I'm super happy to say my latest article on Caribbean sinew populations has been published with the International Review of Social History. It is available (open access!) here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Want to learn more about the spectacular find on the Danish cargo ship Anne-Marie? Sign up for an exciting roundtable with researchers from the Faroe Islands here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#skystorians #19thcentury #earlymodern #maritimehistory
For much more on Ireland during the imperial crisis and American War of Independence see the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social's Age of Revolutions Portal (virtualtreasury.ie/portals/age-...). The browse feature underneath the main search bar to the right shows all repositories and documents.
Delighted to see that Gijs Dreijer's second book has just been published Open Access! This is a major contribution to our understanding of how Dutch entrepreneurs engaged in the Scramble for Africa, exploiting the opportunities offered by other European colonial powers 🗃️
On 16 April, we co-host 'History and Archives in Practice, 2026' with @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives, and University of Sheffield Library.
For #HAP26 our theme is: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research’ bit.ly/4tvKUnX. Booking now #Skystorians
Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴☠️ book!
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
Map identifying the approximate regions where various Indigenous groups lived in North America in 1776.
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
🚨🐟 CFP - COLONIAL HINTER-SEAS: A Conference on Subaquatic Resources and Waterside Lives from the Early Modern to the Contemporary, 10-11 August 2026, virtual, Zoom & 19-21 August 2026, in-person, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
Details: www.colonialfisheries.com/colonial-hin... 🐟🚨
Dear history fans, what objects would you like to see in an exhibition on privateering & life at sea in the 18th century? Everyday objects, letters, navigational instruments, or something unexpected? It will also explore forced migration. I’d love to hear your thoughts #earlymodern #maritimehistory
Letters of marque! How delightfully early modern.
C 132/1/1 is a Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem for Richard Noel from 1236, making it The First Noel on The National Archives' online catalogue... discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8...
Medieval royal marriage contract with scribe’s drawing of a longship, circa 1290
boat :)
‘so what illuminations are you going to put on this manuscript?’
‘bear with me’
TNA, E 36/274
Over 20,000 item descriptions have been added to REQ 2 (Court of Requests proceedings) since March 2024. An absolute treasure trove for Tudor historians. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C...
Come and work with me! The National Archives are looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. More details available via the link. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
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Cover for 'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Winner of the RHS First Book Prize (2025):
'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
bit.ly/4nwi4kj 1/2 #Skystorians
Looks like this would be the mastodon (Mammut americanum) found at Big Bone Lick in 1755.
(I don’t have institutional access to read the whole chapter but there ya go)
www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt...
Surely one should be allowed to simply chance it…
I do need to write it up… something on pirate exit strategies, perhaps.
‘Piracy, And How To Get Away With It!’ (colon, Serious Title)
The National Archives is full of old fossils.
No, not the staff/visitors - I mean this report of mastodon remains found along the Ohio River, included as a brief annotation in this map of lands ceded in 1768 Fort Stanwix treaty.
Either that or a REALLY big bison.
#MastodonPosting
CO 700/Virginia18
Option available in periphery - SW counties, then colonial Ireland, then colonial Americas - where it also provided boost to economy and promoted trade links back towards metropole (who cracked down when the practice became politically insufferable).
Mutually beneficial to all parties where it minimised risk; pirates could re-enter legit society; victims avoid unreliable ‘dual process’ for restitution in HCA; vice-admiralty enjoys profiting, and also selling plunder on to other merchants.
You certainly may!
TLDR, evidence of out-of-court ‘composition’ settlements where pirates returned a portion of their plunder to victims, via a mediating [v-adm] official who also took a cut, in return for a ‘dispatch’ passport and hopefully a pardon.
I ordered something recently that got delivered to a special ‘mould shelf’, so if I drop off the face of the earth/a new pandemic begins, you’ll know what happened
what box was this 👀
In Which the Aladdin's Cave of HCA Series Papers Lures @thiagokrause.bsky.social 🤣 @mooregraham.bsky.social @prizepapers.bsky.social I look forward to your report!
my only problem here is ‘half a dozen of interest’… what do you mean, you aren’t distracted by almost all of them??
(likewise keen to see what you find @thiagokrause.bsky.social - don’t think I’ve been through this particular HCA 13! particularly anything touching jurisdiction and process)
