Stuart Carroll
@civsoc.bsky.social
Historian interested in civil society, violence and emotions.
The decline of violence UK since the 1990s is unheralded social progress. More evidence that overall rates of violence have little to do either with policing or inequality. #skystorians
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The decline of violence UK since the 1990s is unheralded social progress. More evidence that overall rates of violence have little to do either with policing or inequality. #skystorians
Zoran Mamdani’s a gooner
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Zoran Mamdani’s a gooner
All those flags around are just a coincidence, right?
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
All those flags around are just a coincidence, right?
York now resembles the Shankill Road. It’ll barbed wire and watchtowers next.
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
York now resembles the Shankill Road. It’ll barbed wire and watchtowers next.
Thanks to David Myers for this amazing review. Relieved to have the endorsement of a Germanist. Waiting to see what the English have to say. #skystorians #earlymodern
July 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thanks to David Myers for this amazing review. Relieved to have the endorsement of a Germanist. Waiting to see what the English have to say. #skystorians #earlymodern
Bromley, 1652. Bet these highwaymen were from Catford.
June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bromley, 1652. Bet these highwaymen were from Catford.
Letter of Remission for the bodyguard of Thomas Poyntz, English religious refugee, 1546.
June 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Letter of Remission for the bodyguard of Thomas Poyntz, English religious refugee, 1546.
At the launch of the amazing Pardons project in Brussels.
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
At the launch of the amazing Pardons project in Brussels.
Don’t get me started on Steven Pinker…
May 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Don’t get me started on Steven Pinker…
Impressed that a ferry has a rare book library, including an early edition of Voltaire’s Dictionnaire Philosophique. Well done Brittany Ferries.
May 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Impressed that a ferry has a rare book library, including an early edition of Voltaire’s Dictionnaire Philosophique. Well done Brittany Ferries.
On the road to Normandy in the footsteps of my great uncle, Teddy, wounded with 47 Royal Marine Commando at D-Day.
May 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
On the road to Normandy in the footsteps of my great uncle, Teddy, wounded with 47 Royal Marine Commando at D-Day.
This is funny. Jean Jure, a bookseller and binder, arrested in 1556 for ‘meditating’ over forbidden books on a feast day, is released after claiming he is illiterate!
March 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is funny. Jean Jure, a bookseller and binder, arrested in 1556 for ‘meditating’ over forbidden books on a feast day, is released after claiming he is illiterate!
This beauty just arrived in paperback #earlymodern #skystorians
March 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This beauty just arrived in paperback #earlymodern #skystorians
Thanks to everyone who came to see #plasticfactory last night at the Fulford Arms.
March 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to see #plasticfactory last night at the Fulford Arms.
I’ve found the death sentence against the brother of the diarist Gilles de Gouberville (1558). Unusually, he had his hand cut off before being decapitated and quartered.
February 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’ve found the death sentence against the brother of the diarist Gilles de Gouberville (1558). Unusually, he had his hand cut off before being decapitated and quartered.
Letters of remission for the killers of Blaise Dupont, canon of Avranches, 1555.
February 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Letters of remission for the killers of Blaise Dupont, canon of Avranches, 1555.
Back in these archives for the first time in 30 years. Nice new building!
February 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Back in these archives for the first time in 30 years. Nice new building!
Jesuit martyrs killed by Huguenot pirates, 1570. Las Palmas cathedral, Gran Canaria.
January 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Jesuit martyrs killed by Huguenot pirates, 1570. Las Palmas cathedral, Gran Canaria.
Thank fucking Christ.
December 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Thank fucking Christ.