Soldier, nursing his wound: And to think, I almost died in the Hamnet era.

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone:
Cé hé sin?

Exploring the Prize Papers, a global early modern archive Using language skills, examine previously unknown records from the Prize Papers collection and produce descriptions to support digitisation.

Dream positions: 3 (!!) PhD placements at the Prize Papers with emphasis on finding students with the following language skills: French, Spanish, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. (Of course, I emphasize the Dutch language!)
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...

Le mépris des SHS et le fait de dire de telles absurdités sont peut-être bien liés par un lien de cause à effet.

it feels quite bad that it's basically impossible to argue that much of the modern right in the west has become both entirely intellectually shallow and deeply, fundamentally morally corrupt without sounding like a tedious teenage tankie, because it is.....the factual truth

Legacies of Violence?: Catholic Militancy in Paris After the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre Abstract. This article traces continuities and changes in Parisian Catholic militancy after the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre (Aug. 24, 1572). It evaluates the rites of violence later reactivated by some of the killers, alongside a radicalized faction of their colleagues in the civic militia, who belonged to a younger generation and played a significant role in the later religious wars. Pursuing a forensic examination of the surviving manuscript sources, it provides a new perspective on the killers on Saint Bartholomew's Day by showing how these men were shaped by, and in turn reshaped, the transformation of Parisian society in the sixteenth century.

'Legacies of Violence? Catholic Militancy in Paris After the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre'

Robert Descimon and I have pubished our article with French Historical Studies (@sfhs.bsky.social), with special thanks to colleagues at @crh.ehess.fr @durhamhistory.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1215/0016...

How Anglo-Saxon England Emerged from Roman Britain In this extract from How England Began, Nicholas J. Higham introduces his account of how, as Roman Britain ended, Anglo-Saxon England emerged.

In this extract from How England Began: From Roman Britain to the Anglo-Saxons, Nicholas J. Higham introduces his account of how, as Roman Britain ended, Anglo-Saxon England emerged.

yalebooks.co.uk/how-anglo-sa...

#skystorians #medievalsky

Any idea why he left the BBC, Ted? 06:15 S01E04 Competition Time 12 May 1995

Image d’un parchemin historique, présentant l’Édit de Nantes. Le document contient du texte manuscrit en français ancien, avec une calligraphie élégante et complexe. La page a subi l’usure du temps, présentant des taches et une couleur jaunâtre. Un sceau ou un symbole rouge est visible au début du texte.

13 Avril 1598 : Le roi de France Henri IV promulgue l’Édit de Nantes, mettant fin aux guerres de Religion en France.
Cet édit accorde aux protestants des droits religieux, civils et politiques, ainsi qu'un certain nombre de lieux de refuge ✍️.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89d...
#CeJourLà

M. Antoine Valentin (UDR) : Nous n'avons aucune leçon à recevoir de petits-bourgeois, diplômés de Sciences Po, qui rentreront ce soir dans leurs appartements haussmanniens ! (Tollé sur les bancs des groupes LFI-NFP, SOC, EcoS et GDR.) Vous donnez des leçons aux Français qui travaillent, alors que vous les avez trahis ! (Les députés du groupe LFI-NFP se lèvent et entonnent L'Internationale, levant le poing gauche, bientôt rejoints par plusieurs députés des groupes EcoS et GDR, puis par quelques députés du groupe SOC.) Vous prétendez représenter les syndicats ; nous, nous représentons les salariés, et ils sont majoritairement favorables à ce texte. (Le refrain du chant révolutionnaire résonne dans les travées de gauche.) La « lutte finale », vous la perdrez et vous la perdez dans les urnes. Ce texte passera, parce que c'est une nécessité pour les Français !

« Le refrain du chant révolutionnaire résonne dans les travées de gauche »

Il faut avouer que ça claque. #DirectAN

Sitcom idea: Yanukovych, Orban and Maduro flatsharing in Omsk. Maybe recurring role for Edward Snowden as wacky US upstairs neighbour?

was once New Amsterdam.

Toute ressemblance avec un Président américain etc etc

MESSENGER:
We'd like you to return to Skaro at a point in time before the Da-
DOCTOR:
Why?
MESSENGER:
Borusa has another divorce trial.

Dark smoke clouds from Israeli airstrikes billowing over apartments in Tyre. In front of the apartments is a Roman archaeological site and a small white building, snext to which 5 men stand watching the smoke. The sea and a rocky beach fill the foreground.

Tyre today. Yes, that's a world heritage site in the middle.

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

Donald Trump: “A whole civilisation will die tonight”

Nigel Farage: “I’m the only figure from the other side of the Parliament that has consistently stood behind Trump, and stood behind the MAGA movement”

Politically, this should be the end of days for them all.

Ne pas s’étonner que la France macroniste, qui tolère depuis trois ans la perpétration d’un génocide à Gaza et en Cisjordanie (et qui persécute celles et ceux qui le dénoncent), reste silencieuse quand Trump annonce son intention d’anéantir «une civilisation entière».

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️

The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May.

Please circulate widely!

