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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Carolyn Yerkes - Siegelands Early Modern Warfare and the Monumental Print À paraître en avril aux Princeton UP

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 04/07/2026

This week the Society was very pleased to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to our winners: Kiran Mehta & John Latham-Sprinkle (First Book Prize) and Gianamar Giovanetti-Singh & Stephanie Wanga (Article Prize) #Skystorians

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Winners of the Society's 2026 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - RHS

The Royal Historical Society is delighted to announce the winners of its prizes for a first book and an early career article in 2026. Two winners were named from each category for work published in 20...

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ezequiel Borgognoni y Vincenzo Lagioia (eds.) - ¿Marginalidad principesca? Mujeres y espacios políticos en la Europa Moderna Vient de paraître chez Silex

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Ooo, this looks very interesting. #earlymodern

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I am back from maternity leave and pleased to share that two publications appeared while I was "out"... “Mapping Connected Central Europe: Colour and Cartography in the Margins of Early Modern Atlases” in European History Quarterly and “Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy,” in the Austrian History Yearbook.

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Mapping Connected Central Europe: Colour and Cartography in the Margins of Early Modern Atlases - Robyn Dora Radway, 2026

Early modern atlases left the printer's workshop as a series of uncoloured projections surrounded by a textual apparatus. Translucent washes of blue, green...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 12/05/2026

Last year, we were delighted to publish Andrew's excellent monograph, 'Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales' as part of the Society's early career book series bit.ly/3Pzjuyk. 'Waterscapes' is available to read, free Open Access @uolpress.bsky.social

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Stephen Gadd @docuracy.co.uk · 01/05/2026

✉️ Explore 145,000 medieval merchant letters as a live map: the correspondence network of Francesco di Marco Datini (c.1363–1412), spanning Florence to Barcelona to North Africa. Visualise routes, travel times & seasonality. docuracy.github.io/datini/ #DigitalHumanities #MedievalHistory

A dark-themed interactive map of the medieval western Mediterranean showing 14th-century merchant letter routes as curved arcs coloured from cyan (fast, 0–5 days) through yellow to red (30+ days). Short land routes between Tuscan cities glow cyan; longer sea routes to Barcelona and Majorca burn orange and red, revealing the unpredictability of medieval maritime travel.
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Screenshot of the Datini Letters Geospatial Explorer in Travel Time mode. A dark basemap of the western Mediterranean is overlaid with curved arc lines connecting pairs of cities in the Datini merchant network. Arc colour encodes average letter delivery time on a gradient from cyan (near-instant, 0–5 days) through green and yellow (one to two weeks) to orange and deep red-magenta (more than 30 days). Dense clusters of fast cyan arcs radiate from Florence and Pisa across Tuscany, reflecting the reliable day-or-two land post. Arcs reaching westward to Barcelona, Valencia, and Palma de Majorca shift to orange and red, capturing the slower and far more variable sea routes that could take anywhere from a week to several months. City nodes are shown as circles: pink for the main Datini fondacos (Pisa, Florence, Barcelona, Genoa, Valencia, Majorca) and blue for correspondent cities. A sidebar on the left shows the Travel Time mode is selected, with a cyan-to-red colour legend and a filter slider for minimum letters per route.

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Días de guerra en la Corona de Aragón Huesca (1460-1480) Vient de paraître aux PUZ

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Dénes Harai @denes-harai.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

L'ouvrage collectif "Potestas Elementorum", que j'ai codirigé avec Gaëlle Lafage, vient de paraître aux Éditions du @centrechastel.bsky.social. Le volume est gratuitement consultable et téléchargeable: www.centrechastel.sorbonne-universite.fr/ressources/l...

