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Taylor Aucoin

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British Academy Postdoc Edinburgh Uni丨Cultural & Social Historian 丨Medieval & Early Modern Britain 丨 Work, Play, Festivity, Carnival 丨 Louisianan 丨⚜️ 🐯 Website and blog: https://ludicrushistories.wordpress.com/

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 16d

Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781...

#earlymodern #economic #history

The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

Cambridge Core - Economic History - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 1d

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to see our new book - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England - out now, and open access (free!)

doi-org.bris.idm.oclc.org/10.1017/9781...

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 6d

Who did what in early modern England?

New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️

Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

This book applies the innovative work-task approach to the history of work, which captures the contribution of all workers and types of work to the early modern economy. Drawing on tens of thousands of court depositions, the authors analyse the individual tasks that made up everyday work for women and men, shedding new light on the gender division of labour, and the ways in which time, space, age and marital status shaped sixteenth and seventeenth-century working life. Combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book deepens our understanding of the preindustrial economy, and calls for us to rethink not only who did what, but also the implications of these findings for major debates about structural change, the nature and extent of paid work, and what has been lost as well as gained over the past three centuries of economic development. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cover of Whittle, Jane, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, and Taylor Aucoin. The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. of Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 13d

Join @magicnotwitches.bsky.social in an exploration of practical magic in English history on 28th October at the Mary Rose Museum!

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Dr Tabitha Stanmore, Historian of magic, witchcraft and environments

A woodcut showing a devil and a ship sinking.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 9d

We've got a stellar set of speakers this term at @ihr.bsky.social. Come along an immerse yourself in the latest early modern history research! #EarlyModern 🗃️

IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 13d

We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

To attend, please register at the event of your choice here. If you have signed up but suddenly find yourself unable to make it, you can relinquish your spot by emailing: ihr.events@sas.ac.uk. If you would like to attend in-person and the event reads as fully booked, please do drop by anyway as we can always find some extra chairs!

Thursday 16 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford), Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid. Online-via Zoom & Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House

Thursday 30 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Emily Vine (University of Exeter), Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

Thursday 27 November, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Nailya Shamgunova (University of East Anglia), ‘English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700’
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 9d

🎺ANNOUNCEMENT!🎺

STORIES & SONGS: WILLS AS WINDOWS ONTO PAST LIVES

Join Chris Hoban and I at #Exeter Phoenix for a unique performance of history & original music inspired by #Tudor, #Stuart & Georgian wills! 🗃️

FREE! Claim your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1738865536...

Stories and Songs: Wills as Windows onto Past Lives

A unique performance of history and original music inspired by Tudor, Stuart and Georgian wills.

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks, Cordelia! Congrats on the G&H news 😁

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 13d

Now the contract is signed etc we're very pleased to share this news. Please do follow the below account to keep up to date with what we're doing. #GenderHistory

Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 13d

We are delighted to announce that Gender & History now has a new home at the University of Edinburgh. With thanks to the Sheffield team who did a stellar job for the last five years. hca.ed.ac.uk/gender-histo...
#Skystorians #GenderHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

'Gender & History' moves to Edinburgh | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology

The School is very excited to announce that the leading international journal ‘Gender & History’ has moved to the University of Edinburgh.

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HCAatEdinburgh @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social · 13d

The leading international journal ‘Gender & History’ (@genderandhistory.bsky.social) has moved to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, edin.ac/46z9jy5

#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Gender

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Prof. Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 14d

🤩 Check out the shiny new website of Bristol's world-class Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social), home to over 35 full-time medievalists and over 160 research students and research associates: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk 🤩 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians

CMS; Bristol; University of Bristol; Medieval Studies; MA degree;

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks, Ellie!

Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks, Lauren!

Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks!

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 15d

Delighted to be able to say that we've been awarded a grant to expand the #GreensleevesProject by recording a selection of #Tudor & #Stuart #music & #song associated with clothing.
Huge thanks to the wonderful @continuoconnect.bsky.social for their generosity!

#earlymusic #earlymodern

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 16d

The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

Cambridge Core - Economic History - The Experience of Work in Early Modern England

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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · Jun 6

We're delighted that our project has been featured in a brand new @zooniverse.bsky.social video! 📽️📼

Researchers @jwhittle.bsky.social @lsangha.bsky.social & @bhamhistory.bsky.social explain what it's all about📜

@uniofexeternews.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
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Around the Zoo- The Material Culture of Wills: England 1540-1790

YouTube video by The Zooniverse

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Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social · May 23

Delighted to see this mock up of the front cover of my first book, due to be published later in the Summer with @cambridgeup.bsky.social .

It's been several years in the making, and has had input and guidance from so many people - but it nearly exists!

A mock up of a front cover of a book entitled 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London'. The book cover is red, and the image is from a seventeenth-century woodcut of bodies being removed from London households during the plague.

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · Apr 2

Of course! Thanks so much!

Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · Apr 1

Great reference, Martin! Could I trouble you for more details?

Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · Mar 4

#ShroveTuesday and dancing go together like, well, Shrove Tuesday and pancakes. It's an old tradition - from Roxburgh Castle in 1314, to Sam Pepys and co in London 1660, to kitchens around the UK today.
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Enjoy some footloose flipping this #PancakeDay! #medieval #earlymodern #Carnival #dance

Timeline showing examples of Shrovetide dancing in medieval and early modern British Isles. 1314, English soldiers dance and sing in Roxburgh castle before Scots forces attack them. 1418, Anglo-Irish nobleman is killed by his blacksmith while dancing. 1505, Clothing purchased for a dance at James IV's royal court in Scotland. 1565, Dancing at a masque performance at Elizabeth I's royal court. 1633, Charles I dances at a masque. 1660, Samuel Pepys and family dance and carouse at a friends house.

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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · Feb 17

Exciting to see our Box Office Bears paper on @antiquityj.bsky.social today! 🎉 How might one know whether an historical site hosted bear-baiting? We look at possibilities based off our work on Bankside & across early modern England, uniting archaeology & archives. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’ | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’

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Elise Watson @ewatson.bsky.social · Feb 10

Very excited to be giving the first talk of my new research project this Thursday on the Edinburgh printress Agnes Campbell and her international networks of bookwomen! Come by if you're in Edinburgh or hit me up for the Teams link 👀 (ESTC R183059 & T507272) hca.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · Jan 16

Many thanks to the British Academy for this interview. Really enjoyed talking about my football research and future plans!

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jan 16

A British Academy-funded project by @aucointaylor.bsky.social called “The Contested Ball Game” uncovers how football was intricately woven into medieval and early modern society and culture. Read more about modern football’s origins:
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Research spotlight: football’s contested origins with Dr Taylor Aucoin

Dr Taylor Aucoin's (University of Edinburgh) British Academy-funded project, “The Contested Ball Game” uncovers how football—in a variety of idiosyncratic forms—was intricately woven into medieval and...

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thanks so much for sharing this. What a great source! Also like the mention of Gilmour - have spent some time transcribing those accounts. Pretty sure the ball was purchased (from a shoemaker) for play at Dalkeith Grammar School. In other years he paid for Fastern's Eve cockfighting at that school

Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · Nov 25

Looking forward to giving a talk about football in medieval Scotland tomorrow for @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

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Please do come along if you're around Edinburgh and interested!

5:15pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School Doorway 5: hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medie...

Powerpoint slide which states the title of a talk, 'The Oldest Firm: Institutionalized Football in Medieval Scotland. By Dr Taylor Aucoin, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh.' Background is detail from the 1595 Scotia Regnum map of Scotland. Centre of slide is a picture of a football from Stirling Castle, dated to c.1540.

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