Eduardo Fernández
@apocalypsisnova.bsky.social
historian working on early modern prophecies, belief and reading practices | «Τὸ 'χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά' δοκῶ μοι εἰδέναι».
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9864-8734
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9864-8734
Pinned
New wine into new wineskins! Joining the conversation on late medieval / early modern religious history, book history and cultural history with a strong philological focus. Currently looking at the intellectual collaboration between Ethiopians & Europeans in the 16th c.
I met my first Phillipps ms., and visited for the first time what I think might be the nicest manuscript reading room I have ever been too (after a slight detour)
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I met my first Phillipps ms., and visited for the first time what I think might be the nicest manuscript reading room I have ever been too (after a slight detour)
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“No habrá paz para quienes nos asfixian: clase a clase, departamento a departamento, facultad a facultad, vamos a construir una huelga que haga temblar a quienes maltratan el derecho a la Universidad Pública”. La huelga universitaria en Madrid, explicada en cuatro gráficos social.elpais.com/_zrpo6
La huelga universitaria en Madrid, explicada en cuatro gráficos: “No habrá paz para quienes nos asfixian”
Los convocantes quieren presionar al Gobierno de Isabel Díaz Ayuso antes de que se voten los Presupuestos de 2026 para que aumente la insuficiente partida
social.elpais.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“No habrá paz para quienes nos asfixian: clase a clase, departamento a departamento, facultad a facultad, vamos a construir una huelga que haga temblar a quienes maltratan el derecho a la Universidad Pública”. La huelga universitaria en Madrid, explicada en cuatro gráficos social.elpais.com/_zrpo6
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Coming soon -- early 2026: Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities. I have a chapter in here called "Shadow Libraries and Pirate Infrastructures".
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Coming soon -- early 2026: Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities. I have a chapter in here called "Shadow Libraries and Pirate Infrastructures".
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
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Three 2-year postdoctoral positions in COLIBRI, the ERC project based at Sapienza on the reconstruction and study of Hernando Colón's library!
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
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Deadline 12 Dec
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Three 2-year postdoctoral positions in COLIBRI, the ERC project based at Sapienza on the reconstruction and study of Hernando Colón's library!
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
Three 2-year postdoctoral positions in COLIBRI, the ERC project based at Sapienza on the reconstruction and study of Hernando Colón's library!
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Three 2-year postdoctoral positions in COLIBRI, the ERC project based at Sapienza on the reconstruction and study of Hernando Colón's library!
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
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And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
I'm giving a small presentation tomorrow about early modern gambling and magic in a very informal context and I am particularly happy with this slide
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm giving a small presentation tomorrow about early modern gambling and magic in a very informal context and I am particularly happy with this slide
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seeking pointers to texts (academic or otherwise; primary or secondary; early modern or not) that discuss/theorize 'failure'?
bonus points if it specifically addresses _textual_ 'failure'.
here's an impression of fallen type for your troubles👇
bonus points if it specifically addresses _textual_ 'failure'.
here's an impression of fallen type for your troubles👇
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
seeking pointers to texts (academic or otherwise; primary or secondary; early modern or not) that discuss/theorize 'failure'?
bonus points if it specifically addresses _textual_ 'failure'.
here's an impression of fallen type for your troubles👇
bonus points if it specifically addresses _textual_ 'failure'.
here's an impression of fallen type for your troubles👇
"Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism" is quite poetic in itself
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism" is quite poetic in itself
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After a short posting hiatus, I'm very excited to share this CFP...
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
![CALL FOR PAPERS ANNOUNCEMENT:
Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
June 10th–12th, 2026
Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Thomas O’Connor
Professor
(History)
Maynooth University Mayte Green-Mercado
Associate Professor
(History)
Rutgers University-Newark Leonardo Velloso-Lyons
Assistant Professor (Spanish and Portuguese)
Emory University
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Exile, diaspora, displacement, multilingualism. Although recent events have brought current issues of migration into sharp relief, the existential dilemmas arising from globalisation, cultural homogenisation, and territorial expansion are anything but new. These dilemmas are deeply rooted in the imperial projects of the early modern period in many ways — and especially so for migrants caught in the ever-shifting dynamics of the Spanish empire as it expanded across the world. In the early 1600s, for example, the Spanish Crown welcomed thousands of Irish refugees who would use their newfound positions and language skills to aid fellow migrants in some cases (such as converso communities facing persecution in Mexico or their own kin facing often violent political subjugation in Ireland) even as they assisted in upholding the status quo in others (such as morisco communities facing expulsion in Iberia).
This conference aims to spark innovative conversations on the way such crosscurrents contributed to emerging conceptions of identity and belonging at the time. What roles did migrants, whose movements were shaped by varying degrees of coercion and agency, play in sustaining, resisting, or remaking community structures in local as well as global contexts? And how did this complicate their representation amid power and precarity?
