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Heidi Malagisi💙📚📜📖
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Tudor History Nerd. I love good music, books, and history. Owner of Adventures of a Tudor Nerd.
www.adventuresofatudornerd.com
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Alright, I'm starting episode one of The American Revolution by Ken Burns.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A girl from the Medici family in 1545. Don't know who she is but I've always liked her. By Agnolo Bronzino, who was born on this day in 1503.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Eleanora of Toledo in a glorious dress, with her son Giovanni de’ Medici. Painted in 1544, by Agnolo Bronzino. He was born OTD in 1503, in Florence.
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Being a woman on the internet is exhausting. 🫠
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Ever find yourself at home, hungry, & wishing for an eel delivery service? Well you're not alone!

In the 1580s Queen Elizabeth had cartloads of eels & pike delivered weekly to her castle at Hertford from Cambridge by a man named William Raven.

Why eel out when you can order in?
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November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Almost geometrically perfect portrait of a lady with her lapdog, in 1537, painted by Agnolo Bronzino of Florence. He was born on this day in 1503.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Born on this day 1503, in Florence, Agnolo Bronzino. Here, being v. mannerist & Pontormo-y in a Holy Family, 1527. He was still young!
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are watching THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION on PBS at 8pm eastern! And for the first time ever, you'll click on the link below to join in. We'll be live with @michaelhattem.bsky.social & @lizcovart.bsky.social at about 7:45pm eastern! #HATM
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM

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The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
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November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Lot of interesting what ifs here: if Washington dies, if he is captured again, if the British grant him a commission...why, we might find ourselves speaking English! #KenBurnsAmericanRevolution #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Y'all don't even need registration. Just join in by visiting riverside.fm/studio/histo... at 7:45pm eastern. I'll be there along with @michaelhattem.bsky.social & @lizcovart.bsky.social and you never know who will pop up #HATM
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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The reason they have to keep making Wizard of Oz prequels is if they went *forward* then they'd have to let people know about Ozma, and Hollywood will not, absolutely will *not*, ever allow that to happen
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Proud of my boys
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia (later my patron!) & Catalina Micaela, & their pets, painted in 1570 by Sofonisba Anguissola. It’s her day.
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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My lovely colleague Serena Zabin is featured in Ken Burns's new documentary series, "The American Revolution," that premieres on PBS tonight. Here's more information and how to watch it for free 🗃️: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
The American Revolution | Premieres Nov. 16 | PBS
The American Revolution, a landmark documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, premieres Nov. 16, 2025.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Small boy in totally A+ green outfit, at the Spanish court in the 1560s. By Sofonisba Anguissola, whose day is today.
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Hi everyone. I am pleased to announce my new book GILDED AGE FASHION! ➡️ Reserve your first edition copy now from your favorite bookseller.
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Flemish paintings (including a few royal portraits) at the Royal Ontario Museum
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Today marks the 400th anniversary of the passing of Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola. Read about the artist on the #ArtHerstory blog -

Sofonisba Anguissola in Enschede, an Exhibition Review
by Erika Gaffney with Cara Verona Viglucci
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Sofonisba Anguissola in Enschede | An Exhibition Review
This post reviews the exhibition Sofonisba Anguissola: Portraitist of the Renaissance, presented at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Spring 2023.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The grin on the court dwarf
2/2 Giuliano II Cesarini aged 14, with strange small fellow who I'm thinking might be a court dwarf (comical behavior, old face). By Sofonisba Anguissola, whose day is today.
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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She was always THE woman. Looking right at you from 1590: Infanta Catalina Micaela (almost surely), painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (probably). Surely one of the greatest renaissance portraits.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Alessandro Farnese, later Duke of Parma & governor of The Netherlands, looking very dashing at age 15. Painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1560.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Book Review: “Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First Century Life” by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita adventuresofatudornerd.com/2025/11/16/b...
Book Review: “Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First Century Life” by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita
Have you ever read about a historical figure and used what they went through to help you get through difficult times? It is as if you read about their life at the perfect time in your life to help …
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November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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It’s our 14th anniversary!🎉 Today only, enjoy a 14%* discount on in-store purchases! 14 years for a small, independent business is no small feat these days, and we wouldn’t be here without all you bookish folks from near and far who go out of your way to shop small. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM