🥁The secret’s out… The #heroine of my upcoming #histfict novel is Nicola (also known as Nicholaa) de la Haye — 📷castellan of Lincoln Castle , commander, and 'the woman who saved England' from a French invasion! Find out more at: rachelelwissjoyce.com/rachels-blog/t… #HistoricalFiction

#OnThisDay 1151 Geoffrey of Anjou, 'le Bel' (the Handsome), died suddenly at just 38. He was never king, yet he fathered a dynasty…” #Medieval #England #AngevinEmpire tinyurl.com/yuwcsjvm

Did you know? 🐕 Geoffrey of Anjou loved #dogs, and was cynical of other nobles. He once said a barking hound (probably a greyhound or a mastiff) was “more honest than most men at court.” Sharp wit behind the sword. #MedievalHistory #AngevinEmpire #GeoffreyOfAnjou

Did you know? The 'three lions on the shirt' was because of Geoffrey of Anjou? tinyurl.com/yuwcsjvm #Football #MedievalOrigins #England

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Earlier this week, I posted about Geoffrey of Anjou, the Handsome Count who had a volatile relationship with his wife, but together, they founded the #Plantagenet dynasty. If you missed his story on #OnThisDay? Catch up here tinyurl.com/5n7yrwdm #medieval #AngevinEmpire

❀༻ Book of the Day ༺❀ #Book Review - 5 STARS •´¸.•*´¨)✯ ¸.•*¨) ✮ ( ¸.•´✶ Ravens Hill (The Atheling Chronicles, Book 5) By Garth Pettersen *´¨✫) maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/09/book-r… #HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #bookoftheday Garth Pettersen

It's done! Book no. 10 is finished. Princesses of the Later Middle Ages: Royal Daughter of the Plantagenets is now with my editor. Now the nervous wait for feedback begins... Pen & Sword Books P&S History Historia – the HWA #womeninhistory #womenshistory

Behind the glitter of medieval chivalry lay a darker truth: women silenced, abused, and erased. For #FeministFriday in my new blog series, Medieval Misogyny: Five Men Who Made Women’s Lives Miserable, I reveal the 12th-century villains who abducted nuns, imprisoned queens,

Excited about the weekend - 15th century, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 62, f. 24r

First up on #FeministFriday in my #MedievalMisogyny series: Matthew of Boulogne: The Inheritance Thief. He abducted Marie, a nun, from her convent and forced her into marriage. She was forced to bear him children before escaping back to monastic life. See more here:

Life After Hastings: The Women Who Made 1066 A Turning Point In History open.substack.com/pub/arebelseer… #historicalfiction #histfic

Shrewsbury Morris Dancers performing at the “Foxtrot” weekend of dance in and around #Tutbury Castle in July 2011 organised by Foxes Border Morris. A super weekend out……..it poured!……and some of us even went to church! The first photo isn’t mine but I’ve forgotten the name of

"Stone Age women were buried with as many tools as men Prehistoric graves show women wielded more than early archaeologists gave them credit for." popsci.com/science/stone-…