Dr. Emily Rhodes
@erhodes.bsky.social
Recently completed PhD in Early Modern History at Christ's College, Cambridge
Petitions, mothers, gender, family, community, crime and poverty in 17th and 18th century Britain
Petitions, mothers, gender, family, community, crime and poverty in 17th and 18th century Britain
Reposted by Dr. Emily Rhodes
More excellent sneaking in of the #EarlyModern: @brodiewaddell.bsky.social mentioning @erhodes.bsky.social’s brilliant article on paid childcare and asking what the change over time is: more of degree than of kind? #QMCBS
Women as child carers: Arranging and compensating mothering in early modern Lancashire
This article uses a database of fifty petitions submitted to the Lancashire Quarter Session Courts between 1660 and 1720 to locate mothers who cared for non-kin children in early modern England. Wh...
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May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More excellent sneaking in of the #EarlyModern: @brodiewaddell.bsky.social mentioning @erhodes.bsky.social’s brilliant article on paid childcare and asking what the change over time is: more of degree than of kind? #QMCBS
Thanks for the shout out!
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thanks for the shout out!
I can do this for you: what is your email?
May 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I can do this for you: what is your email?
Love this! I collect these!
April 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Love this! I collect these!
Totally! I love that.
I also don't like having to emphasise the parents' relationship to the child when I am writing about their relationship with each other (when talking about child support disputes). We need an academically appropriate term!
I also don't like having to emphasise the parents' relationship to the child when I am writing about their relationship with each other (when talking about child support disputes). We need an academically appropriate term!
April 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Totally! I love that.
I also don't like having to emphasise the parents' relationship to the child when I am writing about their relationship with each other (when talking about child support disputes). We need an academically appropriate term!
I also don't like having to emphasise the parents' relationship to the child when I am writing about their relationship with each other (when talking about child support disputes). We need an academically appropriate term!
'The father of her illegitimate child' is just so wordy!
April 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
'The father of her illegitimate child' is just so wordy!
Thanks so much for posting this, Brodie! Just to point out it says published in 2005 on the annotated bibliography. I wish I had been in the field for that long!
April 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thanks so much for posting this, Brodie! Just to point out it says published in 2005 on the annotated bibliography. I wish I had been in the field for that long!
Alice and I had a great time putting this together and continue to be excited by the future possibilities of research in this field. We cannot thank @timriswick.bsky.social and the History of the Family journal enough for their help, guidance, and patience along the way!
January 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Alice and I had a great time putting this together and continue to be excited by the future possibilities of research in this field. We cannot thank @timriswick.bsky.social and the History of the Family journal enough for their help, guidance, and patience along the way!
Finally, the special issue closes with a note from Elizabeth Foyster, who reflects on the future of studying the history of medieval and early modern parenting: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
Rethinking mothering and fathering in medieval and early modern europe
This research note reviews the articles submitted as part of the Special Issue on Mothers and Fathers in Medieval and Europe. It notes common themes and also points to future directions for researc...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Finally, the special issue closes with a note from Elizabeth Foyster, who reflects on the future of studying the history of medieval and early modern parenting: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
My own article sheds light on the lived experience and emotions of women who 'fostered' children in 17th century England: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
Women as child carers: Arranging and compensating mothering in early modern Lancashire
This article uses a database of fifty petitions submitted to the Lancashire Quarter Session Courts between 1660 and 1720 to locate mothers who cared for non-kin children in early modern England. Wh...
doi.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My own article sheds light on the lived experience and emotions of women who 'fostered' children in 17th century England: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
Kristine Dyrmann 'examines the entwined dynamics of gender, material bodies, and court politics' in 18th century Denmark, through a study of the reproductive challenges of the crown prince and princess: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
A doctor for the crown princess: child mortality and women’s political agency at the Danish court, 1784–1797
This article examines the entwined dynamics of gender, material bodies, and court politics at the Danish, absolutist court during what has been termed the reform reign, 1784–1797. The reform reign ...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kristine Dyrmann 'examines the entwined dynamics of gender, material bodies, and court politics' in 18th century Denmark, through a study of the reproductive challenges of the crown prince and princess: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
Erin Jordan takes a new approach to the history of royal parenting, studying how Constance of France wielded maternal and political authority: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
“Actions speak louder than words: constance of France and motherhood in 12th-century Norman Italy”
In 1106, Constance, the daughter of King Philip I of France, married Bohemond of Antioch, a hero of the First Crusade. After their wedding, the couple returned to Bohemond’s territories in Apulia. ...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Erin Jordan takes a new approach to the history of royal parenting, studying how Constance of France wielded maternal and political authority: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
Thanks for all your support, Tim!
January 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thanks for all your support, Tim!
@ferichardsuk.bsky.social explores parenting through material culture, using coral to understand parental anxiety: doi.org/10.1080/1081...
‘I praie ye send for the courall’: children’s coral as the physical embodiment of parental hopes and fears in early modern England
Mediterranean red coral has long been believed to be imbued with sacred, spiritual and healing power and was given to children across Europe in the form of an amulet, teether or medicine. In early ...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@ferichardsuk.bsky.social explores parenting through material culture, using coral to understand parental anxiety: doi.org/10.1080/1081...