Richard III Society
@richardiiisociety.bsky.social
We have been working since 1924 to secure a more balanced assessment of Richard III and to support research into his life and times. We have a broad interest in the late 15th C.
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Very much looking forward to presenting at the Low Countries History Seminar at the IHR this evening. I'll be talking about merchants from the Low Countries who specialised (and excelled) in supplying London's goods market with everyday stuff in the later Middle Ages. 😊
TONIGHT!!! You can still make your way to Bloomsbury! Or you can bat your eyelashes at me sweetly and I can send you the zoom link. Either way, don't miss this. Eliot is fabulous!
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Very much looking forward to presenting at the Low Countries History Seminar at the IHR this evening. I'll be talking about merchants from the Low Countries who specialised (and excelled) in supplying London's goods market with everyday stuff in the later Middle Ages. 😊
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📣📣📣 Details of our next publication - The Post-Mortem Accounts and Inventories of Sir Thomas Charlton (d.1465), edited by Claire Martin - are now available on our website! 🎉 Click here for more info: yorkisthistorytrust.org/publications/ #MedievalSky #medieval #Skystorians #BookSky
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📣📣📣 Details of our next publication - The Post-Mortem Accounts and Inventories of Sir Thomas Charlton (d.1465), edited by Claire Martin - are now available on our website! 🎉 Click here for more info: yorkisthistorytrust.org/publications/ #MedievalSky #medieval #Skystorians #BookSky
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3/ Looking back to Black Rod's medieval origins, Dr Hannes Kleineke has examined the origins of the post, and how Black Rod's ceremonial duties were just one of many roles demanded by the job:
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Black Rod: the Early Centuries - The History of Parliament
Last week Parliament announced they are advertising for a new Black Rod. In today’s blog, as Dr Hannes Kleineke, Senior Research Fellow in our Commons
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November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
3/ Looking back to Black Rod's medieval origins, Dr Hannes Kleineke has examined the origins of the post, and how Black Rod's ceremonial duties were just one of many roles demanded by the job:
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
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A Voice for Richard, Part II! This Saturday 29 November 2-5 pm, in person at the King Richard Visitors Centre or via Live Stream. Tickets available at kriii.com/what-s-on/20... Speakers include @mattlewishistory.bsky.social, Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, Caroline Wilkinson & others.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A Voice for Richard, Part II! This Saturday 29 November 2-5 pm, in person at the King Richard Visitors Centre or via Live Stream. Tickets available at kriii.com/what-s-on/20... Speakers include @mattlewishistory.bsky.social, Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, Caroline Wilkinson & others.
A Voice for Richard, Part II! This Saturday 29 November 2-5 pm, in person at the King Richard Visitors Centre or via Live Stream. Tickets available at kriii.com/what-s-on/20... Speakers include @mattlewishistory.bsky.social, Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, Caroline Wilkinson & others.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A Voice for Richard, Part II! This Saturday 29 November 2-5 pm, in person at the King Richard Visitors Centre or via Live Stream. Tickets available at kriii.com/what-s-on/20... Speakers include @mattlewishistory.bsky.social, Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, Caroline Wilkinson & others.
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Gruuthuse resided at his grand city palace in Bruges where he also hosted king Edward IV of England during his exile (which earned him the title ‘Earl of Winchester)
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Gruuthuse resided at his grand city palace in Bruges where he also hosted king Edward IV of England during his exile (which earned him the title ‘Earl of Winchester)
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Winchester Cathedral.
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Winchester Cathedral.
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
The disturbingly realistic cadaver effigy of Richard Fox, (d1528). a prominent politician and diplomat, under Henry VII. He was Bishop of Winchester from 1501 to 1528 .
#momentomorimonday #tudor
Our thanks to @richardasquith.bsky.social for a fascinating talk. Members of the Richard III Society who missed it will have a chance to view a recording for a limited time.
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our thanks to @richardasquith.bsky.social for a fascinating talk. Members of the Richard III Society who missed it will have a chance to view a recording for a limited time.
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Looking forward to this, this afternoon! So much interesting information to be gleaned.
Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Looking forward to this, this afternoon! So much interesting information to be gleaned.
