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Jan Machielsen
@janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Historian of early modern religion, working on witches and saints. Loves hikes and risotto.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 19h
A fascinatingly long lived Jesuit! From memory he was quite polemical in his youth but became friendly with Protestants later on... Definitely deserves a biography. 😅
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 21h
Frankly, if he's calling them not to protest, he is basically *inciting* them to protest.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 21h
Yes, when you remain silent when 150k far right protesters march through London, you lose the moral high ground.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 21h
It's interesting how the book lands differently now. Some of its arguments have become controversial over time.

I feel that all that hard work that book did to restore agency not just to accused witches but also to the anxious mothers who accused them is increasingly being erased and ignored...
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 22h
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
Took my mum and aunt to St Peter's yesterday. Really recommend booking ahead and adding the Duomo. It's a long way up but stunning views, including the Vatican gardens.

Plus, I was able to point out the entry to the archive. 😅
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
Better eating fish than giving into an urge to follow Anabaptist prophets and practice polygamy! 😜

(Not too nice a Reformation joke, I hope!)
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
I must confess that I had never heard of her, but the tributes make me wish I had.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
Strange how this resurfaces now because I can't see anything new reported here. The Private Eye (!!) did some reporting on it in the spring.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
I tried Mastodon before coming here. Any reason to go back?
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
Given his overenthusiasm for Catholic Stuarts, it's probably a good thing he didn't get to see the end of that sad tale. 😅
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
They were a highlight from my visit to Hamburg as well (but as a Dutch person I have an excuse!)
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 1d
It's better on Protestantism, and on England. For some of the Catholic stuff the background reading felt a bit thin.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2d
First I went for train and then I switched to plane after it was the word. I don't think there are any other good transport words out there. 😅 (Coach? Cycle?)
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2d
We discovered the reconstructed Colossus of Constantine yesterday in the garden of the Capitoline Museum.

Mum added for scale! 😅
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 3d
The war on couscous has finally begun! This is what the clash of civilisations is all about. 🤪
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 3d
Unexpected start to my Sunday morning!

Wordle 1,569 1/6*

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Have to come up with a new start word now! 😅
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 5d
I suppose some books make good toilet paper?
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 7d
The creation of Eve. For those curious about where women come from... 😅

Fresco in the Santa Maria Della Pace. (Really one of the most remarkable Roman churches!)
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 7d
I absolutely adore the 404 page for the @financialtimes.com
Amusing 404 page explaining why the intended page wasn’t found using various economic concepts.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 7d
Hm. I was looking for a present for my partner's birthday. Guess I've found it. 😅
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 8d
Ooh. That female detectives book wasn't on my radar before and looks very good! (The others do too of course)
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 8d
They got elected by .1% left of the Tories and they are trying to do the same again with Reform... It didn't really work then (34% of the vote). It certainly won't work twice.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 8d
Not even the tip of the iceberg lettuce.
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 8d
What I don't understand at all is why this government is so set on appeasing people who are almost certain to never vote for it, while constantly upsetting those who would.

The "hard decisions" seem to legitimise that strategy but it doesn't make it any less ridiculous as an electoral strategy.
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