John Theibault
@jtheibault.bsky.social
Thirty Years War. Digital Humanities. Other Stuff.
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Konf: The Strained Empire: Resources, Conflict, and Collapse in the Premodern Empire
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Konf: The Strained Empire: Resources, Conflict, and Collapse in the Premodern Empire
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
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This is a great essay and going to be a HUGE big deal game changer for the early modernists interested in genre, form, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is a great essay and going to be a HUGE big deal game changer for the early modernists interested in genre, form, etc.
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Bremen, 8. Nov 1625
Fürst von Wallenstein hat die Stadt 4 Hall (4 Meilen von Leipzig) mit 600 Soldaten besetzt #Halle
Nach Magdeburg passiert / auch an selbige Stadt begehrt / gleichfalls Volk einzunemmen / sie aber abgeschlagen und die Vorstadt in Brand gesteckt #Magdeburg 1/3
Fürst von Wallenstein hat die Stadt 4 Hall (4 Meilen von Leipzig) mit 600 Soldaten besetzt #Halle
Nach Magdeburg passiert / auch an selbige Stadt begehrt / gleichfalls Volk einzunemmen / sie aber abgeschlagen und die Vorstadt in Brand gesteckt #Magdeburg 1/3
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Bremen, 8. Nov 1625
Fürst von Wallenstein hat die Stadt 4 Hall (4 Meilen von Leipzig) mit 600 Soldaten besetzt #Halle
Nach Magdeburg passiert / auch an selbige Stadt begehrt / gleichfalls Volk einzunemmen / sie aber abgeschlagen und die Vorstadt in Brand gesteckt #Magdeburg 1/3
Fürst von Wallenstein hat die Stadt 4 Hall (4 Meilen von Leipzig) mit 600 Soldaten besetzt #Halle
Nach Magdeburg passiert / auch an selbige Stadt begehrt / gleichfalls Volk einzunemmen / sie aber abgeschlagen und die Vorstadt in Brand gesteckt #Magdeburg 1/3
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Call for papers for a special issue of the 'Journal of Early Modern Studies' edited by Brendan Dooley and Stefano Villani: Diplomacy and the Circulation of Political Information in Early Modern Europe. Deadline: 31 January 2026. 🔗 go.umd.edu/24lh
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Call for papers for a special issue of the 'Journal of Early Modern Studies' edited by Brendan Dooley and Stefano Villani: Diplomacy and the Circulation of Political Information in Early Modern Europe. Deadline: 31 January 2026. 🔗 go.umd.edu/24lh
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Prag, 8. Nov 1625
Am Tag Simonis und Judae haben sich 300 Bauern zu Marckersdorf (7 Meilen von hier) versammelt und ihre Herrn, Heinrich Otto von Wartenberg, welcher sie zu ungewöhnlichen Frondiensten beschwert und zum päpstl. Glauben zwingen wollte, erbärmlich ermordet ... 1/3
Am Tag Simonis und Judae haben sich 300 Bauern zu Marckersdorf (7 Meilen von hier) versammelt und ihre Herrn, Heinrich Otto von Wartenberg, welcher sie zu ungewöhnlichen Frondiensten beschwert und zum päpstl. Glauben zwingen wollte, erbärmlich ermordet ... 1/3
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Prag, 8. Nov 1625
Am Tag Simonis und Judae haben sich 300 Bauern zu Marckersdorf (7 Meilen von hier) versammelt und ihre Herrn, Heinrich Otto von Wartenberg, welcher sie zu ungewöhnlichen Frondiensten beschwert und zum päpstl. Glauben zwingen wollte, erbärmlich ermordet ... 1/3
Am Tag Simonis und Judae haben sich 300 Bauern zu Marckersdorf (7 Meilen von hier) versammelt und ihre Herrn, Heinrich Otto von Wartenberg, welcher sie zu ungewöhnlichen Frondiensten beschwert und zum päpstl. Glauben zwingen wollte, erbärmlich ermordet ... 1/3
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A cool thing that didn't really hit me until I moved here is Bangkok as a city is almost younger than the US (1782) and was largely populated by a massive wave of migration from southeast China contemporaneous and analogous to the wave of European migration that created modern New York City
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A cool thing that didn't really hit me until I moved here is Bangkok as a city is almost younger than the US (1782) and was largely populated by a massive wave of migration from southeast China contemporaneous and analogous to the wave of European migration that created modern New York City
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Ich habe ja schon an vielen Spielen mit historischen Themen gearbeitet und mache das auch immer wieder gerne. "Entdecke Altamira" ist mein erstes prähistorisches Spiel, wobei die Inspiration wieder aus der Wissenschaftsgeschichte kommt, wo ein Mädchen so zentral an einer Entdeckung beteiligt war.
