Archive - History, Etc

January 2025

DISCUSS: WHO IS ON YOUR MOUNT RUSHMORE OF BRITISH MONARCHS?

Jan 22 •

Which British kings had more than one reign?

Jan 20 •

LET'S ALL GO TO FRANCE IN 2026

Sign up now to join me on a week-long tour of Plantagenet France in April next year - subscribers get a $125 discount

Jan 13 •

HOW DID MEDIEVAL PEOPLE DEAL WITH GREAT FIRES?

Lessons from earlier ‘interesting times’

Jan 10 •

THE FIRST JUBILEE

In 1300AD Boniface VIII started a tradition of forgiveness and (possibly) hell-raising that continues this year

Jan 3 •

December 2024

Thank you all for being so wonderful in 2024... here's to a fabulous 2025

Dec 24, 2024 •

12:11

LISTEN: MY READING AT THE SUBSTACK FESTIVE EVENING

It was Christmas at Camelot!

Dec 18, 2024 •

and

Farrah @Substack

4:36

CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAYS Q&A

Call for questions for the last Q&A of the year!

Dec 17, 2024

Paris's famous landmark is reopening five years after it was torn apart by fire - a mark of a great cathedral is how it recovers from disaster

Dec 5, 2024 •

November 2024

CHECK OUT HENRY V’S ACTUAL HANDWRITING

…and other seldom-seen treasures from the UK National Archives

Nov 29, 2024 •

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