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Nearlyknowledgeable 👻<p>📢 New Episode 📢</p><p>In our newest episode, the inimitable Tracy Borman discusses witchcraft in the 16th and 17th centuries. From James I to Anne Boleyn, Tracy gives us a very tangible insight to the mindset and beliefs when it comes to matters of Witchcraft.</p><p><a href="https://media.rss.com/the-shropshire-witches-podcast-pod1/feed.xml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">media.rss.com/the-shropshire-w</span><span class="invisible">itches-podcast-pod1/feed.xml</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Historians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tudors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stuarts</span></a></p>
Rosie Walters<p>"The University of Cambridge’s Economies Past website uses census data, parish registers, probate records and more to track changes to the British labour force from the Elizabethan era to the eve of the first world war."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/05/industrial-revolution-began-in-17th-not-18th-century-say-academics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2024</span><span class="invisible">/apr/05/industrial-revolution-began-in-17th-not-18th-century-say-academics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IndustrialRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialRevolution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
Russell Sandberg<p>‘A Historical Introduction to English Law: Genesis of the Common Law’, my new textbook from Cambridge University Press for new law students, is out soon. </p><p>Get 20% off with code SANDBERG23: <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/legal-history/historical-introduction-english-law-genesis-common-law?format=PB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridge.org/gb/academic/subj</span><span class="invisible">ects/law/legal-history/historical-introduction-english-law-genesis-common-law?format=PB</span></a></p><p>Read the prologue and see full contents at: <a href="https://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/90583/frontmatter/9781107090583_frontmatter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">assets.cambridge.org/97811070/</span><span class="invisible">90583/frontmatter/9781107090583_frontmatter.pdf</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/legalhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legalhistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/legaleducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legaleducation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/anglosaxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anglosaxon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/norman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>norman</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/normans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>normans</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/magnacarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>magnacarta</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plantagenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plantagenet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plantagenets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plantagenets</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/blackdeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blackdeath</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tudor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tudor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tudors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuart</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>civilwar</span></a></p>
Russell Sandberg<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/lawstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lawstudent</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/lawstudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lawstudents</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/legaleducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legaleducation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/commonlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>commonlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/legalhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legalhistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/historyoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>historyoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/englishlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>englishlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/lawandhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lawandhistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/constitutionallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>constitutionallaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/publiclaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publiclaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/criminallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminallaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/contractlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contractlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tort" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tort</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tortlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tortlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/labourlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labourlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/propertylaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>propertylaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>land</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/landlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>landlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/trusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trusts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/trustsandwills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trustsandwills</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/trustsandestates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trustsandestates</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/equityandtrusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>equityandtrusts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/anglosaxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anglosaxon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/norman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>norman</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medieval</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plantagenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plantagenet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/magnacarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>magnacarta</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/blackdeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blackdeath</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tudors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/themanoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>themanoflaw</span></a></p>
🐢 i palindrome i 🐢<p>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> (<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/batman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>batman</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/superman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superman</span></a><br> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/avengers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avengers</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/xmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xmen</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marvel</span></a> <br> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/dccomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dccomics</span></a>)<br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> (<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rome</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tudors</span></a> <br> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/plantagenets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantagenets</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/georgians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>georgians</span></a>)<br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a><br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a> (<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crochet</span></a>)<br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a><br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/chromebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chromebooks</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/kindles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindles</span></a><br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> (<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/minecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minecraft</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DOOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOOM</span></a>)<br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/fandom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fandom</span></a> (<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/wwdits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wwdits</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/archer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archer</span></a> <br> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/hHarleyQuinn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hHarleyQuinn</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/futurama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futurama</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a>)</p><p>Part