Mark Empey
@memps2.bsky.social
Early Modernist to the bitter end #Bookhistory Female Book Owners; Women Writers; British & Irish historical writing; early Stuart peripheral governments
Forthcoming book: Sir James Ware: Royalism, History & Antiquarianism (Boydell)
Coined #HerBook
Forthcoming book: Sir James Ware: Royalism, History & Antiquarianism (Boydell)
Coined #HerBook
Glorious backdrop with a fitting slide for the picture!
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Glorious backdrop with a fitting slide for the picture!
It’s in the Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Early Modern Women’s Writing and appears to have been published going by this link (link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...) but I’ve neither received any info or pdf copy! Could send you the proofed copy of you’d like Bob?
Female Book Ownership (c. 1500–1700)
The study of female book ownership is undergoing rapid change. Manuscript booklists are being unearthed thanks to the detective work of scholars mining archives, while an increasing interest in owners...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s in the Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Early Modern Women’s Writing and appears to have been published going by this link (link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...) but I’ve neither received any info or pdf copy! Could send you the proofed copy of you’d like Bob?
They’ll all be copying Kneecap next by wearing Union Jack balaclavas
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
They’ll all be copying Kneecap next by wearing Union Jack balaclavas
You could add “obviously” and maybe “inevitably” to a list of hated academic phrases, which I fear could grow quite quickly if I put further thought on this debate
September 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You could add “obviously” and maybe “inevitably” to a list of hated academic phrases, which I fear could grow quite quickly if I put further thought on this debate
Positive news! Something we all need to hear. Many congratulations
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Positive news! Something we all need to hear. Many congratulations