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Manuel Rivero Rodríguez - Felipe II À paraître en avril chez Allianza

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Matthieu Letourneux @matthieuletourneux.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Parution aujourd'hui de notre nouveau livre: Loïc Artiaga, Matthieu Letourneux, "La culture de masse en France 2. 1930-1990", Paris, La Découverte, "Repères" www.editionsladecouverte.fr/la_culture_d...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 06/02/2026

We are delighted to host Prof Charles West this evening at our annual medieval lecture. Charles is discussing the mobility of queens and queenship in early medieval Europe. #Skystorians

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Géraud Poumarède @gpoumarede.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

C'est avec un très grand plaisir que je vous annonce la parution aux Éditions A. Pedone du livre collectif "Diplomatie de femmes, Femmes en diplomatie du Moyen Âge au XVIIIe siècle", codirigé avec Lucien Bély et Matthieu Gellard.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/01/2026

PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians

Call for Royal Historical Society PhD funding with text: The Royal Historical Society offers two annual PhD Fellowships for postgraduate historians in their third year of research at a university in the UK or overseas in order to complete a doctorate. The Fellowships comprise:

Two RHS Centenary Fellowships: each Centenary Fellowship runs for 6-months and is worth £8,500 for final-year PhD students to complete their dissertations and to develop their research career.
All Fellowships are open to candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. They are jointly held with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, where Fellows are based.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/01/2026

Closing date 31 January: applications are now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months #Skystorians

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Society launches call for new Applied History Fellowships, with the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson - RHS

In November 2025, the Society joins with partners the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson to launch a new Applied History Fellowship programme to support recent post-doctor...

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Damien Fontvieille @damienfontvieille.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

J'ai le plaisir de partager le programme d'un webinaire co-organisé avec C. Desenclos, P. Ferrier-Viaud, L. Lehéricy et S. Martin entre février et juin sur les marges de manoeuvre des serviteurs du roi en France à l'époque moderne. N'hésitez pas à nous rejoindre ! calenda.org/1347602

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Agir et pouvoir(s)

Ce webinaire propose six interventions en ligne permettant d’explorer les marges de manœuvre des agents de l’Etat et de leur entourage en France à l’époque moderne. Il s’agira en particulier d’obse...

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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Very pleased that we got to publish this Comment in the TRHS! And many thanks @chriscampbell1.bsky.social for pitching it. Further reflections on this and other subjects are certainly welcome. 😊 🗃️

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur - A tavola con i signori Cibo, lusso e potere nelle corti rinascimentali Vient de paraître chez Il Mulino

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 08/11/2025

Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚 The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602... This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅

Illustration of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, featuring an intricate architectural drawing of the historic building with detailed facade, numerous windows, and figures dressed in academic robes seated in the foreground.

Engraving of the interior of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, featuring detailed architecture with arched ceilings, rows of books, and figures walking between the bookshelves.

Aerial view of the Radcliffe Camera surrounded by Oxford University's historic buildings, with a cloudy sky above.

Aerial view of the historic University of Oxford, showcasing intricate architecture and a person walking across the courtyard.

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Dénes Harai @denes-harai.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Thanks to Lizzy McNeill of BBC's 'More or Less' (@timharford.ft.com) and to @janmachielsen.bsky.social of @royalhistsoc.org for this opportunity!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/10/2025

We've two new titles forthcoming in our New Historical Perspectives book series: > Gareth Roddy's 'Atlantic Isles' is published on 30 October bit.ly/3WFhpRg > Rachael Harkes's 'Forging Fraternity' is available from 6 November bit.ly/4ogSm2H Full details from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

Cover images for the two forthocming titles in the New Historical Perspectives book series:

'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow, by Rachael Harkes

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 13/10/2025

BBC HistoryExtra recently featured new research on the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' bit.ly/47neK4M. The article draws on new work by Dénes Harai which is published in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'. Dénes's 'Transactions' article is now available bit.ly/46iJfIU #Skystorians 1/2

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Vlad the Impaler was medieval Europe's bloodiest warlord, but is the scale of his murder just a myth?

