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Michael Pearce
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History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, and recipe books Blog, remember them? https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · May 17
Madame, my dewe humble service being remembred, I wrytte to your Majestie lattelie, ane letter to recreate your Majestie in your melancolie and saturnialle humour, (Letter book and journal of William Bruce, 1609)
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 8h
Merry England
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 8h
'Le grant Anne' was probably Anne Scot, there was a 'petite Anne', and yet another Anne who may have married Mary, Queen of Scots' sommelier Louis Vincent
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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 11h
We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 12h
Mary of Guise had a lady in waiting called Big Anne (La Grant Anne), according to the master of the wardrobe in 1553
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Elizabeth Currie @ecurrie.bsky.social · 18h
The Museum of the Order of St John is hosting a launch event for my book on 22 October. I'll be talking about the paintings of Mattia Preti, dress, textiles and life in Malta in the seventeenth century.
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
Two men and a woman playing music and a game of draughts seated around a table in a dark interior. They are wearing brightly coloured, striped clothing.
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 1d
Seems to be just Jonet Liddell's testimony, 25 Nov. 1564 and 27 October 1565, printed in Alma Calderwood's SRS Buik of the Canagait, pp. 11-12, 28 says some of the elders would have a chat with Mons Bellock.
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 1d
Looks like there is a concealed staircase accessing the main en-suite bathroom, certainly a plus.
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Annika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 1d
Wonderful opportunity for scholars, activists, and artists engaging with early Black presences in Europe🗃️
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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 1d
CFP: Black Presence and Influence in Europe Before the Atlantic Slavery

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157868

Lüneburg, 21.01.2026-22.01.2026, Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) in Culture and Society, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.10.2025
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 1d
Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 2d
By some coincidence, that was also the name of the battle in Arran's household account, Ankiram or Lillieyeart, NRS E31/13 f.238.
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 2d
'applicuit', a new word to me, when your ship comes in
Household books of James V: Sunday 16 June 1538, 'Hodie illustrissima Maria domina nostra Regina applicuit portum Sanct Andrie in cena', today the illustrious lady Mary our Queen disembarked at St Andrews for dinner
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 2d
I reckon the enamel plaque with the sons of Antoinette of Bourbon, Duchess of Guise, helping her chariot wheel over some heretics and unbelievers is one of the best things in the Frick
The Triumph of the Eucharist and the Catholic Faith, Léonard Limousin, Frick 1916.4.22
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 3d
Interesting that these 17th-century revival chairs were upholstered with very fashionable modern fabrics
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 4d
Some context for this letter story, in the weeks after the battle of Haddon Rig, 1542: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
Battle of Haddon Rig - Wikipedia
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 4d
After Honthorst, there is an engraving: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ho...
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 4d
Letterlocking in October 1542, an invitation from James V to Henry VIII, according to Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie. Noted but not printed in Mackay's 1899 edition, archive.org/details/bim_...
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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 5d
If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
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Dr Richard Asquith @richardasquith.bsky.social · 6d
Earlier this week I had the privilege of attending the launch of the recently restored #medieval hearse cloths at Merchant Taylors' Hall - incredible work by Zenzie Tinker Conservation that really shows off these wonderful objects 💀 #Skystorians #MedievalSky #London
Photograph of one of the Merchant Taylors' hearse cloths framed on a wall. It is flat, with a central panel with foliate motifs and applique embroidered images of tailors' shears, St John the Baptist, and the Agnus Dei. Photo by Piotrowski Photo. Photograph of one of the Merchant Taylors' hearse cloths framed on a wall. It is flat, with a central panel with rich embroidery showing scenes from the life of St John the Baptist. Photo by Piotrowski Photo. Two people (myself and Lisa Monnas) talking in front of one of the hearse cloths. Photo by Piotrowski Photo.
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Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 7d
What are my three favourite euphemisms for sex you ask?
Keir Starmer
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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 9d
That is useful, thank you. Perhaps the note is just very vague!
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 9d
Would anyone know where 'Olre' in Holland was/is? John Johnston was master and owner of the Sampson of Olre in Holland, carrying oil, salt, wine, & Spanish money in 1593.
Shipping case noted in TNA SP84/50 f.69, mentions the 'Sampson of Olre'
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 9d
The baptism of Prince Henry in August 1594 was jinxed by the "evill presaginge" of the infamous Stirling Castle quern stone, inscribed 'ab initio nequam' - wicked from the start.
TNA SP 52/53 f.87, 26 July 1594, 'Some hold this an evil “presaginge,” esteeming Stirling unfortunate, in respect of the old proverb of that town, “Sterling ab initio nequam.”' Extracta E Variis Cronicis Scocie (Abbotsford Club, 1842), p. 254.
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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 11d
Just out!

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Girlhood in Eighteenth-Century Britain: The Working Girl
This book draws on a wide range of sources to provide the first comprehensive account of the experience of eighteenth-century working girlhood across all regions of Britain, examining the lifecycle st...
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Mark Rustbucket @markrustbucket.bsky.social · 11d
#doorsopenday this weekend in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Dundee, Orkney and Kinneil House. Along with Open House, Heritage Open Days, all thanks to #JEP #EHD European Heritage Days which tend to be forgotten about (but Northern Ireland always gives credit) www.doorsopendays.org.uk/about/europe...
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