Sophie Bacchus-Waterman

Also, I must say huge thank you to my friend @sianwitherden.bsky.social, former Resource Description Librarian at SJC, for being the other half of the project, and such a wonderful support ❤️ One of the most professional and kind people I've ever had the joy of knowing.

Photograph of the Canterbury Quad in St John's College

Today was my last day as Special Collections Photographer at @stjohnsox.bsky.social. I am proud to say that I am responsible for most of the 100+ individual items now available on Digital Bodleian from SJC's special collections. You can view them all here: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/partners/st-...

Wonderful! You really can't go wrong with Steven's work 😊

Photo of me holding "Witches" by Steven Veerapen

Forgot to post this here last night! I received a suitably autumnal belated birthday gift from a friend! @stevenveerapen.bsky.social's new book "Witches"! I have a tradition of reading about witches around Halloween, so this is perfect ❤️ Congratulations on the book, Steven! I can't wait to read it 📖

Illuminating Media Reveals the hidden power of medieval manuscript decoration and its lasting influence today. The overlooked art of late medieval English manuscript illumination—its initials, borders, and non-figurativ...

*screaming*
(This is US distributor. The Concordia UP pre-order page AND DISCOUNT CODE go live next month, when I'll start up the promo machine. But lookee that covvvver 🤤)

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’ A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

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)

manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/07/t...

My newest interview on "History with Talia" is now live! It's a casual chat about the Tudor period, Anne Boleyn, and her mother! Hope listeners enjoy 😊

open.spotify.com/episode/72Cy...

ICYMI the full schedule for the CHASE MEMRN Winter Conference is now available to view on our website!

You'll also be able to sign up to attend the conference virtually via the Eventbrite link on our page

Freelance Work Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript te…

#MedievalSky #EarlyModernists you may not be aware that I offer several services: transcription (no hand too tricky), archival visits and more. I’m happiest in the period 1200-1700 but will consider anything. Get in touch via my website!

joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...

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.

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...

Have this on pre-order - and via bookshop.org so able to support my local too !!

Thank you so much, Amy! 🥰

First woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England

BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post

#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Historians, professors, donors sue over closure of State Historical Society's Iowa City facility Seventeen historians, archivists, professors, authors, and donors with decades of public service are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly and without public input closing its Iow...

Do not mess with our historians, archivists or librarians. We are litigious folks! Get ‘em, Linda.

Call for papers for the Womens HistoryNetwork Seminar Series. Deadline is the 10th November, email submissions to seminars@womenshistorynetwork.org

Photo of me holding "Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years, Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times" by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Great find charity shopping today 📚 "Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years, Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times" by Elizabeth Wayland Barber ❤️

Exactly! I appreciated them, though 😊 I've wanted Elizabeth Norton's book on Margaret Beaufort for ages!

My family tried! The sentiment is appreciated 🥰 Looking forward to reading outside my era with two of these!

Pile of history books!

When you're a historian and your family buy you gifts 📚

Photo of St Triduana's Chapel

Photo of St Triduana's Chapel interior

Photo of Stirling Castle

Photo of the view from Stirling Castle

A few photos from my birthday trip to Scotland 🥰 A visit to St Triduana's Chapel in Edinburgh and Stirling Castle 🏰

A print, divided into two vignettes, one on top of the other. The upper (naturally) showing a VERTUOUS STUDENT reading happily in a library. The lower showing naughty students carousing in the floral bower of a tavern with "ladies", a fiddler, pipes and a broadsheet? and also Satan. The legend reads SATAN tempteth him from his Study to evil company. I

May I also add to this thread of early modern images of happy student life?

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

Ooh, that sounds interesting! The Low Countries really did know what was up 😊

Thank you 😊 I'm taking a bit of a break after the book, but there are a lot of things in the pipeline ❤️

Ah, it's not Marguerite, I'm afraid! But I believe @sylviabso.bsky.social was thinking about researching Marguerite soon 🤔

Photo of "History of the Low Countries" edited by J.C.H. Blom and E. Lamberts

New purchase for a future project... 👀

Don't forget to register for my hybrid #Voynich lecture on Friday, Sept. 26, at 2:30 PM Eastern at the University of Toronto! After a year of work, Colin Layfield & I have important data- and material-results about the original structure of the manuscript!

www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/lisa-...

Today's artists w/out known birthdays: Jacob Grimmer & his son Abel, of Antwerp. Here, Jacob's bountiful harvest, including some fine bird--dog action.

Elizabeth Boleyn Remembered only as a wife and mother, Elizabeth Boleyn has been overlooked for centuries. However, she had a long and illustrious court career before her daughters Mary and Anne ever caught the king’s...

My book is with the printers 🥳 It's happening! There's no going back now! It will be available in all good bookshops on 30 October in the UK, and 6 March 2026 in the US. In the meantime, please pre-order: thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/...