Historian (ret’d Univ of Hull, UK) working on late medieval military, maritime, soc & economic; & Napoleonic. MSS, prosopography, networks. Classical music, wildlife, cinema, coins, postal history, Dorset, France, Hungary. 🦋& #Shugborough Staffs pictures.
Andrew Ayton
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As someone whose 96 year-old mother is cared for so well by wonderful care staff: I wholly agree.
Just a reminder that you can download the complete open access content of the 2025 publication Floreat Salopia: A Celebration of Shropshire’s History and Archaeology here www.jstor.org/stable/jj.36... It is an excellent collection of papers on current knowledge of Shropshires history & archaeology
{{New paperback}} Medieval France at War by John France www.arc-humanities.org/978180270447...
Andrew Ayton
Christopher Fletcher reviews 'Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Duke of Ireland (1362–1392): The Rise and Fall of a Royal Favourite', by James Ross
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
#DDay82: When I visited Normandy for the first time in 1979 with my Dad we met Major John Howard DSO outside the Gondrée Café. By this time 81 years ago he and his men had taken the key bridges and the code words Ham & Jam signalling their capture filled the radio network.
Have just finished this book & in complete agreement with the TLS review; highly recommended. Congratulations @pittsmike.bsky.social on a splendid achievement.
8/ Viewpoint "Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion"
ft. Frederik Buylaert, Sandro Carocci, Thijs Lambrecht, Christian D Liddy, Alice Rio Tristan W Sharp, Alice Taylor, Chris Wickham
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
New Medieval Books: Documenting Warfare www.medievalists.net/2025/06/new-... #MedievalWarfare
Studies in Church History Vol. 62 (2026) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social The Church and the Military @areforbes.bsky.social @angusrcrawford.bsky.social
Mark Walters
Cerne Abbas giant practically glowing in the video in this article: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Writing the history of royal favourites has often proved a frustrating exercise. Narrative schema first established by contemporary chroniclers have remain
Abstract. Over the last few years, a number of articles have featured in Past and Present on the subject of late medieval lordship. Three were accepted wit
Administrative records offer a lot of insights into the Hundred Years' War. This collection of 18 articles tells us about a wide range of topics, from ransoms to crimes on campaign.
Celebrates the 100th publication of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, showcasing new research on the county’s history and archaeology.Shrops...
'Rayner told the BBC it would be "un-British" to make care staff already in the UK wait for up to 15 years - rather than the current five - before being allowed to settle permanently.'
Well said. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The former deputy prime minister says changing visa rules for migrants already living in the UK would be "un-British".
