Dr Lacey Bonar Hull
@laceybonarhull.bsky.social
Medieval/Tudor historian 🏰 Offering virtual courses on medieval history at http://medievalhistoryacademy.com
https://thehistoriansdesk.substack.com
https://thehistoriansdesk.substack.com
When you’re just trying to read your book but someone keeps interrupting you
@laBnF Latin MS 1173, fol. 10r
@laBnF Latin MS 1173, fol. 10r
October 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
When you’re just trying to read your book but someone keeps interrupting you
@laBnF Latin MS 1173, fol. 10r
@laBnF Latin MS 1173, fol. 10r
I also think we might have a medieval scarecrow featured in the center of the image 🔎
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I also think we might have a medieval scarecrow featured in the center of the image 🔎
Happy October!
This is the calendar miniature for October from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry, around 1415
This scene shows peasants tilling a field with the medieval Louvre Castle in the background 🏰
This is the calendar miniature for October from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry, around 1415
This scene shows peasants tilling a field with the medieval Louvre Castle in the background 🏰
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy October!
This is the calendar miniature for October from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry, around 1415
This scene shows peasants tilling a field with the medieval Louvre Castle in the background 🏰
This is the calendar miniature for October from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry, around 1415
This scene shows peasants tilling a field with the medieval Louvre Castle in the background 🏰
The queen hastily added an “s” to the birth announcement to tell of a princess instead of prince, the king cancelled his celebratory tournament, & Henry VIII’s quest for an heir continued
No one could predict that this baby would go on to become the most powerful Tudor monarch 👑
No one could predict that this baby would go on to become the most powerful Tudor monarch 👑
September 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The queen hastily added an “s” to the birth announcement to tell of a princess instead of prince, the king cancelled his celebratory tournament, & Henry VIII’s quest for an heir continued
No one could predict that this baby would go on to become the most powerful Tudor monarch 👑
No one could predict that this baby would go on to become the most powerful Tudor monarch 👑
492 years ago today, Anne Boleyn was labouring in her chambers at Greenwich Palace, confident she was giving birth to the king’s long-awaited heir
Everyone from royal physicians to court astrologers were sure the baby would be a boy
But Anne gave birth to a girl
Everyone from royal physicians to court astrologers were sure the baby would be a boy
But Anne gave birth to a girl
September 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
492 years ago today, Anne Boleyn was labouring in her chambers at Greenwich Palace, confident she was giving birth to the king’s long-awaited heir
Everyone from royal physicians to court astrologers were sure the baby would be a boy
But Anne gave birth to a girl
Everyone from royal physicians to court astrologers were sure the baby would be a boy
But Anne gave birth to a girl
The September illustration shows peasants harvesting grapes with the Château de Saumur in the background
But at the very bottom of the illustration, near the center, you can see a peasant bent over with what appears to be his undergarments showing 🫣
But at the very bottom of the illustration, near the center, you can see a peasant bent over with what appears to be his undergarments showing 🫣
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The September illustration shows peasants harvesting grapes with the Château de Saumur in the background
But at the very bottom of the illustration, near the center, you can see a peasant bent over with what appears to be his undergarments showing 🫣
But at the very bottom of the illustration, near the center, you can see a peasant bent over with what appears to be his undergarments showing 🫣
Happy September!
This is the calendar miniature for Sept from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry & younger brother of King Charles V of France, around 1415
If you look closely, there's a surprise 🔎
This is the calendar miniature for Sept from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry & younger brother of King Charles V of France, around 1415
If you look closely, there's a surprise 🔎
September 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy September!
