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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 1d

I’m no Tudor nerd but this is a biggie. Of course note the ‘public’ - scholars have undoubtedly engaged with it for a long time. But this is the sort of stuff that really should be easily accessible, so it’s good news.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’

A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

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eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner .

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner .

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 4d

This week the Society also launched the call for its First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, should be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

#Skystorians

Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 5d

🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 6d

Podcasts from this year's Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference @ucddublin.bsky.social are now available. Thanks to Mike Liffey @historyhub.bsky.social for making us all sounds so crisp historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...

Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference Podcasts

Since 2011, more than 200 speakers from a range of disciplines including History, English, Archaeology and Art History, have presented papers at Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences. Download podcasts...

historyhub.ie

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 7d

RHS funding opportunity: David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People.

The Society's Fellowship, for up to £2500, supports research by historians of Scotland at any career stage: bit.ly/4ns6LJj

Closing date for the 2026 Fellowship: 6 March 2026

David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland and the Scottish People - RHS

Launched in 2023, the David Berry Fellowship provides an annual award of up to £2,500 to undertake research on the history of Scotland and the Scottish people worldwide. Applications for the 2026 Fell...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 7d

RHS Funding opportunity: Postgraduate and Early Career Research Support Grants.

Grants of up to £1000 for graduate and early career historians to undertake research projects bit.ly/4nWLNlI

Closing date for the next round: 5 December 2025

Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS

The Society currently invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 5 December 2025 onwards. For f...

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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 8d

Symposium CFP on the topic of 'Showtime’s The Tudors: A Twenty-Year Retrospective'. Send abstracts of 150 words and a brief bio to both Bill Robison ([email protected]) and Valerie Schutte ([email protected]) by 1 February 2026.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 8d

30 Sept 1515: Margaret Tudor Queen of #Scots & widow of James IV flees to #England otd (NPG) She was the mother of James V, sister of Henry VIII. #TudorStuart

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eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · 28d

Position still stands so please do let me know if you or anyone needs a temporary tutor or freelance researcher after October.

eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · May 28

My current role ends in October: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or as a freelance researcher please do drop me a line! I have over 10 years experience in teaching and a wide practical knowledge of working in archives in the UK and abroad.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 9d

'History and Archives in Practice, 2026': call for participation now open bit.ly/4pITZrs

HAP26 takes place @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social
on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

Image of historical map with text: Call for papers: History and Archives in Practice, 16 April 2026, University of Sheffield. In partnership with the University of Sheffield Library.

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Brian Casey @briancasey123.bsky.social · 9d

Recently I conducted a survey of Catholic religious archives in Ireland and wrote a report for the Association of Leaders of Religious and Missionaries in Ireland (AMRI). Recently the report I submitted was published and accessible at this link www.amri.ie/wp-content/u...

www.amri.ie

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 9d

RHS First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.

We invite submissions for the Society's book and article prizes: for eligible titles published in 2025. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

Submissions are by self-nomination by an author. Closing date: 15 December #Skystorians

Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 9d

OPPORTUNITY: applications are open for the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies

Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 16d

Take advantage of the Hesburgh Libraries’ outstanding Irish studies collection — including the finest collection of Irish-language printed texts in North America.

Established scholars, grad students, and postdocs are encouraged to apply!

See more details here: irishstudies.nd.edu/scholars/vis...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15d

'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU

In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2

First page of 'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula’s Practice of Collective Impalements in Fifteenth-Century South-eastern Europe', by Denes Harai, new research article in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society.

Abstract: 'Dubbed ‘the Impaler’ by his contemporaries, Vlad III Dracula (c. 1431–76), was accused of the slaughter of between 40,000 and 100,000 individuals, 20,000 of them allegedly impaled at the Wallachian capital Targovişte. Although historians have often considered these figures
inflated, none of the numerous studies dedicated to the voivode of Wallachia have undertaken a methodical evaluation of the extent of this exaggeration. This article takes up this historiographical challenge by examining all available documentation. In so doing, it provides a full reassessment of the practice of impalement in fifteenth-century south-eastern Europe. Contrary to assumptions of previous scholarship, Vlad’s use of impalement was influenced simultaneously by pre-existing Hungarian and Ottoman practices. Quantitative analysis shows that only 7–10 per cent of the impalements claimed by sources can be considered plausible and proposes a new data-driven estimation of Vlad’s impaled victims. Finally, a comparison with other rulers shows that, while Vlad ordered collective impalements more frequently, the average number of victims per impalement was similar to that elsewhere in
south-eastern Europe.'

Image of Vlad III Dracula from c.1488 text: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, public domain.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 16d

22 Sept 1633: Bishop Willam Bedell ordains his co-translator of the Bible to #Gaeilge #Irish that is Muircheartach Ó Cionga [or Murtagh King in English] #otd

Later, in a case involving his own son, Ó Cionga would be accused of conforming just for an income.

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Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social · 18d

Our fall 2025 issue is out! Featuring three articles, a forum on women in wartime, a review essay, a performance review, two exhibition reviews, and 22 book reviews www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr... #EarlyModern

Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal | Vol 20, No 1

Of all published articles, the following were the most read.

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 22d

WSG member Karen Hearn is taking part in the George Villiers Study Day at Melton Carnegie Museum this Thursday 18 September. She will be one of five leading authors & academics discussing the eventful life & portraiture of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. leicestershirecollections.org.uk/villiers-rev...

George Villiers Study Day

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eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · May 28

My current role ends in October: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or as a freelance researcher please do drop me a line! I have over 10 years experience in teaching and a wide practical knowledge of working in archives in the UK and abroad.

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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 26d

New article! Stefan G. Holz on 'Innovative Accounting at the Exchequer and Wardrobe, c.1300: The Jornalia Bills, Books and Rolls under Edward I and Edward II'

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Innovative Accounting at the Exchequer and Wardrobe, c.1300: The Jornalia Bills, Books and Rolls under Edward I and Edward II*

Abstract. This article examines the jornalia accounts that were used in the English royal administration during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth ce

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eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · 28d

Position still stands so please do let me know if you or anyone needs a temporary tutor or freelance researcher after October.

eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · May 28

My current role ends in October: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or as a freelance researcher please do drop me a line! I have over 10 years experience in teaching and a wide practical knowledge of working in archives in the UK and abroad.

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Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 @catholicismsem.bsky.social · Sep 8

Delighted to announce the 5th volume in the series will be published in January! Click here for details about the forthcoming 'Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688' by @creutcke.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi... #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · Sep 5

Such a pleasure to welcome so many to launch last night for Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy in Oxford & Cambridge Club on Pall Mall. The club has its own connection with reigning queen: Margarethe II of Denmark the first female member. Fabulous night!
#womenwhoruledtheworld

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s publication day! 🥳 🎈 🍾

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy published by @wearefootnote and available in all good booksellers.

#womenwhoruledtheworld #reigningqueen #femaleking #mybook #newbook #newhistory

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Roland Allen, author of 'The Notebook: a History' @zibaldoni.bsky.social · Aug 27

Attention Early Modern Historians! This, from Angus Vine and @oxfordunipress.bsky.social is sure to be of great interest — Angus was insanely knowledgeable, helpful & quotable when I interviewed him for my own book. Have a look at it!

Promo flyer for EARLY MODERN MERCHANTS AND THEIR BOOKS by Professor Angus Vine.

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