The Serpent Queen & The Discordant Hiss of Revisionist History
The Starz network has a popular program called The Serpent Queen that chronicles the life and times of Catherine de Medici of the illustrious de Medici family of Florence, Italy. Here’s a brief clip a diligent reader sent me below.
I haven’t seen the show for myself, but what I already know about Catherine from my studies is that she brought Italian culinary art to France, which since her arrival 500 years ago, has become known for its haute cuisine, which is high end cuisine with elaborately prepared dishes.
Much like Africans, the Italians followed an oral culinary tradition that was codified over time by the French through handwritten “Recipes” which were initially medical prescriptions. The culinary chiefs you know as “chefs” initially considered food to be one’s daily medicine.
The earliest French chefs were trained by Islamic food scientists. The hat that French chefs wear is called a “Toque” which is literally the Arabic word for “Hat.” That’s a linguistic fingerprint informing us that Islamic hands from North Africa and the “Middle East” helped to shape and mold European cuisine like fresh pizza dough.
There is also a linguistic relationship between the words “Recipe” “Receive” and “Qabalah.” Qabalah is a term for the process by which the soul receives its spiritual health and sustenance. As a practice, it is essentially the art and science of consumption.
Catherine de Medici’s half brother was Alessandro de Medici( July 22nd 1510 - January 6, 1537) the Moorish patron of artists in Florence, Italy. Catherine married King Henry II of France, but Alessandro’s homeboy was the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V (February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558) who commanded all of France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and parts of Italy. He was the Final Boss for much of Europe. He essentially told Catherine’s husband King Henry II what to do.
My curiosity is why did this Spanish-born Holy Roman Emperor Charles V have a tighter relationship with Alessandro than he did with any of the other de Medici family members? After all Alessandro had the lowest social rank out of ALL of them. Supposedly, his Black mother was a servant to Alessandro’s white father Lorenzo. She was not a Moorish aristocrat. She was at the bottom of the Medieval European social caste system. Sixteenth century Europe was feudal, and in feudal societies a person’s social rank usually determined their, and the children’s, access to political power and quality of life.
Alessandro’s wife was literally Charles V’s daughter. That marriage was forged from their strong friendship. The friendship was not a product of the marriage. Alessandro and Charles V had a special relationship that Charles clearly did not have with ANY of the other de Medici members whom he kind of kept at a distance. Historians are clear about this, but they never say why.
The Patron Saint of the entire Holy Roman Empire that Charles V ruled was Saint Maurice pictured below. Maurice was the ancestral spirit guide for the entire empire. Emperors would on occasion pray for his spiritual support in serious times of need. If you are not familiar with Saint Maurice, read my two part series Swiss Miscellaneous Cocoa & The Dark Knights of The Holy Grail.
Anyone who tells you that white Europeans did not engage in ancestor reverence does not know what they are talking about. ALL humans acknowledge their ancestors. Just look at Mount Rushmore artfully capturing the Founding Fathers of the United States. Putting dead presidents on your money that you use in exchange for goods and services is ancestor worship and a form of magic. With that being said, who was Charles V?
I came across a paper in the The Journal of Social Sciences Research entitled “The Black Legend and the Image of Charles V in Spanish Historiography of the 19-20th Centuries.” The authors of the paper were Natalia V. Antonova and Alsu A. Khafizova of Kazan Federal University in Russia.
I tried to get further clarity from Natalia on “The Black Legend” of Charles V because the paper was written with scary fingers. I wasn’t entirely clear on what was being said despite having adequate reading comprehension. The paper read like an inside conversation that wasn’t supposed to be understood by people like me. Up until the publishing of this post Natalia has not responded to my inquiry for clarification of what she meant by “The Black Legend” as the paper does not directly address any conversation on race.
Nevertheless, I remembered that Spain colonized Peru, but I could not remember exactly when. I looked into it and saw that Spain colonized the Inca civilization of Peru under the rein of Charles V!
I went to the website for the Museo Larco which is an official Peruvian museum in Lima, Peru and found the Inca King’s List. Guess who I found as the very first non-Inca ruler? Among many, I found “Carlos Quinto.” The name “Carlos” is Spanish for “Charles” and “Quinto” is the Spanish word for “Fifth.”
It is my current opinion that “Carlos Quinto” and “Charles V” are the same person. I also think that Carlos Quinto and Alessandro de Medici related to each other very well in large part because they were both mulattos at the very least. Charles V was from Spain, a country where people spoke Spanish and had been ruled by African Moors for nearly 800 years, so the thought that his name was even “Charles” is kind of funny. The emperor depicted in Western European art below doesn’t look anything like the one depicted in the Peruvian art. Someone is lying about his appearance. Who do you think it is and why?
If we do not know anything about the Moorish Paradigm then we couldn’t possibly understand western history and culture. Therefore everything we think we know about modern western society today would at best be a shadow of what it truly is without the Moorish key which many have intentionally been denied.
Studying these narratives can give us useful insights into the mistakes and pitfalls, as well as the triumphs and victories of Black men attempting to thrive in a metropolitan Western society. The tragic life of Alessandro de Medici is a great example of what I am talking about on both sides of the coin. It is information that you can practically use to your advantage for as long as you choose to live in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Every Black person living in a major U.S. or European city should be studying what the Moors of medieval Europe got right, and where they screwed up. The core socio-political themes of that era are still relevant today.
We aint always ready for this type-a-Smoke. Meanwile: we know ONE thang the moors got wrong. And that was Selling the TRADE LINES to WHITE EUROPE in 1783 via the TREATY OF PARIS that kicked off the AFRICAN (not AMERICAN NIGGAZ) SLAVE TRADE. I recall sumpen about OBAMA revisiting that Treaty around 2008 or so.
TEACH!!!