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Christine Kooi
@christinekooi.bsky.social
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Reformation historian, immigrant, dochter van Nederlanders, birder (not necessarily in that order). Working on a book on the year 1572 in (mostly) Europe. Opinions all mine, and I speak only for myself.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · Nov 12
Happy to be in bluer skies. I'm working on a book titled "1572: A Year in the End of Christendom," about the working out of reformation in Europe in the later 16th cen. Any tidbits about 1572 that you come across in your research that you're willing to share are welcome.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3h
What a striking depiction of this scene.
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Annunciation. So clean and clear, as Giovanni Bellini is wont to be. Today is his day.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 4h
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rstefoff.bsky.social Rebecca Stefoff @rstefoff.bsky.social · 7h
Pope's got your back, teachers.

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Rebecca Stefoff @rstefoff.bsky.social · 7h
Pope's got your back, teachers.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 8h
Annunciation. So clean and clear, as Giovanni Bellini is wont to be. Today is his day.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 9h
Eastern Orthodoxy would like a word.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 9h
As if defying the pope were a uniquely Protestant phenomenon.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 11h
I was quite charmed by this Neolithic female figure at the Carmo Archeological Museum in Lisbon.
Stone figure on wooden pedestal Stone figure on wooden pedestal.

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Raf Van Rooy @adendros.bsky.social · 14h
📣 The deadline to submit an abstract for the 4th IJsewijn Lecture & Laboratorium is likewise approaching! Submissions due 15 December.

www.arts.kuleuven.be/sph/ijsewijn...

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IJsewijn Lecture & Laboratorium
The Seminarium Philologiae Humanisticae organizes the new IJsewijn Lecture & Laboratorium. This initiative revives the annual Jozef IJsewijn Lecture in a novel format, but preserving some classical in...
www.arts.kuleuven.be

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Raf Van Rooy @adendros.bsky.social · 14h
📣 The deadline to apply for our summer school on Greek-Latin bilingualism from antiquity to early modern times is approaching (Leuven, 12-18 July 2026). Please spread the word!

More information: www.dalet.be/Summer%20Sch...

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
I haven't seen much. I think the odds are higher the darker your skin tone is.

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Renaud ADAM @renaudadam.bsky.social · 1d
📚 What if the most dangerous book of the 16th century… was a list?
In 1568, Liège printed the Index of Forbidden Books: Luther, Calvin, Rabelais, even Erasmus partly banned.
This rare copy is now open access via #DONum ⤵️
👉 hdl.handle.net/2268.1/4550

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d
Done!

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Anne Goldgar @annegoldgar.bsky.social · 2d
Friday 28 Nov 5:30 London time : Eliot Benbow will speak to the IHR Low Countries Seminar on “Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods”, in person IHR Wolfson Rm 2, and online. Register here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Low Countries Merchants in and around London c. 1350-1550: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d
Today I visited Evora, famous for its giant cathedral and its Roman temple. I like how the two of them eye each other warily across the plaza.
Photo of Roman ruin with church steeple in the distance.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d
Even in the final year of his life, Knox published ferocious polemics against the Jesuits.
#1572ayearintheendofchristendom
jdmccafferty.bsky.social John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 2d
24 Nov 1572: d. John Knox, preacher, theologian, exile, shaper of reformation in #Scotland #otd

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 2d
Misogyny is one of the pillars of this administration, and sexist insults against female journalists should not be ignored.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 2d
24 Nov 1572: d. John Knox, preacher, theologian, exile, shaper of reformation in #Scotland #otd

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Arie van Steensel @arievansteensel.bsky.social · 2d
Nog enkele plaatsen beschikbaar! Inmiddels is de bundel verschenen: brill.com/display/titl....

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
Reposting this. If you're interested in the early modern Low Countries, these are the people to follow.
#earlymodern
christinekooi.bsky.social Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · Nov 16
I've begun a starter pack of scholars of the early modern Low Countries. Let me know if you want me to add you. #earlymodern 🗃️
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
Good question. The Austrian Habsburgs were fiercely anti-Protestant as well, so the religious policy would have likely stayed the same.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
It might have worked, but for the Protestant Reformation and the harsh Habsburg reaction to it.
#reformationinthelowcountries

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
The Habsburg Netherlandish project of a united Low Countries was an impressive political failure that collapsed within two generations.
#earlymodern
vincenzodm.bsky.social Vincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 3d
This is so cool: the ‘Pragmatic Sanction’ (1549) issued by Charles V who decided that the Habsburg Netherlands can only be ruled by one monarch and cannot be divided (well, that did not work out). Photo shared by @karldrabbe.bsky.social

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Vincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 3d
This is so cool: the ‘Pragmatic Sanction’ (1549) issued by Charles V who decided that the Habsburg Netherlands can only be ruled by one monarch and cannot be divided (well, that did not work out). Photo shared by @karldrabbe.bsky.social

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d
A few years ago I had to have an MRI for medical treatment and was warned not to wear any metal threads in my clothing or else the machine would explode. 😄

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Guido Eekhaut @eekhaut.bsky.social · 3d
Inner library:

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 4d
While touring the Royal Palace in Sintra, I came across a portrait of Sebastian, who was the 15-year old king of Portugal in 1572 and to whom Luís de Camões dedicated his epic poem "The Lusiads." An aspiring crusader, he died fighting in Morocco four years later.
#1572ayearintheendofchristendom
Photo of castle on a hillside framed with trees Portrait of king Sebastian in ermine with a ruff

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 4d
Dat is altijd zo, maar ik denk dat je kansen goed zijn.

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 4d
Dit zal ongetwijfeld een interessant boek zijn.
bramderidder.bsky.social Bram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social · 5d
🤩 Go-time voor Oproer en Omwenteling! #O&O

Met dank aan @ertsberg.bsky.social en @karldrabbe.bsky.social voor het geloof in het project; @vuurdistel.bsky.social voor de prachtig dramatische cover; en uiteraard aan co-auteur Joost Van Meerbeeck!

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 4d
Gevonden waar?

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 5d
Proficiat!