Just published this with Renaissance Studies! On furzes, thistles, and ‘perfect’ descriptions of parochial weeding techniques: doi.org/10.1111/rest...
@frankietaylor317.bsky.socialthank you Liesbeth- it was a pleasure to meet you too!
Francis Taylor
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PhD candidate at the University of York, Department for English and Related Literatures. Working on weeding in early modern agriculture, and natural philosophical, theological, and devotional prose.
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@emily-whittingham.bsky.socialReposted by @frankietaylor317.bsky.socialThis summer I was lucky enough to be an intern at the Oxford History of Science Museum @hsmoxford.bsky.social Alongside cataloguing and public engagement activities, I wrote a blog post exploring the history of the microscope in ten objects. Great for anyone interested in the collections at HSM!
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doi.orgA Natural History of ‘Annoyances’: Knowing Weeds and Weeding Knowledge in the Early Royal Society and its ‘Georgicall Committee’Seventeenth-century virtuosi often figured themselves as epistemic weeders, grubbing up rank thickets of accumulated error. In this article, I argue that these metaphors were unnerved by the shifting...
@frankietaylor317.bsky.socialThe CFP deadline for our upcoming workshop on 'unwanted non-human life', broadly conceived, here at York has been extended a couple of weeks. Do send in an application if it appeals to you, we've already got a great pair of keynotes lined up!
