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B.A. in history. Snoopy enjoyer. Tudor women. medieval & early modern. writer. linktree: https://linktr.ee/margaretbeaufortfanclub contributor at https://his-ill-fated-wives.wixsite.com/henryviii

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margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · Jul 3

✨Reposting✨ so I can pin what I think is some of my best work to date.

Anne Boleyn: The Birth Debate

1501? 1507? Neither?

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margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 16h

Anne Boleyn + Katherine Howard

Cousins, wives and queens

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 1d

Hang it in the Louvre; I hear there's room...
(Photo @aaronscott_dp)

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 20h

Take it from us -- an organization that closely studies all the horrific ways people can die from common household items -- have the jelly donut.

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 19h

It was an absolute pleasure to chat to @iaindale.bsky.social about my new book, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy for his show on @lbc.co.uk The interview should be broadcast one day this week at around 7.45pm #womenwhoruledtheworld

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 20h

A brown bear on tiptoes, stretching up for some tasty fruit in this Roman floor mosaic! 🐻 🍎

From Trier (ancient Augusta Treverorum). 3rd century AD.

Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier.
📷 by me

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

My photo shows a fragment of a Roman floor mosaic depicting a brown bear standing on its hind legs with its front legs raised/ leaning on the upper trunk of a tree laden with round fruit, perhaps apples, which are a favourite of brown bears! The bear raises its head, mouth wide, as if about to eat a fruit from the tree.

The bear’s outline is defined with black tessarae, and its fur is composed of dark and light brown tessarae. The fruit tree is covered with round orangy-red fruits amongst green and grey leaves. The trunk is coloured with olive and light brown tesserae. The background is made of off-white tesserae. This natural scene is supplemented by a small geyish green shrub between the tree and the bear, and in the background, a second tree without fruit.

This mosaic fragment was found in 1875 at Südallee, Trier. Dated 3rd century AD. It has been partially restored.

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Leo Cadogan @leocadogan.com · 18h

C for cavallo (horse). Woodcut capital used in a book of Verona (Girolamo Discepolo), 1592.

A finely shaded horse, its head turned back, inhabits this initial C. Italic letterpress to right hand side and below.

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 21h

last days to get a vampurr!

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 23h

AWS is down, post hog

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 1d

"Thieves stole jewels from the Louvre, you say?"

"Release the patrol dogs with lanterns immediately"

A print from 1818 (published in Sporting Magazine) showing a labrador patroling a landscape at night with a lantern balance on its head. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1849-0210-122

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Suffolk Detectorist @sdetectorist.bsky.social · 17h

Just because.... 🥰

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margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 18h

Philip treated Juana terribly during the ten year marriage. She was thought of as “mad,” which is an unfair assertion. She was understandably devastated by the death of her mother. Philip passed away two years after Isabella. Juana’s situation unfortunately got worse from here. 3/3

margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 18h

Juana was the older sister of #KatherineofAragon. They shared a close relationship. Philip was the son of a Holy Roman Emperor and a member of the #Habsburg family. 2/3

margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 18h

Happy (?) unfortunate anniversary to Juana of Castile and Philip the Handsome who married #OTD in 1496. 1/3

Juana and Philip in stained glass (Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges).

Juana and her husband with their Spanish subjects (Wikimedia Commons).

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margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 19h

Excited for this one!

margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 4d

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Tudor Ghost Stories

Everyone loves a good ghost story and the Tudors had their own ghostly encounters.

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margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 5d

Edward VI off the press

The Future King of England! Edward Tudor's christening

Edward VI as a Child (Hans Holbein the Younger, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1538).Edward VI was born on October 12th, 1537 after Jane Seymour endured an intense two-day labour. Jane had ...

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margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 7d

the last time i had more than one article written and scheduled was at least 5 months ago 😳. one is live this Thursday and the other two next week!

margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 7d

It was published in 1535 including both Old and New Testament. In 1537 the first complete Bibles were printed in England. Coverdale was also involved in the Great Bible of 1539. 2/2

margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 7d

The Coverdale Bible compiled by Myles Coverdale was the first complete modern English translation of the Bible. It was printed in Antwerp. Its full name is The Bible, that is the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testament, faithfully translated into English. 1/2

Myles Coverdale (“The Letters of the Martyrs,” engraving from a 1533 portrait, 1837).

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margaret beaufort #1 fan @tudorhistetc.bsky.social · 7d

live !!

Edward VI

Birth, baptism and childhood

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Prof Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social · 8d

Merchant Adventurers' Hall by night

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 8d

Federico da Montefeltro (of the famous nose) & his lovely wife Battista Sforza. Frozen in time in their perfect profiles, in 1470, by Piero della Francesca.

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 8d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 8d

As if an encrusted silver dress was not already a lot, it has a scarlet satin coat with a matching silver lining. There is an occasion here of which I can only imagine. Late #1950s Arnold Scaasi @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A mannequin in a dramatic pose wearing a sleeveless silver embellished dress with a red bow over the right hip. It has a matching cot of red satin lined with the silver embellished fabric

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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 8d

Saint Margaret of Antioch, 15th century, by British School
Class: Sculpture-Stone
Culture: British
Medium: Alabaster with paint and gilding
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467466

Saint Margaret of Antioch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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