The War of the Roses series - Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York and Marguerite of Anjou were key players during the era. Available on #Amazon #HistoricalFiction #Bosworth #wotr #medieval #RichardIII
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Having examined the Warbeck drawing closely, I believe the blemish to the side of his right eye isn't one of the 3 distinguishing marks or even a blemish at all, it is part of the shadow created by the lock of hair that sticks out. Read my post here ⬇️ darrenharrisauthor.substack.com/p/perkin-war...
Perkin Warbeck: Pretender or Prince?
Perkin Warbeck's identity is revealed through an investigation of art, medicine, and contemporary records.
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Like grass it is green, but it is not grass Like blood it is red, but it is not blood It is round and smooth like an egg See if you can solve this and 19 more medieval riddles www.medievalists.net/2025/09/20-m... #riddles
20 Medieval Riddles: Can You Solve Them All? - Medievalists.net
Take our quiz of 20 medieval riddles by the monk Claret and test your wits against these centuries-old puzzles.
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English place names ending in 'by' were Viking settlements. The 'by' ending denotes a Danish/Norse farm. Places with the 'by' ending such as Derby, Corby, Selby, Oadby and Hemsby predominantly exist today within the boundaries of the Danelaw agreed in AD 878.
🧵8 Posts: High on the windy ridge above the Spen Valley, beside Walton Cross Farm at Hartshead, stands a remarkable survivor from Yorkshire’s medieval past. At first glance, it appears to be little more than a weathered block of grey gritstone. Yet this is the surviving base of
#OnThisDay 1087 the reign of William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, began with his coronation in Westminster Abbey. (Because he didn't found a church, he is shown here holding the great hall he built at Westminster.)
Is Waardenburg syndrome the key to revealing the true identity of Perkin Warbeck? Read Perkin Warbeck: Pretender or Prince? darrenharrisauthor.substack.com/p/perkin-war...
Perkin Warbeck: Pretender or Prince?
Perkin Warbeck's true identity is finally revealed through an investigation of art, medicine, and contemporary records.
darrenharrisauthor.substack.com
Is Waardenburg syndrome the key to revealing the true identity of Perkin Warbeck? Read Perkin Warbeck: Pretender or Prince? darrenharrisauthor.substack.com/p/perkin-war...
Perkin Warbeck: Pretender or Prince?
Perkin Warbeck's true identity is finally revealed through an investigation of art, medicine, and contemporary records.
darrenharrisauthor.substack.com
Map of Britain BL Cotton MS Claudius D VI/1; Matthew Paris, Map of Britain; 1255-1259; England (St Albans); f.12v @blmedieval.bsky.social
On 21st September 1411 Richard, Duke of York, was born at Conisbrough Castle. He was the Father of Kings Edward IV and Richard III. www.warsoftheroses.com/people/richa...
Exquisite calligraphy - or if you prefer, illumination.
Ennius@enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 9mo agoExquisite initial 'C'(oncede) from the Collect contains scenes from the Nativity. #Nativity BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentary of Drogo; 9th century (between 826/837 CE & 855 CE); Metz; f.24v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
This Army birthday I’m thinking of Medal of Honor recipient Pvt Henry Johnson of the 369th NY National Guard (known as the Harlem Hellfighters). The 369th served more days in the WWI trenches than an other US unit, took more casualties also. DOD just stripped Johnson’s name off Ft. Polk.
Harlem Hellfighters. The French government decorated the entire unit with the Croix de Guerre, its highest award for bravery.
This medal was struck to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V & Queen Mary in May 1935. George V died less than a year later and Mary lived into the second year of the reign of Elizabeth II. Mary knew every British monarch from Queen Victoria to Charles III.
26 May 1422: Catherine of Valois & Henry V meet up for the last time at Vincennes #otd; he died in August
June is the time for shearing the sheep. #medievalcalendar Bodleian Library MS. Auct. D. 2. 6; c.1140 CE; England; f.4r @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Elizabeth Woodville was crowned Queen of England #onthisday 26 May 1465 in an elaborate coronation at Westminster Abbey
Last night, Russia unleashed ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones on a European capital. Today? The world barely blinks. Western media push it off the headlines, treating it as distant. But silence isn’t neutral — it enables aggression. Indifference has a price, and Ukraine pays it.
It's time for a Sunday afternoon pie. British Library Arundel MS 91; Saints' Lives; ; 12th century; Canterbury; f.190r
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When Richard of Eastwell discovers he is the illegitimate son of King Richard III, the secret propels him into a high-stakes battle for power and revenge against the usurper Henry Tudor. #TheKingsSon UK amzn.to/3T7ehKA US amzn.to/3D3FFDB
I've collaborated with a group of international authors on a book of Richard III inspired stories. Everyone has given their time & work freely, and ALL proceeds raised from the sale of the book will go to Scoliosis Support & Research. UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D66XPM8J .com amazon.com/dp/B0D66XPM8J
Happy Valentine’s Day! The oldest Valentine’s letter, 1477, from Margary Brews to John Paston. Margery describes John as her ‘well-beloved Valentine’. This is on display at the British Library’s’Mediaeval Women in Their Own Words’ exhibition. Closes early next month. @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Engagement brooch of Maximilian I of Austria and Mary of Burgundy, 1475. She was born on this day in 1457.
Duke of Norfolk but Richard ii stopped it at the last moment. Blamed for the PollTax, his palace at Savoy was burned down in 1381. Gaunt also led an unsuccessful attempt to take the crown of Castile and was a patron of Chaucer and Wycliffe. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
