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« Previous EntriesA King’s Ransom: The Life of Charles Theveneau De Morande, Blackmailer, Scandalmonger and Master-spy, by Simon Burrows
Sunday, May 16th, 2010If Charles Theveneau de Morande was a character in a novel, he would be considered the ultimate anti-hero. He has variously been described as ‘the incarnation of an eighteenth-century rogue’, ‘a minor prince among blackmailers’, and ‘a man so cunning that he outwitted Figaro himself.’ Morande (1741-1805) was notorious among his contemporaries for successfully blackmailing [...]
Happy Birthday to Sir Hans Sloane!
Friday, April 16th, 2010One of my favourite people from history, Hans Sloane, was born 350 years ago today on 16 April 1660. He went on to have a varied and successful career as a physician, botanist, collector, and traveller. The immense collection of objects and books which he left to the nation after his death in 1753 was [...]
Sir John Narbrough’s Journal Saved for the Nation!
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010A Press Release from the British Library: Sir John Narbrough’s Journal Saved for the Nation! PRESS RELEASE 30 March 2010 British Library successfully stops English naval explorer’s journal from sailing abroad The British Library has acquired a previously unknown journal of British naval pioneer, Sir John Narbrough, thanks to a £200,000 grant from the National [...]
Volunteers required for ‘British Printed Images to 1700′ website appraisal
Friday, March 5th, 2010Many of you will be aware of the British Printed Images to 1700 website (www.bpi1700.org.uk), an online library of printed images from early modern Britain that has been built under the directorship of Professor Michael Hunter of the History department at Birkbeck with funding from the AHRC. There are now plans to carry out an [...]
Save Palaeography at King’s Petition
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Humanities are under threat at King’s College, London. One of the proposals is the elimination of the Palaeography Chair. You can read about that – and find some useful links including Mary Beard’s blog post at – http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2010/02/palaeography-at-kings-college-london.html. There is also a Facebook Group which is keeping track of developments and links available here. You [...]
Follow a Museum on Twitter
Monday, February 1st, 2010Today is ‘Follow a Museum Day’ on Twitter. Lots of museums around the world use Twitter to communicate with their followers. It’s a great way for them to promote exhibitions and events. So spread the word about musuems on Twitter! And don’t forget to use the hashtag #followamuseum when you follow museums! You can find [...]
Past Caring: A Celebration of Love in History
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Celebrate Valentine’s 2010 with Love in History Week 6-14 February 2010 From walks exploring Bloomsbury’s romantic past to workshops on Valentine cards and love letters of old, the Past Caring festival will take place in some of London’s leading museums, archives and historic houses. The primary aim is to encourage new and existing audiences and [...]
‘Bethinke Thy Selfe’ in Early Modern England: 30% Discount for EM Intelligencer Readers!
Monday, January 11th, 2010‘Bethinke Thy Selfe’ in Early Modern England: Writing Women’s Identities Ulrike Tancke Amsterdam/New York, NY 2010. VIII, 266 pp. (Costerus NS 180) ISBN: 978-90-420-2808-1 Paper ISBN: 978-90-420-2809-8 E-Book Online info: http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=COS+180 Readers of The Early Modern Intelligencer can claim a 30% discount on this title! Send an email to info@rodopi.nl ,and mention your postal address, [...]
A Christmas Cracker
Friday, December 25th, 2009Welcome to the Birkbeck Early Modern Intelligencer’s Christmas Cracker! Instead of the usual news and events reporting, today will be just for fun. UK readers will need a break between the Queen’s Speech (also for the Commonwealth, of course!) and Doctor Who so here is some early modern stuff to send you back in time [...]
CFP: Writing Central Eastern Europe
Friday, December 11th, 2009Call for Papers: Writing Central Eastern Europe Conference at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 11-12 June 2010 In his inspiring and provoking book, Larry Wolff analyses the invention of Eastern Europe in the time of the Enlightenment. The question is whether Eastern Europe as a concept existed earlier? What about the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first [...]
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