In the last decade of his life, my paternal grandfather suffered from undiagnosed vascular dementia. During those years, we saw sudden changes in his speech, mood, personality and behaviour, ranging f...

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Born into slavery, Gustav Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters In 1760, a Black child around 10 years old arrived at the Swedish royal court as a “gift” to the queen. Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albrecht Couschi, who became known as Badin (derived from the French for joker or prankster), later held titles including chamberlain, court secretary, ballet master and civil servant. He is thought to have been born into slavery between 1747 and 1750 in the former Danish colony of St Croix (now part of the US Virgin Islands), where he was “owned” by Christian Lebrecht von Pröck, who took him to Denmark. He was “received” by Gustaf de Brunck, a Swedish councillor of commerce, who later “donated” Badin to Queen Louisa Ulrika. Continue reading...

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The words, the law, the future

A monthly online gathering open to scholars of all disciplines and career stages who are interested in the pre-modern body.

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Abstract. Sleep loss was a vital health concern for early modern people, and inducing sleep was essential to healthcare practices. This article traces how

Abstract. This book uncovers the significance of body size—of fatness and thinness—in early modern Germany. It explores how early modern people conceived o