Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Almost sounds nastier than the wound!
#histsci #histmed #earlymodern
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Bezoar mounted in gold filigree, late 16th century, probably from Hormuz. Private collection.
Bezoars were solid masses found in the digestive tracts of ruminants (like goats and sheep). They were thought to be antidotes to poison.
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#histsci #histmed #earlymodern #materialculture
The video of my book talk on Humans: A Monstrous History at @[email protected] is now available online!
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🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
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HUMANS | A Monstrous History
HUMANS | A Monstrous History
HUMANS | A Monstrous History
A fascinating interview with Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell on the Folger Unlimited podcast from @[email protected], talking about #Hamnet!
🗃 #earlymodern #theatre 💙📚
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Hamnet, with Chloé Zhao and Ma...
Hamnet, with Chloé Zhao and Ma...
Hamnet, with Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell | Folger Shakespeare Library
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Daniel BellingradtBring back bloomers, boomers and zoomers! Like this #earlymodern well-dressed man in 1581. What's holding you back?
Dr Lucas HaasisLooking forward to presenting my paper “Bound Together at Sea: Convict Sociability and Life Aboard HMS Calcutta, 1803” at the GIS Sociabilités Workshop at The National Archives, UK, this week.
What forms of sociability did convicts experience during the voyage?
The workshop is organised by Marion Amblard (Laboratoire ILCEA4 & Pléiade, UGA), Jessica Nelson (The National Archives, UK) and Sabrina Juillet Garzon (Pléiade & ILCEA4, USPN).
#earlymodern #maritimehistory #history #histodons #forcedmigration
UK folks: now that the paperback is out, the gorgeous hardback of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is on sale at Waterstones for 10 GBP - down from 25 GBP!
Spinoff essays and excerpts are linked in the thread.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
Humans by Surekha Davies | Wat...
Humans by Surekha Davies | Wat...
Neallotta words in today's Æthernaut. full comic at https://flintpunk.com/
#webcomic #steampunk #earlyModern #weirdFantasy #pirates #art #MastoArt
#webcomic #steampunk #earlyModern #weirdFantasy #pirates #art #MastoArt
Neal Skorpenlotta words in today's Æthernaut. full comic at https://flintpunk.com/
#webcomic #steampunk #earlyModern #weirdFantasy #pirates
#webcomic #steampunk #earlyModern #weirdFantasy #pirates
Daniel BellingradtThis detail featuring Guy Fawkes of Gunpowder Plot fame is part of a pamphlet published in Germany in 1606 ("Niderlandischer Kriegs-Iournal", VD17 23:232419B). #earlymodern #bookhistory #GuyFawkes