![]() ![]() However, in order to understand the very unique relationship existing to this day between France and England, it is necessary to account for them not merely as political and European nations, but also as the hosts to different cultures, different systems of value, different customs, which in turn influence - whether positively or negatively - one another.īeyond the chronology of historical happenings, it is the little things - Shakespeare’s Henry the V and French clothing during WWII, tea and snails and crumpets and frog thighs, Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower, Voltaire and Edward Prince of Wales, weather reports and telegrams and cross-Channel correspondences, influence and prejudice and stereotypes - the events of everyday life - that are the witnesses of the mutual influence of French culture and English culture upon one another… … Franco-British past history consists of Events - Joan of Arc burning at the stake, the evacuation of Dunkirk, Austerlitz and Waterloo - some with tremendous impact on each country’s political stance, some entirely without, each shaping both Nations into a continual comparison with each other. ![]() (a study in laundry-making, toast, the art of sticky notes, and falling in love.)Įxcerpt from Francis Bonnefoy’s master thesis on History of a mutual obsession: France & England from Hastings till WWII: It involves Eddie Izzard, and many bizzarely skewed meanings.) I loved writing this, ridiculously so, and you've made the experience even better. ♥ (There is actually a story behind the title. I've been blown away by every single one. I've not gotten the chance to make all of my thanks on the kinkmeme, due to the lack of comment space but here you go: every person who took the time to read and/or leave me a note over there - and those were some of the most thoughtful, insightful, beautiful feedback I've ever gotten - made my September a lot better and easier and warmer than it would otherwise have been. Then I promptly forgot all about it (- I blame Sherlock fandom, personally, I was blown away, what can I say). Notes: Forever ago, I promised to deanon on this. Summary: One day, you turn around and your entire perspective on the world changes. Rating/Warnings: R, for language and an eventual, not particularly graphic sex scene. ![]() Pairing(s): Francis/Arthur (France/England) ![]()
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