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11 May 1582: Richard Milton, a forest under-ranger from Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, is excommunicated as a recusant today, a victim perhaps of the anti-Catholic panic we've seen recently. His son John Milton will soon move to London and in due course become father to the poet. 1/ #earlymodern

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A magnificent double-act by @helmer.bsky.social and Kerrewin van Blanken revealing who, why, and how had recruited Salmacius to produce the 'Defensio'!

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Just 2 more weeks to go until May's digital seminar with Michael Partington, on Illustrating Sacred Majesty: ‘Ogilby’s Bible’ and the Political and Religious Culture in Restoration Britain! 👑📖📄 🧵/3

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'A hard rain is going to fall on universities...'

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The 'Goodbye Legs' charity bike ride We feel enormously honoured to be one of the charities that @tomstaniford.bsky.social is supporting. Read his inspirational story on our website: devonandexeterinstitution.org/the-goodbye-... Donations welcome at: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... GOOD LUCK TOM!

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👀 The sort of Frankenstein’s Monster version of a paper on Milton I gave at the British Milton Seminar & another on Marlowe I gave at @marlowemightyln.bsky.social last year (& other iterations along the way) has just been published in this fine volume: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/early-mod...

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We are delighted to announce the program for our summer conference: Women Writing Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges, to be held in Exeter 2-4 June

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This Subject the Author finding to be above the yeers he had, when he wrote it, and nothing satisfi'd with what was begun, left it unfinisht.

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"...curst be he that moves my bones." 🦴👀 An opportunity for a PhD student to hit the ground running here with publications, a fascinating project, and a truly brilliant teacher supervising. (My mum still talks about Philip's open day lecture from... a long time ago. It was great).

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Delighted that the Guardian has publicised the prison education in Aristotle's ethics that I've been doing with @profarlenehh.bsky.social and others; we need more funding! theguardian.com/society/2025...

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I have to watch that my research assistant doesn’t eat my power cord. 😆 #houserabbit

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‘Milton’s Diodatian Poetics’ in the latest issue of Milton Studies is now accessible on @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/articl...

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Look who came through the door this morning. It’s good to see you, Humphrey!

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My new book, co-authored with Michelle Dowd, is now out from Oxford University Press in the UK. US publication to follow shortly. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Bradford on Avon Tithe Barn on a quiet, beautiful day ☀️

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Lovely tributes to Prof Warren Chernaik at today's British Milton Seminar. As Thomas Corns put it, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've lost our gladiator."

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"While properly solving the UK university crisis might be politically unpalatable, it is not difficult to solve in practical or policy terms." 👍

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When men were men.

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Excited to see the cover reveal for the latest @englishassociation.bsky.social monograph, The Life of Rachel Speght, by Helen Stringer liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... Out on 28 March 2025 but available to preorder now from @livunipress.bsky.social

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There are ponies in the camp site. One of them stuck its nose in our food supply and pinched half a ryvita.

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King James VI puts his son Henry's hand to the pen

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Here’s the thing: women outperform men academically; on most desireable leadership traits women tend to outperform men; women are less likely to display problematic work traits; women score higher on measures of leadership effectiveness. 1/2

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If you find yourself in Chicago this May, please join us at the newly-reimagined Newberry Milton Seminar: www.newberry.org/calendar/joh...

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Fascinating article below on the experience of academics from poorer backgrounds in higher education: under-representation in universities; more likely to never publish yet more likely to publish in top 1%; introduce more novel concepts yet less likely to receive recognition. 1/2

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EXCITEMENT!!! OUR PROGRAMME IS LIVE! Would you look at all these fascinating panels and presentations -- the #EarlyModern continues to fascinate. Have a peak www.rensoc.org.uk/srs-biennial... and get excited for 2-5 July in Bristol for #RenSoc25! #SkyStorians

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And here is my review of it, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk. (Which begins with some reflections on the peculiarities of peer review.)

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I know the #NewberryLibrary isn't on Bluesky (yet), so I wanted to share this. Where are my #Milton folks? Lieb Newberry Milton Seminar May 23, 2025 9:00am–3:30pm At the Newberry – Rettinger Hall #earlymodern #earlymodernEngland #earlymodernliterature #scholarsky #academicsky

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We picnicked in the wind.

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In this post, Trill looks at Thornton's engagement with Eikon Basilike. #EarlyModern #HerBook

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I've just published a response to the latest claim that someone other than Milton wrote De Doctrina Christiana: academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...

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My favorite email ever is when an eminent Belgian academic wrote to me but spellcheck took over and he started the email "Dear Dr Pancake"

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Us, as soon as we walk into any museum 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums This is Emperor Hadrian (the beardy one) looking at his boyfriend, Antinous (the 🍑y one), at the Antinous exhibition at @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social in 2018 😁

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Tonight's episode of Digging for Britain (BBC2, 8pm) features the archaeological excavation of the Killerton estate by @nationaltrust.bsky.social and @exeter.ac.uk, in search of a lost Elizabethan manor house. You can read more about this story on our website @ news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

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The Kiss. A #song from Ben Jonson's play, Cynthia's Revels, first performed at Court during the Christmas season of 1600-1601. Eleanor Cramer: #soprano Sam Brown: #lute Alison Kinder: bass #viol www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwEw... #earlymusic #earlymodern #benjonson #tudor #tudors #elizabethan

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Too often we forget that education is emotional work. The butterflies when we teach a new class; the thrill of a new idea for research; the chemistry when we meet a new intellectual partner who makes us think differently; the dopamine rush when we have an original idea; the sensory crackle…

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