of<br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a><br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/QueerMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerMastodon</span></a> (<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/bisexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bisexual</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/asexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asexual</span></a> <br> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/agender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agender</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/enby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enby</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a>)<br>- <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NeuroDivToots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroDivToots</span></a> (<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <br> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ptsd</span></a>)</p>
Russell Sandberg<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/lawstudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lawstudents</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/lawstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lawstudent</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/legaleducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legaleducation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/legalhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legalhistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>feminism</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/criticalracetheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criticalracetheory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/anglosaxons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anglosaxons</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/anglosaxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anglosaxon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/norman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>norman</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/normans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>normans</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plantagenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plantagenet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/plantagenets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plantagenets</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/magnacarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>magnacarta</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/blackdeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blackdeath</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tudor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tudor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tudors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuart</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/thecivilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thecivilwar</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/constitutionallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>constitutionallaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/publiclaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publiclaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/criminallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>criminallaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tort" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tort</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/tortlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tortlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/contract" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contract</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/contractlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>contractlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/propertylaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>propertylaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/landlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>landlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/trusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trusts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/labourlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labourlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/commonlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>commonlaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>courts</span></a></p>
Tamsin Lewis<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> I seem to have gone down a <a href="https://historians.social/tags/custard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>custard</span></a> rabbit hole. I've found 3 <a href="https://historians.social/tags/earlymodern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlymodern</span></a> sources saying that the Lord Mayor's Feast included a custard with 24 corners. </p><p>Does anyone know why there were 24? </p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/foodhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodhistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/historicfood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicfood</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/twitterstorians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitterstorians</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/cook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cook</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/cookery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cookery</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LordMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LordMayor</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LordMayorofLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LordMayorofLondon</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/custardpie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>custardpie</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tudors</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/16thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>16thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/17thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>17thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CivicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LondonHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LondonHistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LondonHistorians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LondonHistorians</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span></p>
Tudor_Times<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1606 the trial of Guy Fawkes &amp; 7 others, for attempting to blow up the Parliament House, began in Westminster Hall. The Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke, prosecuted the case, and spectators paid up to 10s for admittance. There was never any doubt as to the verdict – all eight were condemned and executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered. The background to the plot is explained in the masterly ‘God’s Traitors’ by Jessie Childs – reviewed here. <a href="http://bit.ly/1BjGCTu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/1BjGCTu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a></p>
Tudor_Times<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1591 b. Robert to Robert, Earl of Essex and his wife, Frances Walsingham. Young Robert&#39;s marital career was disastrous. His 1st m. to Frances Howard was annulled for lack of consummation. She was later convicted for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, <a href="http://bit.ly/2gq0MHf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/2gq0MHf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> . He had an similarly unsuccessful second marriage, and died without heirs. Like all his family, he was an evangelical Protestant, joined the Parliamentarians in the Civil War &amp; commaded at Edgehill. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a></p>
