Catherine Hanley

@CathHanley

Doctor of Medieval Studies, specialising in C12-13th warfare. Author, editor, grammar pedant, cricket tragic, parent. May tweet about any of these!

Not in Somerset, unfortunately
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Joined August 2011
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  1. 20 hours ago

    Cranberry and cinnamon muffins baking in the oven. Is it too early for the house to smell like Christmas?

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  2. Dec 3

    Might need to fortify myself with some chocolate flapjack first. For medicinal purposes only, you understand

  3. Dec 3

    This afternoon I will mainly be trying to summarise the entire Investiture Controversy in one concise, comprehensible paragraph

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  4. Dec 2

    I don't think 'aaargh' even starts to cover it *bangs head on desk*

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  5. Dec 2

    Have spent days translating excerpts from a C12th German chronicle, only to discover today that there is a published English translation

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  6. Dec 2

    When the 6yo was born, Afghanistan was being bombed, and the pics were of ... are you getting the idea? Can we not do this again please?

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  7. Dec 2

    When the 9yo was born, Lebanon was being bombed, and all the pics were of a dead mother and baby in rubble

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  8. Dec 2

    In the end I didn't. When the 12yo was born, Iraq was bombed, and all the pics were of a little boy who had lost his family and both arms

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  9. Dec 2

    When my kids were born, I had a plan that I'd buy newspapers, so they could later know what was happening in the world on their birthdays

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  10. Dec 1

    Re. female patron saints of countries: if you leave aside the Virgin Mary, it appears the answer is 'very few'

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  11. Dec 1

    A resounding 0/4 for the British Isles: George, Andrew, David and Patrick

  12. Dec 1

    Random evening question: of all the patron saints of various countries, how many are female?

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    Dec 1

    Louis the Lion Bonus material is out! Grab your copy today!

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  14. Dec 1

    It seems incredible that the best candidate for the Eng throne was the son of the king of France: hasn’t happened before or since!

  15. Dec 1

    In autumn 1215 English barons, fed up with King John, sent a delegation to offer the Eng crown to Louis, heir to the French throne

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  16. Dec 1

    By coincidence I'm writing about this chap today ...

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    1 Dec 1135 Death of Henry I, last son of the Conqueror, aged 68 after 35 years as king, sparking The Anarchy.
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  17. Nov 30

    Apparently she spent her childhood thinking she was stealing my water. I should feel guilty but I'm still too busy sniggering

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  18. Nov 30

    My name begins with C; my older sister's with H. We told little sis that she didn't have a tap in the bathroom. She believed us for years

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  19. Nov 30

    A propos of nothing, have just been reminded by my younger sister of a trick we used to play on her

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    Nov 30

    Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to use gender-neutral pronouns and he'll feel uncomfortable with many popular metaphors.

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