A Goode Historie

Jordan Harris, UK - History student with a passion for the past! This blog is a celebration of all my favourite parts of history, from art and fashion all the way to pictures of my re-enactment events with my Tudor/Stuart and Napoleonic groups. I own no claim to any content unless stated. Thanks for visiting!

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Onwards, onwards march the 45eme #napoleonic #military #lineinfantry #france #reenactment (at Hole Park Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTi2f8n2WF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vx5vtfs688bv

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"Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!" (at Hole Park Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTipi3nXi3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pk7m1ykc5f1b

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Vive l'Empereur! 🇫🇷#napoleon #reenactment (at Hole Park Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRlAJKHPS1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qvsxawrit9ra

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Stained glass at Lincoln Cathedral (at Lincoln Cathedral)

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Loving being back #lincoln #cathedral (at Lincoln Cathedral)

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Got to fire a good few shots with a Brown Bess today - getting confident with it! #reenactment #napoleon #miltonkeynesmuseum (at Milton Keynes Museum)

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Mitt Gott für König und Vaterland! #reenactment #landwehr #napoleon #prussia (at Milton Keynes Museum)

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I know it's a bit late but here's one of me as Thomas Angell the footman, with the amazing #audleyend in the background! #history #reenactment

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Seven Years War reenactment, photography by Jindřich Seifert.

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A great bank holiday event at Audley End! Very warm under the periwig, but we managed somehow! #reenactment #stuart #audleyend #bankholiday (at Audley End House and Gardens)

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Skeleton of child trying to shelter from Vesuvius eruption uncovered in Pompeii

Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered the skeleton of a child who tried in vain to hide from the cataclysmic eruption of Mt Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.

It is the first time in about 50 years that a child’s skeleton has been found in the remains of the ancient Roman city, which lies just south of Naples and was destroyed in AD79.

The child, believed to be seven or eight years old, apparently took refuge in a public baths complex after the volcano erupted and started spewing ash and pumice into the air.

But the building could not save the terrified youngster from the effects of the eruption, which was witnessed by Pliny the Younger.

It is believed that he or she was not killed by falling debris, but instead suffocated by the clouds of scorching ash that enveloped the city, a thriving port on the Bay of Naples. Read more.

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First day of the US Airmail Service, May 15, 1918

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Getting my Landwehr kit ready for the Battle of Waterloo event at Ickworth Park the weekend after this! Honestly cannot wait!

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Best one yet.

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The 94th Regiment - Scots Brigade - at the Defense of Matagorda, March 21st 1810, Richard Simkin

The fortress was north of Cadiz and was bombarded by the French. Later the 94th Foot evacuated the fort with only Major Lefebure of the Royal Engineers left who was responsible for the detonation of a mine to destroy the fort. However, he was killed by a cannonball and the French occupied the fort of Matagorda.

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“Vive L'Empereur”, 1891, by Édouard Detaille

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Lanercost Priory, near Hadrian’s Wall, Northumbria

This famous priory has a long and colourful history but its links to Hadrian’s Wall are very real in that stones used for segments of the building are taken directly from the wall, observed by the fact that some stones contain Roman inscriptions. (Image 4).