[not all information will fit here, so please contact laura.francis@mu.ie for a full text document!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6oaze4jw33wpb47b5xtt2ysm/bafkreie7haz76umirlvj24ic56i4zo2budsb2zvo26k5idjcq56stj7g6a@jpeg)
![Proposals are thus encouraged, but not limited to, the following topics on the early modern Spanish empire:
Migration & Community
Migration & Naturalisation
Migration & Solidarity
Migration & Diplomacy
Migration & Dissent Migration & Memory
Migration & Multiculturalism
Migration & Multilingualism
Migration & Translation
Migration & Book History
Migration & Archives
Migration & Materiality
Migration & Racialization
Migration & Religion
Migration & Gender
The conference also specifically aims to cultivate interdisciplinary debates and welcomes work from across fields, such as history, literature, philosophy, etc. Perspectives on understudied relations among multiple migrant communities and/or contact zones are especially desired.
Application Information
For consideration, those interested are invited submit a paper title (15 words max.), abstract (200 words max.), and brief biographical note (50 words max.) to this form by December 19th, 2025: https://forms.office.com/e/yzcmdrraee. Scholars at all career stages are highly encouraged to apply, and all applicants will be informed of acceptance by the end of January.
[not all information will fit here, so please contact laura.francis@mu.ie for a full text document!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6oaze4jw33wpb47b5xtt2ysm/bafkreibefcf3fpsupriufp3hvoqb3qhib4dq5t2vpli2io32s75e5vekq4@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
After a short posting hiatus, I'm very excited to share this CFP...
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
I’ll be presenting my new postdoc project at UCL's Early Modern Exchanges seminar on December 10, join if you’re still around! The brilliant Carlos Cañete will also be discussing his recent article about early modern Jesuit evangelization in Iberia and Ethiopia.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Ethiopian Christianity, Islam and European Perceptions of Religious Sameness and Difference
A UCL Early Modern Exchanges seminar with Eduardo Fernández Guerrero (The Warburg Institute) and Carlos Cañete Jiménez (CSIC)
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I’ll be presenting my new postdoc project at UCL's Early Modern Exchanges seminar on December 10, join if you’re still around! The brilliant Carlos Cañete will also be discussing his recent article about early modern Jesuit evangelization in Iberia and Ethiopia.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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✉️🌎On 20-21 Nov. we'll host the workshop Letters& emotions in early modern/modern empires.
With Carlotta Sorba-Mónica Burguera-Judith Farré-Xavier Andreu-M'hamed Oualdi-Alexia Yates-Pablo Hdez.Sau-Amelia Almorza- Elisa Heinrich-Ângela Barrero Xavier and our fantastic researchers and MWP fellows.
With Carlotta Sorba-Mónica Burguera-Judith Farré-Xavier Andreu-M'hamed Oualdi-Alexia Yates-Pablo Hdez.Sau-Amelia Almorza- Elisa Heinrich-Ângela Barrero Xavier and our fantastic researchers and MWP fellows.
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
✉️🌎On 20-21 Nov. we'll host the workshop Letters& emotions in early modern/modern empires.
With Carlotta Sorba-Mónica Burguera-Judith Farré-Xavier Andreu-M'hamed Oualdi-Alexia Yates-Pablo Hdez.Sau-Amelia Almorza- Elisa Heinrich-Ângela Barrero Xavier and our fantastic researchers and MWP fellows.
With Carlotta Sorba-Mónica Burguera-Judith Farré-Xavier Andreu-M'hamed Oualdi-Alexia Yates-Pablo Hdez.Sau-Amelia Almorza- Elisa Heinrich-Ângela Barrero Xavier and our fantastic researchers and MWP fellows.
Hoping for the day the UK gets its own ICCU and its own Manus Online
I suspect I'm not the only person who will be downloading/copying swathes of the BL MSS catalogue once it's back online (if that's an option in the new form, of course).
I was just thinking the other day that it is mad that if this continues then the book I'm writing, about London 1560-1630, will contain basically no British Library manuscript material. Would have been unthinkable to me but there hasn't been a manuscript catalogue for two years now!
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hoping for the day the UK gets its own ICCU and its own Manus Online
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I suspect I'm not the only person who will be downloading/copying swathes of the BL MSS catalogue once it's back online (if that's an option in the new form, of course).
I was just thinking the other day that it is mad that if this continues then the book I'm writing, about London 1560-1630, will contain basically no British Library manuscript material. Would have been unthinkable to me but there hasn't been a manuscript catalogue for two years now!
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I suspect I'm not the only person who will be downloading/copying swathes of the BL MSS catalogue once it's back online (if that's an option in the new form, of course).
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"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes."
The universities of Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes."
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For those who will not be able to join us, here is an online exhibition with early modern Greek books, curated by the GrECI team: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries...
