tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44702679088549347562018-06-29T08:34:32.345+01:00The Early Modern WorldElainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-89927704488394545482018-05-25T09:40:00.001+01:002018-05-25T10:05:59.711+01:00Bullet Journalling and Blogger Love 💙 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u></u></b></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yy6dmaB9rk8/Ws4IsXx0DPI/AAAAAAAAl1I/H-U6ql_tQIM6lWlYUITAyk_z0Xv7cGmHACLcBGAs/s1600/blogger%2Blove2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oVRtQxiqjGE/Ws4lxEwjwaI/AAAAAAAAl1c/sxFdny6lgxsp-Txsbs7Q47FC58cGznB4ACLcBGAs/s1600/writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="602" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oVRtQxiqjGE/Ws4lxEwjwaI/AAAAAAAAl1c/sxFdny6lgxsp-Txsbs7Q47FC58cGznB4ACLcBGAs/s400/writing.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 1: She's ambidextrous and loving it</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u></u></b></span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="text-align: center;">💙💚💛💜&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><u>Blogger Love</u></b></span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u></u></b></span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u></u></b></span> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yy6dmaB9rk8/Ws4IsXx0DPI/AAAAAAAAl1M/7ZUTx23uzwsJBFmhKiXkk450YTj4svL_wCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/blogger%2Blove2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yy6dmaB9rk8/Ws4IsXx0DPI/AAAAAAAAl1M/7ZUTx23uzwsJBFmhKiXkk450YTj4svL_wCPcBGAYYCw/s200/blogger%2Blove2.png" style="cursor: move;" width="200" /></a>I've always thought that it is important to get out of my little blog bubble and connect with other bloggers, so in the interests of being healthy and rounded I've taken&nbsp; part in the 'Blogger Love' series over at <b><a href="http://thisisemsworld.com/" target="_blank">Em's World</a>.</b>&nbsp;Event planner and fellow bullet journalist Em does a lovely weekly series where she features other bloggers via a short getting to know you interview. You can read mine <b><a href="http://thisisemsworld.com/blogger-love-elaine/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. If you're a blogger and you'd like to take part you can find out more about how it works&nbsp;<b><a href="http://thisisemsworld.com/blogger-love/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b><u><br /></u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><b><u></u></b><br /><b><u></u></b><b><u><br /></u></b><br /><b><u><br /></u></b><b><u>Bullet Journaling: What? Why? How?</u></b><br />Now, if you're hearing the words bullet and journal together for the first time you're not alone. I only discovered the system last year by chance when I saw a random post on Facebook. However it has been 'a thing' since around 2015, with an ever growing army of 'BuJo' users (see Pintrest or Instagram). The <a href="http://bulletjournal.com/" target="_blank"><b>original system</b></a> was developed by Ryder Carrol, a digital product designer, he describes it as 'the analogue system for the digital age'. Since Carrol introduced it, it has really taken on a life of its own with people adapting the system for their own purposes. Instead of using a traditional diary/planner which has a restrictive set layout, you use blank a notebook you create your own layouts when you want to use them. Carrol explains his original system as a 'frame work' which consists of four core 'modules' (The Index, Future Log, Monthly Log, Daily Log). So is it just a notebook then? I hear you ask. The answer is no, it's so much more! So what is it? A diary? Sketch book? Planner? Actually it's all of these things and whatever else you want it to be (within reason!).<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q597gvKrd1k/WsXUPWucaaI/AAAAAAAAlus/NMjeOhnjJxcvyYAfj8Dbf7ExlBO1G09DQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_20180404_221230_796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q597gvKrd1k/WsXUPWucaaI/AAAAAAAAlus/NMjeOhnjJxcvyYAfj8Dbf7ExlBO1G09DQCPcBGAYYCw/s640/IMG_20180404_221230_796.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig 2: My journal front page</td></tr></tbody></table>I have found it to be a brilliant tool for planning and gathering together disparate thoughts and research ideas in one handy place. I've never struggled with getting organised but I've never found paper diaries particularly useful. I'd end up with loads of blank pages or find I had other pages where I didn't have enough room. This is one of the best things about BuJos, you create them to suit your own needs and if you don't use it one week it doesn't matter.&nbsp; I also love that it makes some of the more mundane organisational tasks a little more fun and the creativity that it encourages. My BuJou houses every pyrography or card design I have, every little research idea alongside my cleaning schedule and meal plans. I have always enjoyed drawing so I can really get into the decorative aspect of BuJos. I would really recommend giving it a try if you are researching and writing and find that you have lots of ideas on random scraps of paper and have never quite found a system to keep them all together. Equally if you just need to inject a little life into your usual research notebook/planner/diary.&nbsp; Below I will attempt to briefly outline how to get started with a bullet journal using some of the pages from my own BuJou.<br /><br /><b>Tools</b><br />All you really need is a pen and any notebook of your choosing. However, there are specific BuJos you can buy online which have squared dotted paper, this is the preferred format of seasoned journalers. Good quality BuJos are expensive though, so if you're just trying it out there's nothing wrong with a standard lined notebook to start with. The great thing is you can start any time of the year, unlike a diary where you're bound to a Jan start, or Sep if its academic. Also if you don't use it for a couple of weeks there are no wasted pages.<br /><br /><b>Basic Layout&nbsp;</b><br />If your using a normal notebook it probably doesn't have page numbers, the first thing you'll need to do is write at least the first few page numbers in (you can always the rest as you go along). Generally BuJos follow a basic structure of a contents page, key and year at a glance or 'future log'. After this you add your monthlies, weeklies and any collections you wish to add (more about those later).<br /><br /><b>Contents Page</b><br />Near the very front of your journal you should have a blank table for the contents page (also referred to as the index page). This is to be populated as you fill your journal so it is not necessarily chronological. You can add your own icon next to each heading to quickly identify what group of items those particular pages belong to. For instance figure 3 shows how I clearly mark out pages which contain monthlies/weeklies as opposed to 'collections' such as trip planning or birthdays.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FuhvitydypA/WsXUQh03ueI/AAAAAAAAlug/tTq0kmlyGoQxQnc-d1FV6z7BPUa25A4cgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20180404_221446_826.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 3: My contents page</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><b>Key</b><br />Your key is usually situated near the front of the journal and shows all of the symbols that you will use throughout the journal. There is a classic key, but you can do it however you want as long as you know what you mean and have a consistent system throughout. I have used a mixture of the classic key and some symbols I've seen others use. You put a dot next to tasks, then you can turn the dot into the arrow or cross symbols to show where you are up to with it. If you are unable to complete the task on the planned day/week you can 'migrate' it to some point in the future. I have to say I don't really use the 'task scheduled' symbol much&nbsp; but I would use it for when I have a task that is rescheduled for another date. Some people have a rule that they can only migrate a task twice before they have to do it or delete it.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RSK3ltCDkQ0/WsXUO_DUDsI/AAAAAAAAluQ/pQgTG3_HcH0RG_ririvIAytIyisJY3yCQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180404_220958_985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RSK3ltCDkQ0/WsXUO_DUDsI/AAAAAAAAluQ/pQgTG3_HcH0RG_ririvIAytIyisJY3yCQCLcBGAs/s400/IMG_20180404_220958_985.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 3: My journal key, other keys are available!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><br /><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><i><u><br /></u></i><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><b>Year at a Glance</b><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The year at a glance is just a couple of pages dedicated to an entire year's calendar (see figure 4) you don't have to do this but it is useful for planning further ahead than just the next month or week. In the original Ryder system it is called a 'future log' and is just a super simple list of the coming months starting from whenever you started your journal. I prefer to use these mini calendars, although next time I may leave more room underneath for writing the details of important dates, as you can see I'm a little pushed for space!.&nbsp;</div><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u></u></i><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4470267908854934756" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rGy_gt84ihM/WsXUP8_cn2I/AAAAAAAAluo/f7zVImBc040rJh2GN6xvU38ZD03Q35nLQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_20180404_221355_244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rGy_gt84ihM/WsXUP8_cn2I/AAAAAAAAluo/f7zVImBc040rJh2GN6xvU38ZD03Q35nLQCPcBGAYYCw/s400/IMG_20180404_221355_244.