𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖗 𝕭𝖊𝖌𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖘 (Will Phillips)
@rebelsorbeggars.bsky.social
📖 History, 🎨 art, 🎲 gaming, & 👕 swag from the Renaissance Netherlands & Europe's long, late 16th century: 1549-1619 | RebelsOrBeggars.com
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👋 I'm Will, a #history geek from the US fascinated by the Renaissance & #earlymodern era, particularly the Low Countries (think Benelux) of c. 1549-1619.
I use Rebels or Beggars to share interesting snippets of that history.
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👋 I'm Will, a #history geek from the US fascinated by the Renaissance & #earlymodern era, particularly the Low Countries (think Benelux) of c. 1549-1619.
I use Rebels or Beggars to share interesting snippets of that history.
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Hey #earlymodern #paleography peeps, any of you got an idea on this 1799-dated inscription?
(In the back of a vellum binding of Jacob Coenraeds Mayvogel's Gulden-spiegel and a few other works I stumbled into at a used bookstore today.)
(In the back of a vellum binding of Jacob Coenraeds Mayvogel's Gulden-spiegel and a few other works I stumbled into at a used bookstore today.)
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Hey #earlymodern #paleography peeps, any of you got an idea on this 1799-dated inscription?
(In the back of a vellum binding of Jacob Coenraeds Mayvogel's Gulden-spiegel and a few other works I stumbled into at a used bookstore today.)
(In the back of a vellum binding of Jacob Coenraeds Mayvogel's Gulden-spiegel and a few other works I stumbled into at a used bookstore today.)
“If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be, a study bearing fruit beyond price." - Michel de Montaigne, 16th century French philosopher
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
“If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be, a study bearing fruit beyond price." - Michel de Montaigne, 16th century French philosopher
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This scholar in his study got me pondering: who is the first living author in the west to appear in print? Many incunables are of medieval or classical texts, but who is the earliest living writer to see their works in print? Woodcut from Lyons in 1498. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Inc.5.D.2.10[4435]
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This scholar in his study got me pondering: who is the first living author in the west to appear in print? Many incunables are of medieval or classical texts, but who is the earliest living writer to see their works in print? Woodcut from Lyons in 1498. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Inc.5.D.2.10[4435]
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It's a new year, so it's time to repost this starter pack again. Let me know if you wish to be added. #earlymodern
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
It's a new year, so it's time to repost this starter pack again. Let me know if you wish to be added. #earlymodern
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ
"...Boop."
From Claude Paradin’s Devises héroïques, published first in 1551 by Plantin in Antwerp. Emblem books paired images with moral mottos, popular with elite, humanist audiences.
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#ClaudeParadin #PlantinPress #EarlyModern #BookHistory #Renaissance #AlbumsAmicorum
From Claude Paradin’s Devises héroïques, published first in 1551 by Plantin in Antwerp. Emblem books paired images with moral mottos, popular with elite, humanist audiences.
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#ClaudeParadin #PlantinPress #EarlyModern #BookHistory #Renaissance #AlbumsAmicorum
January 11, 2026 at 3:38 AM
"...Boop."
From Claude Paradin’s Devises héroïques, published first in 1551 by Plantin in Antwerp. Emblem books paired images with moral mottos, popular with elite, humanist audiences.
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#ClaudeParadin #PlantinPress #EarlyModern #BookHistory #Renaissance #AlbumsAmicorum
From Claude Paradin’s Devises héroïques, published first in 1551 by Plantin in Antwerp. Emblem books paired images with moral mottos, popular with elite, humanist audiences.
🧵
#ClaudeParadin #PlantinPress #EarlyModern #BookHistory #Renaissance #AlbumsAmicorum
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A man travelling within the lines of a text printed in 1621. Enjoy this short 🧵 for #skystorians and friends of news flows.
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 AM
A man travelling within the lines of a text printed in 1621. Enjoy this short 🧵 for #skystorians and friends of news flows.
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Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
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Excessive modernism - departments unbalanced towards the study of modern history - is the crop-blight of history departments and has long been so.
Modern history and modernists are valuable and important, of course, but the ratios have long since skewed absurdly in favor of modern history.
Modern history and modernists are valuable and important, of course, but the ratios have long since skewed absurdly in favor of modern history.
YES! I have been banging this drum constantly for years now, mostly at my prior institution. Premodernity is marginalized even in history departments, which should absolutely know better.
Humanities programs have ceded scholarship of the premodern to bad actors on the right. This is a serious problem, not only because it represents a loss of current and future knowledge, but also because it enables white supremacists and Christian nationalists to twist history to their own ends.
December 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Excessive modernism - departments unbalanced towards the study of modern history - is the crop-blight of history departments and has long been so.
Modern history and modernists are valuable and important, of course, but the ratios have long since skewed absurdly in favor of modern history.
Modern history and modernists are valuable and important, of course, but the ratios have long since skewed absurdly in favor of modern history.
