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Beyond the Sabbath: Witchcraft and its Stereotypes in Early Modern Europe. DEADLINE 1 JULY 2022. Conference date: 16 September. Details: https://t.co/DKweNlU7SU


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2022-05-06

An appetite for experiment! Explore the tastes of the Royal Society, just published in Notes and Records https://t.co/4noiPzVq0r

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2022-05-05

Enjoying the relaxed afternoon. At the café in Venice, late 19th century.

by Manuel Domínguez.

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2022-04-29

The visualization of animals in order to categorize their position in the great chain of being was one of the primary interests of natural history, read more in Notes and Records https://t.co/UzWiVmRsl8

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2022-04-07

Medieval manuscripts and the park: Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe........ free online course from the University of Colorado...... https://t.co/8KGnEiEKB2

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2022-04-05

Vandals in Rome, 455 AD.

A 19th-century illustration by Heinrich Leutemann.

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2022-03-23

I'm really enjoying editing four travel journals by servants - the hidden majority on the deceptively familiar 'Grand Tour'. Just confirmed that they should be out next year with Records of Social and Economic History!

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2022-03-16

Standard refreshments laid on for deputations waiting on the dowager Princess of Wales at Leicester House in the mid-#18thcentury seem to be:
French rolls, hock, madeira, burgundy, claret & champagne

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2022-03-16

Admiral Byng (executed 1757) continued to haunt the press well into the next century. His example was raised in relation to General John Whitelocke, who was cashiered in 1808 for failing in an assault on Buenos Aires

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2022-03-14

1794 Queen Charlotte was planning ahead, selecting her 'summer silks'

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2022-03-07

ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS!!!!
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2022-02-24

The feast of William the Conqueror. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, probably 11-12th century.

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2022-02-19

Wrestling, 1467.

Published in the fencing manual written by German fencing master Hans Talhoffer (1420-1490).

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2022-02-18

"Princes are never supposed to be very ill till they die" [Lord Egmont]:
February 1737, George II suffering a lengthy indisposition, but by the 6th "they brag that he is now able to eat a little minced chicken"

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2022-02-10

1750: hit by earthquake, but
"This tremendous shock did not hinder 12 or 1,300 people from going to the Masquerade... & I believe they would have gone if 1,000 houses had sunk into the earth" [Thomas Wilson]

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2022-02-03

MHN welcomes articles from published authors & historians. Here are our recent contributors' latest books.

Keep reading https://t.co/OPQ1WMprO7 and help us support their work.

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2022-01-26

Born 1749 Charles James Fox, towering politician of the 2nd half of the
"Fox’s ‘negligent grandeur’ obscured his brilliance... his oratory, ‘original, deep, subtle, vehement & expansive’... was a force to be reckoned with."

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2022-01-24

Today is the last day to register for online attendance (£5) at the New Insights into 16th & 17th century British Architecture conference! It takes place this Saturday 15th January. Please register by midnight tonight at https://t.co/BDWYh0C0fU

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2022-01-13

Through the autobiography of George King (1787-1857), explores subjects including the impact of foundling labor on the British empire, the mental & physical toll of war, and slavery & race: https://t.co/am8c5miqgz

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2022-01-09

How applied entomology saved California's lucrative orange industry in the late 1800s, with imported Australian ladybugs combatting the cottony cushion scale: https://t.co/HmesOd9OML

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2022-01-06