Nadine Akkerman

Judith Pollmann krijgt op een podium een beeldje van Spinoza overhandigd

Collega @judithpollmann.bsky.social kreeg vanmiddag de Spinozapremie uitgereikt in een feestelijke bijeenkomst. Meer dan verdiend: Judith is een fantastische onderzoeker die anderen meeneemt in haar enthousiasme. Ook een enorme opsteker voor de geesteswetenschappen, geschiedenis en ons Instituut!

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

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Lady costumed for the masque, as a rather racy Flora. Painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver. Today is his day.

Purse made of a walnut shell covered with embroidered silk, England, 1600-1650. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Cup & case, probably made in West Yorkshire, 1692-94 By Francis Place The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblance to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate. (V&ALondon) #InternationalCoffeeDay

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Pendant of cut-paper work between two sheets of glass with St Anthony of Padua among trees, birds, animals and putti with an inscription. In a gold frame with a pendant loop.

An example of a cut-paper artwork by #JoannaKoerten, held by the @britishmuseum.bsky.social -

This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers? A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara Peeters

This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers? -
by Meilan Solly for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this...

Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration, Nadine Akkerman & Pete Langman New Paperback A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination   Early modern Europe was a...

You can get it from Westwood Books and there are even a couple of 1st Edition signed hardbacks that I had put aside but forgot if you search it on the site

Wanted: Spycraft from @YaleBooks has escaped from the Tower disguised as a paperback ... track it down at a bookseller near you today!

The Counterfeiting of Robert Gray — The Emigre An extract from Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration, out this week in paperback.

On the day the paperback edition of Spycraft @YaleBooks is released from close confinement in the Tower, here's an extract to whet the appetite ... www.the-emigre.com/column/the-c...

Old Woman Reading Mid-17th century
Dominicus van Tol, active Leiden, c. 1635–1676. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Spycraft: From Elizabeth I to the Restoration - Gloucester History Festival £12 / £7 Livestreamed Forget 007, England’s wildest spies were the Elizabethans. Unmask the hidden world of espionage with Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman’s thrilling journey through codes, ciphers a...

Just arrived in Gloucester! Are you in tonight’s audience? #Spycraft www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/spycr...

Interested in London trades in the 16th Century? Court of Requests proceedings in REQ 2 have you covered. One way to find a bunch of cases (over 500) is to search REQ 2 for "citizen and". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_a...

The images shows a black and white photo of an archive with lights and worn boxes with numbers on them.

We created a reading group in 2024 focused on key classic and new texts from a variety of perspectives on the making, unmaking, challenges and potential in "archives."

We will meet next on Friday, September 19 at 2 p.m.

Interested? Complete the Google form: jcblibrary.org/events/criti...

A painting in a dark frame with gold colored trim of a white woman in a gold-colored gown with a blue bow at the left shoulder. She wears dangly earrings and a choker of beads (pearls?) from which hangs a gold-colored cross. Her body is slightly turned toward the left side of the painting; she turns her head over her left shoulder to gaze at the viewer. Her right hand holds a paintbrush; it is lifted up to a barely visible painting in front of her. Her left arm is bent at the elbow; visible in her left hand is a palette with her thumb sticking through, and 4 more paintbrushes.

Coming up for auction, Sept 13,
Hargesheimer auction at Drouot.com -

Ginevra Cantofoli, Self-portrait of the artist at the easel with a brush / Allegory of painting

drouot.com/en/l/3025356...

🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
Think you know how Mary Queen of Scots was undone? 👑📜 Think again. The Babington Plot is not the story you’ve been told.

🎧 Hear @misswalsingham.bsky.social & @elegantfowl.bsky.social
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🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
Forget lemon juice tricks 🍋 — early spies were far more cunning. Some even forged invisible ink letters to keep the game alive!

Hear @misswalsingham.bsky.social & @elegantfowl.bsky.social
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🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
In the 17th century, carrying a coded message could cost your life ⚔️📜.

🎙️ @misswalsingham.bsky.social & @elegantfowl.bsky.social uncover the dangers of early spy networks on History Rage
🎧 Listen now! pod.fo/e/3251ad
🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

🏴‍☠️Practices and Narratives of Early Modern Piracy:
Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, edited by @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner,
the newest book in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 book series is out *22 Sept 2025* Available to preorder: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

🚨 FESTIVAL SPECIAL🚨
Early espionage wasn't all Walsingham & Cecil 👨‍💼. Women ran networks, spread misinformation, carried secrets — often overlooked. 🕵️‍♀️
🔥 @misswalsingham.bsky.social & @elegantfowl.bsky.social
🎧 pod.fo/e/3251ad
Live 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

Forget gadgets and tuxedos 🎩🍸 — Tudor spies used invisible ink, folded letters and even swallowed secrets in wax balls 😱.
🎙️ Hear @misswalsingham.bsky.social & @elegantfowl.bsky.social

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—and live at @GlosHistFest 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

I’ve never had access myself 🤷‍♀️

🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨
From MQOS’ downfall 👑 to the Gunpowder Plot 💥, espionage shaped Tudor and Stuart politics in ways we rarely hear about.

🎧 Join @misswalsingham.bsky.social & @elegantfowl.bsky.social — live at Gloucester History Festival 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

Leuke vraag. Maar waarom geen historicus in de jury?

This woman is wearing entire small animal around neck! Cannot believe that is very sanitary. Otherwise lovely portrait from 1573 by Lucas de Heere, whose day has been today.

Page from a 16th century book showing a hand-coloured woodcut of a bramble bush with text in Latin to the right and below

After the warm summer we've had the blackberries must be plump and ready for devouring! These hand-coloured beauties are from Hieronymus Bock's 1552 herbal #Blackberries #Autumn

A fabulous searchable database of employees of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) between 1630 and 1665. More than 8000 names. 🗃️#earlymodern

Nadine Akkerman: ‘Spionnen veranderen onze kijk op de geschiedenis’ Engelse spionnen waren in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw opvallend creatief bij het versturen van boodschappen, weet Nadine Akkerman.

In het septembernummer van @kijkmagazine.nl www.kijkmagazine.nl/artikel/inte... #Spycraft @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @leidenhumanities.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @lnvh.nl @leidenglobal.bsky.social @elegantfowl.bsky.social