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abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Intelligent, beautiful - and unconventional. @tonyriches.bsky.social introduces Penelope Rich, #tudor lady, in today's #MarchingThroughHistory post. #Skystorians #WomensHistoryMonth
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March 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
#MarchingThroughHistory brings you a fascinating post about Philippa Fawcett, mathematician extraordinaire, courtesy of @clarefly.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth #history
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March 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
#MarchingThroughHistory enters the #Tudor era, with @jarnopp.bsky.social introducing us to Margaret Beaufort, quite the female powerhouse. #WomensHistoryMonth
#Skystorians
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March 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Final week of #MarchingThroughHistory and we start with a post about that dark blot on human history: slavery. #WomensHistoryMonth #Skystorians #history

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March 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
#Medieval queens had one duty: birth an heir. For some, it took many pregnancies, many dead babies before they succeeded. Like for Eleanor of Castile. My #MarchingThroughHistory post is about her. #WomensHistoryMonth #Skystorians #history
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March 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
@helenhollick.bsky.social rounds off the 3rd week of #MarchingThroughHistory with a post about #witches - or rather the thousands that were killed based on such accusations. #WomensHistoryMonth #history #witchcraft

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March 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
For those of us who lived through the 70s, it's hard to accept is is now a historical period . . . @helenhollick.bsky.social gives us a peek into the decade in today's #MarchingThroughHistory post! #WomensHistoryMonth

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March 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
charnewcomb.bsky.social
Today's #MarchingThroughHistory post offers a peek at the daily life of Anglo Saxon women from @paulaloftingauthor.bsky.social

#WomensHistoryMonth
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March 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
alisonmorton.bsky.social
Women always bear the brunt of war and these two 17th century women – one Royalist, the other Parliamentarian – certainly showed steel in the face of adversity.
@cryssabazos.bsky.social tells us how they did it. #WomensHistoryMonth www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/21/m... #MarchingThroughHistory
March 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Our final #MarchingThroughHistory post is up! @alisonmorton.bsky.social reflects on the female history-makers of today! #WomensHistoryMonth

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Marching on - Alison Morton on women making history as we speak - Anna Belfrage
We are reaching the end of an entire month focused on the women of the past and I hope you have enjoyed the eclectic selection of “heroines” as presented by all my lovely guests. But history is not do...
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March 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Into #Anglo-Saxon Britain? Then @anniehistory.bsky.social is your girl, as demonstrated by today's contribution to our #MarchingThroughHistory blog tour. #skystorians #history #WomensHistoryMonth

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Marching through history - today with Annie Whitehead and Eanflæd, queen of Northumbria - Anna Belfrage
As most of you know, various Anglo-Saxon tribes settled in Britain after the departure of the Romans. Not always a peaceful process, by the 7th century several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had been establishe...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
A kingdom split apart by different beliefs. @cryssabazos.bsky.social offers portraits of two 17th century women who lived through civil war and devastation. #MarchingThroughHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #Skystorians
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Marching through history - on opposite sides of the divide - Anna Belfrage
Cryssa Bazos is a 17th century enthusiast – as am I. We do not agree on Prince Rupert, she tends to lean Royalist where I am more Parliamentarian, but those minor differences aside, I find her books s...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
elizabethstjohn.bsky.social
A brilliant mathematician denied a Cambridge degree because she was a woman. The fascinating story of Philippa Fawcett on #MarchingthroughHistory, and an intriguing excerpt from @clarefly.bsky.social's new novel. #WomensHistoryMonth @abelfrageauthor.bsky.social

