We call it a Golden Age… but it wasn’t golden for everyone.
War in Ireland.
Rising poverty.
Religious persecution.
And England entering the slave trade.
Elizabeth I wasn’t just Gloriana — she was complicated.
Full video on YouTube.
#ElizabethI #Tudors #DarkHistory #BritishHistory
Sarum: The Novel of England
"A compelling saga of five families—the Wilsons, Masons, the family of Porteus, the Shockleys & the Godfreys"
Sale: $24 to $1.99
by Edward Rutherfurd
Rating: 4.4/5 (5,623 Reviews)
#HistoricalFiction #BritishHistory #EpicNovel #Stonehenge #FamilySaga #Books #BookSky
#OTD 1 April 1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine dies
This post from the blog includes an excerpt from my novel - a light-hearted one - between Eleanor and main character Henry
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#medieval
#BritishHistory
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They didn’t erase Æthelflæd by pretending she didn’t exist.
They erased her by controlling the record.
Tuesday Drop is live, receipts in the post.
#britishhistory #womeninhistory #herstory
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She was illegitimate.
She was imprisoned in the Tower.
She could have lost everything.
Instead… she became Elizabeth I.
So how did she rise to become one of England’s greatest monarchs?
Full video on YouTube.
#ElizabethI #Tudors #History #BritishHistory #GoldenAge #AnneBoleyn
Medieval illuminated roundel of a crowned seated monarch on a throne holding a sword and scepter.
Aethelred I ruled the Kingdom of #Wessex (southern England) from 865 to 871 and led the English resistance to the #Viking invasions of #Britain. Yet, today, he is primarily remembered in #BritishHistory as Alfred the Great's (reign 871-899) older brother and predecessor. ✍️ ~ Michael McComb on #WHE
The Courage of Sergeant Booth, by Rado Javor. Commissioned as the cover to "Cruelty of Fate: The Fight for Khambula."
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#britishhistory #britishempire #britisharmy #victoriacross #victorianera #southafrica #Zulu
WW2 women: A recruit to the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), takes notes during a lesson as part of her training in a classroom at a Royal Air Force base, possibly RAF Bridgnorth in Shropshire. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
October 30, 1986 - Ruislip and Northwood Gazette - A profile of Pip and Jane Baker.
#PipAndJaneBaker #RuislipAndNorthwoodGazette #Ruislip #Northwood #LocalHistory #NewspaperArchive #1986 #HistoricalProfile #Gazette #Archive #BritishHistory #WritersProfile
"Mortuary chest from Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. This is one of six mortuary chests near the altar in the Cathedral, this one purports to contain the bones of King Edred d. 955, along with others." - picryl.com This has Edred's name at the top with his DOD. Above is is a cross with a crown on top. At the bottom are two angels on each side of a plaque in Latin.
Who Lies in Winchester’s Medieval Mortuary Chests?
"The tangled remains of medieval kings and bishops at Winchester Cathedral are finally beginning to give up their secrets."
www.medievalists.net/2026/03/who-l
#history #britishhistory
Want To Know More About Men's Fashion in the Late 1700s, Or Georgian Era? #GeorgianEra #BritishHistory #Nonfiction books2read.com/suziloveFashMen1700s
1804 Titled Men In Parliamentary Robes. From Kearsley’s Complete Peerage. #RegencyEra #Peerage #BritishHistory #Royalty
1804 Table of Precedence of Women From Queen Downwards. From Kearsley's Complete Peerage. #RegencyEra #Peerage #BritishHistory #Royalty
The Code Girl from London. Tillie and Maggie’s younger sister Katie Kingston is a wireless telegraphist on the eve of D-Day. 1960 4.4-star Amazon ratings! Available now: shorturl.at/nEKPQ #WW2Books #LoveAndWar #Bookstagram #BritishHistory #MustRead #ReadmorePress
#OTD 26 March 1199 - Richard the Lionheart wounded at Chalus
#BritishHistory #medieval
From my blog archives: charlenenewcomb.com/2017/03/otd-...
📚💙 John Dee advised Elizabeth I, pursued alchemy and was the royal court’s astrologer, and built one of England’s greatest libraries.
#TudorHistory #HistoryLovers #BritishHistory #RenaissanceHistory #OnThisDay
#OTD 25 March 1194 – Richard the Lionheart arrives at the Siege of Nottingham
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#BritishHistory #medieval
WW2 Women: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), In the Flying Control Room at RAF Dunholme, an aircraftwoman assists in the bringing of Lancasters back to base after a raid on Berlin. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
7 new towns planned across England 🏡
Names could honor iconic Britons—from Queen Elizabeth II to Emmeline Pankhurst 🇬🇧
No final decisions yet—local voices will shape them 🗳️
#UKNews #NewTowns #HousingCrisis #UrbanDevelopment #BritishHistory
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Frederick North! He's eventually going to lose the US, but for now he's a happy playmate of George III and a "scrub" in the passenger side of his best friend's ride on a 4-year roadtrip across Europe. #HistorySky #18thCentury #GeorgianEra #BritishHistory
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1800s Road Travel In Jane Austen and Bridgerton Times. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #BritishHistory #Travel
1800s Road Travel In Jane Austen and Bridgerton Times. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #BritishHistory #Travel
A large group of women sitting on the ground in front of a gate. A man is attempting to push through, being helped by a male police officer stood in the gateway.
#OnThisDay, 22 March 1982, about 250 people blockade Greenham Common airbase in the UK. 34 are arrested. It was the first mass non-violent protest by the Greenham Common peace women.
Photo: Paula Allen.
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#WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #BritishHistory 🗃️
A Burning London Sky. The sequel to The War Twins of London. Follow Tillie and Maggie as the twins face new challenges and dangers in war-torn London. Available at Amazon: shorturl.at/clIP1 #WW2Books #LoveAndWar #Bookstagram #BritishHistory #MustRead #ReadmorePress
Olive Morris in her squat in the 1970s. She is a black woman with a short fro, wearing a big fluffy coat as she tries to keep warm with a one bar fire. Photo by Neil Kenlock.
#OnThisDay, 18 Mar 1979, the first National Black Women’s Conference started in Brixton, London, arranged by the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD). Over 300 women attended.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory #London 🗃️
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#OTD #TDIH #June 25, 1533: #BOTD: #HBD #MaryTudor! #QueenOfFrance #DuchessOfSuffolk #Princesses #EnglishPrincesses #Beauties #EnglishMonarchy #HouseOfTudor #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #BritishNobility #BritishHistory #HistoryOfGreatBritain #HistorySky #RoyalSky
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Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, U.K. #BritishHistory #London #RegencyEra #GrosvenorSquare #QueenVictoria
Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, U.K. #BritishHistory #London #RegencyEra #GrosvenorSquare #QueenVictoria
1807 Non-Regulation Cotton Linen Shirt as worn by men in Jane Austen’s acquaintance, British. #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #BritishHistory #Military
1807 Non-Regulation Cotton Linen Shirt as worn by men in Jane Austen's acquaintance, British. #RegencyFashion #JaneAusten #BritishHistory #Military
How France and England became such bitter rivals throughout history youtu.be/v8KRdV9wIZ8?... #BritishHistory #FrenchHistory
WW2 women: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Members of Bomber Command returning from a mine-laying operation on the enemy coastline are interviewed by a WAAF Intelligence Officer at RAF Lakenheath. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
