Michael Pearce
@michaelpearce.bsky.social
History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, and recipe books
Blog, remember them? https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
Blog, remember them? https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
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Clothes for Christian Stewart, a childhood companion of Lady Mary, from the accounts of Anne Gordon, Countess of Moray. May 1635
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Our latest issue of #Diplomatica is out ! Volume 7.2 is here, with great contributions on topics such as Ferrante I of Naples, and Chinese literary diplomacy. It includes a debate around a manifesto for new diplomatic history written by some of our members. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/Diplomatica
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our latest issue of #Diplomatica is out ! Volume 7.2 is here, with great contributions on topics such as Ferrante I of Naples, and Chinese literary diplomacy. It includes a debate around a manifesto for new diplomatic history written by some of our members. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/Diplomatica
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The final speaker in the 3rd of our series of summits on Royal Marriages in 15th & 16th c. Europe will be @stevenveerapen.bsky.social He will be telling us about the complex relationship between James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, & Anna of Denmark. bit.ly/4oh2VUh
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The final speaker in the 3rd of our series of summits on Royal Marriages in 15th & 16th c. Europe will be @stevenveerapen.bsky.social He will be telling us about the complex relationship between James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, & Anna of Denmark. bit.ly/4oh2VUh
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So proud of my @leidenhumanities.bsky.social colleague Lotte Fikkers, whose Open Access Book, Early Modern Women’s Life Writing & English law is out w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social ! A stunning achievement from our @erc.europa.eu project #FEATHERS. Don’t miss it
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society'
In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writi...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
So proud of my @leidenhumanities.bsky.social colleague Lotte Fikkers, whose Open Access Book, Early Modern Women’s Life Writing & English law is out w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social ! A stunning achievement from our @erc.europa.eu project #FEATHERS. Don’t miss it
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
'lime twigs are laid to catch both their hasty messengers', a memorable line from George Carey, September 1582. Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
George Douglas of Helenhill - Wikipedia
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November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
'lime twigs are laid to catch both their hasty messengers', a memorable line from George Carey, September 1582. Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
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guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
www.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
guys I was able to access a British Library digitized manuscript today for the first time in years. Check it out. www.bl.uk/collection/d...
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
click on the pdf [save that!] and use its hyperlinks!
+ for the post I wrote for today's MEDIEVAL NATURE class
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The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
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The 1st speaker in the 3rd of our summits on Royal Marriages in 15th & 16th century Europe will be Prof. Alexander Samson, who will be looking at the marriage and co-monarchy of Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain. bit.ly/4oh2VUh #tudors #habsburgs #maryandphilip #anglospanishalliance
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The 1st speaker in the 3rd of our summits on Royal Marriages in 15th & 16th century Europe will be Prof. Alexander Samson, who will be looking at the marriage and co-monarchy of Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain. bit.ly/4oh2VUh #tudors #habsburgs #maryandphilip #anglospanishalliance
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Imprisoned for nearly 20 years by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, fought her battles through words, sending and receiving coded letters. Historian Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social uncovers the human and political depths behind Mary’s captivity: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Mary, Queen of Scots, with Jade Scott | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Imprisoned for nearly 20 years by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, fought her battles through words, sending and receiving coded letters. Historian Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social uncovers the human and political depths behind Mary’s captivity: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Mistress Young's Edinburgh macaroons c. 1640, 'beat 4 or 5 eggis the wheits of them with a tuig till it be all turned to fome', full recipe in ALT text
![How to make mackaroundes
Take a pound of almondis blansche them in warme water beat them small putting in as yow beat them a little roase water q[ui]ch will beist them from oyling q[uhe]n they be all beatten small take ther weight in sugar and beit them together till it be lyke a past then take them out of the morter and put to them a spoonfull of roase water and 3. of fyne wheate floure mixe altogether then beat 4 or 5 eggis the wheits of them with a tuig till it be all turned to fome then put in the almondis and mixe it with and lay them out in ovells in a pleat q[uhe]n they be halfe baiked louse them of trenscheours then and baike them out](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p3stfxwzlmhwdtnk4pe63vov/bafkreign7g2ggam74tuqgd2p7y7gg6rjjnlz3wroure5a5bnkrysbgp6wi@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Mistress Young's Edinburgh macaroons c. 1640, 'beat 4 or 5 eggis the wheits of them with a tuig till it be all turned to fome', full recipe in ALT text
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Exciting news! Next August I'll deliver a keynote lecture at the conference 'Carousels and Other Colonial Spectacles: Performing Race and Racialization at European Courts, ca. 1500-1700' at Copenhagen University, alongside Noémie Ndiaye. Call for papers is open now lnkd.in/e2ad7u7H (deadline 15/12)!
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Exciting news! Next August I'll deliver a keynote lecture at the conference 'Carousels and Other Colonial Spectacles: Performing Race and Racialization at European Courts, ca. 1500-1700' at Copenhagen University, alongside Noémie Ndiaye. Call for papers is open now lnkd.in/e2ad7u7H (deadline 15/12)!
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The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
recipes.hypotheses.org
recipes.hypotheses.org
Autumn 2025
GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES INTRODUCTION By Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, and Amanda E. Herbert, Editors The early modern globalization of food and medicine was also a globalization of recipes. A...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
recipes.hypotheses.org
recipes.hypotheses.org
Hindlip Hall, 'as much of the plot was there hatch'd, so it was from thence that it came to be prevented'. Mary Habington and the Plot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ha...
