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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just a few days to go now, so do get your tickets.

Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · Aug 31

One week to go until Summit One of the online programme of summits dedicated to royal marriages in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Tickets here:
shop.tudortimes.co.uk/collections/...

@thetudortimes.bsky.social @nathenamin.bsky.social @melitat.bsky.social @drlindaporter.bsky.social
#Tudors

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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · Aug 21

I found a cool Shakespeare thing. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Will at centre of legal battle over Shakespeare’s home unearthed after 150 years

Document from 1642 made by husband of Shakespeare’s granddaughter found in unlabelled box at National Archives

www.theguardian.com

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Aug 22

Looking forward to this.

Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · Aug 18

The final talk in the first summit of Royal Marriages Summit series bit.ly/41mhT1s will be delivered by @drlindaporter.bsky.social who will be discussing the marriage of James IV of Scotland to Margaret, daughter of Henry VII of England, a union intended to bring perpetual peace. It didn't work...

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Jul 28

You can now pre-order the paperback of my book with a 25% price reduction in this special summer offer from @waterstones.bsky.social . Available online or on the app only. Use code SUMMER25 at checkout. @headofzeus.bsky.social

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Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · Jun 22

Absolutely delighted to be giving a paper, looking at how the network of Mary I's attendants maintained their faith after her death.

Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Jun 22

Just over a week until all #EarlyModern ists descend upon Bristol!! Find out who’s joining us at #RenSoc25 and start those conversations ahead of our gathering in person:
go.bsky.app/DVyFCxt #SkyStorians

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Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · Jun 22

S is for Mary Scrope who attended Katharine of Aragon at the Field of Cloth of Gold. Her 2nd husband was Sir William Kingston, deputy lieutenant of the Tower. She waited on Anne Boleyn during her imprisonment, to Anne’s dismay, as Mary’s loyalty remained with Katharine. amzn.to/3X5KVBp

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · May 20

Who writes this rubbish? Naseby was an important battle but it can hardly be described as the birthplace of democracy.

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · May 20

Universities do research that may not be commercially viable now but will be transformative down the line. They correct for market failure. If all they do is think like enterprises then they become a part of that market failure.

Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · May 20

Of course, any academic worth their salt would then ask whose research will lay the foundation for any of this activity ... but expertise doesn't seem to be a prerequisite for commercialisation.

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · May 13

#OnThisDay 13 May 1662: Catherine of Braganza arrived in England to marry Charles II. She wasn’t a whining wimp—she was a savvy, accomplished queen and regent.

@drlindaporter.bsky.social joined me to set the record straight.

Listen now 🎧 #OTD.fo/e/1ef377" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pod.fo/e/1ef377
#OTD <span class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#OnThisDate #History #Podcast

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · May 12

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.

They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.

It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Apr 26

Just two weeks until I'll be at Dumfries House for @bozzybookfest.bsky.social, talking with @huntingrebels.bsky.social about Margaret Tudor and Mary Queen of Scots, in a session chaired by @agroundwater.bsky.social . Cannot wait!

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · Apr 11

And people say Church History isn’t important

Jamie Douglass @jamesldouglass.bsky.social · Apr 11

Pope Leo X and Charles V discover environmentalism

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · Apr 9

👑 @drlindaporter.bsky.social is busting myths about Margaret Tudor!

Far from an over-sexed failure, she fought fiercely for her son James V’s throne. 💪

🎧 Hear more on History Rage at the Gloucester History Festival!
🎟️ Tickets: www.gloucesterhistor...

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Apr 5

Possibly. Am I the only one who finds her just a bit creepy?

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Your ticket will not only get you my lecture on Mary, but will give you access to lectures from (in no particular order!) @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social, @tracyborman.bsky.social, Gareth Russell, @laceybonarhull.bsky.social, @drlindaporter.bsky.social, Peter Stiffell, Kate McCaffrey …

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Apr 1

I can't immediately recall. But I think I would go first to the TNA. Perhaps if you take an image from the State Papers themselves, via TNA, it would simplify things. @nicolatallis.bsky.social uses the famous Tide Letter in her book 'Young Elizabeth' and credits TNA.

Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Mar 28

I'll look forward to it.

Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Mar 25

The idea that Mary Queen of Scots was a 'failure' has been persuasively challenged for at least the last decade. She was a more effective ruler of Scotland, especially given extraordinarily difficult circumstances, than used to be supposed. I do wish female historians would stop this negativity.

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · Mar 25

Was Charles I a tyrant? Pick up a copy of the latest BBC History Magazine and you can see what I think:
www.historyextra.com/magazine/cur...

April 2025 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!

www.historyextra.com

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · Mar 20

One of the reasons people turned to Parliament for constitutional safeguards in the 17th century was that it was increasingly clear that the judges were not impartial. Indeed, ensuring judicial independence was a goal of the Parliamentarian side in 1642.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Jul 2

In The New Republic, historian Holly Brewer compares the Court's decision to Godden v. Hales, a 1686 case affirming that James II was above the law – which was only repudiated when James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. newrepublic.com/article/1833...

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Mar 14

Congratulations, Helen!

Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social · Mar 13

Proofs!

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Dr Gabby Storey @gabbystorey.bsky.social · Mar 14

Didn't fanfare this much last week as I was on leave, but excited to have a new article out (Open Access) in De Medio Aevo on the dowers of the Angevin Queens. This was a big nugget of the PhD I wanted to publish, so very glad it's out in the world!

revistas.ucm.es/index.php/DM...

Vol. 14 Núm. 1 (2025): The Economic Agency and Activity of Elite and Royal Women in Premodern Europe | De Medio Aevo

revistas.ucm.es

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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · Mar 14

What the hell are Dartington playing at?
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
www.agroforestry.co.uk/save-darting...

Save the Dartington Forest Garden - The Agroforestry Research Trust

www.agroforestry.co.uk

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · Mar 11

For anyone wanting an excellent drama about the emperor Charles V, his son Philip II (and Mary I), as well as handsome soldier Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, this Spanish series, with English subtitles, is well worth watching. With thanks to @elurgo.bsky.social. youtu.be/tKLlXFNe9xw?...

Philip II & the Battle of Saint-Quentin (Carlos, rey emperador)

YouTube video by Lili1127

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · Mar 7

Here's hoping Chuck Tingle is even now sitting down to pen a tale of the Enola GAY

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 7

The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity.

The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.

This is real. We’re living in a horror story.

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...

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