Posts Tagged ‘brides’

Jus primae noctis: Did Medieval Lords Really Sleep With Serf Brides First?

The jus primae noctis, droit du seigneur, or “right of the first night,” is an alleged medieval custom which permitted lords to engage in sexual intercourse with the brides of their male subjects on the first night after marriage. Read more Section:  News Ancient Places Europe History Ancient Traditions Read Later 

The Greek Brides of the Begona: An Extraordinary Journey to Australia

Greek brides on the Begona. Credit: Screenshot from video The amazing story of the 900 Greek brides who traveled to Australia over sixty years ago, in 1957, aboard the ship Begona to meet their future husbands was the subject of a mini-documentary by the Australian television network SBS. Journalist Rhiannon Elston interviewed some of the […]

Don’t call them ‘ISIS brides’: Why the West’s take on radicalized Muslim women is so wrong

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Germany: Moroccan Deported 10 Times

The ongoing insanity of Angela Merkel’s “open borders” policy has been demonstrated once again with the news that a Moroccan drug dealer has been deported from Germany no less than ten times at a cost of €70,000—but he keeps coming back because there is nothing stopping him from re-entering the country. As reported in […]

Taliban militants storm Kandahar airport, clash with Afghan security forces

“Several insurgents have taken up position inside a school and are firing at the airport,” said Sameem Khpalwak, a spokesman for the local governor, as quoted by Reuters. He added that there have been no reports of casualties. Meanwhile, local news agency Pajhwok reported that Taliban fighters have forced their way into the airport, adding […]

Texas: 17 year old in a coma for 52 days after thug cop tased him for breaking up a fight, left with permanent brain damage

     In the wake of the South Carolina “Assault on Spring Valley High” a number of other high profile cases of school cops abusing students are coming to light. One of those has recently resulted in charges being filed against a school police officer who punched a student in the face for not having a […]

Family torn apart by WW2 finally reunited

     A family torn apart by the Second World War has been reunited after a saga that crossed four continents. Retired council worker Maria Nawara had nearly given up hope of tracing Polish relatives after 13 years of spending her holidays trawling through records across Europe. But then the Red Cross found her long-lost aunt […]

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