Jack Bacon
mrbaconhistory.bsky.social
Jack Bacon
@mrbaconhistory.bsky.social
History teacher from Lancashire
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Teaching about the Holocaust this spring term?
Consider including our #Belsen80 lessons into your scheme, & recognise the recent anniversary: a suite of classroom resources & accompanying materials & teacher guidance.
FREE download: holocausteducation.org.uk/2025/03/31/r...

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April 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Who are the most popular kings and queens since 1066?

1. Elizabeth II: +74 net score
2. Victoria: +50
3. George VI: +40
4. Elizabeth I: +36
5. George V: +30
6. Richard the Lionheart: +29
7. Charles III: +27
8. Edward VII: +14

Full list in chart 👇

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February 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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The @richardiiisociety.bsky.social research officer, Marie Barnfield, shares her thoughts on a curious papal grant, issued to 'Richard duke of York' in 1494 at riiiresearch.blogspot.com
Richard III Society Research
A blog run by the Richard III Society's Research Committee to share research into the life and times of Richard III
riiiresearch.blogspot.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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My latest article The Armaments of the Calais Arsenal, 1347-1485 has just been published in the Journal of Medieval History:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you don't have institutional access then there are 50 free copies:

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UMU2G...

#medievalsky #militaryhistory
The Armaments of the Calais Arsenal, 1347–1485
This article uses the exceptionally detailed records of the English exchequer to examine the development of the Calais arsenal in the late Middle Ages, by tracing the procurement, distribution and ...
www.tandfonline.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM