Bibliolater 📚📜🖋📐 · @bibliolater
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"Stephen Fry takes a look inside the story of Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the world's first printing press in the 15th century, and an exploration of how and why the machine was invented." youtu.be/uQ88yC35NjI @histodon @histodons @bookstodon

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The Siksälä belt!

This belt is inspired by a find dated between the 12th and 14th centuries, found in Siksälä, Estonia.

I love how vibrant the colors are, and how much it makes a basic outfit stand out ❤️

It will be available for purchase in the online shop soon 🛍

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Assoc for Scottish Literature · @scotlit
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Once Upon a Crime
The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast talks to Denise Mina

Denise Mina discusses her new historical novel THREE FIRES, set in about Savonarola & the “Bonfire of the Vanities”.

She also speaks about her new Philip Marlowe novel THE SECOND MURDERER, & the challenges of writing someone else's character.

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Bibliolater 📚📜🖋📐 · @bibliolater
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Yun-Casalilla, B. (2019). Iberian World Empires and the Globalization of Europe 1415–1668. In Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History. Springer Nature Singapore. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-083 @histodon @histodons @bookstodon

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Mary2Drawz · @Mary2Drawz
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Hello All! I came from Twitter as many of you know so I’ll be sharing my art on here instead. This is my official page so if you’d like to see more of my artworks feel free to follow me as you wish 😊

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steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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RobertFredeKenter · @RobertFredeKenter
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For today what I am calling "an urban 'café'" of mine published in Jan. at UK which is Paul Brookes wondrous website. The poem riffs off an historic form, the from . Often , is trad in ., 3 lines of 7 syllables, 4 lines a/b/c/b rhyme , line 4, 11 syllables. TY in advance.

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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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@dailymedievaldeath Thanks for giving manuscript ref.
I see this is from Froissart's Chronicles, c.1410, so illustrated almost half a century after the event. Link to a brief description & images of 10 more pages (but not this one): manuscripts.kb.nl/show/manuscr

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Kinetograph · @Kinetograph
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Book of hours, produced in England ca. 1450-1460 CE, (University of Pennsylvania Libraries)

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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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@alanrogers123 Amazing stories about - & thanks for including the source of that wonderful image in your alt text. Maybe useful to note that the illustration was made more than 8 centuries later, c.1450? in France, but it's now in the Hague, at the National Library of the . Description of the , with links to more images, manuscripts.kb.nl/show/manuscr

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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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The 16 children of included 3 duchesses, 1 earl, 1 countess, 3 barons, 1 baroness, 1 bishop & a nun; grandchildren later included & 2 kings. Joan had been born illegitimate. Despite a lifesize memorial in next to her husband , she chose to be buried in alongside her mother , long-term mistress & eventually wife of . 🧵 11/

#joanbeaufort #warwickthekingmaker #staindrop #ralphneville #lincolncathedral #katherineswynford #johnofgaunt #15thcentury #genealogy #familyhistory #granddaughtersofedwardiii

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Clasic Art 🇪🇺 · @classicart
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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, eldest daughter of , is remembered as a devoted wife, mother, & Queen of . She was buried in the monastery at , founded by her husband King João I in thanks for victory there, & they were later reinterred together in a magnificent joint tomb. This reign was the beginning of Portugal’s rise to prosperity & global influence, their children renowned as the .

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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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I've been enjoying 'The Granddaughters of Edward III' by , thanks to a review copy from . Two queens, several scandals, descendants with competing claims leading to the . Many history books focus on half the population; examining what we know of the women provides new perspective. 🧵 1/

pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Grandd

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Clasic Art 🇪🇺 · @classicart
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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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that the earliest known Valentine's letter was addressed to a future MP? Read about the 15th-century relationship between Margery Brewes and John Paston in this blog from Dr Hannes Kleineke👇💗 ow.ly/fhSy50Dq3V1
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Clasic Art · @classicart
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