This is the calendar miniature for Sept from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry & younger brother of King Charles V of France, around 1415
If you look closely, there's a surprise 🔎
This is the calendar miniature for Sept from an elaborate 15th-century manuscript, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The ms was made for John, Duke of Berry & younger brother of King Charles V of France, around 1415
If you look closely, there's a surprise 🔎
✨ Medieval Marginalia Appreciation Post ✨
These charming (?) musicians live in the margins of a copy of Froissart’s “Chroniques,” held today at @labnf.bsky.social as MS Français 2643
You’ll find them on fol. 72r 🏰
These charming (?) musicians live in the margins of a copy of Froissart’s “Chroniques,” held today at @labnf.bsky.social as MS Français 2643
You’ll find them on fol. 72r 🏰
August 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
✨ Medieval Marginalia Appreciation Post ✨
These charming (?) musicians live in the margins of a copy of Froissart’s “Chroniques,” held today at @labnf.bsky.social as MS Français 2643
You’ll find them on fol. 72r 🏰
These charming (?) musicians live in the margins of a copy of Froissart’s “Chroniques,” held today at @labnf.bsky.social as MS Français 2643
You’ll find them on fol. 72r 🏰
This classic has been keeping me company while I’ve been doing some driving for work this week
Antonia Fraser’s “The Wives of Henry VIII” 📖
Antonia Fraser’s “The Wives of Henry VIII” 📖
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This classic has been keeping me company while I’ve been doing some driving for work this week
Antonia Fraser’s “The Wives of Henry VIII” 📖
Antonia Fraser’s “The Wives of Henry VIII” 📖
Saturdays are for iced coffees and final book proposal edits ✨
August 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Saturdays are for iced coffees and final book proposal edits ✨
A virtual bookclub is a popular request in my online courses & I am VERY happy to announce that The Historian's Desk Bookclub is now ✨LIVE✨
We're voting on our 1st book THIS WEEK & will have our 1st virtual call in Oct 🥰
Link to sign up and vote in bio & in the next post ⬇️
We're voting on our 1st book THIS WEEK & will have our 1st virtual call in Oct 🥰
Link to sign up and vote in bio & in the next post ⬇️
August 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A virtual bookclub is a popular request in my online courses & I am VERY happy to announce that The Historian's Desk Bookclub is now ✨LIVE✨
We're voting on our 1st book THIS WEEK & will have our 1st virtual call in Oct 🥰
Link to sign up and vote in bio & in the next post ⬇️
We're voting on our 1st book THIS WEEK & will have our 1st virtual call in Oct 🥰
Link to sign up and vote in bio & in the next post ⬇️
August 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This evening’s writing view looks a bit different because I’m traveling for work, but it’s nothing a few good books and a cold brew coffee can’t fix 🥰😉
August 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This evening’s writing view looks a bit different because I’m traveling for work, but it’s nothing a few good books and a cold brew coffee can’t fix 🥰😉
Here’s a charming unicorn to close out this Medieval Monday
This lovely little guy comes from @labnf.bsky.social , MS Fr. 22532, fol. 310v and likely dates to the 15th century 🦄
This lovely little guy comes from @labnf.bsky.social , MS Fr. 22532, fol. 310v and likely dates to the 15th century 🦄
August 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here’s a charming unicorn to close out this Medieval Monday
This lovely little guy comes from @labnf.bsky.social , MS Fr. 22532, fol. 310v and likely dates to the 15th century 🦄
This lovely little guy comes from @labnf.bsky.social , MS Fr. 22532, fol. 310v and likely dates to the 15th century 🦄
A good day for some swim lessons for the four-year-old 🥰
August 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A good day for some swim lessons for the four-year-old 🥰
#OTD in 1431, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
This is the earliest surviving depiction of Joan, recorded in the protocol of the parliament of Paris of May 1429. At the time, she had just rallied the struggling French to victory at the siege of Orléans
This is the earliest surviving depiction of Joan, recorded in the protocol of the parliament of Paris of May 1429. At the time, she had just rallied the struggling French to victory at the siege of Orléans
May 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
#OTD in 1431, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
This is the earliest surviving depiction of Joan, recorded in the protocol of the parliament of Paris of May 1429. At the time, she had just rallied the struggling French to victory at the siege of Orléans
This is the earliest surviving depiction of Joan, recorded in the protocol of the parliament of Paris of May 1429. At the time, she had just rallied the struggling French to victory at the siege of Orléans
Some personal favorites are Argument, Litilman, Baby, Trinket, Damysell, Pretiboy, Havegoodday, Stedefast, and Charlemayne 🐶
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May 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Some personal favorites are Argument, Litilman, Baby, Trinket, Damysell, Pretiboy, Havegoodday, Stedefast, and Charlemayne 🐶
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what these dogs’ names might have been. Edward wrote a treatise titled “The Master of Game” sometime between 1406 and 1413, dedicating it to the future Henry V. This guide to hunting includes over 1000 popular dog names from the early fifteenth century
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May 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
what these dogs’ names might have been. Edward wrote a treatise titled “The Master of Game” sometime between 1406 and 1413, dedicating it to the future Henry V. This guide to hunting includes over 1000 popular dog names from the early fifteenth century
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I was browsing through @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Bodl. 264 for some medieval depictions of women’s pastimes and couldn’t help but notice just how many dogs feature in this particular manuscript, including these little guys.
