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Alexander Mikaberidze
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New book in #EarlyModern #HistSci #Astronomy #HistPhil 🗃️

Robert G. Morrison
'Merchants of Knowledge. Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire & Renaissance Europe'

It "tracks the network of scholars who mediated exchanges in astronomy, astrology, Qabbalah, and philosophy"
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Merchants of Knowledge | Stanford University Press
Between 1450 and 1550, a remarkable century of intellectual exchange developed across the Eastern Mediterranean. As Renaissance Europe depended on knowledge from the Ottoman Empire, and the courts of ...
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April 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Spent the last two days criss-crossing southern Georgia, retracing the 1770 and 1773 campaigns. Remote but beautiful places...
December 28, 2024 at 6:42 AM
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Very excited to see this coming together!
Off to print this week is Alexander Burn's (@kabinettskriege.bsky.social) excellent Infantry in Battle.
Register your interest here: www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
December 9, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Reviewing new draft pgs of the Napoleonic graphic history project. "When news of the French invasion reached Cairo, the city was gripped with alarm. Ibrahim Bey rode to Qasr al-‘Ayni, where he convened with Murad Bey, the Amirs, the Qadi, and the Shaykhs to deliberate on the unfolding events."
December 2, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Halfway through this wonderful new book by @HelenRappaport, recounting the life of Julie of Saxe-Coburg, who had the misfortine of being married to Grand Duke Constantine. A long overdue biography of a fascinating woman.
December 1, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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My new virtual special issue of FRENCH HISTORICAL STUDIES @sfhs.bsky.social featuring CLASSIC ARTICLES ON 🇭🇹 & SLAVERY articles just dropped. #HaitianSky #FrenchHistory

ATLANTIC ANTECEDENTS: BEFORE THE ‘HAITIAN TURN’

All open access, 🙏 @dukepress.bsky.social.

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Atlantic Antecedents: Before the “Haitian Turn” | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press
Historians of France sometimes refer to recent writings on colonial Saint-Domingue and on slavery as part of a new “colonial turn” in the field. However, U
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November 20, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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Excited to have this in the hands of the public soon. Turning the proofs back into the publisher, it's been a long time coming.
It's the first English language book to ever examine battles from the War of Polish Succession in any tactical detail.
November 17, 2024 at 3:01 AM