I wrote about "disciplining" of "deceitful" Indian textile workers in the 17th century. And about the use of morality and affective language as ways of ordering colonial trade. www.deepthimurali.com/textiles-tal... #indianhistory #textilehistory #britishempire #history

📷 Ottoman Empire Costume Album, 1873 From Right: ✦ Muslim Turkish Woman of Salonica (Greece) ✦ Christian Bulgarian Woman of Prilep (Macedonia) ✦ Jewish Woman of Salonica (Greece) #history #fashionhistory

#dunnett #dunnettcontent #historicalfiction #earlymodern Our #dunnettquote of this week accompanies Phelim to the castles on the banks of the Loire.

Am reading #medievalsky

Today's Knowledge Commons upload relates to the politics of South-west Scotland and the Inner Hebrides in the Viking Age "The break-up of Dál Riata and the rise of Gallgoídil" (no footnotes on free version) works.hcommons.org/records/176k... #medievalsky #scotland #argyll #vikings #history #galloway

Sorry to hear of the death of Charlie Doherty, of History at UCD, a noted scholar of early medieval Irish hagiography, ecclesiastical history, and the concept of the "monastic town". Condolences to his family & friends & former students & colleagues. #Spéirghorm #MedievalSky rip.ie/death-notice...

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For #CoffeeWithACodex on November 13 (12pm ET, Zoom), @leoba.bsky.social will bring out LJS 101, the oldest codex in Philadelphia! It includes a translation of Aristotle's De interpretatione by Boethius. Written in France ca. 850 and ca. 1000. #medievalsky Register here: https://bit.ly/3JvfKuI

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Wie feierte man Weihnachten im Mittelalter und wo gibt es thematisch passende Weihnachtsmärkte und historische Romane? Das beantwortet mein saisonaler Blogbeitrag https://www.birgitconstant.de/weihnachten-im-mittelalter #MedievalSky #GermanBookSky

Guðrøðr (Gothfrith), Norse king of Dublin, raided Armagh #OTD in 921. It was Martinmas Eve, and it would have been filled with people, food and drink. Guðrøðr was briefly king of York before Æthelstan, king of the Anglo-Saxons, drove him out in 927. #medievalsky

Only a few tickets left! But the good news is that you can join us via Teams! 🎉 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eec9de... The countdown has started 🥁 #medievalsky #manuscripts #science #history

5 November 1582, a date which for the next 23 years will be of no special significance: the Spanish ambassador, Mendoza, reports on events at Elizabeth's court. She's been having discussions about how to fund her (notional) fiancé, Anjou's campaigns in the Netherlands, and wants ... 1/ #earlymodern

‘Women’s traces of involvement in the #earlymodern book trade are there in the archives, just sitting there waiting to be reconnected with research.’ - Opening keynote lecture of Susan Broomhall perfectly capturing the essence of our conference Women & The Household in the Early Modern Book Trade!

It's the annual opening of our mentoring scheme together with the the Early Modern Scholars of Colour Network! Applications for mentors and mentees open now. Apply by 30th November 2025. all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/education-ou... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

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Just out of the box! Can't wait to read it! A fantastic dive into early modern drugs #histscie #histmed #earlymodern

For those who are interested in intellectual history and early modern Ottoman world: Don't miss this extraordinary book by Marinos Sariyannis! Published open access today!🎉 #OttomanHistory #EarlyModern

Today, it is four recipes for fresh (i.e. not preserved) #sausages from 1547. Liver, lungs, blood, but also cream, fine meat, and spices. www.culina-vetus.de/2025/11/06/s... #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #medievalsky

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This is of high interest for #dunnett readers!