Thanks to Edward, 2nd Duke of York, we have some ideas of
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Thanks to Edward, 2nd Duke of York, we have some ideas of
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May 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I was browsing through @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Bodl. 264 for some medieval depictions of women’s pastimes and couldn’t help but notice just how many dogs feature in this particular manuscript, including these little guys.
Thanks to Edward, 2nd Duke of York, we have some ideas of
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Thanks to Edward, 2nd Duke of York, we have some ideas of
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I am SO excited to share that my new & improved 8-week (😅) VIRTUAL course on Women in Late Medieval England launches in just ✨5 DAYS ✨
This course dives into the details of medieval women & their lives from marriage & friendship to fashion & work & everything in between
This course dives into the details of medieval women & their lives from marriage & friendship to fashion & work & everything in between
May 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I am SO excited to share that my new & improved 8-week (😅) VIRTUAL course on Women in Late Medieval England launches in just ✨5 DAYS ✨
This course dives into the details of medieval women & their lives from marriage & friendship to fashion & work & everything in between
This course dives into the details of medieval women & their lives from marriage & friendship to fashion & work & everything in between
Elizabeth’s two sons with Edward, Princes Edward & Richard, would also go missing during her lifetime, with the boys known to history today as the Princes in the Tower
This image shows Elizabeth before the heartbreak, dressed in her coronation robes and ready to be crowned queen
This image shows Elizabeth before the heartbreak, dressed in her coronation robes and ready to be crowned queen
May 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Elizabeth’s two sons with Edward, Princes Edward & Richard, would also go missing during her lifetime, with the boys known to history today as the Princes in the Tower
This image shows Elizabeth before the heartbreak, dressed in her coronation robes and ready to be crowned queen
This image shows Elizabeth before the heartbreak, dressed in her coronation robes and ready to be crowned queen
#OTD 560 years ago, Elizabeth Woodville was crowned queen of England in an elaborate coronation ceremony 👑
Little did she know her marriage to the king would end in the destruction of most of her family. As queen, she’d lose her father, two brothers, a son, & Edward IV himself
Little did she know her marriage to the king would end in the destruction of most of her family. As queen, she’d lose her father, two brothers, a son, & Edward IV himself
May 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#OTD 560 years ago, Elizabeth Woodville was crowned queen of England in an elaborate coronation ceremony 👑
Little did she know her marriage to the king would end in the destruction of most of her family. As queen, she’d lose her father, two brothers, a son, & Edward IV himself
Little did she know her marriage to the king would end in the destruction of most of her family. As queen, she’d lose her father, two brothers, a son, & Edward IV himself
Walked across the stage tonight and made the whole “Dr” thing extra official 🎓👩🏻🎓
PhDONE 🥳
PhDONE 🥳
May 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Walked across the stage tonight and made the whole “Dr” thing extra official 🎓👩🏻🎓
PhDONE 🥳
PhDONE 🥳
A long walk and a good book = the perfect desk break 🥰
April 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A long walk and a good book = the perfect desk break 🥰
I’ve been a bit MIA recently but I PROMISE it’s for good reason. I’ve been working on quite a few very exciting things behind the scenes and can’t wait to share more with you all asap 🥰 in the meantime, this gloomy late April morning makes the perfect backdrop for today’s writing space ✍🏼
April 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’ve been a bit MIA recently but I PROMISE it’s for good reason. I’ve been working on quite a few very exciting things behind the scenes and can’t wait to share more with you all asap 🥰 in the meantime, this gloomy late April morning makes the perfect backdrop for today’s writing space ✍🏼