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British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
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How did the rise of local petitioning contribute to 'state building from below' in 16th and 17th century England? I've got a *new* post discussing this issue - and my favorite petitioner - on our #PowerOfPetitioning site: petitioning.history.ac.uk/blog/2024/07...
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“It’s an art form that is discussed in 17th-century domestic manuals, but there is very little material survival – only three examples from 17th-century England, of which this is one,” said Isabella Rosner, an expert in modern material culture.
Rare examples of 17th-century paper-cutting ‘saved from skip’ to go on displaywww.theguardian.com Decorative artefacts saved from skip 30 years ago amid debris at former ‘ladies’ university’ Sutton House in London
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We're excited to announce that we have just started the Radical History feed! Everyone is welcome to join, simply use #radicalhistory or ✊🗃️ to add your posts to the feed. Please remember to pin and like to add the tab to your Bsky Homepage📍 bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Calling UK #DH researchers and practitioners! The UK cooperating partners of DARIAH are holding the first UK DARIAH Day on 3 September at the University of Leeds. The focus will be on Research Infrastructure in DH. More info and (free!) registration here: dcch.leeds.ac.uk/events/uk-da...
UK DARIAH Day | Digital Creativity and Cultures Hubdcch.leeds.ac.uk
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How can we understand historical figures as products of their time? In this new article, Kerry Lindeque discusses the contradictory radicalism of Britain's most famous drag king, Vesta Tilley 🌈🗃️
Vesta Tilley: Victorian Britain's Most Famous Drag Kingwww.historyworkshop.org.uk How can we understand historical figures as products of their time? Kerry Lindeque examines the contradictory radicalism of Britain's most famous drag king
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Now published OA! You can download the book here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... Thanks @amsterdamupress.bsky.social & @erikagaffney.bsky.social & congratulations Nuno Vila-Santa! 👏👏👏 #seafever #history
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How did people mobilise politically in response to dramatic environmental change? @ellyrobson.bsky.social's *new* post looks at 'justice' and the #PowerOfPetitioning in the struggles over landscape in #EarlyModern England 🗃️ : petitioning.history.ac.uk/blog/2024/07...
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Latetst #PublicDomain material released after making a request to Google Books: List of Cabinet Papers 1880-1914: books.google.co.uk/books?id=Nqd... Records of interest to Social Scientists, Employment & Unemployment 1919-1939: books.google.co.uk/books?id=Nr-... 1/2 #History 🗃️
Public Record Office Handbooksbooks.google.co.uk
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Not what I was looking for, but even better: The Royal Historical Society has a complete (I think) list of the historical calendars etc published by HMSO files.royalhistsoc.org/wp-content/u... #History #Archives 🗃️
files.royalhistsoc.org
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How should we interpret the petition of 'a poore distressed Infant’? In a new post, Imogen Peck talks about on orphans and the #PowerOfPetitioning in the British Civil Wars. #EarlyModern 🗃️ Read it here: petitioning.history.ac.uk/blog/2024/07...
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'When the “first wave” of feminism is referred to, it is usually suffragettes that people have in mind. Less often remembered is that this was not the first time the British women’s movement rejected the reformers’ tactics of petitions, letters and lobbies in favour of a much more direct challenge.'
Josephine Butler: the forgotten feminist who fought the UK police – and their genital inspectionswww.theguardian.com Half a century before women could vote, Butler took on the patriarchy. Since the murder of Sarah Everard, her campaigning has never seemed more relevant
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Published today: Race, Ethnicity & Equality in UK History: An Update to the Royal Historical Society’s 2018 Report on Race and Ethnic Equality 🗃️ royalhistsoc.org/society-publ...
Society publishes Update to its Race, Ethnicity & Equality report | RHSroyalhistsoc.org
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📣V.V. special Will of the Month for August📣 ... authored by Liz Wood, a Wills project [@materialwills.bsky.social] Expert Volunteer. Liz uses the 1725 will of Mary Andrews to explore the life of a widow in maritime Wapping #EarlyModern 🗃️ sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
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The closing day for Pollard Prize submissions is Friday 12 July 2024. The prize is for the best paper presented at an IHR seminar (in person or online) by a postgraduate student or researcher within one year of completing their PhD www.history.ac.uk/join-ihr/fel...
The Pollard Prizewww.history.ac.uk The Pollard Prize is awarded annually for the best paper presented at an IHR seminar by a postgraduate student or by a researcher within one year of their PhD.
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When, and why, were the first mass petitions organised? Karin Bowie has a *new* post on the #PowerOfPetitioning and participative subscription in #EarlyModern Scotland 🗃️ Read it here: petitioning.history.ac.uk/blog/2024/06...
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Plans are coming along really nicely for our @ihr.bsky.social interdisciplinary #place based histories workshop for ECRs in collaboration with History Lab Plus - it’s free & there are travel bursaries available - find out more & book here www.history.ac.uk/events/place...
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Report from the Select Committee on Parliamentary Papers, 1853 books.google.co.uk/books?id=13l... (includes a list of c.650 Literary, Scientific & Mechanics Institutes, with membership nos.) (volume also contains a report on the discovery of gold in Australia.) 2/2 #PublicDomain
Report from the Select Committee on Parliamentary Papersbooks.google.co.uk