David Santiuste

I was at Warkworth last week with my family. My 10yo daughter thoroughly enjoyed following the new trails (she did three of them), as did I!

New- chapter 15 of my exploration of the Redmayn family c.1355-1426:
How did the Redmayns experience the preparations for war 1414-1415?
Recruiting soldiers, making lists, meeting friends at parliament .. my grandmother helps too - cross-referencing 1415 & 1914
thinkinghistory.co.uk/MedievalFami...

PS: would you count Daphne du Maurier's House on the Strand as historical fiction? (Not sure, but it's great, anyway!)

Edith Pargeter, The Heaven Tree, but I also thought quickly of Andrew Greig's That Summer, as well as his Fair Helen. Your own For Thy Great Pain is now very high on my list of favourites!

It’s me! I can finally reveal that I’ve been appointed as the Research Officer for this vital project.

Hundreds of churches are currently closing or at risk here in Scotland. This work will rapidly assess our endangered heritage and work with communities to find solutions.

Very pleased to see this - an excellent article!

Trinity apse open day- fighting the weeds to see the wonderful stones

Trinity apse showing nearby development

Delighted to see our article 'Reviving the Trinity: Making Mary of Guelders’ 15th Century built legacy relevant in 21st Century Scotland' in Special Issue: Material Culture and Built Heritage: Manifestations of Scotland’s Royal Past, Present and Future.

rsj.winchester.ac.uk/30/volume/12...

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Medieval History we’ve asked eight distinguished historians each to use an article from the journal’s first five years as a jumping off point to discuss historiographical trends. @tandfresearch.bsky.social

"The #humanities ... won’t give us all the answers, but they keep us asking the right questions—and without that, no future worth having can be built."
Peter Sutoris @wonkhe.bsky.social

Agreed - this sounds like a very interesting project!

The Richard III Society is offering a prize of £200 for the best essay on a topic relevant to
The Life and Times of Richard, duke of Gloucester, Richard III, 1452-1485.
This is open to students under the age of 19 on 31st August 2025. www.warsoftheroses.com/the-life-and...

Very pleased to be involved in this with the Battlefields Trust. We are pleased to announce that the Wars of the Roses Memorial Database is now live at www.battlefieldstrust.com/wotrmemorial/ to coincide with the anniversary of the battle of Towton (1461).

The Zodiac Man page in a book of hours printed by Wynkyn de Worde (London, 1526). Lambeth Palace Library, [ZZ]1526.2, sig. B1v.

What connects Pisces to the feet? 🐟👣

My new blog post for @lampallib.bsky.social explores Zodiac Men diagrams, focusing on a 16th century printed book of hours currently on display in 'Unfolding Time'. This wonderful exhibition is free and open until May!

monumentoffame.org/2025/04/04/u...

This course will take place at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Open Learning (Holyrood Road).

The course was originally scheduled for 15 March, but it will now take place on Saturday 10 May. Booking is open to all aged 16+

There's still time to sign up for my one-day course on pilgrimage in late medieval Scotland: www.course-bookings.lifelong.ed.ac.uk/courses/HS/h...

#MedievalSky #ScottishHistory

Outwitted by the Middleman. An English Spy Report of 1221 As part of my work on the spies of King John of England (r. 1199-1216), I have been doing some research on so-called middlemen. That is, individuals who had servants in their employ that could be p…

Well would you believe it! After a nearly two-year hiatus, I have written a new blog post. Spy reports abound: jembenham.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/o...

Thanks for sharing this. A really good article, capturing the experience of visiting these wonderful places. It's been a long time (too long!) since my last visit to St Davids, but I hope to return at some point soon.

Digital reconstruction depicting Ardrossan Castle as it might have looked in the 1500s. © Bob Marshall / Charles Ross 2015

Digital reconstruction depicting Ardrossan Castle after it was rebuilt by Clan Montgomery in the 15th century. It became their chief seat until Lord Montgomery made nearby Eglinton Castle their principal residence. Commission © Bob Marshall / Charles Ross 2015. #Ayrshire

A propos of nothing in particular, I am reminded of this article on the gobbet as a form of assessment by Kevin Hora: arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcont...

Really happy that my first pamphlet has found her home with Litfest/Wayleave

Really sorry to see this, Allan - it will indeed be a great loss.

This course has been rescheduled. It will now take place on Saturday 10 May. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

If you haven't read this book - and if you're not especially interested in medieval Wales, that's not surprising - you really, really should.

The first chapter alone is extraordinary. The writing about as good as academic writing gets, and stylish with it.

All written in a second language. 🗃️

A quick reminder of the exciting, and exceptionally reasonably-priced, new book on the 15th century being published by the Yorkist History Trust that I mentioned in the questions on Saturday - all details can be found at yorkisthistorytrust.org/2024/09/20/n...

We have commissioned another update of the BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDINBURGH HISTORY https://buff.ly/404Qgsv for release in May 2025. Suggestions for inclusion, either for new or items we might have missed can be emailed with the full details to bibliography@oldedinburghclub.org.uk before 31st Jan2025.

This is well worth reading - a thoughtful (and thought-provoking) discussion. #MedievalSky

The Armaments of the Calais Arsenal, 1347–1485 This article uses the exceptionally detailed records of the English exchequer to examine the development of the Calais arsenal in the late Middle Ages, by tracing the procurement, distribution and ...

My latest article The Armaments of the Calais Arsenal, 1347-1485 has just been published in the Journal of Medieval History:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you don't have institutional access then there are 50 free copies:

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UMU2G...

#medievalsky #militaryhistory

The History of Sound, by Ben Shattuck: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703118.... It's excellent, so far.

Thanks to everyone who has signed up for this or helped to spread the word. The course has recruited well so far, but there are still a few places available. #MedievalSky #ScottishHistory

A World Torn Apart: The Dissolution of the Monasteries - 1 - Season 1 - History Hit Professor Suzannah Lipscomb unravels one of the most profound transformations in Tudor society, when faith and politics collided: the dissolution of the monasteries. Over just four years in the 1530s,...

There's a new two-part documentary from History Hit on the dissolution of the monasteries - with a bit from me about medieval manuscripts and materials #bookhistory #medievalsky #earlymodernsky access.historyhit.com/a-world-torn...