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Brodie Waddell | the many-headed monster
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The history of 'the unruly sort of clowns' and other early modern peculiarities. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Voices of the People. Author Archives: Brodie Waddell. Brodie is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at Birkbeck, University of London. Understanding Sources: doing history by numbers. August 1, 2016. To celebrate the launch of. Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources. Do tell us your own below the line, or on twitter #histsources. The Early Modern European Economy. I loo...
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Carnivalesque #107 | NOTCHES
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Re)marks on the history of sexuality. December 6, 2014. September 24, 2015. Welcome to Carnivalesque #107! Is an interdisciplinary blog carnival dedicated to pre-modern history (to c. 1800 C.E.), and NOTCHES is delighted to be hosting the final edition of 2014. If you are already a NOTCHES reader, then fear not, there is plenty of material on the history of sexuality here! And if you’re new to NOTCHES, welcome! Do take a look at some of our own posts on medieval. Sexuality whilst you’re here…. A brief hi...
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Early Modern Commons :: Blogs » new_worlds
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The Early Modern Commons. The lives of women in the British American colonies over the 17th century. Wenlock Christison defends doomed Quakers in 1659 Puritan Massachusetts. Quakers in America 17C-18C. 1642 Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) Portrait of a Woman. More details ». Visit blog ». A Parcel of Ribbons. Eighteenth-century Jamaica viewed through family stories and documents. All roads lead to Jamaica. Planting seeds and recording sources. Serocold and Sorocold the Merchant and the Engineer. La Nouvell...
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the many-headed monster | the history of 'the unruly sort of clowns' and other early modern peculiarities | Page 2
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The history of 'the unruly sort of clowns' and other early modern peculiarities. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Voices of the People. Newer posts →. On periodisation: unanswerable questions, questionable answers. June 7, 2016. The many-headed monster’s mini-series ‘ On Periodisation. Really struck a chord with our readers, prompting an outpouring of comments both below the line and on twitter. I have captured many of these in this Storify. May 16, 2016. For the Series introduction.
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Branding the university | earlymodernjohn
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The early modern internet. I’ve never been a Monday morning person. But today was worse than normal: I woke up to the news. That my alma mater Trinity College Dublin has commissioned a ‘brand agency’ to work on the university’s ‘brand identity’. They tell me that Ireland exited the bailout. Yesterday. But for some people, it seems like the Celtic Tiger never left. Here’s what that brand agency said:. I’m not going to have a massive pop at the people they’ve hired, though having looked at their website.
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Flat out | The Pirate Omnibus
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The best, the worst, and the plain bewildering from 150 years of public transport. January 6, 2016. One of the problems with being a historian is that every time you see the phrase ‘revolutionary thinking’ there’s a jaded sounding little voice in your head that sarcastically says. So when the Londonist. Opened an article with the following line my reaction was fairly cynical:. How’s this for revolutionary thinking: the Green Party is proposing abolishing fare zones across London. Why was I dubious? You a...
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June | 2013 | Seventeenth Century
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Early Modern Social, Cultural and Political History. A hellish crew of Conny-catchers’: crime and the underworld in seventeenth century England. June 24, 2013. July 3, 2013. The OED accredits Robert Greene with coining the phrase ‘conny-catching’ with the earliest recorded use in 1591. Greene’s first pamphlet on ‘conny-catching’ was entitled A Notable Discovery of Coosenage, now daily practised by Sundry lewd persons, called Connie-catchers and Cross-byters. In short, the imagery of the opportune and cun...
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Taking the bus | The Pirate Omnibus
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The best, the worst, and the plain bewildering from 150 years of public transport. Return of the Women-Only carriage (vintage 1845)? Flat out →. October 5, 2015. Shamefully, sometimes this blog doesn’t quite live up to its name. To rectify this, we bring you two singular cases of omnibuses related criminality designed to stun the mind and bemuse the senses. Sort of. Dick Turpin he certainly wasn’t. From Wikimedia Commons. Somewhat gleefully noted, there was more than one way of ‘taking a bus’. The best, ...
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stabernethy | The Pirate Omnibus
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The best, the worst, and the plain bewildering from 150 years of public transport. January 6, 2016. One of the problems with being a historian is that every time you see the phrase ‘revolutionary thinking’ there’s a jaded sounding little voice in your head that sarcastically says really? So when the Londonist opened an article with the … Continue reading →. October 5, 2015. Return of the Women-Only carriage (vintage 1845)? August 26, 2015. Let them eat cake. February 20, 2015. November 18, 2014. One was ...
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Jennifer Jordan | Seventeenth Century
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Early Modern Social, Cultural and Political History. A hellish crew of Conny-catchers’: crime and the underworld in seventeenth century England. June 24, 2013. July 3, 2013. The OED accredits Robert Greene with coining the phrase ‘conny-catching’ with the earliest recorded use in 1591. Greene’s first pamphlet on ‘conny-catching’ was entitled A Notable Discovery of Coosenage, now daily practised by Sundry lewd persons, called Connie-catchers and Cross-byters. In short, the imagery of the opportune and cun...
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