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@pauldlockhart.bsky.social
Professor of History. War & religion in EM Europe; Denmark. Author of FIREPOWER (Basic, 2021); DENMARK, 1513-1660 (Oxford UP, 2007). Current project - Days of Wrath: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of Søren Jensen Quist.
Doer of several things.
Doer of several things.
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"What Clarendon said of Hampden also applies to him: when he drew his sword, he threw away the scabbard."
Aladár Ballagi (1884) on the Croat cavalry commander Johann Isolani (1586-1640).
[Portrait of Johann Isolani. Anonymous, c. 1750.]
Aladár Ballagi (1884) on the Croat cavalry commander Johann Isolani (1586-1640).
[Portrait of Johann Isolani. Anonymous, c. 1750.]
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"What Clarendon said of Hampden also applies to him: when he drew his sword, he threw away the scabbard."
Aladár Ballagi (1884) on the Croat cavalry commander Johann Isolani (1586-1640).
[Portrait of Johann Isolani. Anonymous, c. 1750.]
Aladár Ballagi (1884) on the Croat cavalry commander Johann Isolani (1586-1640).
[Portrait of Johann Isolani. Anonymous, c. 1750.]
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Some historians can resist juicy anecdotes in gossipy primary sources.
I am not one of those historians.
I am not one of those historians.
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Some historians can resist juicy anecdotes in gossipy primary sources.
I am not one of those historians.
I am not one of those historians.
A relic of a bygone era, back when there was a history department
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A relic of a bygone era, back when there was a history department
Not even attempting to hide it.
Love the choice of font for the “Americanism will prevail” line.
Love the choice of font for the “Americanism will prevail” line.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Not even attempting to hide it.
Love the choice of font for the “Americanism will prevail” line.
Love the choice of font for the “Americanism will prevail” line.
It’s Thanksgiving here in the States, so… here’s an accurate depiction of Paul III, breathing toads and scorpions
(as was his wont) and generally doing all manner of ungodly things, courtesy of Melchior Lorck. #earlymodern #thanksgiving #skystorians
(as was his wont) and generally doing all manner of ungodly things, courtesy of Melchior Lorck. #earlymodern #thanksgiving #skystorians
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It’s Thanksgiving here in the States, so… here’s an accurate depiction of Paul III, breathing toads and scorpions
(as was his wont) and generally doing all manner of ungodly things, courtesy of Melchior Lorck. #earlymodern #thanksgiving #skystorians
(as was his wont) and generally doing all manner of ungodly things, courtesy of Melchior Lorck. #earlymodern #thanksgiving #skystorians
My current project - the ordeal of Danish parson Søren Jensen Quist
Therefore it behooves me to point out that Stop & Shop and Tops Supermarkets used to sell a lemon-lime soda called Quist.
Therefore it behooves me to point out that Stop & Shop and Tops Supermarkets used to sell a lemon-lime soda called Quist.
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My current project - the ordeal of Danish parson Søren Jensen Quist
Therefore it behooves me to point out that Stop & Shop and Tops Supermarkets used to sell a lemon-lime soda called Quist.
Therefore it behooves me to point out that Stop & Shop and Tops Supermarkets used to sell a lemon-lime soda called Quist.
I’m never disappointed. Every single f**king day the land of my birth finds a new way to make me feel ashamed of it.
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
Abortion, DEI Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Officials Say
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’m never disappointed. Every single f**king day the land of my birth finds a new way to make me feel ashamed of it.
I can’t wait to gtfooh
President Trump called a group of Democrats “traitors” and suggested they be locked up and punished by death, after the lawmakers urged members of the military to resist unlawful orders by the administration.
thehill.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I can’t wait to gtfooh
From my vast cat archive: my big boy Spit, trying to prevent me from completing FIREPOWER, summer 2020. #AcademicCats #catsofbluesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From my vast cat archive: my big boy Spit, trying to prevent me from completing FIREPOWER, summer 2020. #AcademicCats #catsofbluesky
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***Cover reveal*** for Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited by Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller & published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social which will be out on 6/5/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
Can't wait! www.routledge.com/Material-Cul...
Can't wait! www.routledge.com/Material-Cul...
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Megyn Kelly redefining "children" could be a clue.
Matt Gaetz must be like, where were are the child redefiners when I was paying homeless underage girls for sexual favors
Matt Gaetz must be like, where were are the child redefiners when I was paying homeless underage girls for sexual favors
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Megyn Kelly redefining "children" could be a clue.
Matt Gaetz must be like, where were are the child redefiners when I was paying homeless underage girls for sexual favors
Matt Gaetz must be like, where were are the child redefiners when I was paying homeless underage girls for sexual favors
Aww, shucks, thanks, @ollibackstrom.bsky.social
Well fuck, as I suspected @pauldlockhart.bsky.social book with similar subject and similar name isn't mentioned in the bibliography at all. Douche move.
(Lockhart btw is a doyen in the field of Denmark and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648.)
(Lockhart btw is a doyen in the field of Denmark and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648.)
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Aww, shucks, thanks, @ollibackstrom.bsky.social
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Interesting exhibition on Renaissance enamels. 👇
🔎 Did you know that in French the common expression "se faire limoger" literally means to fire someone and send him/her someone to the town of Limoges?
#language #earlymodern 🗃️ #arthistory #France #skystorians
🔎 Did you know that in French the common expression "se faire limoger" literally means to fire someone and send him/her someone to the town of Limoges?
