Jackie Eales
@jackieeales.bsky.social
President of the British Association for Local History and Professor Emerita at Canterbury Christ Church University. Historian of English Civil Wars, Puritanism, Early Modern Women and Kent. Former President of the Historical Association
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Join a family history society for help, support and community. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.familyhistoryfederation.com/join-fhs
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Join a family history society for help, support and community. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.familyhistoryfederation.com/join-fhs
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We had a great day in Canterbury yesterday for our Autumn Meeting! Many thanks to our Meetings Secretaries for arranging a fabulous programme, and to our guides at St Martin’s Church, St Augustine’s Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We had a great day in Canterbury yesterday for our Autumn Meeting! Many thanks to our Meetings Secretaries for arranging a fabulous programme, and to our guides at St Martin’s Church, St Augustine’s Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
Are you restoring access to Ethos? Theses online.
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Are you restoring access to Ethos? Theses online.
I am always amazed something that old and fragile has survived without being chipped or cracked.
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am always amazed something that old and fragile has survived without being chipped or cracked.
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It was such a wonderful setting. Thanks for coming along.
Really interesting talk @antiquaries.bsky.social tonight - @medievalfemina.bsky.social on the protections for women, children and families enshrined in the 1225 Magna Carta.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It was such a wonderful setting. Thanks for coming along.
Just extraordinary!
Self-Portrait, c. 1556, by #SofonisbaAnguissola (Italian, about 1532–1625), who died #otd, Nov 16 -- 400 years ago. Held at the @mfaboston.bsky.social, collections.mfa.org/objects/3365... #artherstory #womenartists
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just extraordinary!
Lion?
A drawing from this morning. Is it a horse? A dragon, maybe? Or, turned the other way around, is it perhaps a slug giving a welcome speech?
I don’t know!
I don’t know!
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lion?
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Died (alas!) on this day in 1625, the remarkable painter Sofonisba Anguissola. Here, self portrait as a young woman, showing off her talents in 1556.
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Died (alas!) on this day in 1625, the remarkable painter Sofonisba Anguissola. Here, self portrait as a young woman, showing off her talents in 1556.
It's a great book, as are your contributions.
Seem to be on a bit of a roll at the moment. With other academic colleagues and friends, I’ve contributed a couple on commentaries in the book published this week
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's a great book, as are your contributions.
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Great to see it in print!
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Great to see it in print!
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-... published today, a fantastic teaching resource and a super Xmas present. With contributions from @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @isminipells.bsky.social @waseemahmed98.bsky.social @denisegreany.bsky.social Richard Cust, Andy Hopper (Ed.) Oh, and me.
The civil wars in 100 objects - The World Turned Upside Down
The civil wars that took place between 1638 and 1651, and their aftermath, were the most destabilising conflicts that the British and Irish peoples have ever endured. During these times everyday peop...
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-... published today, a fantastic teaching resource and a super Xmas present. With contributions from @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @isminipells.bsky.social @waseemahmed98.bsky.social @denisegreany.bsky.social Richard Cust, Andy Hopper (Ed.) Oh, and me.
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All are welcome to our next event. Professor Mark Knights (U of Warwick) works on the political culture of early modern Britain. In this lecture, he will examine Britain’s long struggle with corruption and its impact on the British Empire.
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
All are welcome to our next event. Professor Mark Knights (U of Warwick) works on the political culture of early modern Britain. In this lecture, he will examine Britain’s long struggle with corruption and its impact on the British Empire.
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A good time, it seems, for a thread about public sculptures of, and by, women that have been installed in the last 10 years or so...
Aphra Benn in Canterbury, Licoricia in Winchester, Mary Anning in Lyme Regis, Dervorguilla in Oxford...
Aphra Benn in Canterbury, Licoricia in Winchester, Mary Anning in Lyme Regis, Dervorguilla in Oxford...
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A good time, it seems, for a thread about public sculptures of, and by, women that have been installed in the last 10 years or so...
Aphra Benn in Canterbury, Licoricia in Winchester, Mary Anning in Lyme Regis, Dervorguilla in Oxford...
Aphra Benn in Canterbury, Licoricia in Winchester, Mary Anning in Lyme Regis, Dervorguilla in Oxford...