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 4: Sample from my 'Year at a Glance'</td></tr></tbody></table><i><u><i><u></u></i></u></i><br /><i><u><i><u></u></i></u></i></div><i><u></u></i><br /><div><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i></div><i><u></u></i><br /><div><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i></div><i><u></u></i><br /><div><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i></div><i><u></u></i><br /><div><i><u><i><u><br /></u></i></u></i></div><b>Monthlies</b><br />At the start of each month you simply write out a monthly calendar which can be as plain or creative as you like. I like to number the weeks and&nbsp; write a little summary of what's happening each week in that month, I then refer to this when I'm setting up my weeklies. And this is not a requirement but one of my favourite things is to do is a welcome page for the month, like the one I did for March this year (figure 5) it's something that's popular among BuJo-ers and you see some very beautiful and creative examples.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eeMHuHRB1EQ/WsNp4GKcm9I/AAAAAAAAlnk/gynO8vmgtGQuKGYCjCyRO00nRIQpqQYOgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180224_223219_855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eeMHuHRB1EQ/WsNp4GKcm9I/AAAAAAAAlnk/gynO8vmgtGQuKGYCjCyRO00nRIQpqQYOgCLcBGAs/s400/IMG_20180224_223219_855.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 5: March front page</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-spWphXfYo-U/WsNp4pLSr-I/AAAAAAAAlns/4heRFYLyzhAS5EWdEBywC2EQVv97QM75wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180224_223228_686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-spWphXfYo-U/WsNp4pLSr-I/AAAAAAAAlns/4heRFYLyzhAS5EWdEBywC2EQVv97QM75wCLcBGAs/s400/IMG_20180224_223228_686.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 6: March monthly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f5CnphKYwjg/Wwaeny7d77I/AAAAAAAAnKI/H8Ess3EuwIkyRE81T1jXMsj3kK0mT4NUgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180524_121115_785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1080" height="441" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f5CnphKYwjg/Wwaeny7d77I/AAAAAAAAnKI/H8Ess3EuwIkyRE81T1jXMsj3kK0mT4NUgCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20180524_121115_785.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 7: Star Wars themed May monthly spread</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>Weeklies</b><br />There are a million and one ways to do your weeklies, or 'weekly spread'. The idea is that week by week you plan out the entire week on one page. It is best to only do a week at a time, that way you maintain the flexible layout that is so great about BuJos. I tend to use one page and just leave enough room to log a few tasks and reminders. I also like to get creative and try to do something different each week, like my octopus layout from Feb (Fig. 8). If I'm pushed for time I'll just do a simple layout (like the one from this week! Fig. 9). Others I have seen are across two pages and include more detail out this <a href="https://pin.it/d2bfx4ycte6dx6" target="_blank"><b>Pintrest board</b></a> for many different examples.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4lvr29Qveys/WsNp3zf5EvI/AAAAAAAAlng/WpXzzDLZ09wY8ChujKu-47fkdmsywHsKACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180220_081200_879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4lvr29Qveys/WsNp3zf5EvI/AAAAAAAAlng/WpXzzDLZ09wY8ChujKu-47fkdmsywHsKACLcBGAs/s400/IMG_20180220_081200_879.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 8: Example weekly spread</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yfVuIJ3BUTM/WwalJ8k9huI/AAAAAAAAnKU/TTTts9xtRckigzGdTevXw-FQ6DhU6tNUwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180524_123944_278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yfVuIJ3BUTM/WwalJ8k9huI/AAAAAAAAnKU/TTTts9xtRckigzGdTevXw-FQ6DhU6tNUwCLcBGAs/s400/IMG_20180524_123944_278.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 9: Simple style weekly spread</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Dailies and Rapid Logging</b><br />So you can stop here and simply just plan out your month/week, that's fine, but you will miss out on part of the actual journaling element of the Bujo. This is where you can quickly add notes day by day, whether you're planning out your day in detail, designing your new bathroom or noting down fleeting writing ideas. Below is an example of how you could use the bullets on a daily basis:<br /><br /><u><i>23 May 2018</i></u><br /><u><i><br /></i></u><i>-<span style="font-family: &quot;wingdings&quot;;">¡</span>Breakfast at Chiquitos with Amy 10:00</i><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">©</span><s>Shopping with James</s><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;wingdings&quot;; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">Ù</span>Drs appointment 15:00<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>● Clean bathroom<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>&gt; Washing<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>- Ran 3 miles <o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>- Dressing recipe: 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 tbsp white wine vinegar. Pinch of salt. Black pepper.</i><o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The idea is to things brief using bullet points and the symbols from your key. Obviously you can write as much or little as you'd like, but using the bullet points as a basis ensures that you can log things clearly and quickly. As Ryder says on his website '<i>Note-taking and traditional journaling take time; the more complex the entry, the more effort is expended.&nbsp;The more effort expended, the more of a chore it becomes, the more likely you’ll underutilize or abandon your journal<span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: , serif; font-size: 20px;">.'</span></i><br /><br /><b>Collections</b><br />One of my favourite elements of BuJo-ing is the 'collections', these are just pages outwith your monthly/weekly/daily log on any topic you care to think up (arguably your monthlies/weeklies/dailies are collections in themselves). They can be inserted anywhere in your journal though I like to add some collections at the back of my journal such as my 'money tree', where I regularly fill in how much money is in my savings.&nbsp; Lots of people find 'habit trackers' to be a useful collection, to promote good habits such as exercise, saving money or self-care. There are so many ideas online and I have noted some below to get you started, click the links below if you're interested in seeing some examples from brilliant BuJo-ers around the world:<br /><br /><i>Ideas for everyone:</i><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4qiHMZInkSo/WsXUPToVQKI/AAAAAAAAluU/LUGxm6QVaKwoQLC6BkD52EXCCXvyVp4UQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180404_221132_029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4qiHMZInkSo/WsXUPToVQKI/AAAAAAAAluU/LUGxm6QVaKwoQLC6BkD52EXCCXvyVp4UQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20180404_221132_029.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 10: Collection example - Birthdays!</td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://pin.it/vbezj5nbe5xe7m" target="_blank">Birthdays</a>&nbsp;(my take: fig. 10)</li><li><a href="https://pin.it/gif3guimceycfj" target="_blank">Spending tracker or 'no spend days'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.collegemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-17-at-4.25.33-PM.png" target="_blank">Expenses tracker</a></li><li><a href="https://pin.it/kxy72747c7f7bk" target="_blank">Mood tracker</a></li><li><a href="https://pin.it/pcgde4rjped3ms" target="_blank">Cleaning schedule</a></li><li><a href="https://pin.it/3xj75cigpj2c5x" target="_blank">Gratitude Log (write down three things you are grateful for each day)</a></li><li><a href="http://littlecoffeefox.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Vacation-Budget-1024x728.jpg" target="_blank">Holiday planning</a></li><li><a href="http://misslouie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bujo-bullet-journal-spring-meal-plan-schedule-list-spread-miss-louie.jpg" target="_blank">Meal Planning</a></li><li><a href="http://i2.wp.com/bulletjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Habit-Tracker.jpg" target="_blank">Monthly habit tracker</a></li><li><a href="https://pin.it/ml73eo32qz3bxs" target="_blank">Useful numbers</a></li><li><a href="https://pin.it/diinv5blk2vtr4" target="_blank">Exercise Log</a></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><i>Some ideas if you're a student/researcher/writer:</i></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://pin.it/37xe7rcklrnnx6" target="_blank">Essay plan</a></li><li><a href="https://pin.it/ehqfzbgq6kegso" target="_blank">Dissertation time line</a></li><li><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/4c/f1/2e4cf1f6f9a4b3d35a0d5271bd671748.png" target="_blank">Word count</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://pin.it/le7evttheuhw4i" target="_blank">Reading list</a></li><li><a href="https://pageflutter.com/14-lists-to-supercharge-your-writing/" target="_blank">List of writing ideas and prompts</a></li><li><a href="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ExBgDY9p0uY/maxresdefault.jpg" target="_blank">Creativity Calendar&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="https://littlecoffeefox.com/brain-dump/" target="_blank">'Brain dump' page</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.gouletpens.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pageflutter_goals_bujo.jpg" target="_blank">Personal/professional goals</a></li></ul></div><br />So there you have it. My introduction to the wonderful world of bullet journaling. Whatever your interests, research or otherwise (baking...writing music....) it's a great way to organise your thoughts, set goals and generally get shit done. If you're not the greatest artist it really doesn't matter, there are plenty of perfectly lovely monochrome journals. If you are it's an excuse to get really creative and have fun with it, if you've never tried it hopefully I've manage to pique your interest a little bit. If you do decide to give it a try I'd love to hear about it! You can tweet me <b><a href="https://twitter.com/EMhistblog" target="_blank">@emhistblog</a>&nbsp;</b>or comment below.