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
@uio.no @ec.europa.eu @nconstantinidou.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Keen to explore maritime environments and histories without going to sea? The Royal Museums Greenwich Caird Fellowship deadline is 18 January 2026.
Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich
Apply for funding to support research at Royal Museums Greenwich through our Caird Research Fellowships
www.rmg.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Keen to explore maritime environments and histories without going to sea? The Royal Museums Greenwich Caird Fellowship deadline is 18 January 2026.
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What role did manuscripts play in disseminating doctrine in 17th century Northwest Africa? Learn more in Caitlyn Olson's Gotha Manuscript Talk "The Circulation of a 17th-Century Theological Controversy in Northwest Africa".
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 6:15 CET
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@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 6:15 CET
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@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What role did manuscripts play in disseminating doctrine in 17th century Northwest Africa? Learn more in Caitlyn Olson's Gotha Manuscript Talk "The Circulation of a 17th-Century Theological Controversy in Northwest Africa".
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 6:15 CET
(1/2)
@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 6:15 CET
(1/2)
@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social
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I use a VPN for work because, like many people, I work remotely. I also use a VPN because it's fundamental to managing online trust: it's none of my ISP's business what I connect to: their job is to provide me with the bandwidth I pay for.
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The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I use a VPN for work because, like many people, I work remotely. I also use a VPN because it's fundamental to managing online trust: it's none of my ISP's business what I connect to: their job is to provide me with the bandwidth I pay for.
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Research funding opportunity! This is an excellent bursary for those working on any aspect of women's studies - it's designed for those who need it most (ECRs, indie scholars, PhDs). Do check out the details at @wsguk.bsky.social and apply!
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Research funding opportunity! This is an excellent bursary for those working on any aspect of women's studies - it's designed for those who need it most (ECRs, indie scholars, PhDs). Do check out the details at @wsguk.bsky.social and apply!
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Distilling The Alchemical Feminine
📅 19 Nov, 6–8pm
Dr M.E. Warlick explores how changing ideas of gender and sexuality shaped alchemical imagery from late antiquity to the early modern period — marking the launch of The Alchemical Feminine (Fulgur Press, 2025).
📅 19 Nov, 6–8pm
Dr M.E. Warlick explores how changing ideas of gender and sexuality shaped alchemical imagery from late antiquity to the early modern period — marking the launch of The Alchemical Feminine (Fulgur Press, 2025).
Distilling The Alchemical Feminine
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November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Distilling The Alchemical Feminine
📅 19 Nov, 6–8pm
Dr M.E. Warlick explores how changing ideas of gender and sexuality shaped alchemical imagery from late antiquity to the early modern period — marking the launch of The Alchemical Feminine (Fulgur Press, 2025).
📅 19 Nov, 6–8pm
Dr M.E. Warlick explores how changing ideas of gender and sexuality shaped alchemical imagery from late antiquity to the early modern period — marking the launch of The Alchemical Feminine (Fulgur Press, 2025).
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Why is there such a pressure to publish early, and is it always the right thing to do?
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @fredpaxton.bsky.social and @ayeshaomardr.bsky.social discuss their different experiences with the publishing process as ECRs.
👉 Ep 5 #ConfessionsOfAnECR: tinyurl.com/yjkamh2a
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @fredpaxton.bsky.social and @ayeshaomardr.bsky.social discuss their different experiences with the publishing process as ECRs.
👉 Ep 5 #ConfessionsOfAnECR: tinyurl.com/yjkamh2a
Episode 5 - Publishing as an ECR: Rejection, patience and conversation
‘Publish or perish’ is something ECRs will hear consistently throughout their academic careers. But why is there such a pressure to publish early, and is it always the right thing to do? In this episo...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Why is there such a pressure to publish early, and is it always the right thing to do?
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @fredpaxton.bsky.social and @ayeshaomardr.bsky.social discuss their different experiences with the publishing process as ECRs.
👉 Ep 5 #ConfessionsOfAnECR: tinyurl.com/yjkamh2a
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @fredpaxton.bsky.social and @ayeshaomardr.bsky.social discuss their different experiences with the publishing process as ECRs.
👉 Ep 5 #ConfessionsOfAnECR: tinyurl.com/yjkamh2a
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A much more exciting week brought 76 #Manuscripts online at the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 45 of 2025
A total of seventy-six manuscripts were digitized this past week. Barb.lat, with twenty-nine, and Ott.lat with twenty-eight, contributed the majority of the volumes, following recent patterns. A full ...
www.wiglaf.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A much more exciting week brought 76 #Manuscripts online at the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Reading Auden mostly for the first time and call me affected, but he missed the opportunity to break the line after "narrow".
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reading Auden mostly for the first time and call me affected, but he missed the opportunity to break the line after "narrow".