Ich habe im Rahmen des Barcosa Postkarten Game Jam ein Spiel designt. In "Entdecke Altamira" geht es um Höhlenmalerei. In der ersten Phase des Spiels malt man sie, dann werden sie von modernen Figuren entdeckt und besprochen. Es ist ein One-Shot-Spiel, das auf eine Postkarte passt.
#pnpde
#pnpde
Entdecke Altamira by bratapfel
Ein Spiel über Höhlenmalerei, ihre Entdeckung und die Geschichten, die sie erzählt.
bratapfel.itch.io
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ich habe ja schon an vielen Spielen mit historischen Themen gearbeitet und mache das auch immer wieder gerne. "Entdecke Altamira" ist mein erstes prähistorisches Spiel, wobei die Inspiration wieder aus der Wissenschaftsgeschichte kommt, wo ein Mädchen so zentral an einer Entdeckung beteiligt war.
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Multifunctionele voorstelling van een zuster in de 18e eeuw 💃
Isabella Clarisse (van Portugal?) #Ruusbroecgenootschap 👸
María de Jesús de Ágreda (†1665), Spaanse mystica en schrijfster, karmelitesse @kbrbe.bsky.social ✍️
Collage van gravure ✂️ , textiel en goudpapier ✨
#vrouwenkunst #devotieprenten
Isabella Clarisse (van Portugal?) #Ruusbroecgenootschap 👸
María de Jesús de Ágreda (†1665), Spaanse mystica en schrijfster, karmelitesse @kbrbe.bsky.social ✍️
Collage van gravure ✂️ , textiel en goudpapier ✨
#vrouwenkunst #devotieprenten
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Multifunctionele voorstelling van een zuster in de 18e eeuw 💃
Isabella Clarisse (van Portugal?) #Ruusbroecgenootschap 👸
María de Jesús de Ágreda (†1665), Spaanse mystica en schrijfster, karmelitesse @kbrbe.bsky.social ✍️
Collage van gravure ✂️ , textiel en goudpapier ✨
#vrouwenkunst #devotieprenten
Isabella Clarisse (van Portugal?) #Ruusbroecgenootschap 👸
María de Jesús de Ágreda (†1665), Spaanse mystica en schrijfster, karmelitesse @kbrbe.bsky.social ✍️
Collage van gravure ✂️ , textiel en goudpapier ✨
#vrouwenkunst #devotieprenten
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A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories
This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
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Petershagen, 7. Nov 1625
Mit Stolzenau wird man nunmehr etwas vornehmen, denn gestern noch 3 Komp. Reiter in selbigem Städtlein und 2 Reg. zu Fuß zu Schinne angelangt.
Heute Obrist Limbach und Lohausen zu Schlüsselberg angekommen.
+EIL+ gerade kommt Bericht, Stolzenau hat sich ergeben! #Stolzenau
Mit Stolzenau wird man nunmehr etwas vornehmen, denn gestern noch 3 Komp. Reiter in selbigem Städtlein und 2 Reg. zu Fuß zu Schinne angelangt.
Heute Obrist Limbach und Lohausen zu Schlüsselberg angekommen.
+EIL+ gerade kommt Bericht, Stolzenau hat sich ergeben! #Stolzenau
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Petershagen, 7. Nov 1625
Mit Stolzenau wird man nunmehr etwas vornehmen, denn gestern noch 3 Komp. Reiter in selbigem Städtlein und 2 Reg. zu Fuß zu Schinne angelangt.
Heute Obrist Limbach und Lohausen zu Schlüsselberg angekommen.
+EIL+ gerade kommt Bericht, Stolzenau hat sich ergeben! #Stolzenau
Mit Stolzenau wird man nunmehr etwas vornehmen, denn gestern noch 3 Komp. Reiter in selbigem Städtlein und 2 Reg. zu Fuß zu Schinne angelangt.
Heute Obrist Limbach und Lohausen zu Schlüsselberg angekommen.
