👻⚔️ Shocked commissioners witness the ghost armies of Edgehill! But what's the story behind the ghostly apparitions seen over the site of the English Civil War's first pitched battle...? 📷 Michael Molcher, Mel Green & John Beardsworth
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How Did Parliament Become Divided? ⚔️ By the time Parliament’s army of the Eastern Association reached the East Anglia town of Huntingdon in September of 1644, its high command found itself beset by infighting. 📷: Stephen Laws
Get in shape – 17th Century style 🤣🤣🤣 Helen has been spending time on our camp working on her core skills, both exercise AND finger loop braiding! #Weaving #Crafts #Reenactment #History #Braiding
An anonymous satirical song from the early #17thCentury, complaining about the Scotsmen who came to England following the accession of King James in 1603, and (according to the writer) enriched themselves at the expense of the English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E27G... #jacobean
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A Song of a Fine #Scot: an early #Stuart #libel #ballad. Emily Atkinson: #soprano Sam Brown: #lute Alison Kinder: bass #viol www.youtube.com/watch?v=E27G... Made with support from @continuoconnect.bsky.social & @antiquaries.bsky.social #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #earlymodern #courtstudies
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The English Civil War comes to Leeds with a special FREE event THIS WEEKEND! The city centre's oldest church will be host to the boom of muskets & the clash of swords for the first time in over 380 years! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/st-john-the-...
A Rescue Gone Wrong 🤕 Robert Pierrepont, the Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, may have been grateful for his troops’ dedication to their commander, but their efforts to free him from Parliamentarian captivity proved disastrous. 📷: @johnbeardy
How did a lucky shot end the Siege of Tiverton Castle? 🏰
The English Civil War comes to Leeds with a special FREE event THIS WEEKEND! The city centre's oldest church will be host to the boom of muskets & the clash of swords for the first time in over 380 years! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/st-john-the-...
📍 Local History Hubs are meeting across the country this autumn! Teachers, heritage professionals and local historians are coming together to share ideas, make connections and champion local history in schools. Here's what's coming up before Christmas!
Very excited to (finally) see The Devils on the big screen next month. Are there any good reads on European possession panics in the 16th and 17th Centuries to bone up on? (Other than The Devils of Loudon, which I've never been able to finish)
Just a week to go until we bring the 17th Century alive in the heart of Leeds!
English Civil War@englishcivilwar.bsky.social · 3w agoThe English Civil War is returning to Leeds — thanks to a special FREE event at a city centre church where Roundhead and Cavalier once clashed! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/st-john-the-...
Very excited to (finally) see The Devils on the big screen next month. Are there any good reads on European possession panics in the 16th and 17th Centuries to bone up on? (Other than The Devils of Loudon, which I've never been able to finish)
It’s International Day of Rural Women! 17th Century England was a very rural country. By 1660, London's population had swelled to over 300,000 but the majority of people — over 90% — lived in small towns of a few hundred or villages of a few dozen. 📷 John Beardsworth, Michael Molcher & Karen Berry
It’s International Day of Rural Women! 17th Century England was a very rural country. By 1660, London's population had swelled to over 300,000 but the majority of people — over 90% — lived in small towns of a few hundred or villages of a few dozen. 📷 John Beardsworth, Michael Molcher & Karen Berry
I walked past the gatehouse yesterday having eaten a fancy pastry at the Bake Shop. I always wonder what Basing (and indeed Basingstoke) would be like if the Paulets hadn't been Catholic and the house had survived the 17th century.
⚔️ "The enemy desired no quarter, and I believe that they had but little offered them" — so wrote a London newspaper after the bloody storming of the Royalist bastion of Basing House on 14 October 1645... 📷 Sohail Toseef
🏴 🏴 English Parliament and Scottish Covenanters unite! 📷 John Beardsworth
📜✍️ Would you have signed the Oath of Engagement? 📷 John Beardsworth
Royalists In Retreat ⚔️ After the defeat at the Battle of Naseby in June 1645, the Royalist army found itself scattered across the country. King Charles had retreated to Newark with a small number of troops, and with his route north blocked by Parliamentarian forces, he moved south. 📸: Mel Green
The Siege of Banbury Castle ⚔️ Banbury Castle in Oxfordshire stood as one of the most fiercely contested strongholds in the Midlands, guarding a vital strategic route near the Royalist capital at Oxford. 📷: Levitt Parkes
The English Civil War is returning to Leeds — thanks to a special FREE event at a city centre church where Roundhead and Cavalier once clashed! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/st-john-the-...
Was This The Real Start Of The English Civil Wars? ⚔️ Although the raising of the royal standard in August 1642 is recognised as the start of the civil war in England, hostilities had already begun the previous month in the standoff at Hull. 📷: Emily Reilly
The Siege and Relief of Plymouth ⚔️ Throughout the Civil War, the port city of Plymouth stood as a stubborn Parliamentarian stronghold isolated in a fiercely Royalist West Country. 📷: Karen Berry
The English Civil War is returning to Leeds — thanks to a special FREE event at a city centre church where Roundhead and Cavalier once clashed! earlofmanchesters.co.uk/st-john-the-...