Mark Empey

Thanks for posting this! #earlymodern

And to think thirty years ago it was breathing in and fingers crossed you’d get there

Well Pinson died in Rome so they probably compared him to an orange or something similar

Contemporary 17th century reader inserting a short biography of Philip Pinson of Tuam in Sir James Ware's 'Catalogue of the Archbishops of Cashel & Tuam'. The author omitted Pinson from the list of archbishops, although the prelate only held the post for three days!

Always fascinated by the way contemporary #earlymodern scholars engaged with other works of interest.

Here is one knowledgeable #17thc reader inserting a bio of Philip Pinson (archbishop of Tuam for three days!) whom the author omitted: Ware's catalogue of the archbishops of Cashel and Tuam (1626)

Instead of RSA, I did this... a gathering of (most of) the folks in N Am working with early mod Scandinavia. Glad I did. What a group of people to work with. New projects, new collaborations, new directions. More to come, and soon... #earlymodern #skystorians #nordichistory

Features an open access chapter entitled 'Textual Transfer, Irish Remedy Collections, and the Vernacularisation of Medical Learning in Late Medieval Europe' to whet the appetite.

More importantly, yet ANOTHER work clearly showing #medieval and #earlymodern Gaelic #Ireland's engagement with Europe

Please join us for the conversation and celebration! Learn more about the volume here: brill.com/display/titl...

Thanks to CSANA; to Catherine, John @jdmccafferty.bsky.social, and Máire; to Brill @dgb-mem.bsky.social; BC Irish Studies @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social and all the contributors!

Puzzle Binding!

Tricky! These are almost as rare as hen's teeth, and we just...
Had One???
And, it includes HOW Many Books? (Five from Germany c. 1601 and a blank one at last count...) #Vexierbuch #DosADos @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .966)

I studied his library catalogue in search of the reception of women writers. His library was phenomenal

It’s such an amazing gallery. I had the rare pleasure of being there for a post wedding reception and dinner in the winter and in the snow.

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture Welcome to Cambridge Core

Delighted to be series editor for Cambridge Elements in Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture. If you have something cool and interesting you’d like to work with us on please get in touch (micrograph 20-30k)

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Dugdale was very interested in, and subsequently influenced by, Gerard Boate’s Ireland’s Naturall History (1652). Revealing letter by him to Irish historian Sir James Ware enquiring about obtit in 1658 in Calendar of the manuscripts of the Marquis of Bath

Fascinating subject Esther. I hope this will be in print sometime for those who can’t attend

The very striking late #medieval Tholsel in Carlingford, Co. Louth. This fifteenth-century construction brought visitors into the main street but its designs were as much defensive as they were for collecting tax. A handy reminder to those who had other ideas…

The Age of Christ, 525. The twenty-second year of Muircheartach. Saint Brighit, virgin, Abbess of Cill Dara, died. It was to her Cill Dara was first granted, and by her it was founded. Brighit was she who never turned her mind or attention from the Lord for the space of one hour, but was constantly meditating and thinking of him in her heart and mind, as is evident in her own Life, and in the Life of St. Brenainn, Bishop of Cluain Fearta. She spent her time diligently serving the Lord, performing wonders and miracles, healing every disease and every malady, as her Life relates, until she resigned her spirit to heaven, the first day of the month of February; and her body was interred at Dun, in the same tomb with Patrick, with honour and veneration.

St Brigid's Day is #OTD. Brigid's actual existence is debated. She is given different birth and death dates. UCD-OFM MS A13, provides one of her death dates: 525. The full Irish text and translation may be found online as part of the CELT project (celt.ucc.ie).

Call for Papers - Sailing: Introduction to the Atlantic Written in the Waves is excited to announce that we are launching our first volume, Sailing! We are inviting graduate and undergraduate students (min. 4th year), as well as early scholars, to explore ...

Call for Papers – Sailing: Introduction to the Atlantic

Written in the Waves – Atlantic History, Written by Women
Deadline: 1 March 2026

Written in the Waves is excited to announce that we are launching our first volume, Sailing!

niche-canada.org/2026/01/28/c...

#envhist #coastalhistory #cdnhist

Many congratulations. I’m a big admirer of your research. Looking forward to hearing and reading about the progress of your project. An exciting topic

Just one week left to submit papers for the 5th Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference! Proposals are welcome from researchers at all career stages working on the 16th to the late 18th century
#skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism #nuntastic

Picture of eighteen-century estate at Castletown, Kildare

Image of a stark yet striking tree on the Castletown estate. Winter beauty

Looking out on the Castletown estate with frost and fog evident in the fields

Beauty amid the bleakness: the recent cold snap showing the #18thc Castletown estate in all its glory #Kildare. Once the home of William Conolly, speaker of the Irish House of Commons (1715-29), now a fabulous public accessible wonderland

Interesting to see Sir David Foulis there. Made his fortune thanks to James but faced the full wrath of Wentworth in 1633 (v interesting insight into W’s taste for authoritarian rule which I’m writing about)

You guys need to redirect your research efforts to working on a flux capacitor and buying a DeLorean

Thanks, that would be great. But honestly no rush. I asked publishers, and so did editors, but got no response. Never knew it was out. I’ll send you DM

Would you be able to send me a copy of my article if I popped my email via DM? I’ve heard nothing from the publishers

Any luck Bob?

This is such a good #HerBook read on the formidable Bathsua Makin. Showcasing her in a different light by the discovery of books attributed to her, it also touches on the female influence on children via book gifts, a subject I’ve been tipping away at via findings from our website!

UK will rejoin Erasmus student scheme in 2027 The UK left in December 2020 as part of the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU negotiated by Boris Johnson.

Hidden away in BBC’s news items is news of UK rejoining the Erasmus programme for one year in 2027. Rather than starting with the huge benefits, it focuses on cost with a generic sound bite by Priti Patel that lacks substance. All feeds into current ill informed narrative
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On Thursday 12 Feb. we will be sponsoring a conference on THE ULSTER PLANTATION, linked to the 'People of Plantation Ulster' database project (QUB/Maynooth). This is a free event open to all, held at PRONI (11-4). Registration and programme is at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...

Glorious backdrop with a fitting slide for the picture!

And Porto by day 🌞