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While we were often in disagreement, I have the deepest respect for the late Peter Milward as a scholar, a colleague and - yes - a friend. Here another friend, Paul Adrian Fried, pays tribute to Peter's intolerance of jargon in Shakespeare scholarship.
Jon Balserak "Telling the Old, Old Story in Reformation France" with "a new, provocative view of John Calvin and his relationship to the Christian tradition".
"Maya Maskarinec shows how, from late antiquity to early modernity, elite Roman families used genealogy, architecture, and the urban fabric to appropriate the city’s saints for their own, eventually claiming them as ancestors."
E.M. Vine looks beyond the contents of a will to "some of the features of the will as a physical document – the handwriting, spelling, and type of paper used, and what this can tell us about the circumstances in which it was produced."
Elizabeth Tunstall on Peter and Paul Wentworth's appeal to Elizabeth I to name an heir to the throne, wielding Parliament’s free speech privileges to urge the queen to take action.
On September 30, Phillip John Usher will talk with Nina Mueggler in the first episode of a new season of conversations on Montaigne organised by New York University.
While not exclusively, or even primarily, early modern, the newly updated Irish history online website is an obvious must for early modernists with an interest in Ireland.
Early modern tweets
Came across this 17th-century painting while researching Netherlandish pageantry. Seems to represent a charivari rather than a Carnival vs. Lent. Anyone has seen this or similar depictions before? Possibly recognises artist/workshop? Suggestions much welcomed!🙏 pic.twitter.com/Mu2iloQxwB
— Dr Bram van Leuveren 🍉 | He/They (@bramvanleuveren) August 27, 2024
Marie Clement, daughter of the English physician John Clement, owned this Greek post-incunable, the Carmina by the Greek church father Gregory Nazianzus (printed by Aldus Manutius in 1504). /1 pic.twitter.com/NG2Vh1weqN
I wonder when those baby-naming trends that recycle old names are going to get to the 17th century? Can I interest any expectant parents in Frideswide (older in origin, of course) or Dulcibella?
Met with Prof. Anthony Milton this morning to discuss his current book project on England and European Protestantism in the 17th century. Still a couple of years in the making, but I think it's going to be an absolute banger. Here's a foretaste: https://t.co/FFUez0AHyS
Can someone please explain to me why people always say that Lady Jane Grey was Kateryn Parr's ward and they totally skip over the fact that it was Thomas Seymour who purchased her wardship? She was under the care of Seymour FAR more than she was of Parr. It really wasn't until… pic.twitter.com/hbVVg3Kcrg
Your periodic reminder that there is a monthly gathering at a vaguely historical pub in London of PhDs & ECRs & sometimes others, who (mostly) do early modern studies. Everyone is welcome. Send me a DM to join, especially if you are looking for company on your academic journeys. pic.twitter.com/MspD4yQGLb
News is out! This summer I signed with @FaberBooks to publish a trade book. It's a new history of Tudor & Stuart London, told through guavas & muskrats, Miskito ‘princes’ & Muzo emerald miners, baroque masterpieces & Caribbean gums in court masques. https://t.co/6w7EvK7jVP
Hello hive mind. Who should I be reading on early modern tattoos, especially Europeans on Native American skin? My research has taken an unexpected turn and I’m not sure where to begin.
I'm finally writing about the accusations that Elizabeth slept with Henry VIII for my biography. Pictured is a claim from Elizabeth Amadas that "the king hath kept both the mother and the daughter". (BL Cotton Cleopatra E/IV f. 99v) pic.twitter.com/aEORHymeDd