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br />Em has done a post about how she's set up her BuJo which you can read <b><a href="http://thisisemsworld.com/introduction-to-my-bullet-journal-and-my-april-set-up/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<br />Figure 1: Unknown, 'Lady Writing at a Desk' (1530s) from the <a href="https://www.wga.hu/" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 Elaine Jackson-Hunter</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-70876071775268212672018-04-04T12:46:00.000+01:002018-06-01T14:41:36.015+01:00Historygram: 10 Historical Instagram Accounts You Should Follow Now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Instagram isn't just for pictures of food, you can find some great historical accounts on there too. It can be hard to find them though, so today I want to highlight 10 lesser known insta accounts full of historical eye candy and interesting snippets of history:</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hisdoryan/" target="_blank">clairemiles86</a>&nbsp;(Update her new handle is Hisdoryan)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Historian Claire's account is a treasure trove of gorgeous photos of church monuments among other things. Her account isn't just aesthetically pleasing, I like that she also provides lots of info about the monuments, I'm always interested to see where she's been visiting.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N0BNtFexvqw/WsSQbvoy53I/AAAAAAAAlrU/hlhbOxI7ZV4p9Jv7ys8uTZa2zDdxIs__QCLcBGAs/s1600/clairemiles86.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="665" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N0BNtFexvqw/WsSQbvoy53I/AAAAAAAAlrU/hlhbOxI7ZV4p9Jv7ys8uTZa2zDdxIs__QCLcBGAs/s640/clairemiles86.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/churchchaser/" target="_blank">churchchaser</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm loving Evelyn and Tristan's account, they have been photographing Norfolk's churches. Apparently they have 600 more to visit so it looks like this lovely account will be around for a while.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wr-z7DGNsSY/WsSQbHBo5hI/AAAAAAAAlrM/V9XqMYjMkdscerrUynR6jSJQ81qMoy3zwCLcBGAs/s1600/churchchaser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wr-z7DGNsSY/WsSQbHBo5hI/AAAAAAAAlrM/V9XqMYjMkdscerrUynR6jSJQ81qMoy3zwCLcBGAs/s640/churchchaser.jpg" width="465" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wr-z7DGNsSY/WsSQbHBo5hI/AAAAAAAAlrM/V9XqMYjMkdscerrUynR6jSJQ81qMoy3zwCLcBGAs/s1600/churchchaser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/conservation_rachel" target="_blank">conservation_rachel</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Rachel cares for historical objects for a living so you know her insta is packed full of interesting posts!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BtRjfCNypJc/WsSQbyYM66I/AAAAAAAAlrY/buSk1renG28V8PTSXJQpnKv5J3iVt9yHACLcBGAs/s1600/conservation_rachel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="665" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BtRjfCNypJc/WsSQbyYM66I/AAAAAAAAlrY/buSk1renG28V8PTSXJQpnKv5J3iVt9yHACLcBGAs/s640/conservation_rachel.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/angelica_wandering" target="_blank">angelica_wandering</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Angelica posts a lot of beautiful architectural pics from around London where she's based and the surrounding areas. Her photos of Rochester Castle are making me want to take a trip there soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BtRjfCNypJc/WsSQbyYM66I/AAAAAAAAlrY/buSk1renG28V8PTSXJQpnKv5J3iVt9yHACLcBGAs/s1600/conservation_rachel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-StEKjVXFqFM/WsSQbOUr5uI/AAAAAAAAlrQ/ZkK4JESknlY4Gzy58eKlpaooHBbigpghwCLcBGAs/s1600/angelica_wandering.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="659" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-StEKjVXFqFM/WsSQbOUr5uI/AAAAAAAAlrQ/ZkK4JESknlY4Gzy58eKlpaooHBbigpghwCLcBGAs/s640/angelica_wandering.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/cemetery_eyes" target="_blank">cemetery_eyes</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Katie's account is full of lovely architecture and heritage sites around the UK. She includes lots of info on her posts, each one is like a mini blog post.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-StEKjVXFqFM/WsSQbOUr5uI/AAAAAAAAlrQ/ZkK4JESknlY4Gzy58eKlpaooHBbigpghwCLcBGAs/s1600/angelica_wandering.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QcR76PQoLt4/WsSQbDLMkyI/AAAAAAAAlrI/y8k_smIYwAEfScajqtE40yC1BuO7yNjnwCLcBGAs/s1600/cemetery_eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="652" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QcR76PQoLt4/WsSQbDLMkyI/AAAAAAAAlrI/y8k_smIYwAEfScajqtE40yC1BuO7yNjnwCLcBGAs/s640/cemetery_eyes.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/instalozzie" target="_blank">instalozzie</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lauren's based in York so lots of her pictures from heritage sites in northern England. Her landscape photos are also stunning.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vrCgIM-RmF4/WsSQdXvL05I/AAAAAAAAlrc/GuJweq6mYqY5EMFo1Ewq2LxlM5yg-S9jQCLcBGAs/s640/instalozzie.jpg" width="459" /></b></div><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QcR76PQoLt4/WsSQbDLMkyI/AAAAAAAAlrI/y8k_smIYwAEfScajqtE40yC1BuO7yNjnwCLcBGAs/s1600/cemetery_eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QcR76PQoLt4/WsSQbDLMkyI/AAAAAAAAlrI/y8k_smIYwAEfScajqtE40yC1BuO7yNjnwCLcBGAs/s1600/cemetery_eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QcR76PQoLt4/WsSQbDLMkyI/AAAAAAAAlrI/y8k_smIYwAEfScajqtE40yC1BuO7yNjnwCLcBGAs/s1600/cemetery_eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QcR76PQoLt4/WsSQbDLMkyI/AAAAAAAAlrI/y8k_smIYwAEfScajqtE40yC1BuO7yNjnwCLcBGAs/s1600/cemetery_eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/just.jon.simpson" target="_blank">just.jon.simpson</a></b><br />Jon is based in Hereford and posts lots of creative photographs, historical and otherwise from around the UK, usually with a thoughtful quote.<br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9heXpN9RODE/WsSQdRR_eQI/AAAAAAAAlrg/0HJdHufeEa0DZ4Z89qXKx0oJCY5JvnwSgCLcBGAs/s1600/just.jon.simpson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="672" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9heXpN9RODE/WsSQdRR_eQI/AAAAAAAAlrg/0HJdHufeEa0DZ4Z89qXKx0oJCY5JvnwSgCLcBGAs/s640/just.jon.simpson.jpg" width="452" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9heXpN9RODE/WsSQdRR_eQI/AAAAAAAAlrg/0HJdHufeEa0DZ4Z89qXKx0oJCY5JvnwSgCLcBGAs/s1600/just.jon.simpson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rip.hamburg" target="_blank">rip.hamburg</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This account posts from&nbsp; Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamurg, at 400 hectares it is the largest cemetery in Europe and the largest park cemetery in the world. It looks amazing, I will visit one day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kdAD5ovmmwU/WsSQfbkl3pI/AAAAAAAAlrk/79P6I_-HBmMu-brlVewpy81iGBgFX30UQCLcBGAs/s1600/rip.hamburg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="665" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kdAD5ovmmwU/WsSQfbkl3pI/AAAAAAAAlrk/79P6I_-HBmMu-brlVewpy81iGBgFX30UQCLcBGAs/s640/rip.hamburg.jpg" width="465" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kdAD5ovmmwU/WsSQfbkl3pI/AAAAAAAAlrk/79P6I_-HBmMu-brlVewpy81iGBgFX30UQCLcBGAs/s1600/rip.hamburg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tomdorfner" target="_blank">tomdorfner</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tom is a postdoctoral fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington currently researching The Moravian Church and Trade in the Atlantic World (1758-1815). His insta is full of posts from his travels in Germany.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cSzilm6gg-8/WsSQgSJt6lI/AAAAAAAAlrs/9OX-qaKouew-Tmbj_3gj8oZD8oQzulLKwCLcBGAs/s1600/tomdorfner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="654" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cSzilm6gg-8/WsSQgSJt6lI/AAAAAAAAlrs/9OX-qaKouew-Tmbj_3gj8oZD8oQzulLKwCLcBGAs/s640/tomdorfner.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/uwmadspec" target="_blank">uwmadspec</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This account is from The Special Collections Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. It includes so interesting close ups of books from their collection, I'm looking forward to seeing more from them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-huEWXY-gDq0/WsSQgQX5pUI/AAAAAAAAlro/JKfqCz8cosk_E37d8X-_M_nG17fIebJjwCLcBGAs/s1600/uwmadspec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-huEWXY-gDq0/WsSQgQX5pUI/AAAAAAAAlro/JKfqCz8cosk_E37d8X-_M_nG17fIebJjwCLcBGAs/s640/uwmadspec.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Copyright © 2018 Elaine Jackson-Hunter</span></span><br /><script src="https://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-20854795593785110932018-03-27T16:35:00.000+01:002018-04-03T16:09:57.966+01:00Book Review: Medieval Women: Village Life in the Middle Ages by Ann Baer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9FwJmbgQYdI/Wn81_Z9xoKI/AAAAAAAAkFY/URxehJOFcuckxgmfzU-9EqXeDaZK2HjTQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180210_160345_035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9FwJmbgQYdI/Wn81_Z9xoKI/AAAAAAAAkFY/URxehJOFcuckxgmfzU-9EqXeDaZK2HjTQCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_20180210_160345_035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>Medieval Women: Village Life in the Middle Ages</i> by Ann Baer</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">304 pages ISBN: 9781782438984<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.mombooks.com/mom/"><span style="color: blue;">Michael O’Mara Books Ltd</span></a> </span>– out now!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b><i>‘In spite of death and fear, life must go on and it was usually a woman’s job to see that it did.’ - p122</i></b></blockquote><div class="MsoQuote"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k-S9W3G22Qw/Wn82GYaT18I/AAAAAAAAkFc/oPc40ml31wkTEEs7TVhRKy0K7cYG3aVjQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180210_160012_876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k-S9W3G22Qw/Wn82GYaT18I/AAAAAAAAkFc/oPc40ml31wkTEEs7TVhRKy0K7cYG3aVjQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20180210_160012_876.jpg" width="320" /></a><i>Medieval Women</i> is a little out of period for me but I couldn’t resist reviewing this hist-fic novel which Philippa Gregory (the queen of historical novels herself) described as ‘Completely persuasive and ringing with truth’. So after wrestling my daughter for the book (pretty sure she just wanted to eat it) I proceeded to read with great interest. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Originally published in 1996 (when the author was 82 years old) this book is the result of years of her meticulous research and interest in the medieval period. Baer, who attended the Chelsea School of Art, even hand illustrated the book herself including a little map of the village. <i>Medieval Women</i> follows a year in the life of a woman and her family with each chapter taking on a different month. The story focuses on the everyday ins and outs (quite literarily, toilet breaks included) of medieval English village life. It doesn’t commit to a precise year but I believe this was intentional to present Marion as a kind of ‘everywoman’ of the Middle Ages.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">The narrative provides a sensitive portrayal of the ordinary lives of Marion Carpenter, her husband Peter and their children Peterkin and Alice. In telling Marion’s story Baer illustrates the hierarchical set up of rural communities in medieval England. You feel for her as she has to pass on her hard earned produce to Sir Hugh, the Lord of the manor and you agree with her when she decides to keep something for herself. &nbsp;Although her life is full of hard manual work and pain, through her eyes we also see the beauty of her village and the small pleasures in her life. It also gives an insight into Marion’s innermost thoughts as she ponders her own existence (‘this is my life…my only life’ p.83) and remembers her lost children (‘<i>If</i> she had kept him warm, he <i>might</i> not have died’ p.6.). <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">It’s hard to imagine bringing up a baby without the conveniences of modern life (washer/dryer/central heating/electric lighting) or even (for me anyway) without the luxuries of books, beauty and home décor. However, Baer manages to paint an intimate picture of what life would have been like for many ordinary women without all the things we take for granted. Though this isn’t the type of book I normally read I found I did enjoy it and would recommend it for giving a flavour of how ordinary medieval people may have lived, thought and talked.&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><script src="https://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n3PPMT5T2hs/Wn82HqadpwI/AAAAAAAAkFo/PPRNiLVtzJAp5rJO9fDK36KOizbLbphGgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180210_181021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1279" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n3PPMT5T2hs/Wn82HqadpwI/AAAAAAAAkFo/PPRNiLVtzJAp5rJO9fDK36KOizbLbphGgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20180210_181021.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 Elaine Jackson-Hunter</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-2408655257930245382018-03-01T17:00:00.000+00:002018-04-03T16:10:40.614+01:00Historic Places: King Charles Tower, Chester<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i7biivRq0nQ/Wc1ynMpnaJI/AAAAAAAAdUk/fZ9DVas6C48JpJ9iVTC11gJ0sO6IaSuewCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20170928_225355_083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i7biivRq0nQ/Wc1ynMpnaJI/AAAAAAAAdUk/fZ9DVas6C48JpJ9iVTC11gJ0sO6IaSuewCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20170928_225355_083.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steps up to the tower which at the time of visiting was locked</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u54tYzB-Uz0/Wc1ybXZO74I/AAAAAAAAdUc/GWFyDcBPfskNOoScnjSM2c_60SKT4jSngCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20170928_225419_934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u54tYzB-Uz0/Wc1ybXZO74I/AAAAAAAAdUc/GWFyDcBPfskNOoScnjSM2c_60SKT4jSngCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20170928_225419_934.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i>I'm trialling this new 'Historic Places' blog series, I just thought it would be fun to share some of the sites I've visited recently. Hopefully I'll have time to add a few more posts in the coming months (and visit some new places too!).&nbsp;</i><br /><br />I frequently find myself in Chester for work which I do not mind at all, its a lovely city full of history. It usually markets its Roman history (what with the amphitheatre and all) but there is lots from the early modern era to keep me interested too. Last year I went for a lovely wander on the city walls and that's when I came across the King Charles Tower (also known as Phoenix Tower and Newton Tower). The plaque regarding Charles I caught my attention, the tower is famous for being the spot that King Charles I (allegedly) stood on the 24<sup>th</sup> September 1645, while watching his army being defeated by Parliamentarians in the battle of Rowton Heath. However it isn’t actually possible to see Rowton from this spot, it’s more likely that Charles stood there and saw his army returning from the battle to the safety of the city. Maybe there wasn’t enough room on the plaque to add this disclaimer <span style="font-family: &quot;wingdings&quot;; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">As with many sites the tower has had one or two makeovers over the years. It is thought to be of thirteenth century origin but was altered in 1613 when a carved phoenix was added to signify it as a meeting place for City Guild of Painters, Glaziers, Embroiderers and Stationers. Later in 1658 the tower was rebuilt following Civil War damage. It was in a state of disrepair again in the 19<sup>th</sup> century but was repaired due to the popularity of the aforementioned Charles I story. I suspect that's when the plaque was added. More recently in 2012 it was again restored to make it safe for visitors to access a viewing platform. As far as I know there’s currently no access to the interior of the tower which I believe once housed a civil war exhibit. If you’re interested in visiting the site it is totally free and is part of a lovely walk around Chester’s walls.<o:p></o:p><br />Join me on Twitter! <a href="http://www.twitter.com/EMhistblog" target="_blank">@emhistblog</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKus_fMjsgk/Wc1ymzHehOI/AAAAAAAAdUg/BIq-mQxtutU3miHZu1tgodThL0q1bUIPwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20170928_225515_932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKus_fMjsgk/Wc1ymzHehOI/AAAAAAAAdUg/BIq-mQxtutU3miHZu1tgodThL0q1bUIPwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20170928_225515_932.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'King Charles stood on this tower Sep 24 1645,<br />&nbsp;and saw his army defeated on Rowton Moor'</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">More info:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">‘The Battle of Rowton Heath’ by Ellen Castelow <a href="http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-Rowton-Heath/">http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-Rowton-Heath/</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">‘The Battle of Rowton Moor’ <a href="http://www.chestertourist.com/battleofrowtonmoor.htm">http://www.chestertourist.com/battleofrowtonmoor.htm</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">‘Phoenix Tower’ <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1376157">https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1376157</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">‘The King Charles’s Tower on Chester’s city was have been revamped’ <a href="https://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/king-charless-tower-chesters-city-5173761">https://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/king-charless-tower-chesters-city-5173761</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Photos taken by me <span style="font-family: &quot;wingdings&quot;; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>in 2017.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2018 Elaine Jackson-Hunter</span></div><script src="https://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-52991740032402885482016-04-25T13:50:00.001+01:002018-04-03T16:11:10.790+01:00Timber! Beautiful 16th – 17th Buildings in Cheshire Pt 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal">I am lucky to live in a part of the UK that has an abundance of beautiful early modern buildings, in particular the timber framed ‘tudor style’ buildings, whether original or 19<sup>th</sup>/20<sup>th</sup> century re-imaginings. I’m thinking the <a href="http://www.wildboarhotel.com/" target="_blank">Wild Boar</a> in Tarporley which I love (I had my wedding reception there!) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Bridge_Street,_Chester" target="_blank">Lockwood’s</a> in Chester, and other lovely examples that were built well into the 19<sup>th</sup> century. In this post I will be dealing with buildings that were constructed in the 16<sup>th</sup> and 17<sup>th</sup>centuries. Although undoubtedly restored in parts over the years, these buildings maintain their original structure and character.There are so many to choose from once I started compiling the list I decided to make this post into a series, I give you Part 1:</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>Construction</b></h3></div><div class="MsoNormal">﻿<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOwLVf7NqtY/VxqOBLYUU6I/AAAAAAAANco/i2jQW32-Ea85_DnIRCqEN6aI3NlgiEHoQCKgB/s1600/1415831987303_wps_29_06_11_14_1998_timber_fram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOwLVf7NqtY/VxqOBLYUU6I/AAAAAAAANco/i2jQW32-Ea85_DnIRCqEN6aI3NlgiEHoQCKgB/s400/1415831987303_wps_29_06_11_14_1998_timber_fram.