Thomas Barker
@wifeofmatlockbath.bsky.social
Plague villager. Currently working at an English medieval house. I love historical radicalism, folk music, folk horror and root vegetables.
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15 January is #NationalHatDay, so here are the words to a #17thCentury song about different sorts of hats, The Ballad Of the Caps.
From An Antidote Against Melancholy, 1669
This is just one of many #earlymodern songs about clothing that we plan to record as part of the #GreensleevesProject
#otd
From An Antidote Against Melancholy, 1669
This is just one of many #earlymodern songs about clothing that we plan to record as part of the #GreensleevesProject
#otd
January 15, 2026 at 11:05 AM
15 January is #NationalHatDay, so here are the words to a #17thCentury song about different sorts of hats, The Ballad Of the Caps.
From An Antidote Against Melancholy, 1669
This is just one of many #earlymodern songs about clothing that we plan to record as part of the #GreensleevesProject
#otd
From An Antidote Against Melancholy, 1669
This is just one of many #earlymodern songs about clothing that we plan to record as part of the #GreensleevesProject
#otd
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Landscape with Village near Crossroads and Distant View
School of Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568–1625)
Yale University Art Gallery
School of Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568–1625)
Yale University Art Gallery
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Landscape with Village near Crossroads and Distant View
School of Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568–1625)
Yale University Art Gallery
School of Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568–1625)
Yale University Art Gallery
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Tulips, from Florilegium novum (New Book of Flowers)
Johann Theodor de Bry
c. 1612
(Yale University)
Johann Theodor de Bry
c. 1612
(Yale University)
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tulips, from Florilegium novum (New Book of Flowers)
Johann Theodor de Bry
c. 1612
(Yale University)
Johann Theodor de Bry
c. 1612
(Yale University)
So was the Elizabethan Witchcraft Act passed in 1562 or 1563? I don't understand why secondary sources can't agree on a date.
October 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
So was the Elizabethan Witchcraft Act passed in 1562 or 1563? I don't understand why secondary sources can't agree on a date.
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The lacemaker, c. 1665
Bernhard Kiel
(Met Museum)
Bernhard Kiel
(Met Museum)
August 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The lacemaker, c. 1665
Bernhard Kiel
(Met Museum)
Bernhard Kiel
(Met Museum)
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St Margaret of Antioch
c. 1475
French, amazing alabaster work.
(Met Museum)
Having been swallowed by the devil in the guise of a dragon, she burst unharmed from its body after making the sign of the cross.
c. 1475
French, amazing alabaster work.
(Met Museum)
Having been swallowed by the devil in the guise of a dragon, she burst unharmed from its body after making the sign of the cross.
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
St Margaret of Antioch
c. 1475
French, amazing alabaster work.
(Met Museum)
Having been swallowed by the devil in the guise of a dragon, she burst unharmed from its body after making the sign of the cross.
c. 1475
French, amazing alabaster work.
(Met Museum)
Having been swallowed by the devil in the guise of a dragon, she burst unharmed from its body after making the sign of the cross.
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Girl reading by candlelight while leaning on a table
Guido Reni, undated
(b. 4 Nov 1575 - d. 18 Aug 1642 Bologna)
Albertina, Vienna
Guido Reni, undated
(b. 4 Nov 1575 - d. 18 Aug 1642 Bologna)
Albertina, Vienna
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Girl reading by candlelight while leaning on a table
Guido Reni, undated
(b. 4 Nov 1575 - d. 18 Aug 1642 Bologna)
Albertina, Vienna
Guido Reni, undated
(b. 4 Nov 1575 - d. 18 Aug 1642 Bologna)
Albertina, Vienna
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Academic historians rarely speak up like this but have made an exception in speaking in support of trans people in the UK and against the current trans exclusionary situation over there.
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...
Warning from historians over government's treatment of trans people
Over 350 historians and academics have urged the government to turn back on its growing attacks on trans rights in the UK.
www.thepinknews.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Academic historians rarely speak up like this but have made an exception in speaking in support of trans people in the UK and against the current trans exclusionary situation over there.
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...
Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...