Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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#AnneOfGloucester grew up with the library of #Pleshey Castle, commissioned & collected by the #bibliophile #Bohun family, & catalogued in 1397 when her father was arrested. #WomensHistory prompts reflection on household culture, role models, generational influence - & how both we & kings may struggle with inner demons.
🎨 made for Anne's mother, #EleanorDeBohun. 🧵 13/
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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Thinking about #MedievalWomen also casts new light on the men. #JohnOfGaunt gave lavish tips to messengers bringing news of his brother's babies, & not only for the firstborn son. When #AnneOfGloucester arrived he rode over to #Pleshey, bestowed lavish gifts, & tipped the 'rokestare' who rocked the baby in her cradle.
@ANDictionary notes this use of an old English word in the Anglo-Norman context of Gaunt's register: https://www.anglo-norman.net/entry/rokestare 🧵 12/
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Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
283 followers · 206 posts · Server h-net.social@ANDictionary Thanks for checking! FWIW my new post on #AnneOfGloucester focuses on the other end of her life, at https://h-net.social/@ClaireFromClare/109930112538205271 - but I am still chuckling at the unlikely juxtaposition of #JohnOfGaunt, baby and #rockstar.
#anneofgloucester #johnofgaunt #rockstar
Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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#AnneOfGloucester became Countess of Stafford, then married #WilliamBourchier who fought at #Agincourt. They're both buried at #LlanthonySecunda Priory in #Gloucester, of which her maternal #Bohun family were patrons. It's now open to visitors, with a wonderful 45min #documentary on its history, the #LlanthonyCarol & the importance of #Llanthony #manuscripts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahKyk6ApxqM 🧵 10/
#Augustinian #library #CorpusChristi #medieval #medievodons @medievodons
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