At #westhorsleyplace history day, just about to listen to @drjoannepaul.bsky.social on #Sirthomasmore
Dr Joanne Paul
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A "sparkling historian" ✨- The Times #thehouseofdudley "visceral and illuminating ... her style is cinematic" - Wall Street Journal 💚🇨🇦
Elizabeth Norton and Joanne Paul answer ‘Was Jane Queen for 9 or 13 days?’ ladyjanegrey.info?p=19855 @enortonhistory.bsky.social @drjoannepaul.bsky.social #queenfor9or13 #ladyjanegreyrefguide25
📅 #onthisday 10 July 1553: Lady Jane Dudley is proclaimed Queen 👑📜 While Mary I gathers support elsewhere, England stands on a knife-edge. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explains why this moment was far from foolish — and very nearly worked. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/378cfd #otd #history #podcast
📅 #onthisday 6 Jul 1535 – Thomas More was executed by Henry VIII ⚔️ But he didn’t die for the Pope. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social reveals the truth behind his stand — and the myths that have shaped him since. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/34939e #History #Podcast #otd #onthisdate #TudorHistory #ThomasMore
Lovely to see this review of The Firearm Revolution in the WSJ
‘The Firearm Revolution’ Review: Shots Heard Around the World
On 16th-century battlefields, formidable mounted cavalry were overwhelmed by a military innovation: lines of foot soldiers armed with long-barreled guns.
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📅 #onthisday 21 June 1553: Edward VI signs his Devise for the Succession ✍️👑 Excluding Mary and Elizabeth, he reshapes the future of the crown. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explains why this was about fear, dynasty and power — not just religion. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/378cfd #otd #history #podcast
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Latest post on my substack is part 1 of a profile of "The Other Dudley Brother" -- what do you know about Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick?
The Other Dudley Brother
Part 1 of the overlooked history of Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick
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*ahem* ‘dad’ first appears in English in the 16th century, and it’s even in Shakespeare. Doesn’t make it not jarring, but that’s more to do with what we expect people in historical dramas to sound like, as opposed to what is actually ‘modern’ (and of course, they weren’t speaking English!).
Like behind-the-scenes insights, never-before-published book excerpts, writing advice and much more? Follow @drjoannepaul.bsky.social on her new Substack, Making History: drjoannepaul.substack.com?r=1x7p6w&utm...
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Writer (The House of Dudley, Thomas More), broadcaster and historical consultant. Taking you inside Tudor England — what really happened, what nearly happened, and what certainly did not happen. Makin...
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1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV
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On discovery, coincidence, and the wonderful rewards of living in the past
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If you love history and can get to London this weekend, come and join us! There are a tiny number of in-person tickets remaining. ⬇️⬇️
HistFest@histfest.bsky.social · 4mo ago📣 LAST FEW TICKETS!! There’s still time to grab one of the last few tickets to HistFest 2026. Saturday has SOLD OUT, but you can still join us on Sunday 19 April for a raft of fascinating events, including… SIR MICHAEL PALIN: TRAVELS THROUGH TIME. Book now histfest.org/histfest-2026/
With The Firearm Revolution out next week, I'm delighted to announce that you can hear me talk about it in person *and live-streamed* at the @royalarmouries.bsky.social on Wednesday 29 April. Book here for your ticket / online link. 2pm UK, 3pm CET, 9am EST.
The Firearm Revolution
29 April 2026, 2pm
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I didn't think I could be more impressed with his communication skills, but he's just given a history lesson and lesson international solidarity (and continued to sound genuine and colloquial throughout) on the occasion of what I mostly know as some rivers being turned green and lots of alcohol...
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5mo agoHappy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
"Kuwornu shares the diverse African presence in Renaissance Europe that he found: princes, ambassadors, saints, artists, scholars, and knights—all revealed through art from the period" www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:
British History Podcast: Thomas More was a complex man in complicated times. Interview with | Dr Joanne Paul at Harvington History Festival shows.acast.com/british-hist... @drjoannepaul.bsky.social #Tudors #History #Podcast
Enough politics. It is publication day for the paperback edition for The Far Edges of the Known World; it's a book that has been described in reviews as both strikingly and refreshingly original. So if you fancy reading about the ancient world from a different perspective - give it a read!
Bloomsbury Books UK@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social · 5mo ago🗺️ The Far Edges of the Known World - Owen Rees Owen Rees explores the powerful empires and diverse peoples beyond the reaches of Greece and Rome, in doing so offers us a new, brilliantly rich lens with which to understand the ancient world. Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/far-edges...
oh god. It's going to be a day in which we are forced to tap the 'the world didn't start in 1900' sign every five minutes, isn't it? Anyway, stop firing your premodernists, stop making them feel irrelevant, stop making them do just the introduction sessions of 'the real' history.
Dr Francis Young@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 6mo agoTfw you didn't study much medieval history at school
So I don't know if he counts as a 'senior royal' (probably not), but... Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle (bastard son of Edward IV) was arrested, held AND released, and only died because he was so excited about about being released that he had a heart attack two days later... Counts?
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 6mo agoso far I’ve come up with 1 (one) senior royal being arrested or detained who hasn’t died about it (Elizabeth I)
so far I’ve come up with 1 (one) senior royal being arrested or detained who hasn’t died about it (Elizabeth I)
Lots of chat about the *last* English royal to be arrested, but who was the first? The Anglo-Saxons typically bumped off their rivals, so I'll start the bidding with Odo, bishop of Bayeux, arrested and imprisoned by his half-brother, William the Conqueror, in 1082.
First senior member of the royal family to be arrested since Charles I...
I reckon the last time the son of a sovereign was taken into custody in Britain was the Duke of Monmouth in 1685.
every British historian rn frantically trying to find examples of British royals being arrested that don’t end with their execution