Mary Habington - Wikipedia
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November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hindlip Hall, 'as much of the plot was there hatch'd, so it was from thence that it came to be prevented'. Mary Habington and the Plot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ha...
Lochleven Castle imagined for 'Le Chateau de Loch-Leven', an 1822 play by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt, 1822. I suppose George Douglas is the one in white
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Lochleven Castle imagined for 'Le Chateau de Loch-Leven', an 1822 play by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt, 1822. I suppose George Douglas is the one in white
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One week till I'll be speaking on the Stuart consorts and their global entanglements @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social. Please come if you can!
It’s that time of year again! Here is the term card for the upcoming talks. As always, everyone is welcome! Fortnightly, 4:30pm in the Memorial Room, @jesusoxford.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One week till I'll be speaking on the Stuart consorts and their global entanglements @oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social. Please come if you can!
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Register for the second event in our Winter Lecture Series
Our Secretary @huntingrebels.bsky.social will delve into 'The Accounts, Inventories, and Diet Books of Annas Keith, Countess of Moray and Argyll'
Find out more at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com/records-from...
Our Secretary @huntingrebels.bsky.social will delve into 'The Accounts, Inventories, and Diet Books of Annas Keith, Countess of Moray and Argyll'
Find out more at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com/records-from...
Records from a Noble Household: The Accounts, Inventories, and Diet Books of Annas Keith, Countess of Moray and Argyll
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November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Register for the second event in our Winter Lecture Series
Our Secretary @huntingrebels.bsky.social will delve into 'The Accounts, Inventories, and Diet Books of Annas Keith, Countess of Moray and Argyll'
Find out more at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com/records-from...
Our Secretary @huntingrebels.bsky.social will delve into 'The Accounts, Inventories, and Diet Books of Annas Keith, Countess of Moray and Argyll'
Find out more at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com/records-from...
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I am thrilled to share my new open-access article on John Evelyn, his wife Mary, eldest daughter Mall and their complex, multifaceted relationship with clothing has been published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
The Evelyn Family, the Mundus muliebris, and Conceptualizations of Fashionable Female Dress in Late Seventeenth-Century England
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November 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I am thrilled to share my new open-access article on John Evelyn, his wife Mary, eldest daughter Mall and their complex, multifaceted relationship with clothing has been published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
James Murray of Pardewis: what was a rodomontade, where was Pardewis anyway?, new light on the mermaid and the hare en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M...
James Murray of Pardewis - Wikipedia
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November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
James Murray of Pardewis: what was a rodomontade, where was Pardewis anyway?, new light on the mermaid and the hare en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M...
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A force of nature: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Museum curator behind Connolly's Banana Boots dies
Dr Elspeth King was best known for her 16 years at the People's Palace and for leading the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A force of nature: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
William Melville, Lord Tongland (died 1613), a somewhat forgotten Scottish diplomat sent to Henry of Navarre, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
William Melville, Lord Tongland - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
William Melville, Lord Tongland (died 1613), a somewhat forgotten Scottish diplomat sent to Henry of Navarre, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
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Quite an achievement for someone that young to work her way up to Queen.
It's amazing to consider how young Queen Elizabeth was when she took the throne. In fact, the Queen was younger than every U.S. president she met until *Bill Clinton* (who was a Boomer like her son).
a black and white photo of queen elizabeth ii wearing a tiara , necklace , and gloves .
ALT: a black and white photo of queen elizabeth ii wearing a tiara , necklace , and gloves .
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October 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Quite an achievement for someone that young to work her way up to Queen.
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The 3rd summit in our Royal Marriage Summit series will be on 15 November bit.ly/4oh2VUh This time we will be exploring Mary I & Philip II, Alessandro de’Medici and Margaret of Parma, and James VI and Anna of Denmark.
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The 3rd summit in our Royal Marriage Summit series will be on 15 November bit.ly/4oh2VUh This time we will be exploring Mary I & Philip II, Alessandro de’Medici and Margaret of Parma, and James VI and Anna of Denmark.
Clothes for Christian Stewart, a childhood companion of Lady Mary, from the accounts of Anne Gordon, Countess of Moray. May 1635
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Clothes for Christian Stewart, a childhood companion of Lady Mary, from the accounts of Anne Gordon, Countess of Moray. May 1635
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📣 New book series, “Court Cultures, 1000-1900”, 📚 launched by @historyboy30.bsky.social & @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social w/ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Series feat books exploring any & all aspects of global courts 👑 (all variations). CfP now open! Info & CfP: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/cocu-...
October 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
📣 New book series, “Court Cultures, 1000-1900”, 📚 launched by @historyboy30.bsky.social & @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social w/ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Series feat books exploring any & all aspects of global courts 👑 (all variations). CfP now open! Info & CfP: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/cocu-...
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Edinburgh folks — there’s still time to register for this Wednesday’s book launch of Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820 and the accompanying symposium at IASH (for more info see below). Warm welcome! #skystorians
Book launch: "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750-1820" (Yale UP)
Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks
Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan.
raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
Wed 29 Oct, 16:45-20:00, including drinks
Featuring a host of IASH alumni, this event celebrates the new volume by Linda Andersson Burnett & Bruce Buchan.
raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: Book Launch and Discussion
Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".
raceandthescottishenlightenment.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Edinburgh folks — there’s still time to register for this Wednesday’s book launch of Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820 and the accompanying symposium at IASH (for more info see below). Warm welcome! #skystorians