⚔️ Warfare has always depended on energy.

In the early modern period, armies consumed forests, animals, and food on a massive scale.

The logistical demands of campaigns created real resource pressures that shaped both military strategy and regional economies.

#MilitaryHistory #EnergyHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/early-modern-warfare-energy-crisis/

The spread of cheap print in early modern Europe triggered fears of misinformation, intellectual chaos, and social instability.

Information revolutions have always unsettled power. 📚

#Brewminate #PrintingPress #EarlyModernHistory

https://brewminate.com/the-printing-press-and-early-modern-europe-the-flood-of-cheap-text/

In Tudor London, the guitar belonged to both kings and commoners. 🎶

From courtly performance to tavern music, it reveals how sound crossed class lines in early modern England.

#Brewminate #MusicHistory #EarlyModernHistory

https://brewminate.com/the-guitar-in-tudor-london-from-the-royal-court-to-the-common-tavern/

Have you heard of the 1690 Siege of Limerick? Join us for a roundtable with the authors of a new book on this significant event in Irish history: Monday, 3pm CET, 2pm UK, 9am EST!

Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer joins authors Prof. Tom Truxes and Prof. John Shovlin to discuss the book!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seafaring-15001800-tickets-1931080938069

#histodons #history #Ireland #IrishHistory #maritimehistory @histodons #EarlyModernHistory

This July 12th, consider the possibility that the pioneer of religious toleration in Britain was James II.

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674073098

#JamesII #History #BritishHistory #Toleration #EarlyModernHistory #ScottSowerby #July12th

https://apobangpo.space/@pixelcats/114820949371820314

A conversation amongst #Kpop fans included this mention of the variety of fans and the importance of inclusivity and mutual respect in the fandom here on Mastodon - qualities sorely lacking in some other Kpop spaces.

Anyway, that part of the conversation reminded me of the history of inclusivity and mutual respect, which in turn set me thinking about religious "toleration" in early modern European history, which in turn reminded me of the Edict of Torda in the Transylvania of 1568:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Torda

I was going to finish there with a pronouncement of "There's a lot more to Transylvania than Dracula!" which is true, but, on reflection, a bad note on which to end because it sounds smug and condescending.

Yes, early modern history is fascinating, anybody who can visit Transylvania should do so, and "toleration" deserves much attention from both a historical and philosophical point of view - but shouldn't I be more alive to today's interest in vampirism and to goth subcultures ? Shouldn't I remember that, in the words of @pixelcats, "all ways of stanning are valid" and that includes the stanning of Transylvania too?

From Kpop to C16 Torda and back again!

#Inclusivity #MutualRespect #Toleration #EarlyModernHistory #EdictOfTorda #Transylvania #Dracula #Vampires #Goth #Subcultures #Fandom #Stanning #Kpop

🆕 Many congratulations to the #VINCULUM team, which has received an Honourable Mention in the European Union Prize for Citizen Science 2025 for its application ‘Mindful journeys to a shared past’. Another international accolade for the project! 👏👏👏

👉 Read the full story o our website: https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/vinculum-eu-prize-citizen-science/

#Histodons #IMPETUS #EUPrize #EUCitizenScience #EUresearch #EU_funded #CitizenScience #Heritage #Entails #EarlyModernHistory #SciComm #CiênciaCidadã #SciComPT #Vínculos #Património