Dr Dan O’Brien<p>Twelve Days of Mortality History Christmas - Day Six🎄💀: This enamelled gold mourning slide features four skulls (a choir of sorts), accompanied by crossed bones, a winged hourglass and leaves. The slide could be worn on a ribbon which was threaded through the loops visible on either side of the slide. Mid 17th cent. (@V_and_A) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MementoMori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MementoMori</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skull</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/17thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>17thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WeirdHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdHistory</span></a></p>
Tudor_Times<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1521, the Scottish government led by John, Duke of Albany (pic) during the minority of James V, agreed a treaty that was both offensive and defensive, with France. It was expressed largely as a treaty to protect both countries from invasion by England. King James was to be married to one of the daughters of King Francois, when they reached a suitable age. <a href="http://bit.ly/1SiDvSC" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/1SiDvSC</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stewarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stewarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/jamesv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jamesv</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/francoisI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>francoisI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scotland</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/scottishhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scottishhistory</span></a></p>
Dr Dan O’Brien<p>Twelve Days of Mortality History Christmas - Day Two🎄💀: A skeleton with dart and hourglass on the copper halfpenny token of John Morse of Watford. - the presence of death is a pun as 'mors' sounds quite similar to 'morse’ 1666 (@britishmuseum) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MementoMori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MementoMori</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/17thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>17thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a></p>
Dr Dan O’Brien<p>As you can tell from my <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> - Im a death historian who enjoys shiny objects. Such as this gold mourning ring where a toothy skull peeks out from the hoop at us. The ring is inscribed for J.A. who died 25 July 1698 aged 37. Found in Carmarthenshire (Portable Antiquities) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MementoMori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MementoMori</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skull</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/17thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>17thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Tudor_Times<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1566 in the royal chapel at Stirling Castle, the baptism of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles James Stuart took place. Within a year, Mary was forced to abdicate in his favour. He ruled as James VI of Scotland &amp; later as later James I of England. <a href="http://bit.ly/1rtwOCT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/1rtwOCT</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stewarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stewarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/jamesvi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jamesvi</span></a>&amp;i <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/maryqueenofscots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maryqueenofscots</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stirlingcastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stirlingcastle</span></a></p>
History of Parliament<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ICYMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICYMI</span></a> earlier this year Dr David Scott and Dr Sarah Mortimer began our new blog series, Revolutionary Stuart Parliaments, looking into the politics behind the abolition of the House of Lords in 1649. Read the inaugural blog here: <a href="http://ow.ly/XRTs50KQwrz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">ow.ly/XRTs50KQwrz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parliament</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HouseOfLords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseOfLords</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/17thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>17thCentury</span></a></p>
Tudor_Times<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1574 b. Anna (or Anne as she was known in Scotland) of Denmark. Her father, Frederick II died when Anne was 14. Her mother, Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow ensured that Anne’s previously arranged marriage to James VI of Scotland should proceed. After James acceded to the English throne in 1603, Anne became a great patron of the arts &amp; architecture – Inigo Jones and Marcus Gheerhaerts were proteges of hers. Her court masques were famous. <a href="http://bit.ly/2fx4hID" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/2fx4hID</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/queens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queens</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a></p>
Dr Dan O’Brien<p>A grinning skeleton wraps around the hoop of this enamelled gold mourning ring. The skeleton is accompanied by an hourglass and crossed bones - reminders of the inevitability of death and transience of time. An inscription inside indicates that the ring was given by John Pinder. 17th cent (Museum of London) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MementoMori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MementoMori</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/jewellery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jewellery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/17thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>17thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ring</span></a></p>
Tudor_Times<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1545 Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox <a href="http://bit.ly/1jfsR1x" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/1jfsR1x</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> bore a son. Henry, known as Lord Darnley, or in Scotland the Master of Darnley, grew up to be a handsome, charming and attractive young man. Unfortunately he also proved to be vain, arrogant &amp; ‘entitled’. Margaret schemed night and day for him to marry her niece Mary, Queen of Scots. She achieved this in 1565 but it ended in tears when Darnley was assassinated in 1567. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/stewarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stewarts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/maryqueenofscots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maryqueenofscots</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/scottishhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scottishhistory</span></a></p>
Dr Dan O’Brien<p>A bold skull looks out from this enamelled gold mourning ring commemorating Samuel Nicholets who died 17 July 1661. The hoop is hollow and contains hair which can be seen through the openwork (you can see a bit next to the skull in the first image). The hoop is also decorated with crossed bones and two coats of arms. The inside of is inscribed with the message 'Christ is my portion'. (V&amp;A) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MementoMori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MementoMori</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/jewellery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jewellery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skull</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/earlymodernhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlymodernhistory</span></a></p>
History of Parliament<p>While violence and duelling among the early modern aristocracy were not uncommon, one family seemed particularly disposed... Dr Patrick Little reflects on the Mohuns, a family who had a weakness for mindless violence👇 <a href="http://ow.ly/HXl250LAQjz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">ow.ly/HXl250LAQjz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Duelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Duelling</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Duel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Duel</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EarlyModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyModern</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Stuarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stuarts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/17thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>17thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HistoryOfParliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfParliament</span></a></p>
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