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David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you, John: it wouldn't have seen the light of day without your editorial care!

John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · Aug 15

A very exciting new John Locke find by @davidrarmitage.bsky.social now published in the @historicaljnl.bsky.social!

The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣John Locke’s Forgotten Manuscript

We are thrilled to announce that @davidrarmitage.bsky.social's
article on his discovery of a new John Locke manuscript is out now👇

It sheds new light on Locke's practical involvement in political economy & his engagement with Ireland 📜🗃️

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · Aug 15

A very exciting new John Locke find by @davidrarmitage.bsky.social now published in the @historicaljnl.bsky.social!

The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣John Locke’s Forgotten Manuscript

We are thrilled to announce that @davidrarmitage.bsky.social's
article on his discovery of a new John Locke manuscript is out now👇

It sheds new light on Locke's practical involvement in political economy & his engagement with Ireland 📜🗃️

John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript

www.cambridge.org

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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣John Locke’s Forgotten Manuscript

We are thrilled to announce that @davidrarmitage.bsky.social's
article on his discovery of a new John Locke manuscript is out now👇

It sheds new light on Locke's practical involvement in political economy & his engagement with Ireland 📜🗃️

John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript

www.cambridge.org

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Jack Rakove @jrakove.bsky.social · Dec 18

This is a magnificent tribute to J.G.A. Pocock in its own right.

David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 18

My tribute to the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): folgerpedia.folger.edu/J._G._A._Poc...

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · Jul 14

'Locke argued that linen manufacture ‘should not be put into the management of a Company’ because ‘the Greediness of gaine, occasions stock jobbing’.'

David Armitage: Discovering a new manuscript by John Locke

Discovering a new manuscript by John Locke

www.the-tls.com

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Timothy Twining @tntwining.bsky.social · Dec 5

And it’s out! My book is now available online:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

From the history of knowledge to the practice of censorship, the Republic of Letters, textual criticism, and much else(!), it tells a new story about the Old Testament in #EarlyModern Europe.

#Skystorians

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Xavier Mauduit @xaviermauduit.bsky.social · Nov 23

Emmanuel Macron annonce l'entrée au Panthéon de l'historien et résistant Marc Bloch, fusillé par la Gestapo en 1944.

L'annonce est intervenue lors du discours du président pour commémorer le 80e anniversaire de la libération de Strasbourg.

www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/deba...

Emmanuel Macron annonce l'entrée au Panthéon de l'historien et résistant Marc Bloch, fusillé par la Gestapo en 1944

Engagé dans la résistance, Marc Bloch est arrêté à Lyon le 8 mars 1944, emprisonné et torturé à la prison de Montluc, puis fusillé le 16 juin avec 29 de ses camarades.

www.francetvinfo.fr

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Stella Ghervas @stellaghervas.bsky.social · Dec 27

Ending the year on a high note! 📚The paperback edition of "A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment", co-ed. with @davidrarmitage.bsky.social, is now out and waiting for readers 🙌🎊

@BloomsburyAcad @BloomsburyBooks
#PeaceHistory #Enlightenment
www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-...

A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment

A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charti…

www.bloomsbury.com

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David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 18

It had a seismic effect on me when I first read it and still seems fresh, 65 years after it was published.

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David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thank you, Jack: impossible not to be inspired by John, in so many directions.

Jack Rakove @jrakove.bsky.social · Dec 18

This is a magnificent tribute to J.G.A. Pocock in its own right.

David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 18

My tribute to the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): folgerpedia.folger.edu/J._G._A._Poc...

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David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 18

My tribute to the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): folgerpedia.folger.edu/J._G._A._Poc...

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David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 14

Colin Kidd succinctly sums up the manifold achievements of the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): www.intellectualhistory.net/news/john-po...

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David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social · Dec 14

He will be read and discussed as long as there are historians of political thought

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