Delighted to see our edited volume in print! The full open access version has been available online for some time now (brill.com/edcollbook-o...)
I enjoyed working with Jeroen and Joost on this and am grateful to all contributors who made this such a stimulating volume! #skystorians #earlymodern
You may be aware of the Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 - there is a new map-based interface by @docuracy.co.uk available alongside the original (archived) version @bho.bsky.social - take a look!
#Skystorians
'We have a tendency to romanticise the smaller face-to-face communities of the past... But actually individualism, conflict, and competition between neighbours was rife.’
Good to talk about my current research for this recent piece on 'villages' past and present:
www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/stori...
Making a rare appearance on here to ask for thoughts on an embroidery from 1668. Do you have any idea what Old Testament story/stories these panels represent? Previously labeled as Abraham and Isaac but I’m not convinced. I think they may be the same figures in both. Thank you for your ideas!
ok, I'm verrrry fond of the #monkabulous shrews.
Many congratulations to @emilymayvine.bsky.social whose excellent 'Birth, Death & Domestic Religion in #EarlyModern London' has been shortlisted for the RHS first book prize!
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Quinten Somsen
Lou Roper
Join us on Wednesday 10 June at 5:30pm for Jamie Gemmell (KCL) speaking on 'John Satia and the 1731 ban on Black apprenticeship'. Free and open to the public in person at the IHR in Bloomsbury or online on Zoom. Please register (link below). #Skystorians
THIS GAZETTEER OF MARKETS AND FAIRS HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED.We recommend that you use the archived version of the original website, which includes updates not present in the original print publication or ...
www.british-history.ac.uk
📜 New 'Will of the Month' blog over at @materialwills.bsky.social 👇
Read all about Mary Skelton's 'undutifull' son - cut off with only a shilling 🪙
@uoearchhist.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social #history #skystorians #EarlyModern
**Final call to sign up for my book launch happening tomorrow, in person and online, 6-8pm**
Come and celebrate 'Body Size in Early Modern Germany' with me, Lyndal Roper and Felix Jäger!
Just one week until my book is officially launched!!
Sign up below to hear from me and brilliant scholars Prof. Lyndal Roper and Dr Felix Jäger (slight change in schedule).
In person and online on 9th June, 6-8pm including drinks reception.
The Society is pleased to publish the Shortlist of its 2026 First Book Prize for early career historians: bit.ly/4dARJO1
This year's list includes eight monographs published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two prize winners will be announced in July #Skystorians
Holly Fletcher
Holly Fletcher
ascalaphid
Royal Historical Society
I'm having a book launch on 9th June 6-8pm for my book 'Body Size in Early Modern Germany' 🎉
I will be discussing the book alongside Profs. Lyndal Roper and @stefanhanss.bsky.social. It would be great to see you there (in person and online)!!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ias-book-l...
I'm having a book launch on 9th June 6-8pm for my book 'Body Size in Early Modern Germany' 🎉
I will be discussing the book alongside Profs. Lyndal Roper and @stefanhanss.bsky.social. It would be great to see you there (in person and online)!!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ias-book-l...
Author Holly Fletcher overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon.
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Author Holly Fletcher overturns false assumptions that concern with body size is a modern phenomenon.
📢 In Case You Missed It! 📢
📜 Our latest 'Will of the Month' post is live on our blog: sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
It explores the will of an C18th widow of Greenwich who bequeathed land, property, and bonds in the East India Company, but left only 1 shilling to her 'undutifull son' 🪙
