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A thought for today for all you scriveners out there…If you agree, retweet, there are plenty of us out there looking for love!

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If you’re a pie lover like me, you’ll love this charitable legend!

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Warlike. Unyielding. Queen of England. This 1460s medal by sculptor Pietro da Milano captures Margaret of Anjou - Henry VI’s fierce consort during the Wars of the Roses. The AI illustration reimagines her, aged 30, using the haunting profile. #MedievalHistory #WarsoftheRoses

A Friday thought…

This is a great piece of original detective work. I dont agree with some things, but then I wouldn’t. History is all about questioning what happened - or where would we be? www.medievalists.net/2025/07/wars...

Major Excavation at Tower of London Reveals Medieval Burials and Chapel History www.medievalists.net/2025/07/exca... #archaeology #London #history

…and by his light did all the chivalry of England move. To do brave acts. He was indeed the glass wherein the noble youth did dress themselves’ #OTD The battle of Shrewsbury 1403. Read all about it in my book: www.amazon.co.uk/Hotspur-Henr...

Panoramic view of Towton battlefield (1461) taken in 1976. I patched this together from single shots before iPhones and the like. It shows the full extent of the Yorkist position seen from the Lancastrian lines beside the memorial cross. Tempus fugit.

AI has its uses. The Siege of London 12-14 May 1471: The Battle of Aldgate. Read more here 📚 buff.ly/4h5qlIT

It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming.... To celebrate the forthcoming loan of the #BayeuxTapestry, check out my latest blog. All you could want to know (& a fair bit you wouldn't) #history #Normandy #medieval paulbernardiauthor.com/2025/07/09/t...

#OTD 1483 👑👑. Richard III and his wife the Lady Anne, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896. Always liked this painting, but it still fascinates me how the ‘Shakespearian Richard’ has always crept into art and media over the years. No wonder we have the wrong idea of his real character.

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As a medievalist, I found this article very interesting. Increasing inequality; the privatization of infrastructure, security, finances - we’ve seen this before. Are we headed for a new feudal age? Or are we already in it! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Explore the history of Pontefract Castle through this interactive version of Alexander Keirincx's painting! wakefieldmuseumsandlibraries.blogspot.com/p/pontefract...

Many thanks to @mattlewishistory.bsky.social for a great chat on Gone Medieval this week! We’re diving into my new book The Rose, The Bastard & The Saint King - expect rebels, battles, thrones, and a few bloody surprises⚔️🥀👑 open.spotify.com/episode/4wjD...

Excited to be joining @Mattlewishistory.bsky.social for a chat on 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 this week! We’re diving into my new book The Rose, The Bastard & The Saint King - expect rebels, battles, thrones, and a few bloody surprises⚔️🥀👑 #Medieval #Podcast📚buff.ly/4h5qlIT

French castles. The art of Jean-Claude Golvin with a nice medieval depiction of Carcassonne.

What’s going on here? Bosworth?

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I love a good map. Spot the battles…

Philomena smashes this. Nice! www.tiktok.com/@skadoooschm...

The battle of Stoke was the last major battle of the Wars of the Roses. It was a victory for the Earl of Oxford & Henry VII ‘in absentia’. But is this really where the elder surviving Prince in the Tower (Edward V) died fighting #OTD in 1487? Computer (AI) says no 🧐 typically!

I’ve got a splitting headache this morning… www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medi...

This is my bestselling book about the legendary battle of Palm Sunday Field. The reality was far more horrifying and indescribable than I could ever put into words… www.amazon.co.uk/Towton-1461-...

Just read A.S.J. Tessimond’s ‘Portrait of a Romantic’ again, and it still cuts clean. It’s a study of a mind that feels too much, dreams too precisely, and can’t quite break through the membrane between thinking and living. It still feels modern. Still feels true. m.youtube.com/watch?v=FxiR...

Thank you for the great review David Grummitt… ‘Boardman has provided an extremely valuable survey of the Kent rebellion in the autumn of 1470 and Fauconberg’s Rebellion of 1471. A very good, and a much-needed, history of this aspect of the Wars of the Roses’ #Medievalsky 📚 buff.ly/4h5qlIT

Sackage, Carnage and Wreckage. My latest post from History Mondays! #Medievalsky historymondays.substack.com/p/sackage-ca...

Don’t forget the second part of my story about Cade’s Rebellion of 1450 is out on Monday historymondays.substack.com

Read all about the long forgotten story of the siege of London and the murder of Henry VI in my new book. Available in all good bookshops now! buff.ly/4h5qlIT #London #Medieval #History #book #nonfiction @TheHistoryPress

Saw this a few days ago. Got me thinking… ‘Encouraging leader piece in today's Times regarding King Richard III “the last Plantagenet king may have been subjected to one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in history” Hopefully this is not ‘case closed’ or there will be no need for a Society!

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⚔️ #OTD My book ‘St Albans 1455’ examines how a political standoff turned into open street violence and how England was never the same again. ‘A clear, ground-level account of a pivotal moment in English history’ www.amazon.co.uk/St-Albans-14... #WarsOfTheRoses #Medievalsky #MilitaryHistory #History

Sackage, Carnage and Wreckage. My latest post from History Mondays! #Medievalsky historymondays.substack.com/p/sackage-ca...

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⚔️ #OTD My book ‘St Albans 1455’ examines how a political standoff turned into open street violence and how England was never the same again. ‘A clear, ground-level account of a pivotal moment in English history’ www.amazon.co.uk/St-Albans-14... #WarsOfTheRoses #Medievalsky #MilitaryHistory #History

𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑. 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 21 May 1471: Former King Henry VI is dead, just hours after Edward IV returns to London. Cause unknown. The city whispers of murder as bells toll for the saint king. ‘He died of heartbreak’ some say. Others aren’t so sure. #Medievalsky

Richard de la Pole, the last Yorkist claimant, died 500 years ago this year. In July’s Issue of The Ricardian, Marcus Herbert explores the evidence for his death, burial and memorialisation: it’s a tale of confused identities, unscrupulous friars, & a surprising discovery on a castle staircase.

Henry VI's pardon to Richard, duke of York, after his failed rebellion in 1452. LFC Ch VI 10. #medievalsky

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New Medieval Books: History in Flames: The Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts, by Robert Bartlett published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/05/new-... #books #history

𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐆𝐄: 𝐅𝐀𝐔𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆’𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐘 ALERT: Thomas Fauconberg leads Kentish rebels against city gates! Cannons roar as Aldermen rally the defences - London’s fate hangs by a thread. #Medievalsky

Brother vs brother in 15th-century Castile: The Battle of Olmedo in 1467 www.medievalists.net/2023/05/brot... #MiddleAges

𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄? 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐖𝐊𝐄𝐒𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐘 6 May 1471. The Duke of Somerset and other Lancastrian lords have been executed by order of Edward IV. No trial, no mercy. The king’s justice is swift and final. But is war over? #Medievalsky

The tomb of Sir Humphrey Dacre and his wife at Lanercost Priory (Cumbria) which originally supported life-size effigies. Dacre (1424-85) escaped the bloody battle of Towton in 1461 and was likely responsible for his dead brother’s famous tomb in Saxton churchyard (Yorks).