Dr Nicola Clark
@NikkiClark86
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I am looking through Henry VIII's privy purse expenses and I may have found a cool thing. But also, pleasingly, in December 1530 he has just paid the 'custard monger' 😊😂
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Went to see 'Nye' at the national theatre. Michael Sheen as Aneurin Bevan looking back over his life. Incredible. Rage-inducing. They put this up at the end and there was a huge unspoken 'but for how long?'
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Was William III an elf
These bright green silk stockings and red knitted silk vest were worn by William III. The stockings are an extremely rare survival of 17th-century royal dress. Join our free royal fashion online course - this week it’s the splendid Stuarts:
#FLRoyalFashion
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I am now officially allowed to announce that from September I will be Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History at Chichester on a permanent 0.5 contract!
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DRUM ROLL PLEASE: it's cover reveal time!!! Look how beautiful it is!! The Waiting Game, coming to you in April 2024: pre-order here and I will love you forever
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I'm so excited to finally announce this!! I'm totally writing the ladies in waiting book! Huge thanks to
@maddyprice
and to Adam Gauntlett at PFD agency!
.
@wnbooks
bags a narrative history of Tudor ladies-in-waiting with The Waiting Game, from
@NikkiClark86
, with the title promising "women’s history with the drama and pace of the best historical fiction"! See more! See more here:
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Omg there he is again, and his name is 'Young the custard monger'!!
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You know a word I hate? 'epistemology'. I have to look it up to remind myself what it means. Every. Single. Time. Why must we use it. Can't we just say 'theory of knowledge'.
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Omg first glimpse in the wild in Waterstones in Doncaster, a week before publication 🤣🤣🤣
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Wait a hot damn minute. Kathryn Parr marries Henry VIII on 12th July 1543. On 28th July, her expenses record the purchase of 'a glass with aqua [water] ad p[ro]voca[n]d[um] me[n]strm' - to bring on menstruation.
It might not be for her, but.....
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Eeeeeee this is the first time I've seen it looking like an actual whole real BOOK!
#proofsinthewild
Would you LOOK at what just came to my door.
Pre-order now and let The Waiting Game begin! 👑
@NikkiClark86
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I was beheaded, which is why I can write about Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
The only reason I can write about bubonic plague is because I have had bubonic plague.
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Me being pissed with Henry VIII continues; just found the line 'Henry's pain was never only his own; like so many men, he made it into a problem for those around him.'
Let's see if that gets past an editor...!
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Iiiiiiiiiit's pub day!! Excited to see The Waiting Game out in the world!
The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens 👑
We're proud to publish
@NikkiClark86
's thrilling narrative history of the oft-overlooked yet hugely influential figures of the Tudor court: the ladies-in-waiting. Out today in Hardback, ebook and audiobook ✨
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She wasn't a fan of Stephen Gardiner (I mean, who was) so she named her dog Gardiner and called him to heel in public 😂
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Yesterday was SIX MONTHS until publication of The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women who Served the Tudor Queens :-D :-D :-D
Pre-order here for 25th April 2024:
DRUM ROLL PLEASE: it's cover reveal time!!! Look how beautiful it is!! The Waiting Game, coming to you in April 2024: pre-order here and I will love you forever
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For a start because it should be called 'act your wage'
If I have to see the phrase "quiet quitting" one more time I am going to scream
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No exception for commercial publishing in the new REF guidance. This is INSANE. Why would you want to discourage academics from reaching wider audiences when another part of the REF itself is literally about that?! Who do I tag here?!
#REF2029
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So, it's the anniversary of Anne Boleyn's execution. I feel like I should compose a thread of some sort. Maybe about the women who were with her during her time in the Tower?
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Loved writing about ladies-in-waiting for this gorgeous catalogue and I'm so excited to see the exhibition at
@NPGLondon
tomorrow!!
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Um, guys
@BritishAcademy_
, you do know those are three separate and quite different jobs, right? That need different training? You're trying to get three people in one.
WAIT are you trying to hire the holy trinity
Mega interesting job alert. We are looking for an archivist, librarian and curator for
@BritishAcademy_
If this is your sort of thing could there be a more interesting place to do it?! Please do spread the word so we reach the right people
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I've had so many amazing endorsements for The Waiting Game. Super grateful and can't wait for publication day on Thursday!!
