Mark Lewis
@marklewi5.bsky.social
PhD candidate in History: Everyday Giving in Early Modern England, University of Birmingham
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Mark Lewis
@marklewi5.bsky.social
· Jun 29
Hello 👋 I am working part-time towards a PhD in History, focused on everyday acts of giving and lending among the middling sort in the long seventeenth century. Very interest in using this platform to stay current with related research and events!
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The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t
The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
buff.ly
August 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t
Derbyshire man Leonard Wheatcroft built up a list of questions in 1671, 29 in total. Loving these today, incredible train of thought: 'why have men Beards & women none', 'why have sum women Beads & sum none'. The list get better and better as it goes on too
July 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Derbyshire man Leonard Wheatcroft built up a list of questions in 1671, 29 in total. Loving these today, incredible train of thought: 'why have men Beards & women none', 'why have sum women Beads & sum none'. The list get better and better as it goes on too
It was a pleasure to present at this event a few days ago - my first academic paper delivered 📄😅
Thank you @spparkle.bsky.social and Peter Auger for organising, to the other presenters for some terrific papers, and to those who listened to me and asked questions - very much appreciated!
Thank you @spparkle.bsky.social and Peter Auger for organising, to the other presenters for some terrific papers, and to those who listened to me and asked questions - very much appreciated!
Registration now open! Hybrid study day: Popular Recreations in Early Modern England, 25 June - register now to attend for free!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...
Popular recreations in Early Modern England
Insights into current research into recreational materials and activities in early modern England.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
June 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It was a pleasure to present at this event a few days ago - my first academic paper delivered 📄😅
Thank you @spparkle.bsky.social and Peter Auger for organising, to the other presenters for some terrific papers, and to those who listened to me and asked questions - very much appreciated!
Thank you @spparkle.bsky.social and Peter Auger for organising, to the other presenters for some terrific papers, and to those who listened to me and asked questions - very much appreciated!
Hello 👋 I am working part-time towards a PhD in History, focused on everyday acts of giving and lending among the middling sort in the long seventeenth century. Very interest in using this platform to stay current with related research and events!
June 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hello 👋 I am working part-time towards a PhD in History, focused on everyday acts of giving and lending among the middling sort in the long seventeenth century. Very interest in using this platform to stay current with related research and events!