Joop is glashelder: 'De PVV kreeg 8,5 procent van de buitenlandstemmen. Die stemmen werden uitgebracht door Nederlanders in het buitenland die vinden dat al die buitenlanders in hun eigen land moeten blijven. Omdat er stemgeheim bestaat, kan deze mensen geen psychische hulp worden geboden.' 😆

Thanks to Lizzy McNeill of BBC's 'More or Less' (@timharford.ft.com) and to @janmachielsen.bsky.social of @royalhistsoc.org for this opportunity!

Quite excited to see one the #medievalsky articles we published in the Transactions @royalhistsoc.org make it onto BBC Sounds! 🗃️ An excellent Halloween themed More or Less episode counting the stakes used by Vlad the Impaler. Have a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

An English (St George?) flag waving Virgin... For all the Reformers on here. 😝 Chiesa della Trinità, Bologna.

Mary (as I keep on saying) is always reading. (But I don't think I've ever seen her this young?? And the angel too for that matter.)

This is a very Goth virgin. Surprised she doesn't have fangs! 🤪

"You know I climbed up this hill and then God gave me these tablets telling you all to listen to me. And now I'm here!" (Fragment of a fresco from the church of Mezzarata)

This seems more appropriate for the spooky season... Is it a female devil giving birth? Or any devil just shitting out humans?

Don't get me wrong, I love me some Giotto. But this dragon just looks like it is sucking through a straw rather than being slain... 😝

Escaping while keeping your halo intact is no mean feat. 🤪 (If any #medievalsky scholar can tell me what St Anthony got up to here, I'd love to hear it! 😅)

Saint George is really going for it. (Pinacoteca nazionale di Bologna)

Just boosting @webstermedieval.bsky.social 's #medievalsky #earlymodern post on 🎃👻🕸️ Halloween. If you're interested in witchy #hextag stuff, then our article and the blog posts by our @witchmapproject.bsky.social interns are an excellent starting point. 😊

Great to have a piece in The Conversation about the @witchmapproject.bsky.social I was part of with @janmachielsen.bsky.social and our brilliant student interns Abi and Gabriel. #hextag #earlymodern #skystorians theconversation.com/witch-memori...

Assisi is even better at night when all the tourists have left.

Always good to be in Assisi, especially when the sun comes out.

"My name is Stefano ... I am about 14 years old. My job is to go to school and do tasks around the house." Possibly my youngest #monkabulous canonisation trial witness so far, testifying to a miracle basically involving a beating on the school yard.

#earlymodern scholars, take note.

San Lorenzo on the barbecue. The #earlymodern altar of San Lorenzo in Panisperna. What is remarkable about Rome is how, despite the mass tourism, you can still find places to be totally alone with amazing art.

An #earlymodern memorial to an 18 year old cardinal (Roberto de' Nobili) who died much too young. (In San Bernardo alle Terme)

Good to know that the traffic in Rome has always been bad. 😝

Behold Clio, the muse of history, happily reading! (From the Museo di Roma)

One for @christinekooi.bsky.social ! A statue of Alexander Farnese in the Capitoline museums.

Such a delightful Virgin with child with possibly the world's smallest patron at the bottom, who almost looks like he could be looking up her skirt! (In the Aracoeli.)

on behalf of overworked history lecturers everywhere, thanks to YouGov for an easy intro to the upcoming historiography class

An #earlymodern library which I should have visited much, much earlier: the Biblioteca Casanatense. Quite remarkable. (And they have WiFi and permit photography. 😅)

My aspiration: not to write a history of miracles but a miracle among histories (!!!) Domenico Bernini's life of Joseph of Copertino; his father was the famous sculptor. I assume modesty did not run in the family. 😅

#Job opportunity Lecturer in early modern history Full time - permanent

AHRC-DFG Research Grants: Round Eight (2025 to 2026) #ahrc #academicsky

C'mon Caerffili, byddwch yn dactegol, da chwi

In case you were in need of more reasons not to buy his books

Really enjoyed co-teaching this 👇 #hextag courselast year. Do check it out, and get in touch if you have any questions. 😊

One for the @germanpeasantswar.bsky.social folk!

There was apparently once (in 1938) a black Dutch cow called Hitler.

A (long) thread of (anglophone) #StarterPacks and #feeds of interest to #EarlyModern #skystorians. The first two posts list a sample of hashtags for which Bluesky feeds currently exist. The following forty-two(!) posts list starter packs for scholars of various aspects of early modern history.

Not the most realistic depiction of Charles V I've seen. 😅 On Palermo's main road. #earlymodern

Call for Papers📣: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns. Join us in Florence. We look forward to hosting you in May 2026😎☀️ @eui-history.bsky.social #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne. Do apply and spread the word! www.unilu.ch/en/universit... www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

Took my mum and aunt to St Peter's yesterday. Really recommend booking ahead and adding the Duomo. It's a long way up but stunning views, including the Vatican gardens. Plus, I was able to point out the entry to the archive. 😅

We discovered the reconstructed Colossus of Constantine yesterday in the garden of the Capitoline Museum. Mum added for scale! 😅

Unexpected start to my Sunday morning! Wordle 1,569 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Have to come up with a new start word now! 😅

The creation of Eve. For those curious about where women come from... 😅 Fresco in the Santa Maria Della Pace. (Really one of the most remarkable Roman churches!)

I absolutely adore the 404 page for the @financialtimes.com

If anyone else is coming to Rome, I can genuinely and without irony recommend the official Jubilee ice cream. (The fact that there is such an ice cream is, however, hilarious.)

The most amusing bird's nest that I have ever seen. A bird with very refined tastes... 😂

Visiting the baths of Diocletian. It's not ::hum:: one of Rome's busiest museums. 😅

A memorial to a boy who will be forever seven years old. In the Santa Maria del Popolo.

Adding riding a dolphin to my bucket list.

I had a brilliant set of UG dissertation students last year. One wrote an excellent blog on counterfactual history and the North Berwick witch-hunt: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe... Have a read! I think counterfactual history is a tool that #earlymodern #hextag peeps should use more often. 😊