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A modern construction of the timber framed building</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">Timber framed buildings are given their distinctive look by the pattern made by the vertical posts and horizontal beams of wood used in their construction, as shown by the image on the right.The gaps in between the timber would have been filled with wattle and daub. Wattle being strips of wood woven together and then daubed with a mud based mixture. If you are interested in seeing how this was done see the YouTube video series <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-LtatHVlfA" target="_blank">Timber frame workshop with wattle &amp; daub infill</a></i>.</div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Timber framed buildings were always prefabricated and carpenters would have cut and fitted all of the joints before construction. Everything had to be carefully fitted flat on the ground before erection, this is called framing up. Once erected the frames joined as sides of a box which was infilled to create the walls, roof and floor.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[1] &nbsp;</span>They would have looked something like the above, which is from a story that ran in the Mail a few years ago, it featured a couple who taught themselves trade skills and completed their own ‘Tudor Style’ home. (<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2832261/Truly-historic-couple-taught-plumbing-roof-tiling-16th-century-carpentry-build-Tudor-home-200-000-complete-low-ceilings-overhanging-floor.html" target="_blank">read the full story here</a>)&nbsp;</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></b><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u><b style="text-indent: -18pt;">Little Moreton Hall</b></u></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0BRb9yn8L00/VxPys1iEEPI/AAAAAAAANF8/vmnyTUo8cXsmFUTEGhLLU9xdNAva2K8WwCLcB/s1600/20140418_154123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0BRb9yn8L00/VxPys1iEEPI/AAAAAAAANF8/vmnyTUo8cXsmFUTEGhLLU9xdNAva2K8WwCLcB/s640/20140418_154123.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front view of the hall I tried and failed to take a picture with no people in it :)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yUftC7X53YY/VxqOJJxwDwI/AAAAAAAANcY/95n5TjVIXQs8kSEuPL5rqrlrxil2d8SlgCLcB/s1600/20140418_165606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yUftC7X53YY/VxqOJJxwDwI/AAAAAAAANcY/95n5TjVIXQs8kSEuPL5rqrlrxil2d8SlgCLcB/s400/20140418_165606.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the moat</td></tr></tbody></table>The Moretons were wealthy landowners, Sir Richard Moreton began building the hall in the late fifteenth century with later additions added by his son John Moreton.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Elaine/Dropbox/Timber%20blog%20post.docx" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot; , &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 11.5px;">[2]</span></span></span></a><br />The house is a beautiful piece of architecture and even has its own moat. It has a delightful uneven, top heavy appearance due to the addition of the long gallery in the latter part of the sixteenth century. It almost looks as though it may topple. When you take a closer look there are so many stunning carved details of figures, animals and leaves (see my photos below). It is amazing the hall is standing at all considering it was built with no foundations. Luckily the house has been well preserved and hasn’t suffered from irreversible changes, even during its time as a run down farmhouse.&nbsp;It is now under the care of the <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/little-moreton-hall" target="_blank">National Trust</a>&nbsp;and has been since 1949, they run lots of Tudor themed events throughout the year. When we visited it was later in the afternoon and we had the last tour of the day, the staff were happy to let us up to the long gallery, even though it was close to closing time. So we had it all to ourselves to wander in peace. Long galleries were very fashionable during the Elizabethan period, described as being 'for no other use but pastime and health'<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[3].</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br />The parlour has original paneling that was uncovered in the 1970s hidden behind Georgian wooden paneling. The sixteenth century paneling is well preserved considering it was painted directly onto the plaster and in parts paper over plaster. Although the images and decoration are some what unsophisticated, crude even, somehow they still make a grand visual impact. &nbsp;They tell the story of Susanna and the Elders from <i>Apocrypha</i>. Like the outside of the hall, there is so much decorative detail.<br /><br />The Moreton family crest included a wolf head, wolves can be seen in stained glass in the great hall bay window and the withdrawing room east window. For a close up of all the stained glass I recommend the&nbsp;<i>Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi: Medieval Stained Glass in Britain</i> website <a href="http://www.cvma.ac.uk/jsp/record.do?mode=COUNTY&amp;gridView=false&amp;sortField=WINDOW_NO&amp;sortDirection=ASC&amp;rowsPerPage=20&amp;selectedPage=1&amp;photodataKey=17690&amp;recPosition=1&amp;recordView=DETAIL" target="_blank">here</a>. I have tried to include some of the parts of Little Moreton Hall I enjoyed but there is plenty more to see it really is a gem, I highly recommend a visit.<br /><br /><b>Address:</b>&nbsp;Little Moreton Hall, Congleton Rd, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 4SD<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FI1kLr4tzAE/VxqOEzVpfkI/AAAAAAAANcw/KAnhMK5WNPIQTbaFhzbzltRBY_U4RyeiQCKgB/s1600/20140418_162140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FI1kLr4tzAE/VxqOEzVpfkI/AAAAAAAANcw/KAnhMK5WNPIQTbaFhzbzltRBY_U4RyeiQCKgB/s640/20140418_162140.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great hall Bay window, c. 1559-63</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-guOXCAwfxnk/VxqOEgIPs1I/AAAAAAAANcw/XpPnmhxx6KwqT2LfoDhZuNvea3p3EjY5gCKgB/s1600/20140418_162745%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-guOXCAwfxnk/VxqOEgIPs1I/AAAAAAAANcw/XpPnmhxx6KwqT2LfoDhZuNvea3p3EjY5gCKgB/s640/20140418_162745%257E2.jpg" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">16th Century paneling discovered in the 1970s</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wv1VTvImqx0/VxuwNw22K9I/AAAAAAAANhQ/B_CtMsMutbEbpn1Zp5gebMV7uXCFJiFAwCLcB/s1600/20140418_165118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wv1VTvImqx0/VxuwNw22K9I/AAAAAAAANhQ/B_CtMsMutbEbpn1Zp5gebMV7uXCFJiFAwCLcB/s400/20140418_165118.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The long gallery: a late 16thc addition</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IbVeqLTbgw0/VxuwRlHAo_I/AAAAAAAANhU/PrdGYrqbi9ozonAs55s2QPjHLCrjQ1gIQCLcB/s1600/20140418_165225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IbVeqLTbgw0/VxuwRlHAo_I/AAAAAAAANhU/PrdGYrqbi9ozonAs55s2QPjHLCrjQ1gIQCLcB/s400/20140418_165225.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the courtyard from the long gallery</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OvLUXSEtI-g/VxuwW29A3LI/AAAAAAAANhY/VfLatZABbFszyNHJL1pXpyzUVRDiQPTigCLcB/s1600/20140418_154200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OvLUXSEtI-g/VxuwW29A3LI/AAAAAAAANhY/VfLatZABbFszyNHJL1pXpyzUVRDiQPTigCLcB/s640/20140418_154200.jpg" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the ornate decorative carvings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTFkaVO-oSY/VxuwW6K2mkI/AAAAAAAANhc/-NHj2Jfq5XUxDdJ8kZVYg1Z_CyCQ-SnkACLcB/s1600/20140418_154333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTFkaVO-oSY/VxuwW6K2mkI/AAAAAAAANhc/-NHj2Jfq5XUxDdJ8kZVYg1Z_CyCQ-SnkACLcB/s400/20140418_154333.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A wolf, part of the Moreton family crest</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bnwfP9HSr4Q/VxuwbB3esWI/AAAAAAAANhk/u4tQldiHUTYky6gGmpD066hxtLaugeqQwCLcB/s1600/20140418_164111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bnwfP9HSr4Q/VxuwbB3esWI/AAAAAAAANhk/u4tQldiHUTYky6gGmpD066hxtLaugeqQwCLcB/s400/20140418_164111.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More detail from the exterior of the building</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaHl_Xpi55o/Vxu5dEi0fCI/AAAAAAAANh0/w5LHRGMgIpsNbomABdIXExQmP5Qdpo52gCLcB/s1600/20140418_163933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaHl_Xpi55o/Vxu5dEi0fCI/AAAAAAAANh0/w5LHRGMgIpsNbomABdIXExQmP5Qdpo52gCLcB/s640/20140418_163933.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 16th Century over-mantle in the withdrawing room&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><u>Old Hall Sandbach</u></b></h2></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ac41DI5UeU0/VxqOAiQAlVI/AAAAAAAANaw/45R0cHsmFh8RWWnBi1th0FIJgULKlh8cwCLcB/s1600/13036534_10153394748936433_1243400012_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ac41DI5UeU0/VxqOAiQAlVI/AAAAAAAANaw/45R0cHsmFh8RWWnBi1th0FIJgULKlh8cwCLcB/s400/13036534_10153394748936433_1243400012_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haunted? It does look foreboding here!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><div style="text-align: left;">The Old Hall is located near the center of the historical market town of Sandbach (where you’ll also find 9th&nbsp;century&nbsp;Saxon crosses and cobbled streets) it was built as a manor house but&nbsp;is currently a pub/restaurant. Unlike Little Moreton the availability of information regarding the hall is scant but it is dated at around 1656.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[4]</span>&nbsp;It was built on&nbsp;the site of a ruined thirteenth century manor by &nbsp;John Radclyffe, son of Sir John Radclyffe Lord of the Manor of Sandbach. The previous manor which belonged to the Sondbache family had burnt down.