The final talk in the second of Royal Marriages Summit series bit.ly/4lifqMO will be delivered by Dr Michael Pearce who will be discussing the marriage of James V of Scotland to Marie of Guise – an important part of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France.

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Frances – Tudor Countess, daughter of the Queen’s Spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham “A thrilling portrait of a remarkable woman who witnessed the key events of Elizabethan England.” mybook.to/Frances-Tudo... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

#NewRelease! January 1536 The King is dead... but who will live long now? A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos... All the King's Bastards $4.99 #Free #KU! #Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Tudor 📚💙📚 www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Ba...

Ok: first day of term, 4 hours of seminars, 1 lecture, 4 different corners of our very steep campus: GO! 📸: The City of Exeter's sword of maintenance, gifted by Henry VII for the city's loyalty in 1497 - the city resisted the 'pretender' Perkin Warbeck twice.

Louise of Savoy, Duchess of Angoulême and Regent of France, died on this day in 1531 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2022/06/10/t...

Was Perkin Warbeck partly Portuguese? In my latest newsletter, I recount a recent trip to Portugal and pose precisely that question. nathenamin.substack.com/p/was-perkin...

A carved face from the 12th-century Prior's Door at Ely Cathedral, which quite accurately reflects my Monday mood #MedievalMonday #MondayMood

#NewRelease! January 1536 The King is dead... but who will live long now? A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos... All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU! #Histfic #SpeculativeFic #booksky #Tudor 📚💙📚💙 amzn.eu/d/5wpjqZU

ICYMI: last week the Wills Project circulated our autumn newsletter, with an update on what we've achieved over the past 6 months or so. #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Download the pdf or plain version from our news page: sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

Come and join us on Wednesday to learn more about our 250th Red Book (and something of the 249 before that!).

#OTD 1516 b. Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. He spent his youth in the army of François I, returning to Scotland in 1542 and joining the pro-English party. He m. Lady Margaret Douglas, and their son was Lord Darnley who m. Mary, Queen of Scots. bit.ly/2MR8zcP

#OTD 1486 b. Arthur son of Henry VII & Elizabeth of York. It was hoped that he would grow up to unite the country, torn by the Wars of the Roses, under the Tudor rose. Arthur was sent to the Welsh Marches to practise for kingship, based at Ludlow Castle bit.ly/1FCDP6B

Congratulations to @tcfairfax.bsky.social on his successful viva, passed with minor corrections today.

Happy weekend from your favourite medieval guild hall. May your Saturday be as comfy and cosy as the Hall is grand and majestic.

Suiko, the first reigning empress of Japan, promoted the writing of history (amongst her other achievements). She tells me this is her favourite book, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Thanks for the endorsement Suiko! #womenwhoruledtheworld

At 10am on BBC RADIO 4, you can hear a shorter version of our old episode of YOU’RE DEAD TO ME about The Columbian Exchange and the legacy of the ‘discovery’ of the Americas in 1492 — my guests are Professor Caroline Dodds Pennock and comedian Desiree Burch

'Autumnal Afternoon in St James's Park' by Daisy Sims Hilditch daisysimshilditch.com

Church of St Gregory, #Dawlish, #Devon A #Medieval #Perpendicular west tower of red sandstone. It has an octagonal turret, crenellated crockets & waterspouts. The rest of the church was rebuilt in the 19th Century. #SteepleSaturday

The 2 speaker in the 2nd of our series of three summits on Royal Marriages in 15th & 16th century Europe will be @enortonhistory.bsky.social She will be talking about the m. between Emperor Charles V & Isabella of Portugal, necessary to keep the Castile-Portugal alliance alive.

#OTD 1541 Henry VIII & his 5th wife, Katheryn Howard & daughter, Mary, entered York on their grand progress from London to the North, undertaken in aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace. During this progress K had secret meetings that led to her downfall bit.ly/2zWuduE

The 1st speaker in the 2nd of our summits on Royal Marriages in 15th & 16th century Europe will be Dr Erin Sadlack. She will be looking at the dynastic m. that Mary, sister of Henry VIII, made to Louis XII of France, & her distinctly unroyal 2nd marriage to a man of her own choosing. bit.ly/4lifqMO

#OTD 1595 Henri of Navarre was absolved of heresy & recognised as king of France by Clement VIII. Henri had, in fact, been king since 1589, when, as the senior male line descendant of Louis IX he inherited on the death of his brother-in-law, Henri III. bit.ly/1khlgPW

Thank you to @ewoodacre.bsky.social for her endorsement of Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Elena Woodacre is a leading queenship studies expert, so it was absolute honour that she liked the book. ‘A much-needed book’ @wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld

Owain Glyndwr on Radio 4 (Nick Robinson tries, but the pronunciation. Sigh). The playwright talking of 'the last time' that Wales had a parliament, a prince... Glyndwr's interest is that he's the FIRST to do these things over a territory we now call Cymru/Wales with borders and institutions. 1/n 🗃️

#NewRelease! Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from her enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother... The Narrowness of Death £3.99 #Free #KU! #medieval #histfic 📚💙📚 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FR1N6R2...