+EIL+ gerade kommt Bericht, Stolzenau hat sich ergeben! #Stolzenau
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Writing for The Conversation is great for many reasons - one of which is that you can see how many people have read your piece. Am amazed to see that my recent article about a 17th-century woman’s account of domestic abuse has had almost 30,000 reads! #earlymodern
Women have been speaking out about abuse for centuries! I wrote about Anne Wentworth, a 17th-century survivor of domestic abuse, for @theconversation.com #earlymodern
The 17th-century woman who wrote about surviving domestic abuse
In the 17th century, Anne Wentworth spoke out against her abusive husband and the religious institution that protected him.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Writing for The Conversation is great for many reasons - one of which is that you can see how many people have read your piece. Am amazed to see that my recent article about a 17th-century woman’s account of domestic abuse has had almost 30,000 reads! #earlymodern
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What a fabulously curated and presented site this is. Clean & clear to navigate, lots of fascinating data & artifacts. And to hear newly recorded political songs from the era! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
18th-century Britain is notorious for corrupt and restrictive politics, when few could vote, bribery and debauchery were commonplace. But it was also an age when modern democracy was being shaped.
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
What a fabulously curated and presented site this is. Clean & clear to navigate, lots of fascinating data & artifacts. And to hear newly recorded political songs from the era! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
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The great thing about working on early modern academia is you never know if the archive will a) overturn everything we thought we knew about early modern philosophy or b) be nothing but complaints about low pay
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The great thing about working on early modern academia is you never know if the archive will a) overturn everything we thought we knew about early modern philosophy or b) be nothing but complaints about low pay
It's been 40 years since I lived in Baltimore, but most of this seems true enough. (I last lived in Tourist Hellscape. There weren't so many bros down in Fells Point and Canton back then. I can't make out the bit just below Druid Hill Park.)
I have a similar map in my house.
Then there’s this, the Judgmental Map of Baltimore Neighborhoods:
Then there’s this, the Judgmental Map of Baltimore Neighborhoods:
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's been 40 years since I lived in Baltimore, but most of this seems true enough. (I last lived in Tourist Hellscape. There weren't so many bros down in Fells Point and Canton back then. I can't make out the bit just below Druid Hill Park.)
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ICYMI TOMORROW my colleague Nick Herman will show off our new-to-us Flemish book of hours - Noon ET on Zoom, registration link is in the quoted skeet.
For #CoffeeWithACodex on November 6 (12pm ET, Zoom), Lawrence J. Schoenberg Curator Nick Herman will bring out Ms. Codex 2324, a Flemish illuminated book of hours including 6 full-page arched miniatures and 15 historiated initials on gold grounds. #medievalsky
Register here: https://bit.ly/48JljzY
Register here: https://bit.ly/48JljzY
Coffee with a Codex: Flemish Book of Hours
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ICYMI TOMORROW my colleague Nick Herman will show off our new-to-us Flemish book of hours - Noon ET on Zoom, registration link is in the quoted skeet.
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When you ask Cornelis Drebbel to sign your friends book
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
When you ask Cornelis Drebbel to sign your friends book
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We are thrilled to announce this year's rendition of the Prize Papers Talks Special Edition - an online lecture series organised by the German Maritime Museum and the Prize Papers Project! The first talk will be on November 10th, with Jane Ohlmeyer, Tom Truxes, and John Shovlin on the Amity Papers!
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We are thrilled to announce this year's rendition of the Prize Papers Talks Special Edition - an online lecture series organised by the German Maritime Museum and the Prize Papers Project! The first talk will be on November 10th, with Jane Ohlmeyer, Tom Truxes, and John Shovlin on the Amity Papers!
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Je viens de recevoir ce livre, de Chrystel Bernat et Eloi Valat, intitulé Camisards. 1702 , la mort de l'abbé du Chaila.
www.bleu-autour.com/produit/cami...
Je l'ai simplement parcouru avant de le lire de manière plus approfondie : c'est absolument magnifique.
www.bleu-autour.com/wp-content/u...
www.bleu-autour.com/produit/cami...
Je l'ai simplement parcouru avant de le lire de manière plus approfondie : c'est absolument magnifique.
www.bleu-autour.com/wp-content/u...
Camisards | Bleu autour, éditeur
www.bleu-autour.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Je viens de recevoir ce livre, de Chrystel Bernat et Eloi Valat, intitulé Camisards. 1702 , la mort de l'abbé du Chaila.
www.bleu-autour.com/produit/cami...
