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Time for an break!
Studying history can be a fascinating thing to do, and what better way to bring it to life than through shows/movies/plays?
What are your favorites?

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2020-04-29

Madame Juliette Récamier: Her Allure and Beauty - Madame Juliette Récamier was a socialite whose loveliness was internationally hailed. Many people mentioned her beauty. Among them was her ... https://t.co/oUvPxRybcU

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2020-04-25

Madame Juliette Récamier: Her Allure and Beauty - Madame was a socialite whose loveliness was internationally hailed. Many people mentioned her beauty. Among them was her adopted ... https://t.co/i2TmRgV4jd

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2020-04-24

Died 23Apr1829 The Irish Elizabeth Farren Irish actress of the late 18thcentury who had over 100 characters in her repertoire and who married Edward Smith Stanly, 12th Earl of Derby. Learn more: https://t.co/rkFVHk70hX

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2020-04-23

Bringing a sense of whimsy to art in the 18th century: How Rococo reflects a change of ideology in a new era for France.

https://t.co/1N1OLypxDr

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2020-04-23

Habiliments! I love that word.
Clothes without Bodies: Objects, Humans, and the Marketplace in Eighteenth-Century It-Narratives and Trade Cards
by Chloe Wigston Smith
https://t.co/zND2QSbQPj

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2020-04-22

And now for some ECF essays on habiliments:
Colonial Discourse on Irish Dress and the Self as “Outward Dress”: Swift’s Sartorial Self-Fashioning
by Siyeon Lee
https://t.co/4mTSTC69UR

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2020-04-22

Died 17Apr1794 the pioneering French midwife, Angélique du Coudray. Born in 1712, the same year as the King of Prussia (Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great) and the Enlightenment ... https://t.co/kYW0PXzXRy

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2020-04-17

The ECF editors recognize that people might not be available for this type of work right now,
but do get in touch if u would like to write a book review. Deadlines are very generous.
Email: ecf.ca
Send your name, institution, and topics of interest, please.

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2020-04-16

American Plot to Save From the Guillotine - On a slightly misty day on 16 October 1793 the Queen was guillotined. However, before it reached that point, there were a variety of plots to ... https://t.co/PledIbv1hH

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2020-04-11

Engraving of France's queen, Marie Antoinette, in 1793 published by Thomas Cheesman.

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2020-04-09

“I can see that a second ceremony was ill-advised,” the client concluded as she made to leave. Her tone was uptight and breathless, close to tears. < More Dangerous Than a Lion's Claw https://t.co/kWk68u4g11 <

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2020-04-04

Born 2Apr1740 Armand-Gaston Camus a French revolutionist who was exchanged for Marie Thérèse of France (the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette) in November of 1795. Learn more about this exchange: https://t.co/fzUfQwQRUT

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2020-04-02

Clementina Clerke and Richard Vining Perry: Their - One of the more well-known elopements of the 1790s involved a precocious 14-year-old girl named and a handsome Bristol surgeon-apothecary ... https://t.co/hzoVYllC6K

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2020-04-02

Died 1806 Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire: incomparable icon of culture, fashion & politics

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2020-03-30

From 1779 to 1783 Britain’s epic defence in the “Great Siege of Gibraltar” was one of her few successes in the American War of Independence. Starvation, bombardment, tunnelling, land assault and naval power all played a role. Click https://t.co/RlvUCnmK2w

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2020-03-29

“Your Majesty should know that Berkeley did confide in me years ago and enjoined upon me the necessity of silence. He stated that Miss Tudor was his wife and the worst used woman in the world.” https://t.co/ichcZzvhaR

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2020-03-28

François Levaillant: Explorer, Naturalist, and Ornithologist Extraordinaire - Explorer, naturalist, and ornithologist extraordinaire François Levaillant was born on 6 August 1753 in Paramaribo ... https://t.co/1ahFptkSbB

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2020-03-26