Vlad III Dracula, the brutal warlord and inspiration for Bram Stoker’s genre-defining vampire, has long held a reputation as medieval Europe’s most terrifying ruler. Now, new research asks: how true a...

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Dénes Harai @denes-harai.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

"Counting the Stakes" (doi.org/10.1017/S008...) read by Ligia García for @planeta16.com

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Dénes Harai @denes-harai.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Thanks to James Osborne of History Extra (www.historyextra.com/period/medie...) for reporting on my recently published article 'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula's Practice of Collective Impalements..." (doi.org/10.1017/S008...), Transactions of the @royalhistsoc.org

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 23/09/2025

'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2

First page of 'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula’s Practice of Collective Impalements in Fifteenth-Century South-eastern Europe', by Denes Harai, new research article in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society.

Abstract: 'Dubbed ‘the Impaler’ by his contemporaries, Vlad III Dracula (c. 1431–76), was accused of the slaughter of between 40,000 and 100,000 individuals, 20,000 of them allegedly impaled at the Wallachian capital Targovişte. Although historians have often considered these figures
inflated, none of the numerous studies dedicated to the voivode of Wallachia have undertaken a methodical evaluation of the extent of this exaggeration. This article takes up this historiographical challenge by examining all available documentation. In so doing, it provides a full reassessment of the practice of impalement in fifteenth-century south-eastern Europe. Contrary to assumptions of previous scholarship, Vlad’s use of impalement was influenced simultaneously by pre-existing Hungarian and Ottoman practices. Quantitative analysis shows that only 7–10 per cent of the impalements claimed by sources can be considered plausible and proposes a new data-driven estimation of Vlad’s impaled victims. Finally, a comparison with other rulers shows that, while Vlad ordered collective impalements more frequently, the average number of victims per impalement was similar to that elsewhere in
south-eastern Europe.'

Image of Vlad III Dracula from c.1488 text: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, public domain.

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Christine Kooi - La Réforme aux Pays-Bas, 1500-1620 À paraître en novembre chez Brepols

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Séléné BM Bordeaux @selenebordeaux.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

⚠️Breaking News : La Bibliothèque Diderot de Lyon est en ligne. Plus de 12 000 documents en libre accès sont consultables depuis chez vous. 🛋️ Et ce n'est qu'un début ! 🤩 Pour découvrir la richesse de leurs fonds ⬇️ BDL : tinyurl.com/3shka7x3 🏙️ : tinyurl.com/3kcp7stm #Booksky #Skystorian

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Agustín García Simón - La ambición de poder Galería de validos Vient de paraître chez Marcial Pons

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Hubert Bost @hubertbost.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Vous souhaitez comprendre comment est né l'anabaptisme ? savoir ce qui s'est passé lorsque La Rochelle est tombée en 1628 ? rencontrer la “reine des Camisards” ? découvrir le “protestantisme d'atmosophère” dans lequel baignaient certains auteurs français du XIXe? Ce numéro de la RHP est pour vous !

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AHMUF @ahmuf.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🎓 Colloque "La Violence à la Cour (XIVe-XIXe siècle)". 📍Sorbonne Université (Centre Roland Mousnier/Institut de recherche sur les civilisations de l’occident moderne), salle G647, 17 rue de la Sorbonne, Paris 5e. 🗓️ 11-12 juin 2025. 🔎 Plus d'informations. ⤵️

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RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It's #WorldOtterDay! To celebrate here's a lovely woodcut illustration of a very hungry little otter found in Conrad Gesner's Historiae Animalium (c.1602)

An open book showing an illustration of an otter eating a fish

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 16/05/2025

Work like this, by David Carpenter and Nicholas Vincent (both Fellows @royalhistsoc.org), requires expertise, deep knowledge, judgement and analysis. Such work enriches us and culture. We should celebrate and value it as we do discoveries and breakthroughs in other walks of life #Skystorians

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 16/05/2025

🦙📚 Alpacas in the library - coming Friday! 📚🦙 In the name of reducing exam stress, we will be hosting alpacas on the Radcliffe Camera lawn on Friday 23 May 1-4pm. Open to all members of the University with access by University/College/Library card.

