David Grummitt
@davidgrummitt.bsky.social
Historian of the late Middle Ages (and of the history of warfare more generally), academic and magazine editor. Very good with children and cats, not too shabby in the kitchen.
Except she wasn’t really a warrior queen?
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Except she wasn’t really a warrior queen?
Cousins’ War … really?
July 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Cousins’ War … really?
Sorry to hear this Dan, but thanks for posting this important reminder
May 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Sorry to hear this Dan, but thanks for posting this important reminder
One or two I hope!
May 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
One or two I hope!
I haven’t noticed any yet. There are usually lots in Whitstable
May 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I haven’t noticed any yet. There are usually lots in Whitstable
It’s probably because Amazon delivered it late or damaged. I’ve had that before!
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It’s probably because Amazon delivered it late or damaged. I’ve had that before!
Wow, who are those people!?!
February 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Wow, who are those people!?!
The Mortimer’s Cross reference is on p. 99 of the Marx edition and p. 110 on the Davies edition. We don’t know who wrote the Annales but he seems to have been a Londoner.
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Mortimer’s Cross reference is on p. 99 of the Marx edition and p. 110 on the Davies edition. We don’t know who wrote the Annales but he seems to have been a Londoner.
Remember too Hall and Holinshed, writing 80 years and more after the battle, cannot be considered primary sources for the Wars of the Roses.
February 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Remember too Hall and Holinshed, writing 80 years and more after the battle, cannot be considered primary sources for the Wars of the Roses.
Pedro Camulio’s letter of 11 March (Calendar of State Papers, Milan); John Benet’s chronicle; An English Chronicle, ed Davies more recently Marx; Worcester Itineraries actually says the 3rd (he didn’t write the Annales which says the vigil of the Purification).
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Pedro Camulio’s letter of 11 March (Calendar of State Papers, Milan); John Benet’s chronicle; An English Chronicle, ed Davies more recently Marx; Worcester Itineraries actually says the 3rd (he didn’t write the Annales which says the vigil of the Purification).
Great article Dan
January 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Great article Dan
Sharon, not for the Open University but their student association. I thought I’d missed something there!
January 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Sharon, not for the Open University but their student association. I thought I’d missed something there!
Murdered and unmanly are the key words there to understand what may have happened at Wakefield.
December 31, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Murdered and unmanly are the key words there to understand what may have happened at Wakefield.