Dorothea Preis
@doropreis.bsky.social
Interested in history, particularly medieval history, and baking bread. Have lived in Germany, the UK, and now in Australia. MA University of Bonn.
Waiting impatiently for my copy of the Ricardian Bulletin to arrive at this side of the world. I knew what Jane Austen said about Richard III, but didn't know about the connection to Horace Walpole.
For the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth I couldn't resist sharing her observations on Richard III - we're all familiar with how Horace Walpole's 'Castle of Otranto' led to 'Northanger Abbey' but it seems his 'Historic Doubts' were discussed in the Austen household too.
The December Ricardian Bulletin, the Richard III Society's magazine for members, is on its way! Articles include 'The Indispensible Isabelle Despenser', & a research update on the Battle of Wakefield, challenging the traditional story of Richard, Duke of York's final hours.
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Waiting impatiently for my copy of the Ricardian Bulletin to arrive at this side of the world. I knew what Jane Austen said about Richard III, but didn't know about the connection to Horace Walpole.
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There is still room in the Zoom talk this Saturday by Joe Robey on 'The Black Death 1348-9' for members of the Richard III Society. Joe Robey will give an introduction to the Black Death and the doctors who tried to fight it. Check your emails for details on how to sign up.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
There is still room in the Zoom talk this Saturday by Joe Robey on 'The Black Death 1348-9' for members of the Richard III Society. Joe Robey will give an introduction to the Black Death and the doctors who tried to fight it. Check your emails for details on how to sign up.
On this day in 1154, a monk from St Albans Abbey, Nicholas Breakspear, was elected as pope. He chose the name Adrian IV. To date he has been the only English pope.
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Nicholas Breakspear
An English Pope – Nicholas Breakspear chosen as pontiff On 4 December 1154, a new pope was elected, following the death of pope Anastasius IV. The choice fell on Nicholas Breakspear, so far …
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December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
On this day in 1154, a monk from St Albans Abbey, Nicholas Breakspear, was elected as pope. He chose the name Adrian IV. To date he has been the only English pope.
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Niño durmiendo en la barca, Joaquin Sorolla, 1895
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Niño durmiendo en la barca, Joaquin Sorolla, 1895
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This deed of King Richard III from January 1485 came to us on deposit earlier this year. It's granting Sir James Tyrell (yes, that one!) the Lieutenancy of Guines Castle in the Marches of Calais. This meant he didn't take part in the Battle of Bosworth. #EYAMedieval
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December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This deed of King Richard III from January 1485 came to us on deposit earlier this year. It's granting Sir James Tyrell (yes, that one!) the Lieutenancy of Guines Castle in the Marches of Calais. This meant he didn't take part in the Battle of Bosworth. #EYAMedieval
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@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
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A woman teaching a child to stand. c.1635-1637
Rembrandt
Just beautiful.
(British Museum)
Rembrandt
Just beautiful.
(British Museum)
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A woman teaching a child to stand. c.1635-1637
Rembrandt
Just beautiful.
(British Museum)
Rembrandt
Just beautiful.
(British Museum)
Finally listened to the recording of this fascinating talk. Thank you, @richardasquith.bsky.social! And thank you to @richardiiisociety.bsky.social for the recording. It means I don't have to get up in the middle of the night!
Our thanks to @richardasquith.bsky.social for a fascinating talk. Members of the Richard III Society who missed it will have a chance to view a recording for a limited time.
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Finally listened to the recording of this fascinating talk. Thank you, @richardasquith.bsky.social! And thank you to @richardiiisociety.bsky.social for the recording. It means I don't have to get up in the middle of the night!
In 1423, Abbot Wheathampstead of St Albans and his fellow travellers stayed for 7 weeks in Cologne. They arrived in late November, and left again mid-January. A speculative post about their adventures in “holy Cologne”.
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Abbot John of Wheathampstead visits Cologne
As we have seen in my last post, John of Wheathampstead, abbot of St Albans, travelled in 1423/24 to Italy to attend the Council of Pavia/Siena and to visit the Pope. Both on his way to Italy and …
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November 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
In 1423, Abbot Wheathampstead of St Albans and his fellow travellers stayed for 7 weeks in Cologne. They arrived in late November, and left again mid-January. A speculative post about their adventures in “holy Cologne”.
dottietales.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/a...
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After a short excursion into ebooks, I am very much back to printed ones. It's so much easier to page back to something you read earlier and didn't pay much attention to.
Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?
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Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?
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Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?
Print books embody culture. We see it in social media trends for annotating books, community publishing and wartime destruction of books spanning the Nazis to Gaza.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
After a short excursion into ebooks, I am very much back to printed ones. It's so much easier to page back to something you read earlier and didn't pay much attention to.
Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?
theconversation.com/should-we-ge...
Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?
theconversation.com/should-we-ge...
An oak mantelpiece, which had once stood in More Hall, Brookmans Park, was found again in November 2019. Find out more about its former home and its history in a post from the archives. dottietales.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/m...
More on More Hall, Brookmans Park, Herts
A short post on More Hall, which once belonged to the family of Sir Thomas More.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
An oak mantelpiece, which had once stood in More Hall, Brookmans Park, was found again in November 2019. Find out more about its former home and its history in a post from the archives. dottietales.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/m...
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The Times is at it again this week, insisting we disturb historical graves 'because DNA'. Here's me complaining back in 2015 about the same issue #richardiii
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The Princes in the Urn: Why it’s Time to Let Go of the Westminster Abbey Myth
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November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The Times is at it again this week, insisting we disturb historical graves 'because DNA'. Here's me complaining back in 2015 about the same issue #richardiii
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A few photos from Godstow Abbey yesterday! Now in ruin, Godstow Abbey was founded in around 1115 by Ediva of Winchester. Rosamund Clifford is buried nearby, though the exact location of her grave is unknown.
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A few photos from Godstow Abbey yesterday! Now in ruin, Godstow Abbey was founded in around 1115 by Ediva of Winchester. Rosamund Clifford is buried nearby, though the exact location of her grave is unknown.
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Are you interested in the roads and bridges of #medieval England and Wales? In our latest #blogpost, Dr David Harrison discusses his fascinating new map that provides crucial insights into the road network as it existed in the 15th century yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/11/10/a... #Skystorians
A Road Map of the Yorkist Age
The Trust On…A Road Map of the Yorkist Age In a slight departure from our normal blogposts, here we present a guest post: Dr David Harrison discussing his fascinating new publication, Histori…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Are you interested in the roads and bridges of #medieval England and Wales? In our latest #blogpost, Dr David Harrison discusses his fascinating new map that provides crucial insights into the road network as it existed in the 15th century yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/11/10/a... #Skystorians
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Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Members of the Richard III Society will be pleased to know that there are places available for the talk by @richardasquith.bsky.social on 'Death of a Yorkist Mayor: Executing the Will of Sir Ralph Verney (d. 1478)' This zoom meeting is on 22 November. Check your email for details on how to register.
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Just added an article I wrote back in 2022 after watching Netflix's new adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. With Netflix's new 'progressive' Pride and Prejudice coming up, I am still asking the same questions (and of course Shakespeare gets a mention)
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium?
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November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just added an article I wrote back in 2022 after watching Netflix's new adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. With Netflix's new 'progressive' Pride and Prejudice coming up, I am still asking the same questions (and of course Shakespeare gets a mention)
Today we remember William Bingham, the founder of God’s House in Cambridge, who died on 17 November 1451. The college is regarded as “the first secondary school training college in England. dottietales.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/w...
William Bingham
William Bingham – the founder of God’s House, “the first secondary school training college in England” While researching something completely different, I made the acquaintance of…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today we remember William Bingham, the founder of God’s House in Cambridge, who died on 17 November 1451. The college is regarded as “the first secondary school training college in England. dottietales.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/w...
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"Why are we all so pleased about digging up a king? Perhaps because the present is paying some of the debt it owes to the past, and science has come to the aid of history."
Hilary Mantel on the finding of Richard III
Here's Hilary Mantel , writing in the London Review of Books, 21 February 2013: Royal bodies do change after death, and not just as a conseq...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Why are we all so pleased about digging up a king? Perhaps because the present is paying some of the debt it owes to the past, and science has come to the aid of history."
On 12 November 1949, the Kennedy Bridge in Bonn was officially opened. It replaced a 19th-century bridge, which had been destroyed during WWII. dottietales.wordpress.com/2016/12/16/b...
Bonn’s bridges across the Rhine
Bonn’s bridges across the Rhine – Connecting Bonn to its eastern neighbours Bonn is situated on the western side of the river Rhine. Understandably, a way to cross the river has been importa…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
On 12 November 1949, the Kennedy Bridge in Bonn was officially opened. It replaced a 19th-century bridge, which had been destroyed during WWII. dottietales.wordpress.com/2016/12/16/b...
11 November is St Martin’s Day. In Bonn, you can find a series of 4 bronze reliefs by artist Ernemann Sander telling the saint’s story. dottietales.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/s...
St Martin in Bonn
St Martin in Bonn – Ernemann Sander tells the story of the saint in reliefs at the Bonn Minster This time of the year brings a lot of memories of my childhood. 11 November is St Martin’s Da…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
11 November is St Martin’s Day. In Bonn, you can find a series of 4 bronze reliefs by artist Ernemann Sander telling the saint’s story. dottietales.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/s...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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New open access (free to download) monograph published in New Historical Perspectives series. #Skystorians
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New open access (free to download) monograph published in New Historical Perspectives series. #Skystorians
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In this week’s Miscellanies: how #medieval scribes balanced the books.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
In this week’s Miscellanies: how #medieval scribes balanced the books.
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Tonight's supermoon. As luck would have it, the whole day, the sky was completely clear, and then in the evening, some clouds came up.
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Tonight's supermoon. As luck would have it, the whole day, the sky was completely clear, and then in the evening, some clouds came up.
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I am delighted to announce that my co-authored article on Mamluk maqamas on #BlackDeath has just been published in a lovely special issue of JAIS. journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
#plague #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges #EnvironmentalHistory #histmed 1/2
#plague #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges #EnvironmentalHistory #histmed 1/2
Mamluk Maqāmas on the Black Death
| Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
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November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I am delighted to announce that my co-authored article on Mamluk maqamas on #BlackDeath has just been published in a lovely special issue of JAIS. journals.uio.no/JAIS/article...
#plague #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges #EnvironmentalHistory #histmed 1/2
#plague #MedievalSky #GlobalMiddleAges #EnvironmentalHistory #histmed 1/2
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No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.