Oops, 1578 not 1587!🫣

Letters can help reconstruct female book ownership. Our Network Leader @huntingrebels.bsky.social includes a curious letter between Annas Keith and Alexander Clark of Balbirnie, provost of Edinburgh 1587, 1579-84, discussing the availability of various editions of the Geneva Bible in Edinburgh 🪶📖📜

Women’s Letters in Early Modern Scotland On 1 November we held our first network event at Cowane’s Hospital, Stirling. Historians and other heritage professionals from across the country gave lightning papers outlining their work and shar…

Earlier this month we held our first event, a workshop on 'Women's Letters in Early Modern Scotland'. Not only did we illuminate sources of women's epistolary culture, but we enjoyed a fantastic letter-making activity led by @claireelder.bsky.social

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Find out more about our new research network that hopes to bring together people who work with letters in all their various guises - from across all disciplines - at our website here:

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