Dr Abby Armstrong
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Medieval Historian. Postdoctoral Researcher @ Cluster of Excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts", Universität Hamburg. All views are my own. She/her.
Hamburg/Heidelberg, Germany
Joined October 2015
Sheila’s last CCCU blog.The Nightingale, the Chough and the Phoenix – flying together in Canterbury and Kent.
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From my perspective, this is the last CKHH blog. Consequently, I would just like to say that when Matthew Crockatt said back in 2014 the best way to build an audience was to post regularly and often,...
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From Medway to Dover – exploring history and heritage in Kent.
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Firstly, congratulations to Dr Kaye Sowden who has received confirmation that her doctoral thesis on the history of early modern Pluckley has been signed off by her examiners and is therefore now...
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Kent History Postgraduates – from oysters to gold rings.
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Now that we are in June, I thought I would highlight some of the forthcoming events involving Kent History Postgraduates and others associated with the CKHH before I report on Jason Mazzocchi’s...
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Sheila’s well-deserved big day out at the Palace.
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Before I come to the headline event for this week’s blog, I want to send out a reminder concerning the Becket Lecture next week, as well as mentioning that on Thursday 29 May there will be a joint...
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They have arrived! Happy to see this finally in print 😁
Happy publication day for my little book 🥳🎉 .I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week.
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RT @Approaching_MS: We are thrilled to announce the publication of Dr Abby Armstrong's book, 'Approaching Records of the Household and Ward….
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Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the...
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Happy publication day for my little book 🥳🎉 .I hope my copies are waiting for me in the office next week.
routledge.com
Records of the household and wardrobe are important sources for understanding English royal medieval government. This book outlines their functions, organisation and development, along with the...
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Celebrating postgraduate research on late medieval and early modern Kent.
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For this week, although the lion’s share will be Jason’s report and photos covering Kaye Sowden’s presentation at the Kent History and Library Centre on Monday of this week, I thought in the spirit...
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Featuring ‘Dover at Night’ and Canterbury Pilgrimage
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We’ll be back at Dover, physically this week on Friday for the ‘Dover at Night’ festival around the town, and because that will form the main part of this week’s blog, it is coming out later in the...
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Royalty, gentry and saints – Kent today and in the past.
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As a carryover from last week, I thought I would mention very briefly three meetings I was involved in. Firstly, on Monday I had an online meeting of the Lossenham wills group, who are continuing to...
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Kent’s Maritime Communities – past, present and future.
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This week it is great to be able to feature one of the CKHH’s Kent History Postgraduates. Grace Conium Parsonage recently submitted her doctoral thesis and has just started in a post with MOLA...
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RT @mlcseah: Thrilled to share that my book will be out soon. There's a book cover for it now and it's available for preorder too. https://….
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Looking forward to February 2025 – CKHH and associated events.
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As a start this week, I thought I would mention that there is an advert in the February edition of the BBC History magazine for the Tudors and Stuarts History Weekend in late April this year. I hope...
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