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Mors et Amor @mors-amor.bsky.social · 2h

OTD in 1564, Andreas Vesalius (Andries van Wesel) passed away.
The Brussels-born physician broke a major dogma by dissecting human bodies himself and publishing De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543), the masterpiece that reshaped our understanding of the human form www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Andreas Vesalius - De humani corporis fabrica (Of the Structure of the Human Body) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

possibly Philip Yorke (British); most likely Alexander Buchan, M.D. (British); Samuel Lane (British); Francis Turner (British); H.W. Turner (British); Sir D'Arcy Power (British); Harold and Frida Lask...

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 23h

As the agricultural cycle starts to wind down for the winter, my next post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' looks forward to its resumption in the new year, when...

‘Ploughmen go whistling to their toils’

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England III: ‘Ploughmen go whistling to their toils’

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · 1d

At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to talking about the executed body this Saturday for @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social 👇🏻

Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · 2d

Suitably spooky for our online Oct talk. Sign up now, it's free!

#MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory #Execution #Death #Crime

The Executed Body in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century London

In this lecture we hear Dr Anna Cusack, a social historian of early modern England, present her research into executed bodies.

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 1d

I'm doing other lectures and walking tours for the month of the dead 😊

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 5d

Such great news. Congratulations Dave!

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 5d

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

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A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 5d

One week to go until Lyndal Roper's talk at @ihr.bsky.social!

Register for the hybrid event here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

And check out our other talks by @emilymayvine.bsky.social and @nailyas.bsky.social here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted to see the open access publication of Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms -- a superb volume featuring artists, poets, scholars, and a short essay by me on Dutch- and French-speaking women in 16th-century London telling their stories of migration. punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...

Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms – punctum books

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 8d

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 8d

The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians

Closing dates for next application rounds:
Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025

The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, sadly, we seem to be at an all-time high in terms of railway track deaths.

Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 10d

I think it was a non-suspicious death on the tracks. Local newspapers are reporting it as such.

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 11d

How lovely! Congratulations Sophie 🎉

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, Dave ☺️

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 11d

Have sent you a message.

Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 12d

If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 12d

Ah sadly missed that as I did not have a huge amount of time - next time for sure, it looks fascinating.

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 12d

I was in Mousehole a month ago and went to snoop around the outside of this place. It is beautiful.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 13d

Who did what in early modern England?

New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️

Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

This book applies the innovative work-task approach to the history of work, which captures the contribution of all workers and types of work to the early modern economy. Drawing on tens of thousands of court depositions, the authors analyse the individual tasks that made up everyday work for women and men, shedding new light on the gender division of labour, and the ways in which time, space, age and marital status shaped sixteenth and seventeenth-century working life. Combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book deepens our understanding of the preindustrial economy, and calls for us to rethink not only who did what, but also the implications of these findings for major debates about structural change, the nature and extent of paid work, and what has been lost as well as gained over the past three centuries of economic development. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cover of Whittle, Jane, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, and Taylor Aucoin. The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. of Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.

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Brewminate (Matthew A. McIntosh) @brewminate.bsky.social · 13d

From 1550–1650, death was a carefully crafted ritual — faith, culture, and memory woven together. ⚰️✨

Discover how early modern society understood dying.

#History #EarlyModern #Brewminate

The Ritual of Death in the Early Modern Period, 1550-1650

Discover how rituals of death between 1550 and 1650 reflected religion, culture, and society in the early modern world.

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 13d

Delighted to see our new book - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England - out now, and open access (free!)

doi-org.bris.idm.oclc.org/10.1017/9781...

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 14d

This is a London one which may be of interest. One of my favourites. The Life and Crimes of Charlotte Walker, Prostitute and Pickpocket: The London Journal: Vol 33, No 1 share.google/EgFL1sYEgfBy...

The Life and Crimes of Charlotte Walker, Prostitute and Pickpocket

The eighteenth-century criminal justice system has frequently been depicted as a harsh and unforgiving one; and yet with good luck and a resourceful approach it was still possible to avoid the drea...

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Justin Colson @justincolson.bsky.social · 15d

@ihr.bsky.social and @ies-sas.bsky.social are partnering with @thelondonarchives.bsky.social to run a new series of public lectures, featuring the chance to see the original records first hand. First lecture by @patrickwallis.bsky.social on "Apprenticeship and the Rise of London", Weds 15th October!

SAS and The London Archives: Apprenticeship and the Rise of London, 1500-1800

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Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social · 15d

A FREE @materialwills.bsky.social event in Exeter: A unique performance of history ⌛ and original music 🎵 inspired by early modern wills 📜

Register for your free ticket 👇

#skystorians #history #EarlyModern #Tudor

Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 16d

🎺ANNOUNCEMENT!🎺

STORIES & SONGS: WILLS AS WINDOWS ONTO PAST LIVES

Join Chris Hoban and I at #Exeter Phoenix for a unique performance of history & original music inspired by #Tudor, #Stuart & Georgian wills! 🗃️

FREE! Claim your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1738865536...

Stories and Songs: Wills as Windows onto Past Lives

A unique performance of history and original music inspired by Tudor, Stuart and Georgian wills.

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