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Candace Robb Author @candacerobbauthor.bsky.social · 13 days
So many historical figures I've thought of as single--wonder why? I'm watching the excellent Dante: From Inferno to Paradise and realized I'd never heard anything about his wife and children when studying him in grad school. And now I learn Martin Luther had a wife! 🗃️#historicalfiction #medieval
Avatar Sharon Bennett Connolly @thehistorybits.bsky.social · 13 days
The latest Slice of Medieval #podcast is live. And we're Going Rogue with Margaret Skea as Derek Birks and I talk to her about Katharina von Bora, #MartinLuther's extraordinary wife - yes, he had a wife! Listen now. #History #historicalfiction bit.ly/4cNqoWu
Katharina | A Slice of Medieval Going Rogue #44bit.ly Going Rogue again, historian, Sharon Bennett Connolly and historical fiction author, Derek Birks discuss, with novelist Margaret Skea, her duology which tells the story of the remarkable Katharina von
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Sharon Bennett Connolly @thehistorybits.bsky.social · 13 days
The women are so often written out or ignored. I'm in awe of the research Margaret undertook on Katharina.
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Bruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social · 13 days
Remembering a comedy sketch based on the story of Martin Luther being behind the first Christmas tree, and his wife's reaction. "You're dragging a TREE into our house? What the hell, Martin? Wait, what are you...? PUT THOSE CANDLES DOWN!"