My insta post on why Richard II is my 10th favourite monarch

Hufflepuff is definitely the house that would be most distressed by J K Rowling’s behaviour on social media these days. It truly is the noblest of the houses.

I’m currently reading up on late-Roman lettering and this was also their logic…

If you are an older millennial and you don’t identify as a Hufflepuff, do you even lift (spiritually)

Was Wallis Simpson a 20th-century Anne Boleyn? YouTube video by Royal History Geeks

Was Wallis Simpson a 20th century Anne Boleyn?

youtu.be/DpXq2GP8Rx8?...

I don’t know why, but when I read this classic Quicksilver line in an issue of silver-age Spidey, I read it in @edidin.bsky.social’s voice.

The King abandons the traditional Balmoral summer for a pleasure cruise of the Balkans.  The world media goes crazy for pictures of the King and Mrs Simpson.  The pressure begins to get too much for Wallis.

Check it out wherever you get your pods
Royal Revolutions ep 3

I am searching for a (living) historian who is sympathetic to Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor. I’m struggling to find one.
Anyone come across one?

The 2nd part in our series on the Abdication crisis of 1936, containing an interview with @adriangphillips
Edward VIII ascends the throne & begins a subtle campaign to make Wallis his consort.
But even without Mrs Simpson, Edward is a worrying figure.
www.royalhistorygeeks.com/new-podcast-...

Like you, I read along with the pod, and I actually quite enjoyed the 12. I didn’t really understand the ending so waiting for @xplainthexmen.bsky.social to Xplain it to me.

The Twelve is an interesting event because it is 90% absolute nonsense, and then like 80% of the way through, Cable #76 shows up and sledgehammers you straight in the feels, and the event doesn't STOP being nonsense, but it starts feeling like nonsense with stakes.

Richard III and Henry VII were both ruthless. But we don’t get the impression that they enjoyed spilling blood.
But Richard II and Henry VIII seemed to enjoy striking out at enemies, masterminding plans to maximise humiliation.
That’s the difference between ruthless and cruel

Check out our latest Royal History Geeks podcast. The Abdication crisis of 1936 - Britain’s most recent “Royal Revolution”
This was about SO much more than then tale of two forbidden lovers
www.royalhistorygeeks.com/new-podcast-...

Screenshot showing the following text: 'but added in an important codicil just one week later: ''And whereas att the tyme of the making of my said last Will I did presume and verily beleive that my sonne Thomas Beard was dead in some parts beyond the seas and since having beene credibly informed that my said sonne Thomas Beard is yett living beyond the Seas, And if itt shall please God that my said sonne Thomas shall live and returne home into England Then I doe hereby give and bequeath unto my said Sonne Thomas Beard ffive pounds.''

It's hard to imagine a better codicil to a will than that of London widow Margarett Beard from November 1664:

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Featured in @emilymayvine.bsky.social's post here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... #EarlyModern 🗃️

Language matters.
Today we’re talking about a close relative of James Tyrell’s possessing an object of Edward V’s.
When we say it belonged to Tyrell’s brother-in-law it raises eye brows.
When we say it belonged to Tyrell’s wife’s sister’s husband, it all sounds quite remote

With Princes in the Tower creating global headlines again today, a reminder on Thursday 19 December, I will be speaking about the pretenders Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck in Bishop's Stortford. Tickets are just £5. Let's discuss it!

www.bishopsstortfordtc.gov.uk/what-do/even...

I agree. Just don’t think the stuff today - from what I’ve seen on it - adds an awful lot to the debate

Some (very) top like thoughts from me on the new “smoking gun” evidence around the Princes in the Tower

Here's the list of topics we will discuss on 12/12/24 👇
- Global and Imperial Histories 💂‍♀️
- Violence and Conflict ⚔️
- Bodies and Funerary ⚰️
- Myths, Magic, Ritual and Religion 🪄
- Fashions and Trends 🧥
There will be a mix of both posters and presentations available all day!
Hope to see you there <3

In depth look: Global/Imperial History 💂‍♀️

We have posters covering topics such as:
Tulip Mania 🌷
Colonialism and Perceptions on Disability 👩‍🔬
Western Perceptions of China 🇨🇳
And many more!

Want to find out more? Join us at the Positive Light Project Centre on 12/12/24 and become a Master of the Past.

In depth look: Violence and Conflict ⚔️
Containing topics like:
- British Fascism ⚡️
- 18th Century Sailors ⛵️
- Institutional Racism and Tony Blair 🌹
- And many more

With a mix of both presentations and posters, you'll be fighting to learn more

Join us at the Positive Light Centre on the 12/12/24

In depth look: Bodies and Funerary ⚰️
Covering topics such as:
- Shipwreck Skeletons ☠️
- Ancient Nubia 🏹
- Bronze Age Burial in Myanmar 🇲🇲
That and much more!
You'l be digging around for more information after this session!

Join us at the Positive Light Centre on 12/12/24

In depth look: Fashions and Trends 🧥
Covering topics such as:
- Georgian Fashion 🤴
- Beauty in Early Modern England 💅
- Rural Sicily 👢
And Much More!
We'll be happy to aDress any queriers/questions you have about this topic!

Join us at the Positive Light Centre on 12/12/24.

In depth look: Myths and Magic🪄
Throughout this sessions we will discuss:
- Hauntings 👻
- Religious vs Cultural Heroes 🦸🏻‍♂️
- Religion and Artistic Expression 🖼️
We'll be happy for you to join us and CAST any doubts you might have.

Join us at the Positive Light Centre on 12/12/24

In depth look: IT 🖥️
Throughout this sessions we will cover topics such as:
- Horses of Medieval England 🐎
- Rome in Video Games 🎮
- Pottery of Totnes 🏺
Save using Google, and come to the Positive Light Centre on 12/12/24 to find answers you have been searching for!

Welcome to the Masters of the Past Bluesky Page 🕊️

For the first time ever we are hosting a conference to combine and present ideas from a broad range of historical/archaeological topics.🎓

Hosted at the Positive Light Project Centre in Exeter, we have a broad range of presentation and posters📝

#OTD in Tudor history - 28 November - The Tudor Society On this day in Tudor history, 28th November, claimant Edward Plantagenet, son of the late Duke of Clarence, was executed for treason on Tower Hill (1499), and MP and political agent Francis Yaxley dro...

#OTD in Tudor history, 28th November, claimant Edward Plantagenet, son of the late Duke of Clarence, was executed for treason on Tower Hill (1499), and MP and political agent Francis Yaxley drowned while bringing gold to Mary, Queen of Scots (1565)...
www.tudorsociety.com/otd-in-tudor...

Anyone know anyone who knows a lot about the politics of 1930s Britain?

@nathenamin.bsky.social created this one for fifteenth century. I’m not sure if there is a 16th C equivalent but suspect there is go.bsky.app/3wEUeqJ

Have you followed the various history “starter packs”?