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A fortnight to publication! It's happening!! Still time to pre-order!
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I'm number 4 in hot new releases in Tudor and Stuart history today!! This is so exciting, I can't believe people are pre-ordering already, PLEASE DON'T STOP!!
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Very happy to say that I've accepted an invitation to join the convenors of the Tudor and Stuart seminar at the IHR 😊😊😊
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I taught my favourite class today. It's about the role of the courtier in the early C16. It's my favourite because I get them to draw me their ideal Tudor courtier 😃
It always gets weird, but it does open up discussions about stereotypes. Posted with permission:
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If anyone would like to know more about the dastardly Thomas Howard and the incredible women around him, I happen to have written a book about them....
#TheBoleyns
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This was loads of fun to write!
The ladies-in-waiting to Henry VIII’s wives were serious political operators with unparalleled access to the royal inner sanctum.
In the June issue of BBC History Magazine,
@NikkiClark86
reveals how six of the most influential navigated the vipers’ nest that was the Tudor court.
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I found my book in the wild today for the first time, in Blackwells in Oxford 😁😁😁
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Still dealing with anxiety, cried on my hairdresser this morning, but at scary times we wear pink
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Publication is creeping ever closer, and I'm SO happy to have received this amazing endorsement from the fabulous
@garethrussell1
!
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Early modern definitions of 'naked' are fascinating.
'Diverse Times he hath lyen with me, sometimes in his Doublet and Hose, and Two or Thre Times naked: But not so naked that he had nothing upon him, for he had alwayes at the least his Doublet'
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I'm a little digitally absent right now because I am in Spain for research in an archive that is a CASTLE
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Katherine Howard is dead. Jane is dead. Everybody's dead and it's very sad and I've written six thousand words in the past twenty-four hours and I can't anymore
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oh god oh god best typo of the day so far: 'superstitious pheasants'
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Reading Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk's 1544 will trying to find a woman and OMG I never knew that he wanted his wife Katherine to 'kepe her sole and mary not after my deathe'. Old-fashioned much?
Love that she clearly knew this and was like....nah.
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Oh I was on TV last night!
Also in today’s episode is a star turn from the brilliant
@NikkiClark86
. It was such a treat to film with her.
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I reached a brutal point in counselling this week and today I am epically sad. Rewriting your self-narrative hurts like hell even when it's necessary and ultimately positive.
Virtual hugs today please.
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Writing a lecture on non-white and/or non-Christian women in England up to 1600 and I'm super excited to finally have my hands on this glorious book!
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If anyone would like to hear me talk about my new book, they could do so at Southwark cathedral library on 2nd May, for £6. 100 tickets and 50 are sold already, so get your skates on!
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Every year I am mocked for the picture advent calendar (rather than chocolate) but it makes me happy 😊
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It's been a bit of a shit week, but after class today a student came up and thanked me, saying they had been feeling really overwhelmed but my class had reminded them why they wanted to do this, and now they were excited about it again. I love my job.
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Thread. As a lecturer I can't BE a surrogate parent.
As someone bereaved by suicide (so understands something of the intense grief, though obviously I didn’t lose my child), I am sympathetic but extremely wary of making unis responsible for what are legally adults. A whole bunch of issues here:
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Any maritime historians know what kind of ship probably brought Catherine of Aragon from Spain to England in 1501? It's going to be cramped and unpleasant regardless, right?
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What an awesome day! Loved talking about Catherine of Aragon!
Fabulous to speak today on Jane Seymour at
@Southwarkcathed
with
@NikkiClark86
@AlisonWeirBooks
@TracyBorman
@garethrussell1
and
@melitathomas92
making the case for the significance of the other wives
@tudortimeshop
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Snorted out loud. Too soon? I suppose I'd better watch the documentary eh
Napoleon definitely killed the Princes in the Tower.
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On this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn was executed. I don't have a lot to say about this that isn't being amply covered elsewhere; BUT some of my girls were in service to her at the time, and I find it really fascinating to think about this from their perspective.
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Women whose servants get rewarded by Henry VIII at New Year, 1511-1521. Check out that increase, and the sharp jump in 1520. Interesting.
