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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · 14d

Pre-Modern Chess, by Anna Cusack. Chess is an old game, a very old game, and as such its origins are much debated and complex. howtohistory.substack.com/p/pre-modern...

Pre-Modern Chess

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Sep 1

Britain is crosshatched with lyke ways -- paths for transporting the newly dead toward burial & eternity. Famous, hikeable ones in Dartmoor and York Moors. @annacusack.bsky.social @howtohistory.bsky.social tell all about them. howtohistory.substack.com/p/corpse-roads

Corpse Roads

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Aug 27

Corpse Roads, by Anna Cusack. Corpse roads, sometimes known as burial roads or coffin roads were used for exactly what it sounds like, transporting a corpse. Often found in rural areas these paths lead from remote dwellings to the parish churchyard. howtohistory.substack.com/p/corpse-roads

Corpse Roads

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks for sharing!

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · Jul 30

Latest @howtohistory.bsky.social blog

Liberation 1945 – As it Happened
Channel Islands

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Liberation 1945 – As it Happened

Channel Islands

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Jul 30

Liberation 1945 – As it Happened. Could you imagine how the events leading up to, and the eventual Liberation of Jersey and Guernsey in May 1945 would have been ‘reported’ on social media? Liberation 1945 – As It Happened showed how it might have been. howtohistory.substack.com/p/liberation...

Liberation 1945 – As it Happened

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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · Jul 21

There's still time to sign up for our hybrid Historic Wills Transcribathon, this Thurs 24 July, 1-4pm BST:
willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com 📅🕐

Join us online or in person in Exeter & help us transcribe early modern wills 📜✍️

We'll email registered attendees with joining info in the next 2 days 💻

A poster advertising the 'Wills Project Transcribathon' on Thursday 24 July, 1-4pm BST, in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter, and on zoom. The poster features black text on green and yellow backgrounds, and three images - a box of folded will manuscripts, an unfolded will manuscript, and the painting Thomas Braithwaite of Ambleside making his will, Abbot Hall, 1607. Photo: Lakeland Arts.

The poster text reads: ' - Transcribe on Zooniverse alongside like-minded volunteers, - Learn more about English wills from 1540-1790 during talks from the experts, - Share & discuss interesting discoveries, - Attend for all or part of the event, - Contribute to academic research & help make these remarkable documents more accessible for all'.
Details of the event can be found at this address: https://willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Jul 14

Recent articles on How-to History are on Trade Tokens, Leases, Pub Signs and Lascars. Read these and all our posts for free: howtohistory.substack.com

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Jul 14

Recent articles on How-to History are on Trade Tokens, Leases, Pub Signs and Lascars. Read these and all our posts for free: howtohistory.substack.com

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Jun 26

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here:
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Jun 25

Lascars, by Shagnick Bhattacharya. A lascar was a seaman of mostly South Asian origin. Described as the first proper ‘globalised workforce’, lascars made the inter-oceanic commerce of the British Empire possible. howtohistory.substack.com/p/lascars

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Jun 25

Lascars, by Shagnick Bhattacharya. A lascar was a seaman of mostly South Asian origin. Described as the first proper ‘globalised workforce’, lascars made the inter-oceanic commerce of the British Empire possible. howtohistory.substack.com/p/lascars

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · May 28

Thank you to everyone who has read and shared How-to History. We are now at around 100 posts and over 2,500 followers. We want to continue delivering in a manageable way, given time constraints on the editors, and so are moving to monthly publication. howtohistory.substack.com/p/moving-mon...

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · May 20

How-to History explains events, concepts, sources and share thoughts on researching, writing and teaching history. Each ‘How-to’ is a short guide which directs you to further resources. howtohistory.substack.com

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · May 20

How-to History explains events, concepts, sources and share thoughts on researching, writing and teaching history. Each ‘How-to’ is a short guide which directs you to further resources. howtohistory.substack.com

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 17

The Society's Camden series is a collection of 385 volumes of primary sources, edited by specialist historians.

Forthcoming volumes, published this summer, include the 'Papers of Admiral George Grey' and the 'Holograph Letters Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots' bit.ly/4jUHWnF #Skystorians

Images of six Camden Society volumes published by the Royal Historical Society.

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Apr 16

Pub names and signs, by Joe Saunders. In more illiterate times tradesmen advertised their business by hanging a sign outside their premises. Pubs names and hanging signs continue to enable identification and differentiation. howtohistory.substack.com/p/pub-names-...

Pub names and signs

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Apr 10

Recent How-to posts are on the Statistical Accounts of Scotland, Microfilm, the History of Parliament project, and Rate Books. Read all our posts here: howtohistory.substack.com

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · May 14

Railway 200, by Joe Saunders. A year-long, nationwide campaign to celebrate two centuries of the modern railway. A wide variety of activities and events are planned to celebrate the history of rail. #Railway200 howtohistory.substack.com/p/railway-200

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · May 14

Railway 200, by Joe Saunders. A year-long, nationwide campaign to celebrate two centuries of the modern railway. A wide variety of activities and events are planned to celebrate the history of rail. #Railway200 howtohistory.substack.com/p/railway-200

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Apr 30

Trade Tokens, by Anna Cusack, ‘Between about 1648 and 1673, almost no small-value coins were minted by the government’. The wealthy could use credit but everyone else who needed to do business began to rely on trade tokens. howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens

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Jay Hancock @jayhancock.bsky.social · Apr 30

A few years ago Baltimore, Md., merchants launched Bnotes -- currency for buying from local shops and restaurants. @howtohistory.bsky.social @annacusack.bsky.social show how local trade tokens have substituted for sovereign currency for a long time. howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens

Trade Tokens

England

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Apr 30

Oh very interesting to see the regional differences.

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · Apr 30

Wrote a very brief rough info piece about trade tokens. #earlymodern

How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Apr 30

Trade Tokens, by Anna Cusack, ‘Between about 1648 and 1673, almost no small-value coins were minted by the government’. The wealthy could use credit but everyone else who needed to do business began to rely on trade tokens. howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens

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How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social · Apr 30

Trade Tokens, by Anna Cusack, ‘Between about 1648 and 1673, almost no small-value coins were minted by the government’. The wealthy could use credit but everyone else who needed to do business began to rely on trade tokens. howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens

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