Only 2 more days to submit your paper proposals for our 'The Church and Race' Summer Conference at Royal Holloway, University of London (13–15 July 2026). Don’t miss the deadline!
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The leading specialized journal in Europe in the field of #food and #drinkhistory
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Nice little story about the Pagets (earls of Uxbridge):
The first Lord Paget (William) was made a knight of the Garter by Henry VIII; Edward VI decided he was not a gentleman, so ordered the Garter stripped off his leg; Queen Mary thought otherwise, so personally reattached it...
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Exciting times for the study 11thC England: the 'lost' seal of Edward the Confessor has been rediscovered in the Archives nationales de France! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky
Happening tomorrow!
Join us for a special panel discussion and conversation with Professor David Nirenberg at the Art Workers' Guild in Bloomsbury.
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On this date, April 13... • in 1898, Secret Service arrests Stella Frauto for counterfeiting. • in 1901, New York gangster Monk Eastman suffers a head wound when shot by 'Piggy' Donovan. • in 1913, Giuseppe Masseria, Pietro Lagattuta and Salvatore and Giuseppe Ruffino are arrested for attempted burglary of a Manhattan pawn shop. • in 1914, Boston police search for an unknown Italian male responsible for attempting to murder Antonio Messina, 30. • in 1923, Dominick Didato and Abe Silverstein are arrested in New York, charged with aiding the escape of robber Gerald Chapman from custody in Athens GA. • in 1924, Angelo Palmeri and Gaetano Capodicaso are charged with giving incorrect information on pistol permit applications in Buffalo NY. • in 1946, Vincent Alo arrives in Miami after a stay in Havana, Cuba. • in 1950, Jack Parisi is acquitted of the Brooklyn murder of Morris Diamond in a judge-directed verdict. • in 1986, Gambino family underboss Frank DeCicco is murdered in a Brooklyn car bombing. • in 1998, Youngstown OH racketeer Dominic Strollo pleads guilty to conspiracy and tax charges. • in 1999, Luigi Manocchio pleads guilty in Rhode Island to three misdemeanor charges related to burglaries. Image of Luigi Manocchio.
#OTD (Apr 13)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Boston #AthensGA #BuffaloNY #Brooklyn #YoungstownOH #RhodeIsland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
The @papaerc.bsky.social project examines how court parties fought against each other with polemical prints in 18th-century France. Their free database on the networks that laid the ground for the French Revolution is now online: heurist.huma-num.fr/PAPA/web/220...
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The Creation of the World mosaic in the dome of the Chigi Chapel by Raphael, 1516.
🌎 The Creation of the World mosaic in the dome of the Chigi Chapel by Raphael, 1516.
Watch a short Art In Focus film: 'Raphael as Architect & Archaeologist': youtu.be/zSHtGz4cqMg (free to watch)
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Because some of you asked: yes, this is a monk laughing while being dressed as a jester. I so not know yet more about the background story of this print. But maybe you know and might want to share? #skystorians
'The National Archives of Ireland has officially announced 48 ‘Centenarian Ambassadors’, ahead of the historic release on 18 April of the 1926 Census of Population records.' #Skystorians
Der Beitrag besitzt einen dunkelblauen Hintergrund. Oben mittig steht „Das Team der“, darunter befindet sich in weiß und dick gedruckt das Logo der FOVOG. Es folgt ein Gruppenbild der Mitarbeitenden vor einer weißen Wand. Abschließend findet sich unterhalb der Schriftzug: „stellt sich vor“.
Heute wollen wir euch die Gesichter der FOVOG vorstellen. Als Team arbeiten wir in verschiedenen Projekten zur Erforschung von Klöstern und religiösen Orden.
Mehr über uns findet ihr auf unserer Homepage. Schreibt uns gern, falls ihr Fragen habt.
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Harmony in the Universe
#Spectacle and the Quest for Peace in the #EarlyModern Period
By Margaret M. McGowan
Info: bit.ly/3NYACNl
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A page from a 1503 book featuring the laughing jester.
I am still laughing about this "ha ha ha ha". #skystorians
If he wants Better reading recommendations, I'm sure we the #Skystorians could help
19 #Manuscripts this week from the #Vatican
www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026...
Includes a Greek volume written _at_ the BAV, two Avvisi, a few more Ge'ez texts and a bunch of 17th C stuff
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Large, mature pink azaleas in full bloom at the back of a messy garden bed.
The last of my azaleas has reached its peak. #histgarden (historians who garden) #skystorians #gardening #atlanta
#FoodHistory folks, does anyone know if Susan Levine has an article about school lunches or is it just the book School Lunch Politics?
#skystorians
Anyone else seeing ads on social media about the value #GRE for prospective college students lately? Just us?
Looking for #skystorians interested in writing about the history of standardized testing, higher ed admissions, and related topics. The #SAT turns 100 on June 23.
The Seattle Times, April 12, 1944
#OTD in 1944, the Seattle Times continues to report on Japanese American soldiers who refused orders at Fort McClellan, Alabama. 28 soldiers are now being court martialed and the outcome of the trial will soon be announced by Brigadier General Wallace C. Philoon.
🗃 #skystorians
New work in American Studies. #skystorians
On this date, April 12... • in 1904, Manhattan gangster Monk Eastman goes on trial for attempted murder. • in 1913, many arrests follow the Milwaukee shooting of Felice Lazzaro. • in 1914, Detroit police arrest 28 people for conspiring against the Giannola brothers. • in 1934, New York gangster Eddie Capobianco is held briefly for assault and robbery. • in 1938, New York Court of Appeals affirms Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania's 30-plus-year sentence for compulsory prostitution. • in 1939, Johnny Torrio gets two and a half years in prison for tax evasion. • in 1947, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania is jailed as he arrives in Genoa, Italy. • in 1949, Los Angeles gangster Mickey Cohen and a dozen codefendants are indicted for conspiracy. In San Francisco, a judge dismisses murder indictments against Sebastiano Nani, Mike Abati and Leonard Calamia. • in 1962, Edna Strollo of Fort Lee, NJ, files a missing person report for her husband 'Tony Bender.' • in 1967, La Stella meeting attendees are brought before the Queens County NY grand jury. • in 1971, an article by Nicholas Gage suggests Nick Gentile may still be alive in Sicily. Image of Mickey Cohen.
#OTD (Apr 12)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Milwaukee #Detroit #LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #FortLeeNJ #QueensNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
"Art history should be analogous to the careful peeling-off of layers of an onion, gradually revealing to and from its centre, the multi-facetted complexity and richness of the work of art."
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An illustration of a goat with a strangely human face
An illustration of a seal that appears to have a long human nose rather than a standard seal muzzle.
People sure do talk a lot of shit and medieval and early modern animals art when we are literally living through the Axel Scheffler era
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A rare bad hair day for Kefauver!
This photo was taken while he was campaigning in Florida in 1952. Riding in a convertible on a windy day will do that, but Kefauver was generally very meticulous about his hair while on the trail (he kept a comb in his pocket).
#skystorians #history #polisky
The student continued: “That loneliness is a haunting, desperate feeling Squonks possess when they feel that no one gives a damn about their existence. If that’s not bad enough, most Squonks accept this condition passively.” #skystorians #folklore
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