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[5]</span>&nbsp; Over the years the hall has served as a hotel/inn and pub under various ownership, but in 2006 it was empty and local residents were so concerned about the neglected state it had fallen in to, they formed an action group to save it. Happily it was purchased in 2010 and restored by Brunning and Price.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[6]</span> It currently describes itself as a 'Traditional pub restaurant serving fresh food, cask ales and wine'.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[7] </span>I enjoyed eating there recently, it has an eclectic style inside&nbsp;(which I loved) with various historical artwork, documents and prints hanging on the walls. There is new extension to the back of the old hall with an outdoor seating area, but it is still in keeping with the old style. The ladies toilets are spacious with an open fire and a chaise lounge, it makes using the facilities more of an occasion (many drunken selfies have taken place here I'm sure). Features of note inside are seventeenth century paneling and fireplaces and a priest hole (I regret not taking any pictures inside!). It is also reputed to be haunted be many ghosts, including some which are believed to be&nbsp;from the previous manor's fire. It&nbsp;appeared on <i><a href="http://www.tributemosthaunted.co.uk/most-haunted-episodes/most-haunted-season-5/old-hall-hotel-sandbach/" target="_blank">Most Haunted </a></i>series 5, in 2004.&nbsp;</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.33px;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #222222; line-height: 15.33px;">Address:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 15.33px;">&nbsp;Old Hall, High St, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 1AL</span></span><br /><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v0VcOm11tEE/Vxvzj8hUmhI/AAAAAAAANi0/tlutDNltKkI9yeJEdxug9vXL2imCvMtAACLcB/s1600/13052543_10153407629876433_433464991_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v0VcOm11tEE/Vxvzj8hUmhI/AAAAAAAANi0/tlutDNltKkI9yeJEdxug9vXL2imCvMtAACLcB/s320/13052543_10153407629876433_433464991_o.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the front which shows the<br />&nbsp;length of this impressive building</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;"><u><br />The Bear and Billet</u></h2><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Bear and Billet is a seventeenth century town house in the city of Chester, it is dated at 1664 but is thought to have replaced an earlier house destroyed during the Civil Wars (1637-1653). It was the home of the Earls of Shrewsbury, sergeants of the Bridgegate in the mid seventeenth century. It became an inn in the eighteenth century and was originally called the Lower White Bear. It was later named the Bear and Billet with its sign being a bear shackled to a post or billet.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[8]</span>&nbsp;It has been a much loved drinking spot in Chester ever since, currently it serves real ale and high quality food (sadly I cant comment on the food yet!). I<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">n 1999 it was given a refurbishment and changed to ‘Bensons at the Billet’, however after local protest the name was returned once again to&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Bear and Billet</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%;">[9]&nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">During the seventeenth century there was a move away from the&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">decorative</span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">&nbsp;panel treatment of the Elizabethan period as seen above at Little Moreton Hall. There was a change in framing with return to story height studs, frames were stronger but they were also smaller and of poorer quality, perhaps due to timber shortages.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[10]</span>&nbsp;The Bear is in keeping with this shift away from an abundance of decoration but it does still have some ornamental paneling and corbels. The&nbsp;</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">top story has folding doors to the granary where corn and provisions were once kept.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%;">[11] &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Chester is full of beauties like this so it the city will certainly be appearing in future posts in&nbsp;this series.&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><b>Address:</b> Bear and Billet,&nbsp;</span></span><span class="xbe" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">94 Lower Bridge St, Chester, Cheshire CH1 1RU</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--eJ7HFvQIPI/VxvvBpNNVAI/AAAAAAAANik/jpjAOT0tTdYaNvM-2WV5N0Om-mJ9xbDCgCLcB/s1600/13064024_10153407611526433_56637994_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--eJ7HFvQIPI/VxvvBpNNVAI/AAAAAAAANik/jpjAOT0tTdYaNvM-2WV5N0Om-mJ9xbDCgCLcB/s640/13064024_10153407611526433_56637994_o.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bear and Billet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><u></u><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D2ewPP_uTEg/Vxvu_iWFoRI/AAAAAAAANig/mBY9FIBJvks--Lq6LzL7vQgNFwc6x9seACLcB/s1600/13091821_10153407608751433_1725311709_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D2ewPP_uTEg/Vxvu_iWFoRI/AAAAAAAANig/mBY9FIBJvks--Lq6LzL7vQgNFwc6x9seACLcB/s400/13091821_10153407608751433_1725311709_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The latest incarnation of the Bear and Billet <br />sign and a closer look at the corbels</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><u></u></div><div><u></u></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><hr size="1" style="text-align: left;" width="33%" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span> Richard Harris, <i>Discovering Timber-Framed Buildings, </i>(Shire Publications: Buckinghamshire, 2006), p. 5.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[2]</span></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">&nbsp;Anthony Emery,&nbsp;</span><i style="font-family: times, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif; font-size: small;">Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500: Volume 2, East Anglia, Central England and Wales,&nbsp;</i><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">(Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1996), p. 555.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"></span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"></span><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">[3] Described by 17thc Lawyer/Biographer Roger North (1651-1734) in Colin Platt,&nbsp;<i>The Great Rebuildings Of Tudor And Stuart England: Revolutions In Architectural Taste,</i> (Routledge: Oxon, 1994),p.78.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"></span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"></span><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span>Nikolaus Pevsner, Edward Hubbard, <i>The Buildings of Cheshire,</i> (Penguin Books: London, 1971), p.332.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[5]</span></span></span>&nbsp;'History',&nbsp;<i>Old Hall Sandbach</i>,&nbsp;at&nbsp;http://www.brunningandprice.co.uk/oldhall/history/ [accessed 23/4/16].</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[6]</span></span></span>&nbsp;'Old Hall Hotel, Sandbach', <i>Heritage Works,</i> at&nbsp;http://www.heritageworks.co.uk/sandbach.htm&nbsp;[accessed 23/4/16].</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[7]</span></span></span>&nbsp;This description&nbsp;appears&nbsp;on the Google search summary for their website&nbsp;http://www.brunningandprice.co.uk/oldhall/&nbsp;but does not appear elsewhere on the site [Google search 23/4/26].</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[8]</span></span></span>&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 115%;">Paul Hurley, </span><i style="line-height: 115%;">Chester Through Time,</i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Amberley Publishing Limited, 2013).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[9]</span></span></span>&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 115%;">Paul Hurley, Len Morgan, </span><i style="line-height: 115%;">Chester Pubs,</i><span style="line-height: 115%;">(Amberley Publishing Limited, 2015).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[10]</span></span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 115%;">Laurie McKenna, </span><i style="line-height: 115%;">Timber Framed Buildings in Cheshire,</i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> (Cheshire County Council, 1994).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 14.95px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 14.95px;">[11]</span></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;times&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 14.95px;">William Andrews,&nbsp;<i>Bygone Cheshire,&nbsp;</i>(Cheshire, 1895).</span></span></span></div></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><!--[endif]--> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All but first one are photos taken by me in 2013-16</div><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2016 Elaine Jackson-Hunter</span><br /><br /><br /><script src="https://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-82083201824818397212016-04-08T23:30:00.000+01:002018-04-03T16:11:47.625+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: L<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I haven't blogged in ages because I've been busy, but I'd like to start doing a few posts again so I thought I'd start with something easy :) I did have a grand idea (once upon a time) of blogging the Early Modern Alphabet using letters that I come across in early modern texts weekly. Not sure I can commit to it with such regularity but I will start doing some again as I find them. I came across this little gem today and it reminded me.