#language #earlymodern 🗃️ #arthistory #France #skystorians
In the 16th century the French city of Limoges breathed new life into the medieval art of enamelling – and the results were spectacular, writes Susan Moore
Lustre for life: the unfading brilliance of Renaissance enamels
In the 16th century Limoges breathed new life into the medieval art of enamelling objects – and the results were spectacular, writes Susan Moore
apollo-magazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interesting exhibition on Renaissance enamels. 👇
🔎 Did you know that in French the common expression "se faire limoger" literally means to fire someone and send him/her someone to the town of Limoges?
#language #earlymodern 🗃️ #arthistory #France #skystorians
🔎 Did you know that in French the common expression "se faire limoger" literally means to fire someone and send him/her someone to the town of Limoges?
#language #earlymodern 🗃️ #arthistory #France #skystorians
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Trying to find out more about lighting for #earlymodern night/evening entertainments - masques and indoor and outdoor events. Can anyone help?
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Trying to find out more about lighting for #earlymodern night/evening entertainments - masques and indoor and outdoor events. Can anyone help?
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
#earlymodernsky #renaissancesky #masque
Cool Vejlby moment: the parson's son vows revenge immediately after his father's beheading. Affidavit of Niels Sørensen i Østerballe: '...dagh som Hr Søffren bleff retet saa hand paa den østre Side aff den vester tingstock paa sønderherids ting at der sted schreffuen nogen blodige bogstaffuer...'1/2
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Cool Vejlby moment: the parson's son vows revenge immediately after his father's beheading. Affidavit of Niels Sørensen i Østerballe: '...dagh som Hr Søffren bleff retet saa hand paa den østre Side aff den vester tingstock paa sønderherids ting at der sted schreffuen nogen blodige bogstaffuer...'1/2
I know Veterans Day has passed but I found this photo of my dad. That’s him on the right, reading a newspaper with a friend on the bridge of the USS OBERON (Arcturus-class attack cargo ship), somewhere in the Philippines, 1945.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I know Veterans Day has passed but I found this photo of my dad. That’s him on the right, reading a newspaper with a friend on the bridge of the USS OBERON (Arcturus-class attack cargo ship), somewhere in the Philippines, 1945.
Current employer has: reduced our faculty senate to a purely advisory role, stripped humanities and science disciplines of support, & appears to be considering imminent faculty layoffs despite a more-than-favorable budget. Appropriate that this should appear in my inbox this morning. #AcademicSky
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Current employer has: reduced our faculty senate to a purely advisory role, stripped humanities and science disciplines of support, & appears to be considering imminent faculty layoffs despite a more-than-favorable budget. Appropriate that this should appear in my inbox this morning. #AcademicSky
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✨ Throwback to April ✨
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
✨ Throwback to April ✨
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
Slander. From Peder Hegelund’s CALUMNIA (1576)
I’m getting ideas for Halloween next year, although I’m not sure where I can get all the eyes and tongues necessary for the costume.
#earlymodern
I’m getting ideas for Halloween next year, although I’m not sure where I can get all the eyes and tongues necessary for the costume.
#earlymodern
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Slander. From Peder Hegelund’s CALUMNIA (1576)
I’m getting ideas for Halloween next year, although I’m not sure where I can get all the eyes and tongues necessary for the costume.
#earlymodern
I’m getting ideas for Halloween next year, although I’m not sure where I can get all the eyes and tongues necessary for the costume.
#earlymodern
Brief Veterans Day tribute:
My grandpa, John C. Lockhart, 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Div, AEF, 1917
My dad, Newton F. Lockhart USN, USS Oberon, Luzon, Philippines, 1945
My grandpa, John C. Lockhart, 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Div, AEF, 1917
My dad, Newton F. Lockhart USN, USS Oberon, Luzon, Philippines, 1945
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Brief Veterans Day tribute:
My grandpa, John C. Lockhart, 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Div, AEF, 1917
My dad, Newton F. Lockhart USN, USS Oberon, Luzon, Philippines, 1945
My grandpa, John C. Lockhart, 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Div, AEF, 1917
My dad, Newton F. Lockhart USN, USS Oberon, Luzon, Philippines, 1945
Happy 483rd to my man Anders Sørensen Vedel, born this day in 1542. I think I've read everything he published; it'd be kinda nice if he'd manifest some species of appreciation for that. Sigh. #skystorians #earlymodern
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy 483rd to my man Anders Sørensen Vedel, born this day in 1542. I think I've read everything he published; it'd be kinda nice if he'd manifest some species of appreciation for that. Sigh. #skystorians #earlymodern
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Call for papers for a special issue of the 'Journal of Early Modern Studies' edited by Brendan Dooley and Stefano Villani: Diplomacy and the Circulation of Political Information in Early Modern Europe. Deadline: 31 January 2026. 🔗 go.umd.edu/24lh
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Academia dot edu offered to create an "AI generated descriptive analogy" of my book DENMARK, 1513-1660. Not ordinarily my cup of tea but I thought wtf, why not. Here's the result. Ugh. #skystorians
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Academia dot edu offered to create an "AI generated descriptive analogy" of my book DENMARK, 1513-1660. Not ordinarily my cup of tea but I thought wtf, why not. Here's the result. Ugh. #skystorians