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Jonathan Healey

@jonathanhealey.bsky.social

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Historian and Occasional Book-writer (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/blazing-world-9781526621696/)

Works at Oxford University. New book, The Blood in Winter, out now!
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/blood-in-winter-9781526672292/

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@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:10 PM

Liverpool FC you had ONE job

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 11:47 AM

I doubt it, alas!

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:31 AM

Wonderful! Glad it’s providing some some relief from the treadmill.

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:22 AM

People say the English republic was a failure, but in 1649 the Rump Parliament passed legislation to ensure the price of beer never got too high.

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:02 AM

Fun finding from rereading David Underdown’s study of 1648-9: MPs from Yorkshire and the north east tended to be disproportionately supportive of the revolution and regicide compared to elsewhere.

@mudron.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 4:29 PMReposted by @jonathanhealey.bsky.social

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@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:33 AM

I feel that things used to always be liminal, but now they are entangled.

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:16 AM

I'm sorry I have to be the one brave enough to say this, but the word 'entangled' is overused by today's academics.

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 8:09 PM

Tbf it’s quite nice that my employer, for a short time, is only the city’s second most embarrassing organisation.

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 7:27 PM

Couple of fabulous choices here: the Barber Piano Concerto is wonderful, and I *love* Foulds's Keltic Lament:
www.bbc.co.uk/proms/extra/...

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialSep 4, 2026, 6:23 PM

On 18 September I'll be talking at the Oxford Levellers' Day, which celebrates two lesser-known martyrs to the cause, Privates Biggs and Piggen. There will be a talk and a gathering at Rewley House, Oxford. Do come along if you can.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-levell...

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialSep 3, 2026, 10:31 AM

New Freeborn John just dropped.

@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialAug 4, 2026, 12:29 PM

Nice autograph there on a Jacobean Star Chamber document, if you’re a fan of celebrity 1640s royalists.

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@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialApr 14, 2025, 10:34 AM

New job at Oxford - do please share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS153/a...

jobs.ac.ukAssociate Professor in History, 1000-1500 at University of OxfordLooking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professor in History, 1000-1500 on jobs.ac.uk!
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@jonathanhealey.bsky.socialMar 24, 2025, 9:16 PM

‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’

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