Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 13hDon’t know off the top of my head, but I’m doing a wide literature review on histories and theories of violence this month for a new article (on 16th century cases) so I’ll tag you in if I find anything. 150
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 13hIt’s also often hard to say how domestic violence fits into the picture, e.g. whether patterns of domestic violence followed those of public violence or whether violence sometimes got pushed out of public space and into the home. 150
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 14hThere might be useful references in the 18th century article here.read.dukeupress.eduVolume 47 Issue 2 | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press 130
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026This is why I had no interest in reading/watching Hannibal Rising. Should have stopped at book 3. 100
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026I get a regular taste of AI from the Google AI summaries and they’ve completely failed to persuade me that it’s worth trying further. If you want me - a person with some money to spend - to use your product, show me that it works! 1260
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026In Italian there’s a word ending that does the same job which is “-accio” so palazzaccio = fucking awful palazzo, commonly used to refer to this one:it.wikipedia.orgPalazzo di Giustizia (Roma) - Wikipedia 160
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026The good news for critics of AI in the present is that this Pope seems to have fewer young relatives he's trying to set up for life than Clement VII did 130
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026quite a lot of bribery going on round Europe's universities as well 1142
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026when Henry VIII wanted a divorce and the Pope wasn't having it, he also got his people to wine and dine a bunch of theologians 4497
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026Details here:nationalgallery.org.ukWorkshop of Robert Campin, possibly Jacques Daret | The Virgin and Child in an Interior | NG6514 | National Gallery, LondonWorkshop of Robert Campin, possibly Jacques Daret, The Virgin and Child in an Interior, before 1432. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more. 000
Reposted by Catherine FletcherShannon McSheffrey @medievalmcsheff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? [Eleanor's ancestor, Elena Rigby, widow, appears in London record 1520, Letter Book N fol. 173r] 24013
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026I guess some men have written about early modern domestic violence but they're not the main people coming up on my searches 020
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026Further to this, the sections of the literature review divide remarkably neatly by author gender 2110
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026I'm not even sure that David's talking about post-92s - some of the hardest hit UK places are old institutions like Lampeter 120
Reposted by Catherine FletcherDr Colin Runeckles @colinruneckles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"We're The Wretched Gang of Sodomites and this is our new single." 2176
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026I've just been sitting in the University of Manchester library doing the same - fortunately it's just down the road but it's still a pain 120
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026@erinbeeston.bsky.social might have thoughts or contacts for you 220
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 02/10/2026@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com the Germans have a sign for you 030
Reposted by Catherine FletcherRory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very pleased to have worked on this fascinating group of finds with the wonderful @francescatinti.bsky.social , and thanks to the comms team @cam.ac.uk for putting together the release. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/angl...cam.ac.ukAnglo-Saxon expats got special treatment in Rome’s 'Little England'The first material evidence of the Schola Saxonum suggests the Anglo-Saxons in Rome were a thriving and valued expat community. 29432
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 01/10/2026People just tap their phone to pay now, they’d barely notice. 130
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 30/09/2026Classic British question here, is this the Royal Family or the high street clothes shop? 0280
Reposted by Catherine FletcherFininho @fino76.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow a great English city sold itself to Abu Dhabi’s elite – and not even for a good price | Aditya ChakraborttyManchester’s Labour council let Sheikh Mansour buy up acres of public land for seemingly a fraction of its worth, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty 065
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 30/09/2026I can just imagine the AMAZING! CONGRATS! emails that flew around when anyone got part of this cash. 081
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 30/09/2026I mean is anyone surprised when academics are constantly being told that we need to bring in research money, commercialise this, internationalise that?bbc.co.ukUK research funded by China front company being sent to Beijing's spies, MI5 warnsBritish universities are being urged to sever ties with China General Technology Research Institute which is linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS). 1195
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 30/09/2026I bet there's a medieval theologian who started an argument about Our Lady's Bottom 151
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 29/09/2026Have you seen Dinner Rush (2000)? More a thriller but along those lines. Don't read the synopsis if you don't want spoilers. 010
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 29/09/2026Haha, I've done one edition of that show but will definitely have material for another! 011
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 29/09/2026might make an app for gallery visitors which you point at a portrait and it tells you why that guy is dodgy 3202
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 29/09/2026writing an article that I have mentally titled 'Why Renaissance Men Should Be Cancelled' 1240
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 29/09/2026I wonder if this is a proxy for ‘I’ve been told what I’m supposed to do between lectures but don’t know how to do it‘ 130
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026Went to get a copy of the 1503 Cantino map and fell down a rabbit hole trying to read its caption for the Strait of Hormuz. I'm pretty sure you can get figs, almonds, alum and horses there, plus some other things I can't make out. Close-up at the link: medea.fc.ul.pt/view/chart/1... 090
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026Apparently Iran's been hiring locals in Israel though so who knows. 110
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026BBC radio reporter this lunchtime said two were Black or mixed race and was speculating about "gig economy terrorism" 130
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026I'm seeing some of this trend in public history as traditional writing and media opportunities get squeezed. The big Fane events but also a lot of mid-list live events and classes. 080
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026Screenshot from J-Stor. The publisher in question is Sage, which has risen in my estimation this morning. 0357
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026If the government could please abolish stamp duty before then, that would be perfect 1100
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 28/09/2026My plan to retire to London looking ever more feasibleft.comHow London became the property market’s black sheepCapital’s once-relentless property boom has gone into reverse 2290
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 27/09/2026I helped design a new course on histories of guns aimed at students across disciplines which is open access here for anyone interested: web.pitt.edu/gunviolence/web.pitt.eduTransforming Humanities Education in a Time of Gun Violence | 061
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 27/09/2026It occurs to me that someone could FOI the ethics review for this project. 1110
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 27/09/2026Society needs an AI that can generate text in the style of an obscure Neo-Latin treatise, you know 030
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 27/09/2026Please send your tips on what to see in Peru (I will also have time in Lima and Cusco) 460
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 27/09/2026Some cheery news amid the general gloom of university life: I’m delighted to be speaking at the Hay Festival, Arequipa, in November www.hayfestival.com/arequipa/home 2191
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/09/2026AfD and CDU councillors in actionbbc.co.ukGerman town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victimsGermany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal". 54517
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/09/2026The £15k postdoc fellowships made a lot more sense for example when there were a fair number of part-time fixed-term jobs around in academia and the fellowships acted as a top-up. But circumstances have changed and a review would be appropriate 2/2 131
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/09/2026Yes, I mean they could reasonably say that the schemes were launched some years ago in response to specific calls from the discipline, however we do keep them under review and will keep your points in mind as we consider next year‘s criteria. I’m puzzled as to why they haven’t done that tbh 1/2 121