I spoke to Mark Turnbull
about Alice Thornton, finding two of her missing manuscripts and her life in the turbulent #17thCentury. Subscribe to CavalierCast & listen on your regular podcast platform: episode 28, 'Alice Thornton's manuscripts'.
https://buzzsprout.com/1194917 #earlymodern #podcast #BritishCivilWars @histodons @histodon @litodons

#OTD in 1644, Alice Thornton's sister, Katherine Danby, gave birth to her 15th child at Middleham Castle while her husband was a fugitive in the civil war. Alice, on horseback, nearly drowned in the river en route: 'the poor mare drew up her forefeet & I perceived she did swim' (Book1). See further https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/

⁠#SeventeenthCentury #BritishCivilWars @histodons @histodon
@litodons

#OTD 1610/1611 At St Andrew's church, Holborn, to William and Alice, the baptism of eldest son William Dobson, later to become court painter and portraitist of King Charles I at Oxford, during the English Civil Wars.

#History
@histodons
#17thcentury
#BritishCivilWars
#art
#artist
#portraits

I just finished a book of historical fiction about the manhunt for those who sentenced Charles I to death, Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris. First time I’ve read fiction about a historical period I have studied as a scholar. https://bookshop.org/p/books/act-of-oblivion-robert-harris/18429818 1/ (thread) #bookstodon #history #WarsOfTheThreeKingdoms #BritishCivilWars

A major revamp and update for the #ECWtravelogue entry for Derbyshire including: skirmishes, garrisoned houses, and a landlord being thrown out of his own pub. #EnglishCivilWar #BritishCivilWars #Warsof3Kingdoms

https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2019/04/bolsover-castle.html

At no. 3, is my #Blog post on the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and how the Thorntons felt about having a King Charles again. #BritishCivilWars
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-09-12-a-house-divided/

Our 4th most popular #blog, was by Dr Jo Edge on Alice Thornton's connection with Middleham Castle in Yorkshire during the #BritishCivilWars
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/

Just come over from the Dying Bird. If you are interested in #EnglishCivilWar #WarOfTheThreeKingdoms #BritishCivilWars please follow me so I can follow you back!

I'm going to boost the "Can we just get everyone to agree on a name for what we're talking about please" poll again shortly - with apologies, as many of you will have seen it several times already (and in many cases boosted it!), but other people won't have seen it, because weekend.

It only has 1 day left - so let's squeeze out as many votes as we can.

In the words of Lenny Kravitz "Baby, it ain't over 'til it's over".

@histodons @englishcivilwar #EnglishCivilWar #BritishCivilWars #history

OK, here's a poll.

What group name do people want for talking broadly about military stuff going on in the British Isles in the 17th century? Bearing in mind everyone has very specific interests, and eventually as people find their way into the Fediverse and the community grows, no doubt other, related groups are likely to form anyway.

And no Python jokes about "aplitters", please 😉

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Good morning world. Here's yet another rules review to help ease you gently into a new working week. This time it is Pike and Shotte's turn. #wargaming #EnglishCivilWar #BritishCivilWars #Warsof3Kingdoms https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2022/11/pike-and-shotte.html

Hi everyone! I'm redoing my intro as I joined in May, but am only poking my head out of lurk-mode today with so many new folks to talk to. :) Main interests are:

#History
#BritishHistory
#EnglishCivilWar
#BritishCivilWars
#17thCentury
#EarlyModern
#Art #ArtHistory
#WilliamDobson (artist)
#genealogy
#familyhistory
#JackRussellterriers. 😁

Please come and say hi!