Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Sooooooo the Bayeux Tapestry is popular then 030
Reposted by Gabriella WilliamsRichard III Society @richardiiisociety.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Applications are now open for the Richard III Society's annual £1,000 Research Bursary. The bursary supports postgraduate research related to the later medieval and early Tudor period (c. 1399 - 1509) & can be used for expenses. Applicants do not have to be members of the Society.#medievalsky 11712
Reposted by Gabriella WilliamsJ L Laynesmith @jllaynesmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I wouldn't want to try to rank all the medieval women outrageously maligned by later generations, but I'm afraid Lady Margaret Beaufort, would rank pretty high. So it was wonderful to have the chance to explore her impressive story with Katherine Lewis and @davidgrummitt.bsky.social for In Our Time. 1143
Reposted by Gabriella WilliamsSean Cunningham @seanc1509.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Publication of my short #PenguinMonarchs book on Henry VII on #WorldBookDay is wonderful. Enjoy the early #Tudor conspiracies, tragedies & @jodyhewgill.bsky.social‘s amazing cover painting. Thanks to the team @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 13811
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 05/12/2025This is how I will answer all conference questions moving forwards. 020
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Also, while I'm here, you'd better all not be too hungover at IMC 2026 because you're all obviously attending my Thursday 9am paper. (Pray for me). 361
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Weird stumbling across this footnote in a 25 year old Ricardian article. Things become unexpectedly controversial. 😂 000
Reposted by Gabriella WilliamsJ L Laynesmith @jllaynesmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Call for Papers on The Long Fifteenth Century at Leeds IMC, 6-9 July 2026 Sponsored by the Yorkist History Trust £300 bursaries for scholars without institutional funding (at any stage of their career). Application deadline 18 September 2025. For more details, email j.l.laynesmith@reading.ac.uk 065
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 03/09/2025My train north for the C15 conference is currently delayed due to a cow on the line. Apparently said cow is currently 'heading northbound' and we are following it. I suspect it might take a while to get to Durham... 010
Reposted by Gabriella WilliamsGordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Happy to see this out as an ebook - hard copies out next month. It’s something I was interested in writingall the way back as an undergraduate in 2006 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comProtest, Resistance and Popular Politics in Late Medieval ScotlandThis book is the first sustained analysis of popular politics in Scotland during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries 182
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 27/07/2025I have finally found a Latin tutor who teaches Latin like a modern language. I was almost convinced such a thing didn't exist. I will never have to look at another grammar table again. I am genuinely overjoyed. 000
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 16/07/2025If you missed my IMC paper on rumours of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester's murder you can watch it on catch up here (registered delegates only). It was my first Leeds paper so if you have any criticism of it I would LOVE to hear it so I can get better next year. imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2025/mee...imc-leeds.confex.comThe Wars of the Roses, I: Stories of the Death of Princes - Royal Blood, Rumour, and CommemorationThis session examines late medieval responses to the controversial deaths of three members of the English royal family at key points in the Wars of the Roses. All three papers consider ideas about the... 252
Reposted by Gabriella WilliamsDr Patrick McDonagh @patrickmcdonagh98.bsky.social · 14/07/2025A recording of my paper on Sir Thomas Mortimer and the Lords Appellant Revolt of 1387 for anyone at Leeds who missed my paper during #IMC2025 (only available to those registered for the conference) imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2025/mee...imc-leeds.confex.com14th-Century England, IV: Land and Power in the Reign of Richard IIEach of the papers in this session considers aspects of the reign of Richard II. The first paper examines the role of Sir Thomas Mortimer during the events of the Appellant crisis of 1388, the importa... 021
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Three dukes of Gloucester before 10:30am, what more could you want in life? 050
Gabriella Williams @gabbymedieval.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Joined Bluesky to say how much I enjoyed the past few days at Leeds IMC and to thank the Yorkist History Trust (@yorkisthistory.bsky.social) for letting me give a paper in such a fascinating session. Already looking forward to coming back next year! 071
