Dr Melita Thomas

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I'm an author and historian, and editor of Tudor Times. I love history, books, gardens, walking in the countryside, the sea, and interacting with interesting people on social media. Not forgetting art and cats, of course!

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The Sutton Hoo purse lid which was discovered in 1939 as part of the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge in Suffolk. Dating to the early 7th century, the purse lid is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own #FindsFriday #SuttonHoo

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#OTD 1514 18-year-old Mary, Princess of England, m. the decidedly worn Louis XII of France furthering the peace treaty following the successful campaign that Henry VIII had led into France in 1513. Once widowed. Mary made a 2nd marriage that enraged her brother. bit.ly/1d9CBq5

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This spectacular fresco depicts Bacchus, covered in glistening grapes and accompanied by a panther, a snake and birds in front off a conical mountain (maybe Vesuvius?). I have slightly enhanced the colours for clarity. 📍 House of the Centenarian, Pompeii 🏛️📷 MANN

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Oct 8: Feast of Iwig (Ywi) (7thC), monk. A disciple of Cuthbert at Lindisfarne who decided to follow the practice of peregrinatio pro Christo, ‘exile for Christ’. One day, he boarded a boat which took him to Brittany, where he lived the eremitical life until death. 📸xlibber

Lindisfarne Castle sitting atop Beblowe Crag.
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Recreation of Richborough Roman coastal fort #Kent c AD 250

The fort enclosed an earlier triumphal arch

Anyone who's read Rosemary Sutcliff's 1959 novel *The Lantern Bearers* will know the arch probably became a signal tower

© Ivan Lapper 2001 (for the English Heritage guide)

#RomanFortThursday

Aerial reconstruction painting of a rectangular Roman fort with a large white marble arch at the centre and buildings, some being demolished, surrounding the triple ditches and sea to the left
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Tudor Times online summit. Find out hidden truths about Henry VIII's matrimonial escapades. I'll be giving the first presentation in tomorrow's summit, talking about the huge importance of family networks at the Tudor court.

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