Issue 23 of Tudor Places is here! Featuring my article on Katherine Courtenay, sister, aunt and daughter of kings, and her connections to Devon.

Tudor Places@tudorplaces.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Issue 23 is out now! You won't want to miss this one. Take a look at what's inside our latest magnificent issue: bit.ly/4vd9t9r

Proud to have played a key role in bringing this fascinating project to fruition, and excited to see the implications of the research for heritage interpretation and practice over the coming year(s).

Faculty of History, University of Oxford@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are excited to announce Steven Gunn's new AHRC Curiosity project ‘Life and Death in Tudor Prisons’, which will work with heritage partners at Oxford Castle & Prison and Lincoln Castle to transform our understanding of Tudor imprisonment. @oxhumanities.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3fezm52k

#OTD, 10 April 1512, Margaret Tudor gave birth to James V, King of Scots at Linlithgow Palace. Over the period 1506 – 1512, Margaret had at least four pregnancies but James was her only child with James IV to survive infancy.

Last month marked the 440th anniversary of the York martyr, Margaret Clitherow’s death. In Issue 22 of @tudorplaces.bsky.social I explore the places and streets Margaret knew and walked during her lifetime, many of which continue to be associated with her memory today

Tudor Places@tudorplaces.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In Issue 22, Dr Rachel Delman explores the streets and spaces Margaret once inhabited, contemplating how her life continues to shape the city’s spiritual and historical landscape today. bit.ly/4swnv4c

In Issue 22, Dr Rachel Delman explores the streets and spaces Margaret once inhabited, contemplating how her life continues to shape the city’s spiritual and historical landscape today. bit.ly/4swnv4c

Issue 22 - Tudor Places Magazine - Exploring Tudor Places and their Stories

We explore Margaret Clitherow's York, St Augustine Abbey, Durham House, Anne Boleyn's Image, Pitchford Hall, Long Road to Fotheringhay for Mary, Queen of Scots

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Margaret Clitherow grew up in a York marked by the religious upheavals of the English Reformation, eventually becoming one of the city’s most venerated martyrs.

Great to see Margaret Beaufort getting a long overdue episode of BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time this week. If you’d like to learn more about my research on Margaret’s palace at Collyweston and her links to Stamford, mentioned in the episode, I explore both topics in articles for @tudorplaces.bsky.social

My latest piece for @uk.theconversation.com is a review of @wellcomecollection.bsky.social’s small but brilliant exhibition, ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’, which is on until 19th April.

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 5mo ago

On entering the exhibition, visitors are immersed in the world of the late medieval birthing chamber.

🚨Job alert: A fixed-term lectureship in #Egyptology (2 years) at Oxford, to cover the sabbatical leave of two members of staff, Richard Parkinson (2026-7) and Elizabeth Frood (2027-8); see www.jobs.ac.uk/.../departme.... or search for 'Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology' on: jobs.ox.ac.uk

Thank you @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social for the lovely feature on my latest @uk.theconversation.com article. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

Wolfson RF analyses how medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms - Wolfson College

Wolfson Research Fellow Rachel Delman argues in a recent article published in The Conversation UK that medieval women used falconry to negotiate and sometimes subvert gender norms.

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Another one for Sheffield-area historians: @royalhistsoc.org is hosting a lecture with Sheffield Hallam’s History Department next week 18 Feb on ‘History and Well-being’ with David Stack. Registration is free, wine reception to follow: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-an...

History and Well-Being: a Historian's Perspective

A public lecture as part of the Royal Historical Society's visit to historians at Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield

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The 16th-century rood loft at the Church of St Issui, Partrishow, Powys (Wales). A rare medieval example that escaped destruction during the Reformation. 📸2025

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society. Read more from @torchoxford.bsky.social's Dr Rachel Delman ⬇️

Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.

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Nice piece by @racheldelman.bsky.social on women and falconry. Obviously Cecily duchess of York's choice of the falcon on her seal was in tribute to her husband (and his grandfather), so pretty traditional there, but I do love this particular image of her from the Wigmore Chronicle.

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 6mo ago

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

My latest piece for @uk.theconversation.com, inspired by my research on medieval women and falconry, and two recent trips to the movies 🍿 🦅

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 6mo ago

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

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For #StandingStoneSunday, a few from yesterday’s perfectly timed trip to the stunning Castlerigg 🌈

What an honour to have Dr Nicholas Carter from the University of Oxford talking about “Our Living Stone - Lichens at Blenheim Palace”, sharing research on lichens as a bioprotective layer on rock #lichens @neacarter.bsky.social

For all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo

It's a shame this painting has left its home after hundreds of years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sherborne Almshouse's triptych sold at auction for £5.6m

The 15th-Century painting exceeds Sotheby's valuation of between £2.5m and £3.5m.

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It’s said that two stone circles stood either side of Easton Lane on the Isle of Portland in Dorset until they were removed by workmen and built into the walls along the road. I took these photos whilst on a field trip with my students recently. #StandingStoneSunday

The Storehouse is an access-all-areas experience of the V&A collection, offering a visitors a more intimate experience of artefacts.

How the new V&A Storehouse is reshaping public access to museum collections

The Storehouse is an access-all-areas experience of the V&A collection, offering a visitors a more intimate experience of artefacts.

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Given this is a House of Galloway stan account, good to see more credit given to Dervorgilla. theconversation.com/medieval-wom...

Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.

theconversation.com

‘If we are seeking to reassert women’s presence in our public spaces, where better to look than to the very legacies they themselves constructed’. My latest article for @uk.theconversation.com is inspired by a new statue of @ballioloxford.bsky.social’s co-founder, Dervorguilla of Galloway.

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 9mo ago

As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.

The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.

Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025

The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.

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It’s not every day you sign your first book deal. Delighted that ‘Living Stone’ has found a home at Penguin Books. Publishing Spring 2028. As time goes on, I’m going to post about the writing of it over on Instagram. But for now here’s Cormoran’s stony heart on my author guide 🐧❤️

‘No amount of knowledge about medieval literary culture can make the Pearl Manuscript tell us what it means. Everyone has to speculate at some point.’ @tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the manuscript that contains the only copy of ‘Gawain and the Green Knight’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Tom Johnson · Supereffable: Mysteries of the Pearl Manuscript

Any book made by hand is unique, but the Pearl Manuscript’s claim to uniqueness is unparalleled: the manuscript...

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It was a huge honour to be welcomed into the @linneansociety.bsky.social recently as a new Fellow. Such a beautiful building, packed full of nature’s stories.

Apply now: Playwright in Residence 2026 A unique opportunity for writers to develop bold new work at the intersection of research and storytelling, in collaboration with @traversetheatre.bsky.social Full details on eligibility and how to apply can be found here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iashtraverse...