Major #17thC #earlymodern figure and patron of architecture and fortifications in Mainz and beyond.
@susanklaiber.bsky.social
@susanklaiber.bsky.socialMajor #17thC #earlymodern figure and patron of architecture and fortifications in Mainz and beyond.
@passamezzo.bsky.socialSomething seasonal:
Thomas Robinson: Wheatlies Wheatsheaf
from New Citharen Lessons, 1609
&
Robert #Herrick's #poem The Hock Cart: a vivid description of a #Harvest Feast in #earlymodern Britain.
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#earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #17thC #lute #robertherrick
@isaacxisaac.bsky.social@hrp-palaces.bsky.social posted another video FOR ME!!!!
Hair, makeup, eyebrows, and pomander tutorial for a lady of the mid 1660s following period recipes.
@comenpol.bsky.socialExcited for next week's European Society for the History of Political Thought conference on "Truth & Un-Truth" in Naples! I will present Comenius's adaptation of Cusanus for his concept of objective truth, with its normative political implications. #Cusanus #17thc #Earlymodern https//europolitic...
@smcdonald.bsky.social#earlymodern #17thC Herbert and Sibbes on Substack! Mainly a bit about Sibbes this time - the influence of his sermons on Herbert next week. There's no evidence for it whatsoever, but my goodness I would dearly love for those two to have been friends! lovebademewelcome.substack.com/p/george-her...
@goldenageofpiracy.bsky.socialRichard Sawkins, a buccaneer known for his participation in the so-called Pacific Adventure in 1680 under the command of John Coxon.
@smcdonald.bsky.social#earlymodern #17thC "Were Henry Fairfax and George Herbert friends?" was the question that launched my HF project! Substack post here- lovebademewelcome.substack.com/p/were-henry... and a link in the post to my article on the fascinating story of Fairfax's first parish through most of the 17th C.
@goldenageofpiracy.bsky.socialArchaic word of the day:
lackaday - expression of regret, sorrow, dismay, or disapproval; another word for alas (First recorded in 1685; variation of alack the day)
@elizabethstjohn.bsky.socialA fascinating Coffee Pot Book Club feature on my website today. We rarely get to read novels about New France, and this one's beautifully researched and written.
#HistoricalFiction #17thC
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