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‘[W]ho so wyl a gardener be’: arboriculture in late medieval and early modern commonplace books
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By Laura Flannigan (@LFlannigan17) Recently, while on the hunt for signs of the reception and expression of legal ideas and practice in late medieval and early modern writing, I had cause to dip into some of the commonplace books surviving from the period. A ‘commonplace book’ has been generally classed by historians as an idiosyncratic, miscellaneous compilation…
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Blogging for Researchers: training sessions with Cambridge Digital Humanities
Doing History in Public has teamed up with Cambridge Digital Humanities to give two training sessions on blogging for researchers as part of this term’s Learning Programme. The training sessions are open to PhD students and staff at the University of Cambridge. Find out about how to use blogging in your research, the benefits and…
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The challenges and potential of Lahori libraries and archives
By Mobeen Hussain | (@amhuss27) On my first visit to the Punjab State Archives in Lahore this summer, I met with the archive’s Director, Mohammed Abbas Chughtai, who explained that the archive and its libraries have received fewer visitors after the events of 9/11 due to concerns about safety in the country. The archive does,…
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Gowns for ‘Sweet Girl Graduates’: The Evolution of Academic Dress
By Georgia Oman While academic dress has been around for a long time, it is only more recently that the wearing of it in Britain has been permissible for more than a small but powerful elite. Until the 1830s, there were only two universities in England, Oxford and Cambridge, and academic dress was a part…
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Doing Family History from Byzantium through Today
By Ana Núñez (@anac4_nunez) The Byzantine princess Anna Komnene (1083-1153) appears to have been a most devoted daughter. The first-born of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r.1081-1118), Anna took it upon herself to continue the work started by her late husband, Nikephoros Bryennios, and write a history (The Alexiad) of her father’s eventful…
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