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I made a feed for history-focused accounts on bluesky as I could not find an already established extensive one. More info further in the thread. Please suggest accounts to add to this feed or share this post if you want to help me grow this.
September 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I made a feed for history-focused accounts on bluesky as I could not find an already established extensive one. More info further in the thread. Please suggest accounts to add to this feed or share this post if you want to help me grow this.
Very cool bit of late sixteenth century inspired character design!
I am nailing these.
Patreon.com/Qsy
Patreon.com/Qsy
July 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Very cool bit of late sixteenth century inspired character design!
This is where I post from:
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is where I post from:
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So as some of you know, in historical games studies I coined the term ‘authenticity lite’ to describe the type of ‘accuracy/authenticity’ players & developers actually want from games focused on the past. And I just want to share this section of ‘Jurassic Park’ which works brilliantly for it. 🗃️
July 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So as some of you know, in historical games studies I coined the term ‘authenticity lite’ to describe the type of ‘accuracy/authenticity’ players & developers actually want from games focused on the past. And I just want to share this section of ‘Jurassic Park’ which works brilliantly for it. 🗃️
An unexpected antique book find for the personal library from this weekend:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
July 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An unexpected antique book find for the personal library from this weekend:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 by Arthur Conan Doyle. This volume is from c. 1895, published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
#bookcollector #antiques #oldbooks #arthurconandoyle #HundredYearsWar
This no-nonsense basket hilt #sword goes *hard.*
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
July 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This no-nonsense basket hilt #sword goes *hard.*
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
My hypothesis: late 16th century continental / German basket hilt paired to a (maybe not much) later 17th century blade. The fuller design and paired crescents reminds me of many 17th-18th century broadsword blades I've seen.
#militaryhistory #hema
Swiss papal guards, mid 1500s, by Giuseppe Rava: an Italian painter who works in a wide range of military history
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
July 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Swiss papal guards, mid 1500s, by Giuseppe Rava: an Italian painter who works in a wide range of military history
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
#landsknecht #militaryhistory #militaryart #sixteenthcentury #16thcentury #armor
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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🎉The Hitpoints & History 2025 schedule is live!✨ Get your tickets now at hitpointscon.com or at Hitpointsandhistory2025.eventbrite.com! We can’t wait to see you there!
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
April 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🎉The Hitpoints & History 2025 schedule is live!✨ Get your tickets now at hitpointscon.com or at Hitpointsandhistory2025.eventbrite.com! We can’t wait to see you there!
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
Find out more about the presenters and presentations at hitpointscon.com.
#archaeogaming #videogames #hitpointshistory
I'm just here for the swag.
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm just here for the swag.
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
French nobleman, anonymous, circa. 1594 - 1596
Print with contemporary color
Source:
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...
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#renfaire #garb #historicalcostuming #elizabethancollar #elizabethancostume #ilikebighatsandicannotlie #16thcenturyfashion
The wounding of Admiral Coligny before the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, one of three frescos by Giorgio Vasari & workshop in the Sala Regia of the Vatican, c. 1574.
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
April 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The wounding of Admiral Coligny before the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, one of three frescos by Giorgio Vasari & workshop in the Sala Regia of the Vatican, c. 1574.
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
(Sad an atrocity would be commemorated so, but that's my 21c perspective.)
#history #arthistory #16thcentury #historygeek
Reposting this now that it's not, you know, two o'clock in the morning.
Work continues on my Late Renaissance TTRPG. Mostly frivolous design and art direction (when so much of the rules-writing remains).
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
April 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reposting this now that it's not, you know, two o'clock in the morning.
Work continues on my Late Renaissance TTRPG. Mostly frivolous design and art direction (when so much of the rules-writing remains).
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Work continues on my Late Renaissance TTRPG. Mostly frivolous design and art direction (when so much of the rules-writing remains).
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
But hey, I'm not hating this.
Engraving from Romeyn de Hooghe's map of Haarlem. IYKYK what he's depicting here.
#ttrpg #gamedesign #earlymodern #history #16thcentury
What to do on a Saturday night? As I circle back to my Late Renaissance TTRPG, I am compiling sources - modern and extant - to create a top-down city map of Antwerp c. 1576-1585.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
April 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
What to do on a Saturday night? As I circle back to my Late Renaissance TTRPG, I am compiling sources - modern and extant - to create a top-down city map of Antwerp c. 1576-1585.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
My players will need a good - and clear - map.
Plus, it helps with my own research into the city and its locations.
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Nighttime lottery raised money for Amsterdam madhouse in 1592. Painted by Gillis Coignet. Don't lose your mind tonight!
April 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Nighttime lottery raised money for Amsterdam madhouse in 1592. Painted by Gillis Coignet. Don't lose your mind tonight!
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The Virgin Mary must have been so proud that her son became a pharmacist!
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]
April 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Virgin Mary must have been so proud that her son became a pharmacist!
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]
[Christ as apothecary, from the Chants royaux sur la Conception, couronnés au puy de Rouen, 1519-1528 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)]