Image description: Alpacas in a temporary enclosure on the grass lawn in front of the Radcliffe Camera library, with a crowd of people gathered around, under blue but a partly cloudy sky.

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AHMUF @ahmuf.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

📖 Parution : Alvaro Adot Lerga, Ph. Charreyre, Denes Herai (dir.), "Princes, conseils et réformations à la Renaissance Politique et religion (Europe-Amériques)", Madrid, Casa de Velázquez, 2025. 🖱️ En ligne : books.openedition.org/cvz/54111 📚 Lien éditeur -> www.casadevelazquez.org/publications...

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Éditions de la Sorbonne @edisorbonne.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

[VIENT DE PARAÎTRE] 🪲 Comment la documentation « magique » de l’Antiquité gréco-romaine (rites guérisseurs, malédictions, requêtes aux divinités), entre religion et registres de savoirs, invite les animaux, pour leurs pouvoirs et leurs forces vitales. À retrouver en librairie et sur notre site ! 🐍

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Casa de Velázquez @casadevelazquez.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

#VendrediLecture 📖 #OpenAccess 🆕 #Nouveau sur OpenEdition Books Princes, conseils et réformations à la Renaissance. Politique et religion (Europe-Amériques)- Álvaro Adot Lerga, Philippe Chareyre et Dénes Harai (éd.) 🔗 En libre accès : books.openedition.org/cvz/54111

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IHMC - UMR 8066 @ihmc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

📢 🏛️Le CNRS a ouvert un poste CDD de trois mois pour la fonction de bibliothécaire à l’IHMC, pour un début de contrat au 1er mai 2025. Date limite de candidature : 15 avril 2025 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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Dénes Harai @denes-harai.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

L'ouvrage @casadevelazquez.bsky.social que j'ai codirigé avec Álvaro Adot Lerga et Philippe Chareyre dans le cadre du projet ANR AcRoNavarre est désormais disponible en accès libre sur OpenEdition Books: books.openedition.org/cvz/54111 Un grand merci à toute l'équipe de la Casa!

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Princes, conseils et réformations à la Renaissance

À la charnière des époques médiévale et moderne, de nouvelles formes de gouvernement se mettent en place promouvant le développement des appareils étatiques par le déploiement de conseils et de consei...

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École des chartes | PSL @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

📚 💻 Journée d’étude : «De nouvelles #sources en ligne pour l’#histoire de #France du XVIe s.» 📅 Le mercredi 9 avril, découvrez des projets d’édition innovants qui rendent l’histoire accessible à tous ! Programme et inscription ➡ lc.cx/Gz-RE- @psl-univ.bsky.social @cths.bsky.social

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Dr Laura Fernández-González @laurafg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A flyer for the 2024 paperback edition of "Festival Culture in the World of the Spanish Habsburgs" a book I co-edited with Fernando Checa Cremades has just landed on my desk www.routledge.com/Festival-Cul...

20% discount with this flyer!
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Oct 2024: 322pp
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Festival Culture in the World of theSpanish Habsburgs
By Fernando Checa Cremades and Laura Fernández-González

Festivals and ceremonials played a major role in the Spanish world; through them local identities as well as a common Spanish culture made their presence manifest within and beyond the peninsula through ephemeral displays, music and print. This book explores Habsburg Visual culture at court and its connection with the creation of a language of triumph, the relationship between religion and the empire, and examines cultural, artistic and musical exchange in Naples and Rome. Taken together these essays contribute further to our growing appreciation of the importance of early-modern festival culture in general, and their significance in the world of the Spanish Habsburgs in particular.

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Adrien Aracil - Histoire d’une liberté dans la France moderne  Protestants, politique et monarchie (vers 1598 – vers 1629) Vient de paraître chez Garnier

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