#History of Britain

[linguisticalities]

More accurate, less click-baity title: “Yes, the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Did Happen.” Which it did...

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding.

Place of origin: Great Britain

Date: mid-19th century

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A LOOK AT THE MONETARY ANTIQUITIES OF ANCIENT BRITAIN.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a hoard of Celtic gold coins hidden in a cow bone, discovered near Sedgwick, Cumbria, England, c. 1st century A.D. 📸: The Norfolk Museums Collections.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3272139294507605830.

[illustratus]

Transept of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire by Joseph Mallord William Turner

[bargainsleuthbooks]

#ARCReview #CharlesIsPrivateLife #MarkTurnbull #BookReview #NetGalley #PenandSwordHistory #StuartDynasty #BritishHistory

There's a new book coming out about #KingCharles, #CharlesI, that is. You know, the king that was executed? #ARCReview #CharlesIsPrivateLife #MarkTurnbull #BookReview #NetGalley #PenandSwordHistory #StuartDynasty #BritishHistory #August2023Books #newbooks

The execution of King Charles I is one of the well-known facts of British history, and an often-quoted snippet from our past. He lost the civil war and his head. But there is more to Charles than the civil war and his death. To fully appreciate the momentous events that marked the twenty-four years of his reign, and what followed, it’s important to understand the man who was at their…

[lionofchaeronea]

The Angel, Standing in the Sun, J.M.W. Turner, 1846

[bantarleton]

The last of “The Few” turns 105.

Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway DFC, AE, is the last verified surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. He was born in Dublin on 17 July 1919.

He served during the Second World War in the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Allied invasion of Italy and the Invasion of Normandy. Following the death of Terry Clark in May 2020, Hemingway became the last verified surviving airman of the Battle of Britain. He was shot down four times during the Second World War.

Per Ardua ad Astra - "Through Adversity to the Stars"

[mysharona1987]

How many of those children that created the artwork are still alive?

Just asking.

[haridraws]

Excuse the format (I made this for instagram since that's what the publisher wants, rip) but this is basically a shorter, easy-to-read version of the history section at the back of my new book.

(Part 2 || The book)

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Disclaimer: I'm extremely not an expert, and this is only scratching the very surface of complex topics that are hard to simplify. I mostly made this to EXTREMELY rec these books and podcasts, and would urge you to go check them out if you're not familiar!!

This stuff might seem obvious to some of you, but let me tell you, I do NOT think it's widely known in the general UK population.

Imo a lot of the general (especially white) public think that the Windrush generation - Caribbean migrants brought in to help rebuild postwar Britain in the 50s - were the first Black communities in the UK. And yet there's deliberately not much focus on why the Caribbean has links with northern europe. HMMMM

(Britain loves, for example, to celebrate the abolition of slavery without mentioning WHAT CAME BEFORE IT - Britain being the biggest trader of enslaved people, with more than 1 million people enslaved in the British Caribbean. They literally just did it overseas.)

Telling the truth about history or British imperialism gets this massive manufactured backlash at the moment. There are so many ideas prevalent in UK politics - anti-Black, anti-refugee, anti-trans - based on going ‘back’ to some imaginary version of the past. Those are enabled by a long tradition of carving parts out of the historical record, and being selective about whose histories get told and preserved. Even though the book I was making is a fun rom-com, by the time I finished researching, I decided to make an illustrated history section at the back too (this is a mini version). My hope is that readers who haven’t come across these histories might get an introduction to them - and some pointers of what they could read next to get a clearer view of our past.

[diemelusine]

A classical beauty by John William Godward (1861-1922). Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross.

[armthearmour]

A beautifully pierced and etched Smallsword with a broad blade,

OaL: 40.5 in/102.8 cm

Blade Length: 34.5 in/87.6 cm

Width: 4 in/10.2 cm

Depth: 3.75 in/9.5 cm

Weight: 1.3 lbs/595.3 g

British, 17th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[thoughtportal]

Irish lawmaker and anti-war activist Richard Boyd Barret describes how Britain ’s colonial policies were exported from Ireland to Palestine , including many of the officers and commanders who fought against Irish liberation.

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Mosaic Pavement Section, Corinium Museum, Cirencester

[illustratus]

Enid and Geraint by Rowland Wheelwright

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Hard tartan kilt decorated with silk rosettes and matching pink silk ribbon ties, part of a man's kilt suit.

Place of origin: Great Britain, United Kingdom, Northern Europe

Date: ca. 1820

Medium: Tartan, silk, cotton

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

Normans building churches in Britain: We shall construct giant towers, intricate facades, imposing yet beautiful columns.

Anglo-Saxons building churches in Britain: make that boi long and tall