Artist of the day: the marvelous Carlo Crivelli. Who does not love him & his zany use of fruits & veggies, as in this A+ Madonna of 1473? Lots of visual intensity here.

A truly absorbing series. I heartily recommend these books to any reader whether they’re an expert on the period or just curious.

The fall of Richard II was the beginning of the end for the Plantagenets. His successor, King Henry IV, created a dilemma that plagued the Lancastrians until the end. Was the usurpation legal? buff.ly/2xMXJTW

Jules Chéret.
Moulin Rouge
c.1890. Paris

How Édouard Manet Became “the Father of Impressionism” with the Scandalous Panting, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863) openculture.com/2024/04/how-ed…

How I look vs how I feel! Taking it easy on a sick day by looking at this fantastic depiction of a transi tomb from a 15th-century Carthusian miscellany, now Medieval Manuscripts Add MS 37049, f. 32v 📜☠️

Morning, another scene I’m working on is this photograph of Dean Village. Gorgeous ay?
This & my NYC commission will keep me entertained☺️🎨🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Credit to: paul_watt_photography on instagram, he also captured The Bow Bar too. Very talented.📸

#edinburgh #scotland

It is with immense sadness that Pan Macmillan announces the death of C.J. Sansom at the age of 71. buff.ly/4devMmF

Among the remarkable treasures in our collection is the Liber Regalis - or 'royal book'. The beautifully illustrated 14th-century manuscript gives ceremonial instructions and the order of service for the coronation.

The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and the…

#FreeRead #MedievalBeautyAndTheBeast #Romance Novel #Romance with #knight and #witch #BeautyAndTheBeast #MedievalFantasyRomance #MedievalHistoricalRomance #FreeRead KU #paperback THE SNOW BRIDE: 🇺🇸amzn.to/2MZZan0 🇬🇧amzn.to/2H1tYzY 🇮🇳amazon.in/Snow-Bride-Kni……

Write hard and clear about what hurts.
—Ernest Hemingway—

The days when broad Suffolk required subtitles. I have - just once or twice - heard Suffolk accents even thicker than these, which I couldn’t actually understand at all

Shakespeare's Witches tell Banquo, 'Thou Shalt 'Get Kings Though Thou Be None'. Though Banquo is murdered, his son Fleance gets away. What happened to Fleance? What Kings? HEIR TO A PROPHECY: Universal Link buff.ly/3IH6QDK

Review: Son of York by Amy Licence: The Wars of the Roses can be an intimidating subject to bite into, and fortunately this book gives us an introduction, chronologically, rather than plowing into the whole conflict. buff.ly/3ikxOd3

Spotted a mark, or indentation in the wall of a house on the High Street, Navenby. Had to drop to my knees to see it properly... Totally worth it!
Consider me charmed.

A bread oven from the Château de #Chenonceau and one from Pompeii. Not much changes over many centuries, does it? #breadoven #baking

The Coffee Pot Book Club presents:

💫Life and Death in Ephesus by Finlay McQuade💫

Discover a 'delightful and enjoyable' short story collection set in the ancient city of Ephesus!

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#AwardWinning #HistoricalAnthology #RecommendedReading

Bog bodies alert!
This looks very interesting.

After years of rancour & Qn Elizabeth’s execution of Mary, Qn of Scots, King Phillip II of Spain, protector of Catholicism, sought to conquer heretic England. On 19Apr1587 tho Francis Drake arrived uninvited in Cadiz to deal a blow on the ‘Spanish anti-christ and all its members’

They showed so much promise. What happened to the Godwines? Read FATAL RIVALRY to get both sides of the story. Available on #KU or #audiobook . Universal link:
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