About to attack.

Sic gloria transit Bondi.

EXT. RUINED BUILDING LEDGE - DAY

Wide shot of a ruined city coated in kudzu.

Camera pulls back, the sound of the Village People's 1978 hit "YMCA" slowly becomes distinct.

A large, ivy-covered golden statue comes into view. "Here's how Bernie can sti-" has been smeared in long-since dried blood.

"Ritualized sadism" is exactly the appropriate way to describe the mobs on this site, and anyone who has never been their target simply cannot comprehend how fucking awful it is to be in that position.

Nor the absolute glee they take in knowing how awful it is.

Genuinely reads like an Alan Partridge bit

Advert for free family event for Tudor Contemporary, title in gold frame surrounded by cutout images including a portrait of Elizabeth I by The Singh Twins, Chan Hyo Bae as Henry VIII, Serena Korda’s Bartmann jug.

Looking for something to do this afternoon in Cambridge with little people? Try the @heong-gallery.bsky.social Tudor Contemporary Family Trail! Open 12-5pm!

Book cover of "War, Revolt and Sacred Space Cambrai and the Southern Netherlands, 1566–c.1621"

Just published by Brill. A long-awaited, important work on reformation, revolt and the material culture of religion in the Low Countries by a distinguished scholar.
#reformationinthelowcountries

Freedom of Conscience in the Pre-Enlightenment (1000-1650) University of Cambridge, Faculty of English, 17th June 2026 Call for Papers deadline - 28 May 2026 Abstract: This conference seeks to further our understanding of freedom of conscience, a notion all too often associated with the Enlightenment and its legacy in the modern day. With this in mind, we chose to organise this conference to invite perspectives on material well removed from the Revolutionary Age. Although not within the reach of all, freedom of conscience is considered an unalienable right akin to freedoms of expression and speech, as noted in Articles 18 and 19 of the UN Charter. However, if we turn to the Medieval period, and its great diversity of innovative religious writing, particularly in the contested context of Arundel’s decrees; or in the works of Protestant writers writing in the sixteenth century, such as Sebastian Castellio, it is clear that the mechanics of external oppression upon an individual’s inner life already existed in clear and comprehensible terms. Therefore, the (broad) question we would like to answer is: if we look beyond the eighteenth century, do we see this idea gradually become concrete? Contributions: We invite contributions from scholars of all disciplines. We particularly want to hear from those who have identified anxieties surrounding freedom of conscience in material where it may not be expected, for example in dramatic works, administrative papers, or travel writing. We would also like to emphasise that we very much encourage contributions from those working on non-European contexts, and those working on colonialism or colonialism-adjacent topics. Given the wide net we’re casting here, we encourage contributors to consider how to best refashion and present their findings to an audience unfamiliar with the subject matter. It is our hope that this gathering will allow us to identify recurring patterns across all historical and geographic contexts.

Please consider the following topics: ● The mobility of ideas (including the spoken word, vernacular writing, print culture, the epistolary, manuscripts etc…). ● Social and individual anxieties. ● Religious and/or secular freedom of conscience. ● Freedom of conscience amidst imperialism. ● Freedom of conscience in armed conflict. ● Social structures and social hierarchy. ● Freedom of conscience in relation to gender. ● Material representation. Submission Guidelines: The conference will take place June 17 in the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge. The conference will be conducted in English, but we very much encourage bilingual presentations. Presentations should last about 15 minutes. A light lunch will be provided. Please send your proposals (c.250 words) and a brief CV (max 1 page) to Anthony Stonestreet (ams330@cam.ac.uk) and Rachael Hodgson (reh89@cam.ac.uk). We look forward to hearing from you!

✨Excited to announce that the 'Freedom of Conscience in the Pre-Enlightenment (1000-1650)' conference is now accepting submissions!

📍Faculty of English, Cambridge
📆17 June 2026

👉Please submit your c.250-word proposal by 28 May 2026.

👇See below for further information!

#earlymodern #medievalsky

😡 The Russian army bombed a dam on the Siversky Donets River near Raihorodok. It was part of a hydraulic structure that fed the Siversky Donets-Donbas Canal.

Now Kramatorsk, Slovyansk, and Druzhkivka will experience serious water shortages.

Ayant étudié le Crouzet (et Le Roux et Zemon Davis) pour 1 an et demi, j'avancerais que c'est une manière ultra-synthétique de dire "les Catholiques se dédouanaient de la violence de leur geste en projectant la violence symbolique de leur geste sur la monstruosité supposée des victimes protestants"

RSA Conference Room - Marriott (People sit in a warmly lit conference room watching a man in a plain white shirt deliver a presentation sitting down)

Factions and Factionalism Conference - Man in smart jacket with a name tag delivers conference paper standing up in a large lecture hall. Panel chair sits to the right.

Now that all is done and dusted I'd just like to say how delightful it was to talk with you all about Robert Garnier and early modern tragedy at both the RSA 2026 conference in San Francisco and at the Unspeakable Conflicts conference in Halle. Onwards to the viva!

#earlymodern