded technology, including -- crucially -- the invention of the telescope and the microscope, enabling a generation of scholars to see clearly things which had been absolutely invisible to their forefathers. It was a thrilling, and dangerous, time to be alive.”

History Of ScienceHistory Of EnglandHistory Of Technology
Book:The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
Create image

“I mean, who even are the English? The descendants of the Germanic tribes? We're a great hotchpotch really, aren't we? A mishmash of Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, Normans, et cetera, et cetera, to a complicatedly hybrid ancestry, barely united for centuries, and our borders always shifting. We're not a pure, homogenous race sprung from English soil, are we? When people talk about Englishness, I often get a whiff of frowsty Victorian velvet," she mused, articulating more expansively with her hands as she warmed to her theme. "It makes me think of paintings of King Alfred, Ivanhoe and Tennyson, people putting on dressing-up clothes to do archery, and William Morris tapestries. Perhaps Englishness is less about geography and historical dates and more about symbols and emotions? There are lots of tripwires and misty hollows between the lions and unicorns, aren't there? When you begin to think about what Englishness means--- and, by extension, English food--- it all starts to become rather precarious and complicated, doesn't it?”

PopulationSymbolicStereotypingHistory Of EnglandMother CountryEnglishnessEuropean Culture
Book:Good Taste
Create image