Tag: Fifteenth Century

• Anthony Woodville, William Caxton and Early Printing in England

  

  Today we have another fabulous guest post! Today’s writer is Danielle Burton, a history blogger who also works as a project archive assistant at the Derbyshire Record Office. She has a degree in History and an MA in Public History and Heritage. She has a special interest in Anthony Woodville, of whom she is currently…

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  April 4, 2022

  Historical Figures, Royal People

  Books, British History, English History, European History, Fifteenth Century, history, Medieval England, Medieval Europe, Medieval History, Printing Press, Royal History, Woodvilles

• Historical Figures: Alice Chaucer, Lady of the Garter

  

  One of the most famous writers from the medieval period is Geoffrey Chaucer. He lived between the 1340s and 1400 and most famously wrote The Canterbury Tales. He was also the first writer to be buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. However, he had a granddaughter named Alice who was born a few years…

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  August 11, 2020

  Historical Figures, Women’s History

  Fifteenth Century, history, Lady of the Garter, Medieval England, Medieval Europe, Medieval History, Medieval Women, Wars of the Roses, Women’s History