I finally became a grown up academic a couple weeks ago and spoke at my very first conference. It was terrifying and I loved it.
There won’t be much to this post today, because I’m working on learning to take days off and I have a ridiculous week coming up and I know I need today.
What do marriage and military service have to do with each other? More than you might think. Some thoughts on Andrew Spencer’s article, ‘The Comital Military Retinue in the Reign of Edward I’
John of Gaunt’s first wife, Blanche of Lancaster died in 1368, and John spent the next thirty-odd years mourning her. Or did he? Well, yeah, he probably did. Sort of.
| AuthorRebecca Holdorph is a Ph.D. student at the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on marriage and the English aristocracy in the 13th-15th centuries. ArchivesCategoriesAll |
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