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March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Today, the #marchingthroughhistory blog tour dips into the Arthurian legends - @helenhollick.bsky.social shares her take on the fair Gwnhwyfar, a.k.a. Guinevere #WomensHistoryMonth #Britishmyth
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Marching through history - Gwenhwyfar as Helen Hollick sees her - Anna Belfrage
After yesterdays brief stop in the Roman Empire, we are now back in Britain. It is the time of Arthur, of Guinevere and the Round Table. Except that in Helen Hollick’s take on Arthur, Guinevere is Gwe...
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March 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Today, @cathiedunn.bsky.social gives some airtime to Empress Matilda, one of the fighting cousins in The Cousins' War #MarchingThroughHistory #medievalEngland #WomensHistoryMonth
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Marching Matilda - the Empress who should have been queen - Anna Belfrage
Last week, Cathie visited with a post about Poppa, forgotten matriarch to the dukes of Normandy. Today, she is back with a post about yet another matriarch, but despite never having been recognised as...
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March 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Today's #MarchingThroughHistory post offers a peek at the daily life of Anglo Saxon women. Thank you, @paulaloftingauthor.bsky.social ! #WomensHistoryMonth #skystorians
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Marching through history - in which Paula sheds some light on 11th century Anglo-Saxon women - Anna Belfrage
Today, I am joined by Paula Lofting. As long as I have known Paula, she has been a major, major fan of Anglo-Saxon England, more specifically the period just preceding the Conquest. Yes, she has a cru...
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March 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Yes, there were medieval female physicians. Yes, they were respected. In today's #MarchingThroughHistory post @amymaroney.bsky.social introduces us to Trotula, one such lady! #Skystorians #WomensMistoryMonth
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Marching on - in which Amy Maroney introduces medieval physician Trotula - Anna Belfrage
Today, we are visited by Amy Maroney who writes wonderfully vivid books set in the past, in locations spanning everything from the Pyrenees to Cyprus. One of my personal favourites is The Queen’s Scri...
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March 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Think 12th century. Think Sicily, think a Plantagenet princess. In today's #MarchingThroughHistory post, @charnewcomb.bsky.social introduces us to said princess, Joanna! #Skystorians #history #WomensHistoryMonth
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Marching through history - Char Newcomb introduces us to Joanna of Sicily - Anna Belfrage
Several years ago, I read Men of the Cross by Char Newcomb and just loved it. Not only did she bring the times of the crusades to vivid life – I love her depiction of Richard Lionheart – but she creat...
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March 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
elizabethstjohn.bsky.social
A fascinating blog post about two formidable women, and an excerpt from one of @cryssabazos.bsky.social's fabulous novels. I’m in #17thC heaven today!
@abelfrageauthor.bsky.social #EarlyModern #WomensHistory #MarchingthroughHistory
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March 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
Say Lady Macbeth and we all go "Blood-thirsty lady", right? On today's #MarchingThroughHistory post, @thehistorybits.bsky.social sheds light on the real Lady Macbeth! #WomensHistoryMonth #skystorians #history
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Marching through history - say hello to Gruoch, a.k.a., Lady Macbeth - Anna Belfrage
Today’s guest is Sharon Bennett Connolly who has just released Medieval Scottish Queens: From St Margaret to Margaret of Denmark. For those unfamiliar with Sharon’s books, she’s written several non-fi...
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March 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
I'd never heard of today's #MarchingThroughHistory protagonist until @deborahswift.bsky.social introduced us. I give you Mother Shipton. Was she a witch? A prophetess? #TudorEngland #WomensHistoryMonth www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/17/m...
Marching through time - Mother Shipton and her prophesies - Anna Belfrage
I met Deborah Swift well over a decade ago at a Historical Novel Society Conference. She had recently published The Gilded Lily, and we sort of bonded over tea and the 17th century – as one does. Sinc...
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March 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
elizabethstjohn.bsky.social
History comes alive through the eyes of those who served the throne. @tonyriches.bsky.social masterfully unveils the court of Elizabeth I - and the courtiers who depended on the queen's pleasure.
@abelfrageauthor.bsky.social #MarchingThroughHistory #Tudors
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March 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
From 1st C Britain to 4th C Roman Empire - we are #Marchingthroughhistory at speed! Today, @alisonmorton.bsky.social introduces us to Galla #romans #history
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Marching through history - today's protagonist is Galla, daughter and mother of emperors - Anna Belfrage
We’re leaping a couple of centuries forward today, more precisely to the 4th century.  Today’s guest, Alison Morton, has written an excellent book about this tumultuous era – if you’ve not read Exsili...
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March 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
charnewcomb.bsky.social
Last Kingdom fan? Read about the real Aethelflaed, lady of the Mercians with @anniehistory.bsky.social
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March 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
"To be a Queen" by Annie Whitehead is one of my favourite books, telling the story of Aethelflaed, lady of the Mercians. So who better than Annie to write a post about this lady? #WomensHistoryMonth #MarchingThroughHistory #Skystorians #AngloSaxon
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Marching through history - meet Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians - Anna Belfrage
A few days ago, Annie Whitehead visited with a post about a Northumbrian queen. Today, she introduces us to Æthelflæd, a lady very, very close to her heart as is evidenced by her beautiful novel, To b...
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March 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM