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Obsessed with this reconstruction of the temple of Apollo Cunomaglus at Nettleton Shrub
If you're looking forward to the Treason exhibition at @UkNatArchives (brilliantly covered recently by @TheRestHistory), spare a thought for the chronically treasonous Rookwood family... https://t.co/eS8X5oAr71 https://t.co/wVewDt2lw4
Philip's arms as King of England jure uxoris, 1554-1558. Note the Cap of Maintenance instead of a crown on top of the helm over the impaled arms of England https://t.co/eg0DQOOBAd
Since #CurseBorisJohnson is trending, I take this opportunity to remind you that I've written a whole book on attempts to curse England's rulers - and I have another on much the same theme coming out in March! https://t.co/siaujplPM9 https://t.co/n7M83uZsU7
Henry II being symbolically scourged by monks in penance for the killing of St Thomas Becket, which Henry insisted was a work-related event.
'Eating goose and avoiding the woods': on Michaelmas Eve, a piece I wrote last year for the @CatholicHerald on the traditional customs of September https://t.co/uqL3HFRLa4
Obsessed with this tiny 16th-century visitor to Stonehenge in Luces de Heere's 1573 watercolour
I've only just realised quite how wacky Catherine Parr's arms were. I mean, what is even going on with that dexter supporter...?
You’ve heard of the Norman Conquest in 1066; but have you heard about the Lithuanian invasion of England in 1069? Buckle up… (thread)
On one interpretation, that's what the story of the Green Children of Woolpit is about. The children come out of the ground in Suffolk, but are unable to return to fairyland. The green boy wastes away, but the green girl learns to simulate humanity #scaryfairies