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Alice Thornton on the Coronation of Charles II: The North Remembers (sort of)
Charles II’s coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661. The diarist Samuel Pepys was present and wrote about it. Alice Thornton also wrote about the coronation in two of her books, but...
Read moreWomen’s History Month 2023, 4: Time Matters
For Women’s History Month 2023, we have been posting a series of reflections on our first encounters with Alice Thornton and our changing relationship with her books from then to now. Feel free to get...
Read moreWomen’s History Month 2023, 3: Remembrances of encounters with Alice Thornton
For Women’s History Month 2023, we are posting a series of reflections on our first encounters with Alice Thornton and our changing relationship with her books from then to now. Feel free to get invol...
Read moreWomen’s History Month 2023, 2: Re-reading Alice Thornton's pains and perils
For Women’s History Month 2023, we are posting a series of reflections on our first encounters with Alice Thornton and our changing relationship with her books from then to now. Feel free to get invol...
Read moreWomen’s History Month 2023, 1: Alice Thornton and Margery Kempe
For Women’s History Month 2023, we are posting a series of reflections on our first encounters with Alice Thornton and our changing relationship with her books from then to now. Feel free to get invol...
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Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill, Joanne Edge, Sharon Howard. 'Blog'. Alice Thornton's Books. Accessed .https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/5/