Andy Kesson

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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…

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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Had a great time today chatting with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social for the Not Just the Tudors podcast on History Hit. Watch out next week for the episode on Voices of Thunder and radical 17th-century women!

As the first female Archbishop of Canterbury is appointed, it’s worth remembering that dissenting women were preaching to mixed sex congregations in London as early as 1645. My book Voices of Thunder has a whole section on 17th-century “she-preachers”

#earlymodern

Can you give a talk to me, please, thank you

During the course of this year, I am available to give invited talks at Departmental seminars, symposia and the like. My research is now developed enough to shed new light on the role of walking in theatre history, but still pliant enough to benefit from the input of scholarly conversation.

An important thread making the case for books being better than ostriches as places to put words

Well done, Ellie - can't wait to read this!

Pretty momentous email to send just before lunch on a Monday morning. Second book appears to be...done! Watch this space for further news from me and @gregmw4.bsky.social as we approach publication.

National Trust heartened by surge in young members Some 40,000 people aged 18-25 signed up in the past year as research suggests young adults are showing more interest in culture, heritage and history

It's almost like young people are interested in institutions facing up to their history in a frank and nuanced way

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A call for papers on 'Ritual Artefacts & their images for medieval liturgy' in Madrid next January with special focus on 'three main categories of liturgical artefacts' ritual objects (such as reliquaries, crosses, censers), vestments and liturgical books. eventos.urjc.es/137188/secti...

Question to Zach Polanski at the leadership announcement:

"Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?"

Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.

Beautiful! Congratulations, Hester!

The cover of a book. Text reads Textile Shakespeare. The lower part of the image is embroidery, black on white, with flowers, fruit, insects, and animals. it is discoloured with age.

TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE has a COVER👀

(this is a late C16 embroidered coif - never in fact assembled - in the V&A. All the crazy scale with added big cats, like an acid trip As You Like It. I love that it is a bit stained and messy.)

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Tonight am watching Escape from New York, a film that poses a number of important questions, most of which are Wait, What is Going on with Kurt Russell's Trousers.

Possibly the last photo of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Bee-ing Human team, as we work to bring our project to conclusion later this year. We will share the url for our project site soon! @viveknityananda.bsky.social @oliviasmith.bsky.social @racheljwillie.bsky.social @sjjackson32.bsky.social

Performing Shakespeare on an Endangered Planet Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - Performing Shakespeare on an Endangered Planet

Katherine Steele Brokaw and Elizabeth Freestone

*Performing Shakespeare on an Endangered Planet*

Free to download until the end of today (18 July)

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📢JOBS: 2 postdoc research associate positions📢

On AHRC project 'Informing contemporary land use policy through sustainability assessment of farming systems' in pre-modern periods🗃️

- FT from 01/10/25
- #Medieval history (3 years)
- #EarlyModern history (28 months)

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A privilege to stand on/over the Curtain playhouse stage again, and in its adjoining yard (thanks to an architect tour). Feeling very close to all those figures I’m writing about for the #CurtainBook, who were, naturally, so often to be found at these very spots too.

Very hard to imagine anyone being happier to be there

Very much this! 👇 it’s hard out here for creatives, share the good stuff when you can

This is very worth making the time for. And congratulations Professor Samson!

Excellent to see this call for papers for a conference bridging the gap between military, political, social & cultural approaches to conflict, war and violence in the #EarlyModern world. 🗃️

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Sneak preview of the contents page for #VoicesofThunder - a roll call of the incredible 17th century women whose amazing stories I am lucky enough to tell in this book

@reaktionbooks.bsky.social #earlymodern

📢WILL OF THE MONTH SPECIAL📢

The research and transcription for this new post are the fruits of a collaboration between two of our amazing Zooniverse volunteers!

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#EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social

You are here? And evaluating the weather crimes?

The weather today: illegally hot. Sort it out, sun.

The Material Culture of Wills Project This channel contains videos created by the Leverhulme Trust project 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790'. We’re a team of historians and data scientists from the University of Exeter an...

I finally got around to uploading our 'About the Zoo' video to the wills project YouTube channel.

Take a look for a quick introduction to the research from members of the team, for recordings of webinars and for guides to transcribing wills for us on Zooniverse. 🗃️

www.youtube.com/@MaterialWills

Join writeability’s book club and craft seminar for writers September 2025 through march 2026

Join writeability’s book club and craft seminar for writers September 2025 through march 2026

Been asked to share some speaking events I’m doing! First - WRITEABILITY’S Book Club and Craft Seminar for Writers! The program runs September 2025-March 2026. I will be the featured author for February www.writeability.org/bookclub

It's out! On Thursday, there was a book launch for this transformative study of how the Domesday Book was made. Astonishing that it has been possible to learn so much about something so apparently well-understood. @oxmedstud.bsky.social