I have managed to create two versions of myself. Unfortunately that does not mean I can write a book and garden at the same time, so I am going to close this account and see you at melitat.bsky.social

Heroines of the Tudor World, coming 15 June 2024 now has an exquisite cover. "The stories of the most remarkable women from European history in the time of the Tudor dynasty, 1485-1603." #womeninhistory #tudorheroines #booksky mybook.to/TudorHeroines

’A turbulent, passionate life’. Lizanne Lloyd Reviews Penelope: Tudor Baroness for Rosie’s #Bookreview Team: rosieamber.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/%... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #RBRT #TuesdayBookBlog

In our first podcast of 2024 Derek Birks and I have a fantastic chat with Ian Ross about his books Battle Song and War Cry and the Second Barons' War bit.ly/48eIuyU

Simon de Montfort| A Slice of Medieval #32

Historian, Sharon Bennett Connolly and historical fiction author, Derek Birks discuss how novelist Ian Ross portrays Simon de Montfort in his books Battle Song and War Cry. Music by Adriel Fair licen

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Happy New Year! I’m starting 2024 with a book review, The book in question in How to Dress like a Tudor by @jarnopp.bsky.social and published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social www.theanneboleynfiles.com/how-to-dress...

How to Dress like a Tudor Book Review - The Anne Boleyn Files

Happy New Year! I'm starting 2024 with a book review, The book in question in How to Dress like a Tudor by Judith Arnopp, published by Pen & Sword.

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A fab #bookreview for How to dress like a Tudor! thank you, Claire!

Claire Ridgway@claireridgway.bsky.social · 3y ago

Happy New Year! I’m starting 2024 with a book review, The book in question in How to Dress like a Tudor by @jarnopp.bsky.social and published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social www.theanneboleynfiles.com/how-to-dress...

I'd love to, but the unrelenting rain prevents!

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · 3y ago

A fun thing to do on New Year's Day to set the tone for a historic #newyear2024, march around the city after lots of beer, carrying a giant bratwurst. Just be yourself, enjoy your #2024goals You see the #earlymodern German pamphlet reporting about such a sausage celebration on New Year's Day 1601

#1000TudorPeople E is for Hans Eworth. Leaving his native Antwerp, he settled in London, and was one of the foremost painters of the mid-sixteenth century. His image of Mary I (recently cleaned) is one of his best known portraits, now at @SocAntiquaries - bit.ly/3PjugG6

1000 Tudor People – Tudor Times

1000 Tudor People will be published on 28th March 2024. The books will be despatched from the publisher as soon as they are available. The lives and deaths of one thousand Tudor people are explored in...

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"I posted this on Twitter yesterday, I hope this will get a few likes today!

#NewRelease! The body of Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Many suspect murder With Death Amy will travel, seeking answers to her questions. Who killed her, & why? The Mind's Evil Toy £1.99 #Free KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #Tudor amzn.eu/d/gXRWBv2htt...

#NewRelease! Duchess, Countess, mother, politician, and twice a Queen... this is the story of the young Eleanor of Aquitaine Daughter of the Sun £1.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #books #kindle #BooksWorthReading amzn.eu/d/6G9oEw2

From the archives: A look into the lives of the three remarkable daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine - Matilda, Eleanor and Joanna. historytheinterestingbits.com/2022/01/08/t... via @Thehistorybits

The Daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

A 14th-century representation of Henry and Eleanor In history we tend to focus on the actions of the men in a family. Well, let’s face it, the life of Henry II and his sons is fascinating, full of l...

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Stone column in St John in the Wilderness, Withycombe Raleigh, Devon said to be from a Norman church on the site #SundayStonework #norman

Constantly changing sky this morning here in Glastonbury. On my walk this morning I saw the moon, lightning, dark clouds and eventually a bit of colour.

I only managed a brief peep inside Bristol Cathedral last summer but had time to notice that Katherine Raleigh’s boy is there in stained glass - he’s reading a book #StainedglassSunday #sirwalterraleigh ⛪️

#1000TudorPeople C is for John Colet, founder of St Paul's School. School hours for the 153 pupils were from 7am to 5pm, with 2 hours for lunch break. He stipulated the most up to date work for text books, inc Erasmus' De Copia, dedicated to Colet. bit.ly/3PjugG6

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Charles I's Private Life, by Mark Turnbull: "This is the story of the spare who became the heir: what shaped him - and what became of him. Mark Turnbull helps us understand Charles the king as Charles the man" - Leanda de Lisle tonyriches.blogspot.com/2023/12/char... #History

  The story of Lady Katherine Willoughby, an amazing Tudor woman, narrated by Ruth Redman   🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/Katherine-Tu... 🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/Katherine-Tu...   #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobooks

Exquisitely carved 16th century screen complete with rood loft you can actually climb up to in Atherington Church of St Mary, Devon - a favourite from my travels in 2023 ⛪️ #tudor

Ooh, my article on Empress Matilda's winter escape from Oxford Castle is in the latest edition of the fabulous Living Medieval magazine - and on the front cover, no less! www.livingmedieval.com/the-magazine

#1000TudorPeople B is for Timothy Bright, whose medical treatise Wherein is Declared the Sufficiencie of English Medicines for Cure of all Diseases reasoned that different nations had different medical requirements because of diet, climate & 'humours'. bit.ly/3PjugG6

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Happy Christmas! Have some free Kindle books! From 25th-29th Four of my books are #free on Amazon (amazon.com and.co.uk only, sorry!) Have a Happy Histfic Christmas! La Petite Boulain Mistress Constancy Shadow of Persephone Child of Water 📚📚📚💙💙💙

26 December is St Stephen's Day and the Second Day of Christmas. Here is a carol for today from New Carols for the Merry Time of Christmas, 1661 Youtube.com/watch?v=_ZjvuiZLRqY&ab_channel=Passamezzo #earlymusic #earlymodern #otd #onthisday #christmascarol #12daysofchristmas

A Carol for St Stephen's Day

An anonymous 17th Century ballad carol for St Stephen’s Day (26th December) from New Carolls for the Mery Time of Christmas, 1661Eleanor Cramer: sopranoRobin...

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How about a medieval mystery for Boxing Day? In 1955, a knight's grave was discovered, the only clue to his identity was the lion rampant on the shield that was buried with him... historytheinterestingbits.com/2022/02/26/t... via @Thehistorybits

I just finished indexing ‘Holy Children and Liminality in Early Modern Europe’, edited by Chiara Franceschini and @cloecavero.bsky.social

❇️ EBOOK SALE ❇️ Get "Dark Woods, Deep Water" ebook for 99p / 99c. All platforms. Until 2nd January. books2read.com/u/mVD7Mr

#1000TudorPeople W is for John Wilbye, musician first to the Cornwallis family, then the Kitsons. He published two volumes of madrigals, and sixty-four of his compositions are stilll extant. bit.ly/3PjugG6

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This is a tale of witches, woodsmen and wolves, of grandmothers and a girl with a red cape... But it's not the one you know Listen to The Red Riding Hood by G. Lawrence, now on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0CJKXZ8Q...

A Flemish folktale says a hunter was fed up with a ghost goat who warned the hares of the hunter's presence by scaring the animals. The hunter shot the goat but all the bullet did was cause the goat to vanish. The ghost goat soon returned to resume its activities. 🎨Dawid Planeta #WyrdWednesday