Marc Morris

@Longshanks1307

Historian. King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta. The Norman Conquest. A Great and Terrible King. The Bigod Earls of Norfolk. Castle.

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Joined May 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    10 May 2015

    Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords seems increasingly appealing as a basis for a system of government.

    110 replies 4,915 retweets 5,243 likes
  2. Retweeted
    Jul 16

    This coming Saturday (22 July) I'll be speaking about King John at the King's Lynn Festival.

    4 replies 14 retweets 31 likes
  3. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Explore the very tunnels beneath where was masterminded!

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  4. 14 hours ago

    Paperback of KING JOHN for just £2.69:

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  5. Jul 19
    Replying to

    It was around the time of his visit to King's Lynn in 1216 that John was impeached.

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    Jul 19

    Mary Tudor was proclaimed Queen of England in 1553 at Framlingham Castle

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  7. Jul 19

    Gary Lineker for some reason unhappy whenever he's in the same coffee shop as Gyles Brandreth.

    All I'll say about , from what I've seen of him in our local coffee shop, is that it doesn't seem to make him very happy
    3 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
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    Jul 19

    Our third + last talk for 950 is next Wednesday 26 July 7.30pm Rick Turner formerly William FitzOsbern life & castles

    , , and 7 others
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  9. Jul 18

    This is like having Shakespeare on a bank note and the quotation "Neither a borrower nor a lender be".

    3 retweets 15 likes
  10. Jul 18
    Replying to

    And here is its post-siege replacement, the mighty Constable's Tower, built in the 1220s.

    1 reply 1 retweet 25 likes
  11. Jul 18

    To Dover this afternoon to do some radio about the siege of 1216. Here is the original gatehouse, now blocked, collapsed by Louis's miners.

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  12. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    1797 workmen in Worcester Cathedral accidentally rediscovered the body of King John...

    1 reply 48 retweets 85 likes
  13. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    King's Lynn Festival 2017: Dr Marc Morris - Bad King John?. Sat 22 Jul

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    Jul 17

    Joining on The Daily from 4PMCET are &

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  15. Jul 17
    Replying to

    Btw, my book about King John is jolly cheap on Amazon today.

    3 replies 4 retweets 9 likes
  16. Jul 17

    This is almost too serendipitous.

    13th incarnation & the 1st woman - we're talking about new IHR Director of course. Though she's a Professor, not a mere Doctor...
    1 retweet 5 likes
  17. Jul 17

    1797 workmen in Worcester Cathedral accidentally rediscovered the body of King John...

    1 reply 48 retweets 85 likes
  18. Jul 16

    This coming Saturday (22 July) I'll be speaking about King John at the King's Lynn Festival.

    4 replies 14 retweets 31 likes
  19. Retweeted
    16 Jul 2015

    Pope Innocent III died 1216. The only medieval pope, as far as I know, to have his own action figure.

    5 replies 25 retweets 37 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Jul 16

    Absolutely disgusted have chosen another human to play . Gallifreyan actors should play a Gallifreyan roles! 😡

    42 replies 946 retweets 3,322 likes
  21. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    Some are born to leather trousers, some achieve leather trousers, and some have leather trousers thrust upon them.

    25 replies 100 retweets 272 likes

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