People on the bus looking strangely at me again…😂

1620: seeking predictions from an angel, Richard Napier asks whether one of his clients will 'live long & prosp[er]' #earlymodern 🖖

In 1700s Britain tea was in such high demand it was often counterfeited - with local plants mixed with turpentine, paint and sheep dung. This book shows an authentic Chinese tea leaf (bottom left) in comparison with 'spurious' substitute leaves Find out more in Hooked www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...

We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December. To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches. Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...

The useless AI Overview strikes again... this gem appeared when I wanted to check who the guest was while actually watching the programme...😂

The Worshipful Company of Curriers essay prize on London for early career scholars, in association with The London Journal Trust and the Institute of Historical Research. The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.

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

And here's the baptism record of 'Guye Fawxe', son to Edward Fawxe. Taken from the parish register of St Michael le Belfrey which is held here at the Borthwick. He was baptised on the 16th April 1570. Fun fact: the entry below Guy's is a little faded from all the fingers run across it!

🎆 It's Bonfire Night🎆 To celebrate we're showing our copy of 'The second booke teaching most exactly, the composing of all manner of fire-works for tryumph and recreation' by John Bate, published in 1635 (shelf marl: S PAM 479).

EARLY MODERN PHDs!!! #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Oooh...China Root (used in Consumption broths and VD-cures...), arriving in big quantities! 😍 #earlymodern Daily Courant, Aug 5, 1714.

Could do with some of this: Memory and Forgetfulness Electuary...but I would never buy from Mr Payn, the archenemy of my fave medicine seller Mrs Garway. I will tell all at #BSECS in January! Daily Courant, July 2, 2014.

How interesting! Sale of a druggists stock. Druggists are rarely visible as they dealt mainly B2B and were just becoming sizeable businesses. #earlymodern Daily Courant, Aug 3, 1714.

📢This Sunday in #Exeter! Historical reenactment based on historical research, in a former priory, converted to a domestic dwelling during the reformation. 'my perfect Sunday ... ' #EarlyModern 🗃️

#earlymodern ads are never boring! Blackmail and death threats - and the King's pardon for convicting information...😬 Post Man, Jan 23, 1725.

#earlymodern ads are never boring! An ox on the way to slaughter ran into a house... created a mess! Good on you Mr Ox! 🐂 🩲👖👗🧦🪟 St James's evening Post, May 6, 1729.

#earlymodern ads are never boring! Is this the worlds first 'business school'? Post Boy Jan 7, 1725.

The 2026 SSHM Conference will be @universityofleeds.bsky.social. The theme will be In/Out and we are inviting papers that consider experiences of being in and/or out of health or health care in any period or geographical location. #HistMed #HistSTM sshm.org/sshm-2026/

#earlymodern ads are never boring! Diana Maccartney dismissed servant taking revenge pretending be the wife of her former employer and running him into debt! Post Boy, May 7, 1720.

👋Oh, hello #OpenAccess @universitypress.cambridge.org text challenging #EarlyModern historical gender assumptions through primary source materials.📖 We've been waiting for you. ❤️

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...

#earlymodern ads are never boring! A casualty from excessive gin drinking... Weekly Packet, Apr 2, 1720.

TOMORROW! Exciting way to kick off our term of sessions of the #EarlyModern Europe & the World seminar @ihr.bsky.social. Everybody welcome, I can attest that Bloomsbury look *lovely* in its Autumnal colours. But equally welcome on Zoom if you're not around. #SkyStorians 🗃️

Interesting… Cornelius à Tilburg, famous Pox doctor, became sworn surgeon to Charles II around 1680. Could his origin be here?

I know which book I am reading this weekend...Secret Distempers..right up my street. 🥰 Post-Man, Nov 6, 1716

I have not posted for a long time...it was time to read, analyse, and write up the past months' many discoveries. This led me down a path I never imagined I would study: obscene libel laws...😬 but it is VERY interesting...

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World- King's College London - Department of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

Assistant Professor- London School of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economic History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT480/a...

Professorship of Economic History University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS980/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History - King's College London -#History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS599/p...

Digital Labour of Covid-19 Volunteerism - an oral history-driven project- Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History King's College London -#History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS595/p...

Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!

Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781... #earlymodern #economic #history

THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER PROPOSAL FOR #BSECS2026! The deadline is MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER and there will be no more extensions! Come & share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026. It's a lovely way to start the new year! #skystorians #18thC #academicsky 🗃️

36 mo postdoc / research fellow position in Philosophy, History, and/or Social Studies of the Life Sciences in the STS dept. at Technical Universtiy of Munich, apps due Oct 31: #histphil #histsci #histSTM www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei...

Join the @stemma.bsky.social team! We've just advertised a two-year postdoc on WP2, "Networking Early Modern Poems." Apply by 30 September; details at link below. #earlymodern #dh #postdoc #jobfairy www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resour...

My sister just found some family history...our great-great-grandfather or uncle...Francois Carl Adolf Hoffmann and his horse circus touring in Finland in 1872. Explains a lot doesn't it...? 😂 sirkusteltta.blogspot.com/2019/10/1872...

UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered For more info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065 #HPS 🗃️

Barbeque anyone...? In the American manner with its proper Sawces! You can watch for free... The Church-man, or Loyalist's Weekly Journal, Decmber 17, 1720. #erlymodern #18thC

Interesting in so many ways... Is this one of the first offers for a professional services firm? He offered business, legal, financial, and HR services ...advertised at the end of the published speeches of prisoners about to be hanged... Ordinary Accounts, March 9, 1698.

Job in British history 1500-1900! www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-lect...

Great pod-cast @historianjen.bsky.social about aphrodisiacs with @k8lister.bsky.social on Betwixt the Sheets! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

📚🥘 THIS Thurs 14 Aug, 2pm — From the Saxons to Mary Berry! Join Peter Ross for 1,000 years of English cookbooks, from Tudor feasts to Bake Off. 📍 In person at the Society of Genealogists: see rare cookbooks + bring your own for “show & tell”! 🎟️ Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...

Oh fun! Miss-filed handbill for patent medicines from 1730s or 1740s appearing in in the 1687 State Papers 😂 SP 31/1 f.245

We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

Just because it is so cute...illustrated lost horse ad... London Mercury, Oct 21, 1721. #18C #earlymodern

What???? 👀 Wonder if they ever found Dulcibella Withinbrook...what a lovely name... Post Boy, 18 April 1713 #18c #earlymodern

Hurry to get your racy Citron Water from Barbadoes before it is all sold! 🍋🥤 Weekly Journal or Saturday Post March 11, 1721. #18thC #earlymodern