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Christian Clarkson of Simpson Brown look at the work they carried out at the iconic castle of Carrickfergus. Done as part of a City Deal, their work shows that we can still learn more from even the most extensively studied castle. To find out more read here: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Christian Clarkson of Simpson Brown look at the work they carried out at the iconic castle of Carrickfergus. Done as part of a City Deal, their work shows that we can still learn more from even the most extensively studied castle. To find out more read here: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2025/11...
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This month is the 400th anniv of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola. Art Herstory commemorates the moment with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This month is the 400th anniv of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola. Art Herstory commemorates the moment with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...
Available on Etsy as well (10% discount thru 11/13): www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Great to see this excellent book now in print, featuring one of Brilliana Harley's letters and 99 other fascinating civil war objects @susanwabuda.bsky.social www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-...
The civil wars in 100 objects - The World Turned Upside Down
The civil wars that took place between 1638 and 1651, and their aftermath, were the most destabilising conflicts that the British and Irish peoples have ever endured. During these times everyday peop...
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Great to see this excellent book now in print, featuring one of Brilliana Harley's letters and 99 other fascinating civil war objects @susanwabuda.bsky.social www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-...
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Your podcast, @jackieeales.bsky.social brought back happy memories of Joan Henderson in the IHR, explaining to thie American the origins of Lady Brilliana's name.
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Your podcast, @jackieeales.bsky.social brought back happy memories of Joan Henderson in the IHR, explaining to thie American the origins of Lady Brilliana's name.
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Thank you @jackieeales.bsky.social your podcast on Lady Brilliana Harley during the British and Irish Civil Wars is TERRIFIC! You have brought her before us in the most vivid way. @tonyriches.bsky.social
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October 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thank you @jackieeales.bsky.social your podcast on Lady Brilliana Harley during the British and Irish Civil Wars is TERRIFIC! You have brought her before us in the most vivid way. @tonyriches.bsky.social
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/bril...
@world-turned.bsky.social #History #Podcast
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Delighted my podcast on Brilliana Harley has been released. She died on 29th October 1643 of a 'defluxion of the lungs ', probably pneumonia @susanwabuda.bsky.social @suwesterman.bsky.social @sdamussen.bsky.social @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @jamesdaybell.bsky.social @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
Brilliana Harley (1598 – 1643) successfully held off a royalist siege of her family home at Brampton Bryan in Herefordshire for three months during 1643. This podcast explores Brilliana’s life and writings:
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/bril...
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www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/bril...
@world-turned.bsky.social #History #Podcast
Brilliana Harley - A woman of faith and substance - The World Turned Upside Down
Brilliana Harley was one of the heroines of the British and Irish civil wars. A deeply religious woman, in her husband’s absence, Brilliana successfully
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October 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Delighted my podcast on Brilliana Harley has been released. She died on 29th October 1643 of a 'defluxion of the lungs ', probably pneumonia @susanwabuda.bsky.social @suwesterman.bsky.social @sdamussen.bsky.social @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @jamesdaybell.bsky.social @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
Thank you!
Hi Jackie! You could try Leo, a new tool which is designed to provide more accurate transcripts for both 17th and 19th-century handwritten documents.
September 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thank you!
Terrific!
of undoubted interest to @jackieeales.bsky.social
Howard Burton is an author and documentary filmmaker, whose most recent film is "Sofonisba’s Chess Game," ideasroadshow.com/chess-game/
September 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Terrific!
Just tried the free Transkribus site with poor results. Is the paid subscription any better for 17th century handwriting? What about 19th century wills?
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just tried the free Transkribus site with poor results. Is the paid subscription any better for 17th century handwriting? What about 19th century wills?
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Cheshire Archives reveal hundreds of 19th century maps and some amusing place names
Link 👉 www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_...
Link 👉 www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_...
August 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Cheshire Archives reveal hundreds of 19th century maps and some amusing place names
Link 👉 www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_...
Link 👉 www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_...
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Issue n°46 of Etudes Epistémè has just been published.
Issue n°46 of Etudes Epistémè has just been published.
46 | 2024 La guérison dans la Grande-Bretagne de la première moder...
Revue consacrée aux études littéraires et historiques portant sur l'Europe du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, principalement sur l'Angleterre et la France
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April 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Issue n°46 of Etudes Epistémè has just been published.
Issue n°46 of Etudes Epistémè has just been published.