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Byron’s poem ☝️ borrows from the Scottish song “The Jolly Beggar” – often attributed to King James V (who reputedly liked to disguise himself as “the Gudeman of Ballangeich” to enjoy amorous adventures)

From Cromek’s SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS (1810):

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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wrqZPUBJqJwC&pg=PA53&dq=%22we%27ll%20gang%20nae%20mair%20a%20roving%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRzY_714rwAhX7VBUIHafXBksQuwUwBnoECAEQBw&fbclid=IwAR2y-nlehZgaooF6HbjkRUv65obO875dbi6w41K_0-PijVyX3SZiNiJSAMY#v=onepage&q&f=false

#Scottish #literature #Byron #LordByron #song #folksong #16thcentury #earlymodern

✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋1d ago

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England’s Anxiety over the Governance of Foreigners (1580–1620)

"In this sense, the theatre functions not merely as a site of entertainment but as a critical medium through which contemporary English concerns about labour, belonging, and exclusion are staged and judged."

Li, G., Liu, L. African Labour in Early Modern English Drama and England’s Anxiety over the Governance of Foreigners (1580–1620). Humanit Soc Sci Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07305-w

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #EarlyModern #History #Histodons #Literature #Drama #Theatre #Africa #England #Europe #Academia

Peter Adamson 1d ago

Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG: the debate between Malebranche and Arnauld on the "vision in God": how we form our ideas. This turns out to be an early version of the contemporary debate over representationalism. #philsky #philosophy #earlymodern #epistemology #podcast

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)2d ago

The paperback of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY from @ucpress is now in my hands! There's new jacket copy! There are review quotations on the back: 💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histsci #histmed #politics 1/

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Daniel Bellingradt 2d ago

paging #bookhistory #earlymodern #newshistory and #mediahistory

Daniel Bellingradt 3d ago

This "Trach. Draco." is clearly a handsome dragon, and according to the #earlymodern German book this entry was in, dragons are the biggest snakes available on earth, and may be found in India and "moren land" (likely the biblical Ethiopia).

Volker Bach 4d ago

The 1791 Gesellenstreik gets called Germany's first #generalstrike, but it was more messy than that. From party atmosphere to blood in the streets in one day.

https://www.culina-vetus.de/2026/04/15/journeymens-strike-feeding-the-revolution-xviii/

#earlymodern #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #labourhistory #eattherich