The Canadian Branch of the Richard III Society. Info at https://xitter.cf/t.co/twgBXP7GGn Now at https://xitter.cf/t.co/edqCUMrSyE & @RichardIIIca@mstnd.social.
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🚨 The wait is almost over! 🚨
🎭 June 7 (June 8 if it rains): the full York Cycle is back for the 1st time in 27 years!
🌅 From sunrise "Creation" to midnight "Last Judgment"
🎟️FREE & open to all!
👟 Come for an hour or the whole epic!
#YorkPlays2025 #FreeEventsTO #MustSeeTO
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It's finally just around the corner! If you're in Toronto June 7, drop by. It's all free and open to the public. It's first time in 27 years since we did this back in 1998.
It's been two+ years in the making. We suffered a devastating loss due to fire, and yet here we are already.
Just one month until the wagons roll once again!
#yorkplays2025 #medievaltheatre #medievaltwitter
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It's been two+ years in the making. We suffered a devastating loss due to fire, and yet here we are already.
Just one month until the wagons roll once again!
#yorkplays2025 #medievaltheatre #medievaltwitter
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Save the Date: York Plays 2025! 🎭
On June 7, 2025, PLS will stage the full York Corpus Christi cycle for the first time in 27 years! 50 plays, live music, & more—free and open to the public!
Join us for a once-in-a-generation event! More info in the next tweet 👇
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Richard visited in 1469 and wrote a letter from here to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to ask for a loan against the income from his lands so he could support his brother. He was 16
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Medieval Wakefield Day
Saturday 3rd May 2025
10:30am-4.00pm
A visit to the medieval chantry chapel at Wakefield, followed by a guided tour of Sandal Castle and the 1460 battle of Wakefield.
N.B. Advance booking is required. Visit 'Events' in our bio for further details.
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29th March 1461: Battle of Towton.
The royal dynasty changes from Lancaster to York, as Edward IV eventually emerges victorious from a long and bloody fight for the crown.
Further details at Battlefields Hub in our bio.
Photo: Battle monument, looking towards the Yorkist lines
It’s International Women’s Day. Which one of these women would you like to meet? #IWD
67%Anne Neville
8%Anne Beauchamp
17%Margaret of Anjou
8%Elizabeth Woodville
12 votes • Final results Richard III Soc CA retweeted
It’s the final week of our #MedievalWomen exhibition and we have some fantastic news!
Manuscripts from our Medieval and Renaissance Women digitisation project are now available to consult online.
Check out today's blogpost to learn more.
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
ALT An illustration of Christine de Pizan, writing in her study before the goddess Minerva.
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17 February 1461. 2nd Battle of St Albans
Despite Yorkist defensive preparations for battle north of St Albans, Margaret of Anjou's Lancastrians surprise Warwick's men by entering and capturing the town from the west and attacking them from the rear. The Yorkists flee.
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Visited Winchester Cathedral yesterday. Here's the memorial to Sir George Prevost who defended Canada against US aggression during the War of 1812. – at Farncombe, England
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Project Update!
This week, we proudly opened our exhibition, Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar, to the public! 🎉
A huge thank you to the #NationalLottery #HeritageFund for their essential support in making this possible.
#UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #ThanksToYou
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In February 1477, Margery Brews dictated the earliest known Valentine's letter in English, to her suitor John Paston III. 💘💘💘
Margery's letter is on display in our #MedievalWomen exhibition. Learn more about its fascinating story in today's blogpost.
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscr…
ALT The earliest Valentine's letter in English, written by Margery Brews to John Paston III.
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Piping
#Wednesdayvibe #medieval
Badge displaying a boar playing a bagpipe, 1375-1450, found in Amsterdam (Van Beuningen Family collection, inventory number 1460). Thanks to the Leiden Medievalists Blog
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Eastwell's church of St Mary - the burial place of 'Richard Plantagenet', who claimed to be an illegitimate son of Richard III. @NicolaTallis @MattLewisAuthor @JulesHumphrys
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Join brilliant expert Dr. Crystal Hollis for a free online lecture on historical graffiti on 11th February, 18:00 – 19:00.
Get ready to start spotting historical graffiti everywhere, cause once you start looking, you can't stop!
Find out how to join: visitchurches.org.uk/what-s-…
ALT Graffiti at St. Peter's, Wallingford
ALT Graffiti at St. John's, Duxford (c) Graham White
ALT Graffiti at St. Peter's, Sudbury
ALT Graffiti at St. Paul's, Bristol
Members & guests of the Richard III Society of Canada are looking forward to our monthly meeting on Feb 9 which features a special guest - author Stephen David talking on "What Richard, Duke of Gloucester had to fear from the Woodvilles" Via Zoom.
ALT Faces from medieval manuscripts have been put together to look as though they are all on a Zoom call.
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🚨 NERD ALERT 🚨
My shopping bill was £14.83 and the historian in me cried out in joy @LidlGB 🥳
English history fans will know 1483 is the year Edward IV died, his son Edward V's claim denied and Richard III ascended the throne. Yes *him*, the King under the Leicester car park @rsociety_iii @KRIIICentre
I am now happy to die and go to heaven (well maybe not yet!)
#History #Plantagenets #RichardIII #HouseOfYork #educatorsoftiktok #teachersoftiktok #historytok #britishhistory #englishhistory #williamshakespeare #shakespeare #medievaltiktok