<br /><br />Is it a lion? Is it flower/person hybrid? Who knows?! I like to think that it's L for Lion. It probably isn't though...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0mjepOrz08k/Vwgt7U4Qa0I/AAAAAAAAMsI/xWm6FIq4MIs__kX_UgPTkpIM_fesRSSgA/s1600/Boaistau%2B-certain%2Bwonders%2Bof%2Bnature%2B1569%2Bp31%2Blittle%2Blion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0mjepOrz08k/Vwgt7U4Qa0I/AAAAAAAAMsI/xWm6FIq4MIs__kX_UgPTkpIM_fesRSSgA/s1600/Boaistau%2B-certain%2Bwonders%2Bof%2Bnature%2B1569%2Bp31%2Blittle%2Blion.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Pierre Boaistuau,<i>Certaine Secrete Wonders of Nature</i>, 1569<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><script src="https://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script> <div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;verdana&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Copyright © 2016 Elaine Jackson-Hunter</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-7882232326880975962013-07-05T11:55:00.001+01:002013-07-05T12:13:49.000+01:00Ideas Roadshow Interview with J. H. Elliott<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I've been contacted recently by the people at the multimedia magazine<span style="color: blue;">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ideasroadshow.com/" target="_blank"><b>Ideas Roadshow</b></a></span>&nbsp;as their June issue features an interview with early modern historian Sir John Huxtable Elliott. Normally publishing under J.H. Elliott, he has produced several major pieces of &nbsp;research in Spanish history, winning him a clutch of awards and prizes. In this informative interview many aspects of researching history are covered by Elliott who gives insights into what it means to be a historian, the practicalities of research and why he chose early modern Spanish history. The video can be viewed on the<b> <a href="http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-h-elliott-2013-06-28" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ideas Roadshow website</span></a></b>&nbsp;and the transcript is also available as an ebook (please note registration is required).<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/410/861/410861990_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/410/861/410861990_640.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">&nbsp;<i>'The whole point of a historian is to reconstruct, as imaginatively as you can, with all the insights you can get on the basis of the available evidence, and see if you can give a picture that’s as true as is possible, given all those preconditions. And it’s a difficult job and it’s a constant challenge to all of us, all the time, whatever we’re writing about.'</i></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: right;">-John H. Elliott,<i> </i><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-h-elliott-2013-06-28" target="_blank">The Passionate Historian:&nbsp;</a></b><a href="http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-h-elliott-2013-06-28" target="_blank"><b>A Conversation with John Elliott,</b></a></span><i> Ideas Roadshow</i>, 28 June 2013.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Image from <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/58089447" target="_blank">Vimeo.com</a>&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Copyright © 2013 Elaine Hunter</span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-77200577481798162372013-01-30T21:50:00.001+00:002013-05-14T21:16:25.588+01:00Charles II dishes at Birmingham Museum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I <span style="font-size: small;">just w<span style="font-size: small;">ante<span style="font-size: small;">d to share </span></span></span>these beautiful commemorative dishes <span style="font-size: small;">I discovered </span>on a recent visit to <a href="http://www.bmag.org.uk/" target="_blank">Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, </a>England. These tin-glazed earthenware (or delftware) pieces were created in celebration of Charles II's coronation in 1661, and would have been made at one of the main manufacturing sites in London or Bristol.&nbsp; Typical of the time their decoration is fairly unrefined, the bottom dish in particular shows a very crude representation of Charles, however I think they have their own unique charm. The development of English pottery techniques and style is very apparent in the museum's pottery gallery, as you walk round the room <span style="font-size: small;">you can see the items in </span>each cabinet morphing into more refined and elaborate styles <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">throughout</span> the centuries</span></span>. There is something very special about getting up close and personal with objects from the period you're researching, I highly recommend it<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Birmingham is a lovely museum, definitely worth a look if you are ever in the area, it also holds items from the <a href="http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/" target="_blank">Staffordshire Hoard</a> and a fantastic <a href="http://www.preraphaelites.org/" target="_blank">Pre-Raphaelite</a> collection.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AFeRAOJN9NY/UQmAPfcaiFI/AAAAAAAACdI/u_Fi_5S2k4U/s1600/IMG_20130128_221754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">-<img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AFeRAOJN9NY/UQmAPfcaiFI/AAAAAAAACdI/u_Fi_5S2k4U/s400/IMG_20130128_221754.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCBm9M2rKaI/UQmATXnljqI/AAAAAAAACdk/7ezOHvEpqPg/s1600/IMG_20130128_222514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCBm9M2rKaI/UQmATXnljqI/AAAAAAAACdk/7ezOHvEpqPg/s400/IMG_20130128_222514.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MT2k47ho5i8/UQmAoYtvEjI/AAAAAAAACd8/rUVDcTMm-j8/s1600/IMG_20130128_222306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MT2k47ho5i8/UQmAoYtvEjI/AAAAAAAACd8/rUVDcTMm-j8/s400/IMG_20130128_222306.jpg" width="400" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Photographs taken by me,&nbsp; 28 January 2013)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2013 Elaine Hunter</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-6515082053065215982013-01-20T16:54:00.000+00:002013-05-14T21:17:01.581+01:00Free Conference: Impact in Early Modern Studies at John Rylands Library, Manchester, 26th Jan 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been asked to pass on information about a conference taking place next week in Manchester. They are looking for audience members, <span style="font-size: large;">i</span>t is a free event and travel bursaries are available.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SiK40ceqItw/UPwenyhnqHI/AAAAAAAACcw/kHHHcC1ddfg/s1600/logo2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SiK40ceqItw/UPwenyhnqHI/AAAAAAAACcw/kHHHcC1ddfg/s1600/logo2.png" /></a></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N5QpCIBIMNs/UPwckNG0TaI/AAAAAAAACcg/v4CZxAYGUHE/s1600/logo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N5QpCIBIMNs/UPwckNG0TaI/AAAAAAAACcg/v4CZxAYGUHE/s1600/logo1.png" /></a><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This one-day methodological symposium brings young academics (postgraduate, postdocs and early-career researchers) together with a number of cultural partners from Manchester to think about designing and developing ‘impact’ projects relating to their work. The day promises to be both an opportunity to think about and discuss the value of early modern studies beyond the academy, as well as providing networking opportunities for potential future partnerships.&nbsp;</span></h4><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are delighted to have as our keynote speaker Professor Simon Bainbridge (Lancaster), who will be discussing his project ‘Wordsworth Walks’, as well as the academic side of ‘impact’ , for example as part of the REF.&nbsp;</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A key part of the day will be sharing best practice amongst the researchers present. We will have representatives from the John Rylands Library, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Museum and Manchester Libraries; they will discuss their own work on the impact agenda, as well as what they hope to achieve from partnerships with higher education and research. We will also have speakers from both university-led and independent outreach activities.&nbsp;</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To register for the conference, please email <a href="mailto:emimpact@gmail.com" target="_blank">emimpact@gmail.com</a>. This event has been generously supported by artsmethods@manchester, and so we are able to offer the event free of charge. Thanks to the support of the Society for Renaissance Studies, a number of postgraduate and postdoctoral travel bursaries are also available; if you would like to be considered for a bursary, please let us know when you register.&nbsp;</span></h4><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2013 Elaine Hunter</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-24332526098002492112012-08-14T17:21:00.000+01:002012-08-14T17:21:51.207+01:00GUEST POST: Rise and Fall of ‘Golden Age of Piracy’<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Hello all, I have had a guest post submission, enjoy! If you would like to do a guest post please see my <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.co.uk/p/guest-post-submission-guidelines.html" target="_blank">submission guidelines</a> for more information&nbsp;</span></b></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">- EMW</span></b></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Author bio </b></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: small;">My name is Mark. I am a historian, researcher and writer. I regularly write on Historical topics related to Medieval, Renaissance, Pirate and Steampunk themes. If you want to know more about me and my blog, then See my blogs <a href="http://www.renaissance-outfits.com/">Renaissance Outfits</a>, <a href="http://www.renaissance-festivals.com/">Renaissance Festivals</a> and <a href="http://www.tobeapirate.com/">To be a Pirate</a>.