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I’m really excited for today’s guest post. I’ve always found archaeology fascinating, and every now and then you hear about amazing ways technology has caused a breakthrough in our historical knowledge. Years ago when I ran my Monthly Round Up series of historical news, numerous pieces looked at this exact thing, such as when radar…
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We’re back today with our interview series, talking to Aidan from Epoch bracelets. Aidan and his friend David are two life-time friends with a passion for sharing history through unique education. Aidan is a Liberty University graduate with experience in business, having owned a national franchise that he is still involved with today. He has…
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I am so excited to reveal the cover for my fourth book, Richard II: King, Culture and the Court of Venus! This book has been many years in the making, and I’ve given brief, periodic mentions of it before, so I am pleased to be able to finally give you the full run-down. All of…
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As I’m getting back into the groove with blogging after my book hand in, I thought I’d turn back to one of my favourite series, A Brief Moment of History. I was listening to a podcast recently which was talking about famous cons, and the story of the world’s smallest skyscraper was recounted. Fascinated by…
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After a busy few months finishing off my fourth book (more on that later this year!) I am excited to finally be back to writing on Just History Posts. And we start the year with a great interview from a perspective we haven’t yet heard on the blog, that of a filmmaker. Leon Mitchell is…
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King John is one of England’s most infamous kings. His reputation at the time of his death and afterwards was so disastrous that in the 800 years after his death, no other English king has taken the name John. King John is known for many things: his unusual ascent to the throne, the Magna Carta,…
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Hello and welcome back to our “An Interview With” series! Today it is my pleasure to have author and historian of the Second World War, Victoria Panton Bacon, on as our guest, in a timely post for Remembrance Day. Today also sees the release of Victoria’s first children’s book, Their Second World War. Victoria is…
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Today I’m pleased to be hosting a guest post looking at the origins of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. This is a topic that comes up quite a lot on this blog, as it’s right in my era of expertise, so I’m happy to hear from Talia. Talia is a 19-year-old self-taught…
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Today we have a really interesting guest post lined up for you. I’m happy to introduce Catherine Williams, a graduate student in Early Modern Studies, who will be telling us all about White women in the Early Modern American South. These women held unique positions of power and authority through their scarcity and through the…
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