Nicholas Scott Baker
@renhistorian.bsky.social
Historian of Renaissance Italy and other things; latest book: In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy; Australian football tragic.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Hmm, either of them could probably get it done to be honest, but it wouldn't be pretty.
Hmm, either of them could probably get it done to be honest, but it wouldn't be pretty.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Hmm, either of them could probably get it done to be honest, but it wouldn't be pretty.
Hmm, either of them could probably get it done to be honest, but it wouldn't be pretty.
Just published from ARC Humanities Press: Trust and Mistrust in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean.
Contributions range from 13th c. Tunis to my own contribution on "Trust and Time in Sixteenth-Century Italian Mediterranean Commerce," and include two great conceptual essays by the editors.
Contributions range from 13th c. Tunis to my own contribution on "Trust and Time in Sixteenth-Century Italian Mediterranean Commerce," and include two great conceptual essays by the editors.
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just published from ARC Humanities Press: Trust and Mistrust in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean.
Contributions range from 13th c. Tunis to my own contribution on "Trust and Time in Sixteenth-Century Italian Mediterranean Commerce," and include two great conceptual essays by the editors.
Contributions range from 13th c. Tunis to my own contribution on "Trust and Time in Sixteenth-Century Italian Mediterranean Commerce," and include two great conceptual essays by the editors.
RSA 2026 in San Francisco. As History discipline rep, I still looking for the following:
1 paper on animal/interspecies history (to run two panels)
1 paper on economic cultures
1-2 papers on microhistory in a global era
See www.rsa.org/page/RSAAnnu... for details
#earlymodern #renaissance
1 paper on animal/interspecies history (to run two panels)
1 paper on economic cultures
1-2 papers on microhistory in a global era
See www.rsa.org/page/RSAAnnu... for details
#earlymodern #renaissance
July 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
RSA 2026 in San Francisco. As History discipline rep, I still looking for the following:
1 paper on animal/interspecies history (to run two panels)
1 paper on economic cultures
1-2 papers on microhistory in a global era
See www.rsa.org/page/RSAAnnu... for details
#earlymodern #renaissance
1 paper on animal/interspecies history (to run two panels)
1 paper on economic cultures
1-2 papers on microhistory in a global era
See www.rsa.org/page/RSAAnnu... for details
#earlymodern #renaissance
Awesome show!
April 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Awesome show!
Giovanni Bellini, The Ecstasy of Saint Francis, oil and tempera on panel, ca. 1480, New York: Frick Collection.
April 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Giovanni Bellini, The Ecstasy of Saint Francis, oil and tempera on panel, ca. 1480, New York: Frick Collection.
A day late (no time for baking yesterday) and a couple are under-sized, but this year‘s Hot Cross Buns are looking good.
April 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A day late (no time for baking yesterday) and a couple are under-sized, but this year‘s Hot Cross Buns are looking good.
Looking for something else, I came across this, a posthumous article by Natalie Zemon Davis that is a lesson for our times: a reflection on intellectual & moral courage and resilience in the face of censorship and persecution.
January 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Looking for something else, I came across this, a posthumous article by Natalie Zemon Davis that is a lesson for our times: a reflection on intellectual & moral courage and resilience in the face of censorship and persecution.
Turkey is brining. Crumble-topped apple pie is baked.
November 27, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Turkey is brining. Crumble-topped apple pie is baked.
Richmond Folk Festival - southern Italian Greek songs.
September 28, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Richmond Folk Festival - southern Italian Greek songs.
My latest article places betting on papal elections in the contexts of sixteenth-century Italian commerce and of the development of European capitalism. It also fulfills an ambition to publish in the Journal of Modern History. Contact me if you don't have institutional access.
September 9, 2024 at 4:59 PM
My latest article places betting on papal elections in the contexts of sixteenth-century Italian commerce and of the development of European capitalism. It also fulfills an ambition to publish in the Journal of Modern History. Contact me if you don't have institutional access.
Following the footsteps of giants in the ASF this morning.
June 14, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Following the footsteps of giants in the ASF this morning.
Come up join us on Friday at the RSA Annual Meeting to learn all about meanness in the Renaissance!
March 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Come up join us on Friday at the RSA Annual Meeting to learn all about meanness in the Renaissance!
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2023 at 10:17 PM
Merry Christmas!
An insight into how badly managed Aust universities are: we moved into a brand new building two or three years ago. I am currently packing up my office b/c the admin has changed its mind about how to use the space. So we’re on the move again.
October 12, 2023 at 4:07 AM
An insight into how badly managed Aust universities are: we moved into a brand new building two or three years ago. I am currently packing up my office b/c the admin has changed its mind about how to use the space. So we’re on the move again.
Paperbacks have landed! Use the code HIST3823 to get 20% off through the Cambridge UP website: www.cambridge.org/9781108826945
October 4, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Paperbacks have landed! Use the code HIST3823 to get 20% off through the Cambridge UP website: www.cambridge.org/9781108826945
Very pleased to announce that In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy is now available in paperback. So, people can actually afford it. Even better, if you use the code on this flyer you can 20% off, making it even cheaper!
September 27, 2023 at 4:39 AM
Very pleased to announce that In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy is now available in paperback. So, people can actually afford it. Even better, if you use the code on this flyer you can 20% off, making it even cheaper!