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Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
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Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
The Ricardian is the historical journal of the Richard III Society & is published annually. Members of the Society receive the current year’s volume as a benefit of membership. After 5 years, issues are available to everyone free online below. #Medievalsky richardiii.net/research/the...
The Ricardian - Richard III Society
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November 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The Ricardian is the historical journal of the Richard III Society & is published annually. Members of the Society receive the current year’s volume as a benefit of membership. After 5 years, issues are available to everyone free online below. #Medievalsky richardiii.net/research/the...
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Tombeau de Philippe Pot (1428-1493), grand sénéchal de Bourgogne, puis conseiller de Louis XI, roi de France
Musée du Louvre
Musée du Louvre
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tombeau de Philippe Pot (1428-1493), grand sénéchal de Bourgogne, puis conseiller de Louis XI, roi de France
Musée du Louvre
Musée du Louvre
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The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
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If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....
binghamton.interviewexchange.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....
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Late #FontsOnFriday The C15 #FontCover at Middleham, St Mary and St Alkelda,Yorkshire likely came from Jervaulx Abbey, discarded in likely in the 1720s. Found in a hayloft of Middleham Deanery in 1895, was reconstructed by 1898. Top & base gone, middle survived.
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Late #FontsOnFriday The C15 #FontCover at Middleham, St Mary and St Alkelda,Yorkshire likely came from Jervaulx Abbey, discarded in likely in the 1720s. Found in a hayloft of Middleham Deanery in 1895, was reconstructed by 1898. Top & base gone, middle survived.
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Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2
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The 2020 issue of The Ricardian was recently uploaded to @richardiiisociety.bsky.social's website free to access richardiii.net/research/the.... It includes papers from an @lincolnrecsoc.bsky.social conference, among them a case study of Cecily duchess of York's excercise of lordship in Lincolnshire
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The 2020 issue of The Ricardian was recently uploaded to @richardiiisociety.bsky.social's website free to access richardiii.net/research/the.... It includes papers from an @lincolnrecsoc.bsky.social conference, among them a case study of Cecily duchess of York's excercise of lordship in Lincolnshire
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#OTD in 1468, Charles the Bold’s troops sacked Liège after which the city was set on fire. The sack was part of the ongoing attempts for Burgundian influence over the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#OTD in 1468, Charles the Bold’s troops sacked Liège after which the city was set on fire. The sack was part of the ongoing attempts for Burgundian influence over the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
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It's November. Why just knock acorns down from a tree the usual way when you can do it as an interpretive dance?
Image: The Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry the Met (54.1.1 f12r)
Image: The Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry the Met (54.1.1 f12r)
November 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's November. Why just knock acorns down from a tree the usual way when you can do it as an interpretive dance?
Image: The Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry the Met (54.1.1 f12r)
Image: The Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry the Met (54.1.1 f12r)
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Continuing the medieval brass eagle lectern series, this time from Oundle, Northants. This chap was made in the 15th Century, possibly for Fotheringhay church, and chucked in the river at the Reformation only to be found and installed at Oundle in the 19th Century.
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Continuing the medieval brass eagle lectern series, this time from Oundle, Northants. This chap was made in the 15th Century, possibly for Fotheringhay church, and chucked in the river at the Reformation only to be found and installed at Oundle in the 19th Century.
Happy November. In the Labours of the Months it is often time to fatten up the pigs. The swineherd takes them out into the woods and knocks down acorns for them to eat. (Image Trin MS B.11.31 f11r)
November 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Happy November. In the Labours of the Months it is often time to fatten up the pigs. The swineherd takes them out into the woods and knocks down acorns for them to eat. (Image Trin MS B.11.31 f11r)
And open access!
Pleased to see my ‘viewpoint’ looking at the historiography of London’s crafts and guilds now available @thelondonjournal.bsky.social as part of the journal’s 50th birthday celebrations!
Our latest Viewpoint article is out: 'Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons' by @mpdavies.bsky.social.
A 🧵 on the insights provided by this article into the history and historiography of these key metropolitan institutions in the medieval and early modern periods.
A 🧵 on the insights provided by this article into the history and historiography of these key metropolitan institutions in the medieval and early modern periods.
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And open access!