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  • Medieval Reacts and Two Monks: History in Social Media

    Many people will probably be aware of the rise in popularity of “reacts” social media pages. The idea is that the Facebook or Twitter page takes a popular cultural phenomenon, often a television show, and posts pictures from it with a humorous caption (usually in a bid to get as many likes as possible and…

  • Royal People: Eleanor Cobham, Royal Witch?

    I thought it only fitting to write my first post about one of the women my recent Masters dissertation focused upon. Eleanor Cobham was a woman who lived in England during the fifteenth century. In 1428, she married Humphrey, the Duke of Gloucester, who was one of Henry V’s brothers, and uncle to the current…

  • Welcome

    Welcome

    Hello there! My first post had to be a little introduction to this new blog. Having just graduated from a Medieval History Masters course, I decided I couldn’t quite leave the history world behind yet. I needed to start up a blog where I could have a creative outlet for all the great things I have…