"We were here. The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe." Free screening with the filmmaker at 5th Ave Cinema in Portland, Nov. 12 #pdx #earlymodern

Read about the most imperial of all imperial recipes on the Recipes Project (which just published a great issue on Global recipes) recipes.hypotheses.org/27002 #earlymodern #histmed #histsci

Have you heard of the 1690 Siege of Limerick? Join us for a roundtable with the authors of a new book on this significant event in Irish history: Monday, 3pm CET, 2pm UK, 9am EST! @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social joins authors Tom Truxes and John Shovlin to discuss the book! #IrishHistory #EarlyModern 🗃️

8 November 1582: Mary Queen of Scots writes to Elizabeth, an immensely long letter (about 5,000 words in translation). Mary seems to think she's dying and is writing a sort of testament. There's endless rehearsal of the many wrongs done to her going back to her ejection from ... 1/ #earlymodern

A quick note from a 1547 cookbook to remind us how much food processing happened in the home and how seasonal it was: Smoking pork in March www.culina-vetus.de/2025/11/09/s... #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #smokingmeat #preservation

In the new #openaccess companion on student notes from Latin Europe (@leuvenup.bsky.social), our own Lorenz Demey, together with collaborators, contributes a chapter arguing that student notes hold great promise as sources for intellectual #history 👇 lup.be/book/student... #HPS #earlymodern #philsky

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(1/4) 📣 Now launching CfP for SCS 2026 conference, “Storytelling at Princely Courts”, 📍 Wrocław, Poland (27-29 August 2026) 👑 Explores the multifaceted role of narratives and stories at medieval & early modern princely courts 🗓 Proposal deadline: 31.01.2026 👉 Limited bursaries available.

Start der Tagung zur frühmodernen Invektivität am @dhiroma.bsky.social @italienzentrumfub.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @fidromanistik.bsky.social @francescopetrarca.bsky.social #medievalsky #earlymodern #Renaissancestudies www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/italienzentr...

Published today: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4nwj9Y2 Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2

#FantasyIndiesNovember 4: Inspiring authors Many authors have inspired me. One has been @jannywurts.bsky.social. We are of similar age and she recently published the final novel of her life work series. We both come from similar fantasy roots. I've watched her career from afar for decades.

Bluesky readers, I need books please. Here are authors I love. Can you recommend anyone similar? Fantasy: T Kingfisher, VE Schwab, Katherine Addison SciFi: Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie Romance: KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Courtney Milan Here’s an enchanting scene to say thank you!

'Dinge die mit "D" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag #DorothyDunnett die beste Autorin historischer Romane *ever*!

Happy International Dorothy Dunnett day to all who celebrate! #BookSky

Decided to spend my Dunnett Day listening to Checkmate right up to the worst part of that book 🙈 (which is great) so now I need a cuppa. To absent friends indeed.

We would appreciate, to get a few more records from the International Dunnett Day. 🫶🏻 Don‘t be shy, whom you have met, what have you done?😀

🚨 #CfA - EADH Small Grants 2025–2026🚨 #EADH can support your #DH project — from workshops to research trips or new initiatives. 💶 Up to €1. 000 per grant | 🗓️ Deadline: 16 Nov 2025 👉 eadh.org/news/2025/09... Let’s strengthen #DigitalHumanities together!

Excavations beneath the modern basilica uncovered the foundations of the Constantinian-era basilica, including the apse, seen here. flic.kr/p/2hHnAV9

#Bookvember Day 10 A House for Mr Biswas, by VS Naipul It tells a dark story with a light and humorous touch. Its a good book for people who feel a bit beaten around by life (ie most of us) #BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity

The Art of Beauty: We’re now in pre-production research of new art films that will be filmed on location in Italy, starting w/ Florence, Pisa, Siena and more! 🪜🎨 Subscribe to our substack for updates, art stories, photos, film clips, etc: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #art #Italy 🏺

Ten Medieval Kings Who Died While Hunting www.medievalists.net/2025/08/ten-... #kings

CFP: Fantasy’s Present Pasts The inaugural European Conference on the Fantastic 23–25 June 2026 @uofglasgow.bsky.social Proposals invited for papers on how speculative genres engage with the interplay of past & present. Deadline 12 December #litcrit #fantasy fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Liebe #earlymodern #skystorians, habt ihr Lust auf eine kleine Zeitreise an den spanischen Königshof im 16. Jahrhundert? Und wollt ihr wissen, was Luisa, die "Hofzwergin", und die spanische Königin, Anna von Österreich, umtrieb? Dann schaut mal hier👇 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

A urine-doctor, holding a urine bottle, examining the urine, just like every #earlymodern urinoscopist would do. For reasons. #histmed

Spread the word! A new postgraduate and early career researcher seminar series at @universityofleeds.bsky.social! For those studying the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern periods. We look forward to reading your proposals! #medievalsky #earlymodern #lateantique