Prussian-Stepping Goose
@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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Trump: “We had a good speech. We got great reviews. I can't believe it. We got good reviews in that speech. Usually they say, ‘he's a horrible dictator type person.’ I'm a dictator. But sometimes you need a dictator. But they didn't say that in this case. And no, it's common sense.”
January 21, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Trump: “We had a good speech. We got great reviews. I can't believe it. We got good reviews in that speech. Usually they say, ‘he's a horrible dictator type person.’ I'm a dictator. But sometimes you need a dictator. But they didn't say that in this case. And no, it's common sense.”
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Protestant churches continue their tradition of protesting.
Also check out this joint statement of US, Canadian, and Danish Lutheran churches. Fun fact, over 90% of the Greenlandic people belong to the Lutheran church.
www.elca.org/news-and-eve...
www.elca.org/news-and-eve...
Canada, Denmark, U.S. Lutheran bishops issue joint statement supporting Greenlandic people
www.elca.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Protestant churches continue their tradition of protesting.
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Telling me that I personally am at fault for what that shitheel president is doing is certainly your right but also he'd euthanize me if possible as a queer autistic so maybe understand He is the windshield, I am the bug.
January 21, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Telling me that I personally am at fault for what that shitheel president is doing is certainly your right but also he'd euthanize me if possible as a queer autistic so maybe understand He is the windshield, I am the bug.
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Exhibition | Savonnerie Carpets of Louis XIV enfilade18thc.com/2026/01/18/e...
#C17th #materialculture #earlymodern
#C17th #materialculture #earlymodern
Exhibition | Savonnerie Carpets of Louis XIV
Opening soon (for just one week) at the Grand Palais: Le Trésor Retrouvé du Roi-Soleil / The Rediscovered Treasure of the Sun King Grand Palais, Paris, 1–8 February 2026 Curated by Wolf Burchard, E…
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January 20, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Exhibition | Savonnerie Carpets of Louis XIV enfilade18thc.com/2026/01/18/e...
#C17th #materialculture #earlymodern
#C17th #materialculture #earlymodern
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Early modern music folk: has anyone heard of Thomas Gardner and his consort of musicians? This is 1587.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I felt a bit like a buzzkill but this was fun. Thanks, Cassidy!
When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, he didn’t invent the names Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They were real Danish noblemen who visited London in the 16th century. Learn about their place in life of William Shakespeare with our guest, Paul Lockhart. http:/www.cassidycash.com/ep405
January 20, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I felt a bit like a buzzkill but this was fun. Thanks, Cassidy!
Sorry to pester, but if any of my court studies/ court culture/ royal studies friends could throw me a line here I’d be v grateful. #courtcultures #courtstudies #hofkultur #royalstudies #earlymodern
Pedagogy qst for my EM court studies/culture friends: I'm teaching my staple 3000-level course on EM European monarchy but I have never really integrated court music into the course, and would like to do so. Pointers/tips/suggestions? Lesser readings? #earlymodern #skystorians
January 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Sorry to pester, but if any of my court studies/ court culture/ royal studies friends could throw me a line here I’d be v grateful. #courtcultures #courtstudies #hofkultur #royalstudies #earlymodern
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In February 1775, 240 Redcoats came to Salem MA to confiscate artillery secreted just over the North River. Locals raised the drawbridge just before they arrived. It was freezing. Swearing & furious, the British commander threatened to open fire if they didn't lower the bridge. 1/4
🚨"Coward chickensh*t f*ck!" -ICE protester screams at Trump's Border Chief Greg Bovino as he leads a SWARM of ICE/DHS agents rushing at unarmed Minneapolis protesters as snow falls (for no apparent reason). FULL VIDEO ⬇️
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 AM
In February 1775, 240 Redcoats came to Salem MA to confiscate artillery secreted just over the North River. Locals raised the drawbridge just before they arrived. It was freezing. Swearing & furious, the British commander threatened to open fire if they didn't lower the bridge. 1/4
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Thanks for playing, sh*thead, but I don't think even the @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social Alumni Assoc on the SCOTUS bench will buy that one
huh?
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Thanks for playing, sh*thead, but I don't think even the @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social Alumni Assoc on the SCOTUS bench will buy that one
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#GVerse #BreakingNews
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#GVerse #BreakingNews
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
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It’s raining stupid at the White House again.
Lunatic.
Lunatic.
BREAKING: Trump says eight European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland.
Trump says 8 European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland
President Donald Trump says he'll charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European countries because of opposition to U.S. control of Greenland.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
It’s raining stupid at the White House again.
