New #TalkingTudors episode alert! It was wonderful to speak with Sharon Bennett Connolly about her forthcoming book, ‘Heroines of the Tudor World’. Tune in to hear about some amazing women, including Margaret Barnes, a talented swordswoman and innkeeper!
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To celebrate the launch of their new website, The History Press are doing a limited Ebook sale - and you can get 30% off The Queen and the Mistress! Read all about Queen Philippa of Hainault and mistress Alice Perrers to your heart's content...
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I'd never seen this before! Painted in the 17th century, this portrait of Henry VIII is after Holbein, and derived from the Whitehall Mural. You can view it on Digital Bodleian here: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/257ecd…

The women of the Howard family have received limited attention compared to their male counterparts, despite their often exceptional lives. Our archive holds some documents for many of the Norfolk/Arundel wives dating back to the 15thC.
#HiddenHistories ARA Scotland #Archive30

Alongside photographing manuscripts and early printed books, I'm also photographing our collection of medieval binding fragments which have been removed from College books. Here is SJC MS 235/72, Augustine's Tractatus in Euangelium Ioannis.

We have exciting news, everyone, now that term comes closer! On Thursday of week 1 (25 April) we will hear from Chandini Jaswal (Chandini Jaswal) from Panjab University, Chandigarh with the paper 'Revisiting the Narrative of the Sufi Princess, Jahanara Begum' for our research seminar.

Another wonderful find from OxfamBookshopOxford! The story of John Mandeville, who supposedly traversed the globe in the 14th century, or did he? 🤔 No spoilers! I love the way Milton writes, and I can't wait to read this one 🗺️

'I remember finding the book on the shelf and standing there and just reading the entire thing in the shop'

Have you ever joined Suzannah Lipscomb in this bookworm tradition?!

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For those who don't work with special collections regularly, I need you know that it's fairly common to talk to the items. As I got a box of fragments off the shelf, I said 'Sorry guys!' as I felt them move inside the box. I'm always chatting to the items.

This hardly needs saying, but I can't recommend this course enough! The first module was fascinating and informative, and I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's live Zoom meeting!

I was browsing Digital Bodleian this afternoon, and I found these lovely depictions of James I, Joan Beaufort, James IV, and Margaret Tudor in Bodleian Library MS. Wood C. 9! You can view the partially digitized manuscript here: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/6ee963…

Everyone, Beyond the Streets is doing their Beyond Jack the Ripper tour again, which focuses on the victims' lives (not their deaths) and raises money for women in need.👇
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A question for authors: do you write your books in chronological order, or do you jump around? I'm thinking about skipping ahead in the narrative, but I'm worried about losing momentum if I have to double back to previous chapters. What's anyone else's experience with this?

Henry V was crowned in the Abbey #onthisday in 1413.

The coronation service is depicted in a carving in Henry's chantry chapel in the Abbey. The ornately decorated chapel stands over the king’s tomb
at the east end of the church.

The chapel is reached by a spiral stone…

The gold leaf on this illuminated initial is just beautiful ✨ SJC MS 257 will be available to view on Digital Bodleian soon.

📢I am pleased to announce that I am one of the speakers as part of Simply Tudor Tours online learning experience - The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn.

My session, taking place on the 4th August, is all about Anne Boleyn and witchcraft.

Tickets available now from 👇👇👇

Richard III is looking particularly regal in this illuminated initial in SJC MS 257 (f. 243v).

Fantastic news: our work on the Bodleian Libraries 'Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse' project is now complete with 94 manuscripts fully digitised and available to view on the Digital Bodleian site! 🥳📜

Check out the project page for more:
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/ma…

📢NEW POST📢

Harry Smith (our #DigitalHumanities Research Fellow) explains the digital methods we are using to transcribe 25,000 wills.

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#EarlyModern #twitterstorians #History The Leverhulme Trust Exeter History Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Transkribus CEMS Exeter

8 Apr 1521: Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of #Buckingham , summoned to #London #otd . He was executed on 17 May 1521 for having encompassed the King's (Henry VIII's death)

(Magdalene College Cambridge and Trinity College Cambridge - Stafford carrying the Sword of State)