@trevordean.bsky.social
Historian of medieval crime and criminal justice, in Italy. Emeritus Professor. Currently working on a book on homicide in Europe.
Amazing plant-themed light displays at this year’s Kew Gardens festive lights. This tree decked with hundreds of coloured lights was one of the best, and some of the others were truly spectacular.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Amazing plant-themed light displays at this year’s Kew Gardens festive lights. This tree decked with hundreds of coloured lights was one of the best, and some of the others were truly spectacular.
Some amazing photos at the Magnum exhibition in Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, especially the sequences of Russian life before and after the invasion of Ukraine, by Nanna Heitmann. Traditional rural activities vs military training, display and casualties.
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Some amazing photos at the Magnum exhibition in Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, especially the sequences of Russian life before and after the invasion of Ukraine, by Nanna Heitmann. Traditional rural activities vs military training, display and casualties.
I shall never be able to take seriously any scenes in the film versions of The 39 Steps after this crazily enjoyable reduced dramatization - miniature train, four actors, silly voices - at #pitlochryfestivaltheatre
September 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I shall never be able to take seriously any scenes in the film versions of The 39 Steps after this crazily enjoyable reduced dramatization - miniature train, four actors, silly voices - at #pitlochryfestivaltheatre
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Bonne semaine avec ou sans mot de passe !😅💋🫂⚘️🫂💋
September 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Bonne semaine avec ou sans mot de passe !😅💋🫂⚘️🫂💋
Among forms of spiritual homicide in a 15th century confessional manual are: leading the people into despair because of austerity, and creating hatred of others.
September 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Among forms of spiritual homicide in a 15th century confessional manual are: leading the people into despair because of austerity, and creating hatred of others.
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Having read Clare Wills’ discussion of the Martin-Gordon trial, I was struck by passage in a 15th century confession manual about parents who kill their children by sleeping with them: guilty of homicide unless too poor to buy clothes against the cold.
Having read Clare Wills’ discussion of the Martin-Gordon trial, I was struck by passage in a 15th century confession manual about parents who kill their children by sleeping with them: guilty of homicide unless too poor to buy clothes against the cold.
Clair Wills · The Price of Safety: Constance Marten’s Defiance
The trials of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were held to determine their criminal responsibility for their daughter...
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September 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Having read Clare Wills’ discussion of the Martin-Gordon trial, I was struck by passage in a 15th century confession manual about parents who kill their children by sleeping with them: guilty of homicide unless too poor to buy clothes against the cold.
Having read Clare Wills’ discussion of the Martin-Gordon trial, I was struck by passage in a 15th century confession manual about parents who kill their children by sleeping with them: guilty of homicide unless too poor to buy clothes against the cold.
Extraordinary customer service from #eurostar on our return journey from Rotterdam today. After our train was in effect cancelled and we had to wait 2 hours in Rotterdam and 1.5 hours more in Brussels, we were all put on a special 1st-class train and given a 1st-class meal by very charming staff.
September 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Extraordinary customer service from #eurostar on our return journey from Rotterdam today. After our train was in effect cancelled and we had to wait 2 hours in Rotterdam and 1.5 hours more in Brussels, we were all put on a special 1st-class train and given a 1st-class meal by very charming staff.
Playful animation at Utrecht Archive: when researchers leave in the evening, people from the documents they’ve been reading come alive.
August 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Playful animation at Utrecht Archive: when researchers leave in the evening, people from the documents they’ve been reading come alive.
‘Is digital tech taking us back to the Middle Ages?’ asks Evgeny Morozov. It’s a discussion of various recent critiques of ‘techno-feudalism’ which see tech giants taking rent from controlled resources, not generating profit from production and exchange. Morozov not convinced. #skystorians
August 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
‘Is digital tech taking us back to the Middle Ages?’ asks Evgeny Morozov. It’s a discussion of various recent critiques of ‘techno-feudalism’ which see tech giants taking rent from controlled resources, not generating profit from production and exchange. Morozov not convinced. #skystorians
Great exhibition at Pallant House, Chichester, of artists’ portraits of other artists. Among highlights for me: Snowden’s photos of Auerbach and Riley (clutter vs cool), the Bratby and Cooke husband and wife (cruel vs kindly), and Himid’s colourful cut-outs of 5 female artists, below. Vaut le detour
August 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Great exhibition at Pallant House, Chichester, of artists’ portraits of other artists. Among highlights for me: Snowden’s photos of Auerbach and Riley (clutter vs cool), the Bratby and Cooke husband and wife (cruel vs kindly), and Himid’s colourful cut-outs of 5 female artists, below. Vaut le detour
England and France the same country? In looking for savings from the health budget, the French PM has said of the 13 million people with chronic illness: ‘I do not believe that the French are in worse health than the Germans’ (Le Monde,17 July)
July 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
England and France the same country? In looking for savings from the health budget, the French PM has said of the 13 million people with chronic illness: ‘I do not believe that the French are in worse health than the Germans’ (Le Monde,17 July)
My tree of last weekend, from the walls of Lucca, Italy.
