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Mark Allen
@markallen23.bsky.social
PhD in history from Cambridge University. Examined coexistence & religio-political crises in early Stuart London through a case study of the Catholic queen's & embassy chapels.

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.117058

https://doi.org/10.1017/bch.2022.21
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Pleased to review Fred Smith’s excellent 'Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England', now out in Reformation. The book shows how English Catholicism was 'shaped, defined, and sustained' through exchanges of ideas and people across Britain and Continental Europe.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England: Mobility, Exile and Counter-Reformation, 1530–1580
Published in Reformation (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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OTD in 1623, the Fatal Vespers tragedy occurred: a building hosting a secret Catholic service in Blackfriars collapsed, killing around 100. The aftermath saw vicious anti-Catholic violence, but, as I explored, it also reveals much about tolerance & Catholicism in London. doi.org/10.1017/bch....
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
OTD in 1623, the Fatal Vespers tragedy occurred: a building hosting a secret Catholic service in Blackfriars collapsed, killing around 100. The aftermath saw vicious anti-Catholic violence, but, as I explored, it also reveals much about tolerance & Catholicism in London. doi.org/10.1017/bch....
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Pleased to review Fred Smith’s excellent 'Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England', now out in Reformation. The book shows how English Catholicism was 'shaped, defined, and sustained' through exchanges of ideas and people across Britain and Continental Europe.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England: Mobility, Exile and Counter-Reformation, 1530–1580
Published in Reformation (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can anyone help? This intriguing leather bottle of Charles I, standing over a metre tall is in the Stuart & Jacobite collection at Chiddingstone Castle. It's uncertain when, where & why it was produced, but if anyone has any insights please let me know. www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk/charles-i/
Charles I — Chiddingstone Castle
New for our 2023 open season, is this unusual leather bottle in the shape of Charles I. He is on display once more in the Castle's Print Room, following extensive conservation.
www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
April 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Such a nice feeling to finally receive the hardbound copies of the thesis. So much more satisfying than the digital version! #PhDdone #earlymodern #london
April 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Interested in the relationship between anti-popery in the 1624 parliament and "real" Catholic activity? Check out my new article in the English Historical Review, now available with advance access!
doi.org/10.1093/ehr/...
An Unsettled Religious Settlement and the Crisis of the 1620s: English Catholics, Anti-Popery, and the Spanish Match, 1622–4*
Abstract. The anti-popish fervour that accompanied the collapse of the Spanish Match has been long acknowledged both by the wave of revisionists who dismis
doi.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A fascinating map of the parish of St Andrew Holborn, London (1755) showing the areas within the freedom of the City and those 'without' in the County of Middlesex. Intriguingly, many Catholics typically lived in the latter.
February 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Me after I passed my viva recently! So grateful for my supervisor, Alexandra Walsham, & @ryansinnott.bsky.social's support. Thanks also to my examiners, Gabriel Glickman & Adam Morton for a rewarding discussion and helpful suggestions for publishing my thesis as a book. #phd #cambridge #earlymodern
February 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Conference in Vienna in May 2025 on early modern religion and rebellion.
Fourteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity - Renaissance Society of America
365 Fifth AvenueRoom 5405New York, NY 10016 • USA
www.rsa.org
November 8, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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We are seeking new members of our editorial board, with expertise in the periods 1700–1850 or 1900–1940, as well as a joint book reviews editor (specialising in the modern period). More information is available here. All reposts much appreciated.
#skystorians🗃️ #polisky #lit #geosky #18thc #19thc
www.thelondonjournal.org
November 7, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Also worth a look:
Careers Beyond Academia — CEMS KCL Blog
Information on careers outside and adjacent to academia.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
November 7, 2024 at 9:21 AM
This looks like an interesting event with some great speakers:

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/confe...
Rethinking State and Society in Early Modern Britain — CEMS KCL Blog
Conference on the state and society in early modern Britain.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
November 7, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Hadn't logged into my Twitter account in two years. Today seemed like a good day to do so, to delete it.
November 6, 2024 at 2:58 PM