Post Categories

Here I have gathered all of my posts under particular categories, so that it is easier for you to read multiple posts in your area of interest without having to scroll down my home page.

Royal People Series

• Eleanor Cobham, Royal Witch?
• Isabella of France, “She-Wolf” of England
• Emperor Charlemagne, King of the Franks
• Boudica, Queen of the Iceni
• Queen Joan of Navarre’s Confinement as a Witch
• Jacqueline of Hainault, pawn or political player?
• Joanna of Castile, Mad or Maligned?
• Jadwiga of Poland
• Anna Komnene – Historian, Physician, Byzantine Princess
• The Princes in the Tower

Royal Mistresses

• Alice Perrers, The Lady of the Sun

Historical Figures

• Ada Lovelace, The First Computer Programmer

Mythical Creatures

• Medieval Vampires
• Medieval Mermaids
• Medieval Elves
• A History of Dragons

Legendary People

• Lady Godiva
• Elizabeth Báthory – Mass Murderer, Vampire, Innocent?

Witchcraft

• The Pendle Witches: ‘The Wonderfull discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster’

Popular History

• Medieval Reacts and Two Monks: History in Social Media
• Fairy Tales or Medieval Reality? Historical origins of fantasy stories
• Origins of Wedding Traditions
• Is Selfie Culture New? Vanity Through Time
• Historical Accuracy in Films and the Tiffany Problem

Important Events

• The Medieval Titanic: The tragedy of the White Ship Disaster
• The Biggest Party Ever? The Field of the Cloth of Gold
• What happened after 1066? The Harrying of the North
• The Anarchy: England’s Medieval Civil War
• The Spanish Armada of 1588
• The Great Fire of London: A Baker’s Tragedy

A Brief Moment of History

• The Day a Bus Jumped Tower Bridge
• When People Posted Babies

Women’s History

• Stand and Deliver, Your Money or Your Life: Female Highwaymen of the Seventeenth Century
• Feeble or Fierce? Colonial Women of North America

Historical Fashion

• Georgian Women’s Hairstyles
• Fashion as Liberation: Edwardian Women’s Hatpins

Ancient Wonders

• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• The Colosseum
• Stonehenge
• The Great Wall of China

Seafaring History

• Honour Amongst Thieves? Early Modern Pirate Honour Code
• Vikings and America: The People who beat Columbus

History of Food

• When Pineapples Were The Height Of Luxury

Seasonal

• Have Yourself a Merry Little (Medieval) Christmas
• Happy New Year, or End of the World? Early Modern Apocalypse Predictions
• Medieval Dating Tips; or, How to bag yourself an eligible Lord or Lady
• World Book Day: Millennia of Firsts – a Brief History of the Book
• Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot: Who was Guy Fawkes?
• When The Thames Froze Over: The ‘Little Ice Age’ Thames Frost Fairs
• New Year, New Me: A History of Calendars
• Women of Just History Posts: International Women’s Day 2018
• “Dazzling in the Extreme”: Ice Skating in the Victorian Era

Medieval Marginalia

• Why Are There So Many Snails In Medieval Manuscripts?
• At It Like Rabbits

An Interview With

• Tim Wingard – Medieval Sexuality and Animals
• Jill Campbell – Knebworth House Archives

Castles

• The Development of Castles in Britain (Part 1)

Monthly Round-Up

• History in the News, January 2019

Miscellaneous

• The Humanity of Manuscripts
• Mischievous Monks and Naughty Nuns
• Medieval Squabbles: Modern Relatability to the Medieval Royal Court
• How Medieval Medicine is Helping us Today
• Magic and Robots: Medieval Automatons
• The Book of Kells, a Medieval Masterpiece
• Reactions to Suicide in Medieval Europe
• A tour through History: Just History Posts Top 10
• Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville

 

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