Rabbit Hole with beta AI links
I was on bluesky and saw a vid of Ian McClellan (sic) on Steven (sic) Colbert's late show. The caption read that he was performing a speech from Sir Thomas Moore (sic), a play by William Shakespeare. I'd never heard of this play so I thought I'd investigate. Following is the rabbit hole I fell down:
- Famous actor reads speech, "Strangers," from Sir Thomas More, a play that Shakespeare is purported to have edited.
- Thomas More was sheriff during 1517 riot in London against Flemish immigrants.
- Previous influential immigrants were Lombards who formed banking relationships in London hence Lombard Street.
- Also, lenders from Cahors, Cahorsin, provided banking services.
- Cahorsin loaned money to finance Simon de Monforte's (sic) crusade against the Cathars.
- Both Cahors and Cathars reside in Occitan region of Europe.
- Langue'dOc originates in Occitan region.
- The people of Occitan region, united by language and region, are bound by Spain, France, and Italy (also contained in nearby small countries) and spread across and within borders.
- Against the historical residents of Occitan region, the system of monarchy reordered that region and other regions along the coast of 'France' after William conquered England and through later royal marriages.
- The monarchy overlays regionality.
- Tension amongst different communities is exacerbated not by internal migration, but by political transformations, such as ascension to Vatican authority, merchant finance, and others.
This following image from Wikipedia is derived from a book by Sharon Turner and illustrates the breadth of regions acquired by Henry II through heritage and marriage:
- [This is second time I've used the unasked-for beta AI links tool in blogger…]
- [I ran the tool ten times (pressed the button ten times) to achieve the above results…]
- [The unadulterated file is on my other blog, Afterlife…]
- [I spelled a bunch of names incorrectly, above…]
- [Following the above links most often leads to AI Overview summaries as well as other links, images, etc…]
- [Langue'dOc link above leads to "the form of medieval French spoken south of the Loire, generally characterized by the use of oc to mean ‘yes,’ and forming the basis of modern Provençal…"]
- [Many of the links that appear when selecting Simon de Monforte's crusade, above, confuse father and son, so this note is added to ai_overview's output: "He was known for his extreme piety and equally extreme ruthlessness in pursuing the aims of the Church. His son, also named Simon de Montfort, later became famous for leading the baronial revolt in England. Note: This refers to Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (c. 1160–1218), who is distinct from his son, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 1208–1265), the parliamentary leader."]
- [The "rabbit hole" brought me to wonder about why groups form inside and outside boundaries and how they "migrate"…]
- [Do we have, like 'generally accepted accounting practices,' generally accepted negotiating practices, so that groups can meet to form agreements to peacefully solve disputes? Mediators credentialed, etc?]
- [One group's tactic of inflaming Public Opinion is difficult to tamp down by the other groups who are party to related disputes…]
- [Supposedly, the de Montfort's Albigensian Crusade is a first example of genocide…]

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