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Next year I get to teach the Wars of the Roses to first years! Which means I need to prepare from scratch. If anybody is willing to share materials, please let me know? Happy to share anything of mine in return!
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NOW THEN. Historians of late medieval/early modern Spain. I am trying to confirm the parentage/family of Maria de Salinas, lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon.
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Eeeeeeeek first mock-up of book cover in my inbox! It's all getting real
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In Winchester with the fam for mum's PhD graduation today. I kid you not, that's now 4 out of 4 of us with doctorates. Not all in history though, this one's a mathematician!
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Anne was arrested on 2nd May at Greenwich and taken straight – ‘in full daylight’ - to the Tower of London by river. Chapuys (Spanish ambassador) said that ‘only four women have been left by her’. Let’s talk about them, shall we? *rolls up sleeves*
So, it's the anniversary of Anne Boleyn's execution. I feel like I should compose a thread of some sort. Maybe about the women who were with her during her time in the Tower?
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Jane, Lady Rochford is one of the women I write about a lot in The Waiting Game. She's a complex character and I tried to do that justice; nobody is one dimensional.
#OTD
in 1542, Catherine Howard, the former queen, was beheaded at the Tower of London. She was about 19 years old. Also executed was her lady-in-waiting Jane Boleyn, Dowager Viscountess Rochford.
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the fucking CHAPTER, it is fucking DONE. Written across a shit period so I think it's not very good despite more time/polishing than most of the others, but good is the enemy of done.
If you should have it and don't, holler
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I have 20 letters in early C16 Spanish that I need transcribing. Snapshot of the hand below. I'm not sure what the current going rate is for this kind of thing (pls inform, I don't want to exploit) but if anybody knows anybody who might be able to do this, please hit me up!
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I really love writing about women, because it pushes all the 'great men' way into the background of the narrative. I just wrote a note to self that said 'remember to kill Wolsey' because apparently I just...forgot 🤷🏼♀️
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Without downloading any new photos, where are you at mentally?
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Margaret Beaufort must be one of the only pre-modern women who was such a force of nature that it's possible to forget that she actually had a husband. I keep seeing refs to 'my Lord' in her accounts and being surprised.
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I printed my whole book today! ...in a slightly smaller font than intended, but hey!
Then I ate too many snacks and now I don't want any dinner.
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My dad, a biochemist currently producing covid test kits, wrote me a cheat sheet on how testing actually works. This helps to explain why it's not quite as simple as 'MAKE MORE TESTS'; we are, but it takes time, materials, and relevant expertise.
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Made Bertie a jumper. He asked for navy and he tells me that next he needs stripy trousers that include red, and a scarf of some sort.
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@RFMacLellan
For a split second there I also thought he had a ketchup tent.
It's been a long week. And it's only Monday.
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Karl the koala, and bunny no name. I've been desperately trying to regain some mental equilibrium lately and knitting is one of my favourite ways to self-soothe. Loving autumnal colours right now!
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I am reading a student essay so good that I'm tearing up. There is NOTHING like seeing a student take what you've taught and fly with it ❤️
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Anyone got interesting assignment ideas that aren't 'write a 3000 word essay'? Most of my modules are default single essay assignment and I'm wondering whether to change things up.
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Omg omg omg. I think I have just found a beautiful ending to the book that will tie it all up in a bow. But can I do it, will the evidence let me...
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@UkNatArchives
next time I come in I'm bringing an eagle
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When you've got the documents cited in someone else's footnote in front of you but WHERE, WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT, NONE OF THESE THINGS SAY THAT
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Yesterday was not a good day and my brain remains fragile, but today I have finally FINISHED the fucking MARKING, and made it to the pool and now out for a drink. All of this warrants red lipstick (or, that was what I had in my bag).
Take that, depression.
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So, it's important to say when you're not ok, but I think it's also important to acknowledge when you *are*. Autumn/winter is my happiest time of year. Hibernate. Hygge. Inside brain matches outside vibe. I'm good 😊
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You know when you get back from Christmas and there are all sorts of things to be done, but it all feels mountainous so you stay in bed because you can't figure out where to start? That.
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Omg medieval Elvis
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200 people registered for the talk I'm about to give. *blinks* um, ok!
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