May 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My tree of last weekend, from the walls of Lucca, Italy.
National Gallery London, Siena exhibition: star of the show is definitely the display of reunited panels from Duccio’s Maesta’, great achievement by the curators.
April 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
National Gallery London, Siena exhibition: star of the show is definitely the display of reunited panels from Duccio’s Maesta’, great achievement by the curators.
Tree of the day (yesterday). Tredegar, S. Wales.
April 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tree of the day (yesterday). Tredegar, S. Wales.
Looks interesting.
April 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Looks interesting.
I hadn’t realised the extent and persistence of far- right activity in Germany in second half of 20th century, but it’s strikingly revealed in this well-organised exhibition in the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn, continuing all year, structured around the attitudes of successive generations.
March 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I hadn’t realised the extent and persistence of far- right activity in Germany in second half of 20th century, but it’s strikingly revealed in this well-organised exhibition in the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn, continuing all year, structured around the attitudes of successive generations.
I’m looking forward to the National Gallery London’s Siena exhibition, opens tomorrow. Hope it’s as good as NG’s own Renaissance Siena back in 2007.
March 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’m looking forward to the National Gallery London’s Siena exhibition, opens tomorrow. Hope it’s as good as NG’s own Renaissance Siena back in 2007.
From publisher’s blurb for a 1934 biography of Catherine de’ Medici: ‘that grim Florentine house of Medici - a family of parvenu apothecaries whose very name invokes visions of power, luxury and crime’. Discuss!
February 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
From publisher’s blurb for a 1934 biography of Catherine de’ Medici: ‘that grim Florentine house of Medici - a family of parvenu apothecaries whose very name invokes visions of power, luxury and crime’. Discuss!
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Knew this was coming but still exciting:
My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
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My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Not Just the Tudors - An Early Modern Teenage Werewolf - BBC Sounds
An investigation into the Werewolf convictions of the 17th Century.
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February 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Knew this was coming but still exciting:
My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I haven’t published much in 2024 as I’ve been preparing a new book on medieval murder but I did enjoy writing a piece for this volume, on female murderers, especially axe-wielding husband killers. Shades of Clytemnestra.
December 31, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I haven’t published much in 2024 as I’ve been preparing a new book on medieval murder but I did enjoy writing a piece for this volume, on female murderers, especially axe-wielding husband killers. Shades of Clytemnestra.
Winter blooms in London, x2.
December 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Winter blooms in London, x2.
On the day of the Pelicot trial sentences, not the best time to see this play with scene of husband abusing sleeping wife with a drug. Otherwise a lively and magical modern production with very atmospheric lighting. Really frosty, myth-fitting relation between Theseus and Hippolyta at the beginning.
December 20, 2024 at 12:14 PM
On the day of the Pelicot trial sentences, not the best time to see this play with scene of husband abusing sleeping wife with a drug. Otherwise a lively and magical modern production with very atmospheric lighting. Really frosty, myth-fitting relation between Theseus and Hippolyta at the beginning.
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"An education in the humanities or the liberal arts also makes students more adept at dealing with nuance and expressing opinions based on value judgments. These are useful skills for dealing with ... a world composed of various shades of grey."
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Reports of English literature’s death have been greatly exaggerated
The rise of AI is making a degree in humanities more valuable than ever
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December 11, 2024 at 11:31 AM
"An education in the humanities or the liberal arts also makes students more adept at dealing with nuance and expressing opinions based on value judgments. These are useful skills for dealing with ... a world composed of various shades of grey."
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Wonderful show of Letizia Battaglia’s Palermo street photography at Photo Gall London. ‘Palermo stinks splendidly’ she said. Men parade, resist arrest, or lie dead, women lament, cradle infants, protest.
December 4, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Wonderful show of Letizia Battaglia’s Palermo street photography at Photo Gall London. ‘Palermo stinks splendidly’ she said. Men parade, resist arrest, or lie dead, women lament, cradle infants, protest.