Je l'ai simplement parcouru avant de le lire de manière plus approfondie : c'est absolument magnifique.
www.bleu-autour.com/wp-content/u...
www.bleu-autour.com/produit/cami...
Je l'ai simplement parcouru avant de le lire de manière plus approfondie : c'est absolument magnifique.
www.bleu-autour.com/wp-content/u...
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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wrapping my presentation for this beautiful seminar at @bhmpi.bsky.social on Thursday morning (Rome time)🌿
#plantstudies #botany #premodernscience #histsci #arthistory 🌱
Do images have an epistemic role in botanical science?
#plantstudies #botany #premodernscience #histsci #arthistory 🌱
Do images have an epistemic role in botanical science?
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
wrapping my presentation for this beautiful seminar at @bhmpi.bsky.social on Thursday morning (Rome time)🌿
#plantstudies #botany #premodernscience #histsci #arthistory 🌱
Do images have an epistemic role in botanical science?
#plantstudies #botany #premodernscience #histsci #arthistory 🌱
Do images have an epistemic role in botanical science?
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Transkribus is the handwritten text recognition tool that we used to transcribe 25,000 wills from 1540-1790 for our Leverhulme project.
Beginners' guide here 👇
#DigitalHumanities 🗃️ #EarlyModern
Beginners' guide here 👇
#DigitalHumanities 🗃️ #EarlyModern
Did you miss our beginners' webinar last week? The complete recording of our step-by-step introduction to Transkribus is now available on YouTube 👇
Transkribus Webinar for Beginners (English)
Transkribus is the most popular tools for automatic text recognition of historical documents.
By watching this webinar recording, you will learn how to upload documents to Transkribus, perform…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Transkribus is the handwritten text recognition tool that we used to transcribe 25,000 wills from 1540-1790 for our Leverhulme project.
Beginners' guide here 👇
#DigitalHumanities 🗃️ #EarlyModern
Beginners' guide here 👇
#DigitalHumanities 🗃️ #EarlyModern
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Die Teuerung nimmt hierlands wegen obangedeuter Sperrungen / an allen Sachen sehr zu. #Inflation
- aus Köln, 4. Novembris 1625
weiter:
* London: man will dem König vergeben, dem Täter wird stark nachgesetzt
* Spanien: Galleonen mit Gold und Silber aus S. Lucar glücklich angelangt 1/3
- aus Köln, 4. Novembris 1625
weiter:
* London: man will dem König vergeben, dem Täter wird stark nachgesetzt
* Spanien: Galleonen mit Gold und Silber aus S. Lucar glücklich angelangt 1/3
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Die Teuerung nimmt hierlands wegen obangedeuter Sperrungen / an allen Sachen sehr zu. #Inflation
- aus Köln, 4. Novembris 1625
weiter:
* London: man will dem König vergeben, dem Täter wird stark nachgesetzt
* Spanien: Galleonen mit Gold und Silber aus S. Lucar glücklich angelangt 1/3
- aus Köln, 4. Novembris 1625
weiter:
* London: man will dem König vergeben, dem Täter wird stark nachgesetzt
* Spanien: Galleonen mit Gold und Silber aus S. Lucar glücklich angelangt 1/3
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I am *beyond* excited about this paper. Sari is so brilliant; wonderful to have her in London for a year!
EXCITED FOR OUR NEXT SESSION!
Sari Nauman on "Between Categories: Migration, War, and Refuge in the #EarlyModern Baltic Sea".
Monday, 10 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social NB02 and on zoom (register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #SkyStorians #MovingHistory #HistoryOfMigration
Sari Nauman on "Between Categories: Migration, War, and Refuge in the #EarlyModern Baltic Sea".
Monday, 10 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social NB02 and on zoom (register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #SkyStorians #MovingHistory #HistoryOfMigration
NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am *beyond* excited about this paper. Sari is so brilliant; wonderful to have her in London for a year!
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🐏 👨👨 @nicolemaceira.bsky.social will join us this week to discuss contrasting depictions of animals and humans in post-Reformation thought, and their importance in the development of the Reformed faith in Scotland.
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🐏 👨👨 @nicolemaceira.bsky.social will join us this week to discuss contrasting depictions of animals and humans in post-Reformation thought, and their importance in the development of the Reformed faith in Scotland.
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Excited to be part of this! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #maritimehistory #skystorians
#earlymodern #maritimehistory #skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Excited to be part of this! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #maritimehistory #skystorians
#earlymodern #maritimehistory #skystorians