Mark Empey
@memps2.bsky.social
Early Modernist to the bitter end #Bookhistory Female Book Owners; Women Writers; British & Irish historical writing; early Stuart peripheral governments
Forthcoming book: Sir James Ware: Royalism, History & Antiquarianism (Boydell)
Coined #HerBook
Forthcoming book: Sir James Ware: Royalism, History & Antiquarianism (Boydell)
Coined #HerBook
Many congratulations. I’m a big admirer of your research. Looking forward to hearing and reading about the progress of your project. An exciting topic
January 15, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Many congratulations. I’m a big admirer of your research. Looking forward to hearing and reading about the progress of your project. An exciting topic
Interesting to see Sir David Foulis there. Made his fortune thanks to James but faced the full wrath of Wentworth in 1633 (v interesting insight into W’s taste for authoritarian rule which I’m writing about)
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Interesting to see Sir David Foulis there. Made his fortune thanks to James but faced the full wrath of Wentworth in 1633 (v interesting insight into W’s taste for authoritarian rule which I’m writing about)
You guys need to redirect your research efforts to working on a flux capacitor and buying a DeLorean
December 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You guys need to redirect your research efforts to working on a flux capacitor and buying a DeLorean
Thanks, that would be great. But honestly no rush. I asked publishers, and so did editors, but got no response. Never knew it was out. I’ll send you DM
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thanks, that would be great. But honestly no rush. I asked publishers, and so did editors, but got no response. Never knew it was out. I’ll send you DM
Would you be able to send me a copy of my article if I popped my email via DM? I’ve heard nothing from the publishers
December 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Would you be able to send me a copy of my article if I popped my email via DM? I’ve heard nothing from the publishers
Glorious backdrop with a fitting slide for the picture!
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Glorious backdrop with a fitting slide for the picture!
It’s in the Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Early Modern Women’s Writing and appears to have been published going by this link (link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...) but I’ve neither received any info or pdf copy! Could send you the proofed copy of you’d like Bob?
Female Book Ownership (c. 1500–1700)
The study of female book ownership is undergoing rapid change. Manuscript booklists are being unearthed thanks to the detective work of scholars mining archives, while an increasing interest in owners...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s in the Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Early Modern Women’s Writing and appears to have been published going by this link (link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...) but I’ve neither received any info or pdf copy! Could send you the proofed copy of you’d like Bob?
They’ll all be copying Kneecap next by wearing Union Jack balaclavas
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
They’ll all be copying Kneecap next by wearing Union Jack balaclavas
You could add “obviously” and maybe “inevitably” to a list of hated academic phrases, which I fear could grow quite quickly if I put further thought on this debate
September 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You could add “obviously” and maybe “inevitably” to a list of hated academic phrases, which I fear could grow quite quickly if I put further thought on this debate