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning” There's something magical about the shadow our model of the Mary Rose casts a shadow on the wall...

👑 A brilliant courtier. 💔 A forbidden love. ⚔️ A deadly game of power. She is Penelope Devereux—Tudor baroness, muse, and rebel. Her true story isn’t just history… mybook.to/PenelopeTudo... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #TudorDrama

Today is the feast of Edith of Wilton, d. ca. 984. 🕯️ My hero for fighting Æthelwold over her wardrobe and winning. Read more here: blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman... Gotha Forschungsbibliothek Membr. I 81, a 14th-c. MS, contains copy of her Vita by Goscelin. #medievalsky

In Perth last week, I went to the museum @perthmuseum.bsky.social to say hello to my favourite smiley Pictish stone. It features four faces and was found near Abernethy. #ReliefWednesday

Have you got your tickets yet for the Hever History Festival? It starts Friday with a great line up. heverfestival.co.uk/index.php/pe...

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The 2nd summit in our Royal Marriage Summit series is on 18 October bit.ly/4lifqMO The 3 talks will look at more European royal marriages: Mary of England & her husbands, Louis XII & Charles Brandon, Emperor Charles V & Isabella of Portugal, and James V & Marie of Guise.

#OTD 1514 Wolsey appointed archbishop of York. York was subservient to Canterbury but he was also a cardinal & papal legate which gave him all the power & prestige he needed. It was not until his fall from power in 1529 that he visited his arch diocese. bit.ly/18vZYYI

#OTD 1513 was one of the most momentous & saddest, days in Scotland's history. James IV led his troops into battle with an army bigger, better equipped, and initially better positioned, but he was outfoxed by wily English commander, Surrey. James & thousands of his men were killed bit.ly/1Kv9nRn

Slightly diminish a book: Drizzling Heights

We hope all the attendees of Saturday's Royal Marriage Summit enjoyed hearing @nathenamin.bsky.social @melitat.bsky.social and @drlindaporter.bsky.social . Time to book your tickets for Summit 2 bit.ly/4lifqMO on 18 Oct with @enortonhistory.bsky.social Erin Sadlack, and @michaelpearce.bsky.social

3rd anniversary of death of Queen Elizabeth II, after reign of 70 years. I was involved in the media following her death, something which I discuss in my new book, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy and in which Elizabeth II (of course) features #womenwhoruledtheworld #thequeen

An enchanting tiny garden, an often overlooked detail from the wonderful House of Aion at Paphos. (On the right is the damaged inscription naming Skirtos, posted here last week, along with his naked lower half.) #MosaicMonday

A fabulous endorsement for Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy from Gareth Russell author of the groundbreaking Queen James & so many other wonderful works. Thanks Gareth! ‘An epic history of female monarchy across the globe… I loved it’ #womenwhoruledtheworld

Riding into Monday like...

#NewRelease in #Audiobook! Sent as a bride for the King of England, Anna of Cleves is thrown into a court of scandal and cutthroat politics Only by her wits will she survive... The Swan Maiden by G. Lawrence #Histfic #Tudor #audiobooks #Booksky 📚💙📚💙📚🎧 www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FJZZVCT...

I'm featured on the new Time Team episode shot at Norton Disney, which is now online for free. There is a point on Day 3 when Carenza Lewis and I turn over a piece of masonry. Our surprise was real and was caught live. We only shot that once. A real "Time Team Moment"... youtube.com/playlist?lis...

It's almost like young people are interested in institutions facing up to their history in a frank and nuanced way www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

#OTD 1560 Amy Robsart was found dead at the bottom of the stairs in her home in Cumnor Place in Oxfordshire. She was just 28 years old.

#OTD 1560, Amy, Lady Dudley, wife of Lord Robert Dudley, Elizabeth I’s Master of Horse, was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. The court & country erupted into an orgy of speculation that Robert had had her murdered so that he could marry the queen. bit.ly/2Qf3RZu

Thanks @melitat.bsky.social for endorsement of Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Melita one of the founders of @thetudortimes.bsky.social She wrote the fabulously detailed 1000 Tudor People ‘Original and utterly fascinating’ @wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld

Breaking News… we now know what book Elizabeth I was reading under an oak tree in Hatfield Park when informed that she had become Queen. #womenwhoruledtheworld #elizabethi #tudor #tudora #reigningqueen #femaleking