Lunatic.
Lunatic.
Not from Kejserkrigen but informative. Taking a cue from this good Lutheran man from Augsburg, watch out for Jesuits taking the form of a devil and trying to seduce your spouse. It might be a good idea to keep a sword and stridzhammer close by. #earlymodern #skystorians #bookhistory #danishhistory
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Not from Kejserkrigen but informative. Taking a cue from this good Lutheran man from Augsburg, watch out for Jesuits taking the form of a devil and trying to seduce your spouse. It might be a good idea to keep a sword and stridzhammer close by. #earlymodern #skystorians #bookhistory #danishhistory
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I spent the summer of 2024 in Leuven on a LECTIO fellowship, and I highly recommend it. Fabulous libraries, delightful town, great colleagues. Plus they put you up in the Beguinage! #earlymodern 🗃️
Interested to work on our collections? The Call for applications of the LECTIO – KU Leuven Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027 is now open. As in previous years, Special Collections offers a joint fellowship. We will be happy to welcome you!
Call for applications: LECTIO Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027
www.kuleuven.be
January 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I spent the summer of 2024 in Leuven on a LECTIO fellowship, and I highly recommend it. Fabulous libraries, delightful town, great colleagues. Plus they put you up in the Beguinage! #earlymodern 🗃️
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USA, UK, NL, etc
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
USA, UK, NL, etc
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The medieval institutions, which Charles V inherited in 1516, were roughly of the same age as those of modern-day US.
This made think of today's US:
"Corruption itself, therefore, was only one further aspect of the enormous problem that confronted sixteenth-century Spain: the problem of constructing a modern state-system on economic and social foundations that were proving increasingly obsolete."
"Corruption itself, therefore, was only one further aspect of the enormous problem that confronted sixteenth-century Spain: the problem of constructing a modern state-system on economic and social foundations that were proving increasingly obsolete."
January 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The medieval institutions, which Charles V inherited in 1516, were roughly of the same age as those of modern-day US.
Revisiting Danish miracle/disaster lit from Kejserkrigen anent my Vejlby project and reacquainted myself with this gem, on the eruption of Katla in September 1625 and just how much God is pissed at us. From the ever prolific Niels Helvad #earlymodern #skystorians #bookhistory #danishhistory #iceland
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Revisiting Danish miracle/disaster lit from Kejserkrigen anent my Vejlby project and reacquainted myself with this gem, on the eruption of Katla in September 1625 and just how much God is pissed at us. From the ever prolific Niels Helvad #earlymodern #skystorians #bookhistory #danishhistory #iceland
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You can now read my article on "'Continuall feare, and danger of violent death:' Re-Imagining the 17th Century as Early-Modernism in Folk Horror" open access:
angl.winter-verlag.de/article/ANGL...
#folkhorror #earlymodern #oa #horror
angl.winter-verlag.de/article/ANGL...
#folkhorror #earlymodern #oa #horror
"Continuall feare, and danger of violent death"
<p>Abstract: Since the 2010s, the number of adaptations of the early modern period have increased. So far, the phenomenon of early-modernism, i.e., the re-imagining of the early modern period in post-
angl.winter-verlag.de
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
You can now read my article on "'Continuall feare, and danger of violent death:' Re-Imagining the 17th Century as Early-Modernism in Folk Horror" open access:
angl.winter-verlag.de/article/ANGL...
#folkhorror #earlymodern #oa #horror
angl.winter-verlag.de/article/ANGL...
#folkhorror #earlymodern #oa #horror
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January 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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2/2 Dad: Constantijn Huygens in a portrait from 1672, unframed. By Caspar Netscher.
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
2/2 Dad: Constantijn Huygens in a portrait from 1672, unframed. By Caspar Netscher.
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#OTD 1559, the coronation of Elizabeth I took place.
As Dr Andrew Thrush explores, Elizabeth's accession to the English crown entailed a crucial change in the religious landscape - a return to protestantism.
As Dr Andrew Thrush explores, Elizabeth's accession to the English crown entailed a crucial change in the religious landscape - a return to protestantism.
England's Return to Protestantism, 1559
Dr Andrew Thrush discusses the last-minute attempts to thwart Elizabeth I’s reintroduction of Protestantism
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January 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
#OTD 1559, the coronation of Elizabeth I took place.
As Dr Andrew Thrush explores, Elizabeth's accession to the English crown entailed a crucial change in the religious landscape - a return to protestantism.
As Dr Andrew Thrush explores, Elizabeth's accession to the English crown entailed a crucial change in the religious landscape - a return to protestantism.
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