Tag: English Queens
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Historical Objects: Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House
Whilst finding posts to publish daily on my social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter), I always come across a myriad of fascinating historical objects that are beautifully crafted and have incredible histories behind them. I’ve wanted for a very long time to write about some of these objects in more detail on my blog, and so…
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An Interview With: Sharon Bennett Connolly, Historical Author
Our interview series returns today as we speak to the wonderful historical author, Sharon Bennett Connolly. Sharon has been fascinated by history her whole life. She has studied history academically and just for fun – and even worked as a tour guide at historical sites. For Christmas 2014, her husband gave her a blog as…
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Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville
As the author of Just History Posts, I have very exciting news to share with you all: I have written a book! It will be released on 1st October 2019 by the History Press, but it is available now for pre-order! *update – out now!* The book is called Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to…
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A tour through History: Just History Posts Top 10
Today’s post is a very special one, as Just History Posts turns one year old today! I don’t know where the time has gone, and certainly didn’t think I would manage to keep it going for much more than a few months (even if posts have been slightly slacking over summer). So, if you’ve ever…
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Royal People: Queen Joan of Navarre’s Confinement as a Witch
As my blog has been up and running for just over 6 months now, I thought I would return to the topic of my Masters dissertation: fifteenth-century English royal witches. My first post here was about Eleanor Cobham, the aunt-by-marriage of Henry VI who in 1441 was scandalously tried for using witchcraft, with her accomplices…
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