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ILHgL9VMxko/UCp1Pd7KLFI/AAAAAAAABgM/0FzwM2CXXAc/s1600/Pirates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ILHgL9VMxko/UCp1Pd7KLFI/AAAAAAAABgM/0FzwM2CXXAc/s400/Pirates.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Rise and Fall of ‘Golden Age of Piracy’</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">Most of the pirate historians accept the term ‘golden age of piracy’; however its chronological order is loosely defined. This term was missing until the year 1920, when a famous author Rafael Sabatini wrote the novels “The Black Swan” and “Captain Blood”. These novels were later on adopted in the swashbuckling films. Author accepted that there is nothing romantic in piracy as it is just a violent crime. But, the term is useful to define the era of the upsurge of piracy. The term was used in ironical sense. It became popular with this novel. But, it was used before also by English journalist George Powell in the year 1894.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">There is a dispute among the historians about the duration of this era. Many of the historian mark this age between 1690s and 1730s. On the other hand, some others count the long duration of 1650s to 1730s under this period. On the contrary, a short time span from 1714 to 1724 was accepted as the golden age in the book “Pirate: The Golden Age” by A Konstam and D Rickman.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">The duration of 1650s to 1730s is the most acceptable view, which faced three outbursts of piracy. According to this view, the buccaneering period was the first outburst of this era, which started from the end of war of religion. It allowed the countries of Europe to resume the progress of their colonial empires. Considerable seaborne trade and the economic amendments were required. Mammoth amount of money was needed to be made, or to be stolen. On the other hand, French buccaneers had established themselves as early as 1625 on the northern Hispaniola. The period of buccaneer age is believed from 1650s to 1680s.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">Second outburst is recognized 1690s, which is named as ‘Pirate Round’. It is associated with long distance voyages to Bermuda, an associated member of the Caribbean community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Another time span is known as post-Spanish Succession period, which extends from 1716 to 1726. By the end of War of Spanish Succession, many of the Anglo-American privateers and sailors were left unemployed. They turned into pirates in the Caribbean, West African coasts, American Eastern seaboards and Indian Ocean. This was the last decade of the aforementioned golden age.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">In this golden age, a large number of pirates gained popularity and found the place in many of the books written on the pirate history. Some of these raiders include Henry Morgan, Henry Every, William “Captain” Kidd, “Black Sam” Bellamy, Stede Bonnet, Edward Teach, Calico Jack Rackham, Bartholomew Roberts, Edward Low, William Fly, Anne Bonny and Mary Read.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">This golden age fantasized the modern people up to a great extent. The fictional Hollywood film “Pirates of the Caribbean” presents the scenario of that era with a lot of fantasy. On the other hand, popularity of the pirate costumes and footwears is another example of the popularity of pirate culture in Europe and America.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">You can obtain the <a href="http://www.tobeapirate.com/">pirate costumes</a> and boots from various websites in order to get the feel of ‘golden age of piracy’. Tobeapirate.com is an ideal site wherefrom you can acquire these attires.</span></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-82684658397640245382012-05-08T09:00:00.000+01:002013-05-14T21:19:15.059+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: T<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tRY0aIZm7sk/T6hn761z6NI/AAAAAAAABY4/wgHctuCwgCo/s1600/Untitled+picture.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tRY0aIZm7sk/T6hn761z6NI/AAAAAAAABY4/wgHctuCwgCo/s1600/Untitled+picture.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just a man riding a swan, no big deal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every now and then I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and sometimes they're pretty strange, but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right.</div></blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.co.uk/p/early-modern-alphabet.html" target="_blank">See Previous Letters </a></b></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2012 Elaine Hunter</span><br /><a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="EMhistblog" href="https://twitter.com/share"></a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-33551763041756773952012-02-11T13:00:00.022+00:002013-05-14T21:19:48.238+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: O - The angry tree stump<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YrnLEO5onpg/TzV3UoGCn7I/AAAAAAAABYc/jkmc6jcS-EE/s1600/O.png" /></div>&nbsp;Nothing embellishes the letter O better than an angry tree stump.<br />&nbsp;An angry tree stump with a moustashe though of course! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Every now and then I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and sometimes they're pretty strange, but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right.</blockquote><br />&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet.html" target="_blank">A</a></span><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-w.html" target="_blank">W</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-i.html" target="_blank">I</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-t.html" target="_blank">T</a>&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-h.html" target="_blank">H</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-c.html" target="_blank">C&nbsp;</a></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-n.html" target="_blank">N</a></b></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-g.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>G</b></span></a><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2012 Elaine Hunter</span><br /><a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="EMhistblog" href="https://twitter.com/share"></a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-88858524372103464512012-01-22T20:05:00.000+00:002013-05-14T21:20:19.097+01:00'A Song made of Nothing': 17thc Ballad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="EMhistblog" href="https://twitter.com/share"></a><i><b>A Song made of Nothing.</b><br />Yet he that doth read, or heare it shall find,<br />Something of nothing to pleasure his mind.<br />To a dainty New tune.</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKKleTyp3ig/Txxo3Z3FqsI/AAAAAAAABYE/998jZQWAyz4/s1600/merrycompany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKKleTyp3ig/Txxo3Z3FqsI/AAAAAAAABYE/998jZQWAyz4/s400/merrycompany.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Some men of nothing doe matters endite.<br />&amp; some men of small things large volumes doe write,<br />But if you wilt give me leave I will recite<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A song made of nothing.<br />He that has nothing may soonest spend all,<br />And he thats exalted may have a downe-fall,<br />And he that is weakest may goe to the wall,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I will say nothing.<br />He that presumeth a Gallant to be,<br />And spends more in one yeare then he gets in three,<br />Shall beg having wasted his Patrimony,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I will say nothing.<br />He that has nothing, no credit shall have,<br />Although he be vertuous, hes counted a knave,<br />Among roaring Gallants that goe fine and brave,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cause he can spend nothing.<br />He that delights in Cards and in Dice,<br />And spends his revenues in such idle vice,<br />Shall meet with lewd company him to intice,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Till he be worth nothing.<br />He that hath nothing, with troubles beset,<br />Will steale or doe something a living to get.<br />But if he be caught in the hangmans net,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His life is worth nothing.<br />He that hath nothing, can nothing possesse,<br />And he that hath little may looke to have lesse,<br />But much want and sorrow doth daily oppresse<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the man that hath nothing.<br />He that will be a good husband indeed,<br />That unto his businesse doth goe with good heed,<br />Shall still have sufficient to serve him at need,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And alwayes want nothing.<br />He that is maried unto a good wife,<br />Shall live in content all dayes of his life,But if man and woman be given to strife,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Theyll fall out for nothing.<br />He that is idle and will not take paines.<br />But honest industry and labour disdaines,<br />When others true labours are quitted with gaines,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Then he shall have nothing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-USLuRVXFIc0/Txxqyxg7YbI/AAAAAAAABYM/tg94qvr_ics/s1600/04violin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-USLuRVXFIc0/Txxqyxg7YbI/AAAAAAAABYM/tg94qvr_ics/s320/04violin.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>&nbsp;The second part. To the same tune.</i><br /><br />HE that in Drunkennes takes his delight.<br />To drinke and to swagger, to brabble and fight<br />He taketh the wrong, and leaveth the right,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I wil say nothing.<br />He that in basenesse his time doth here spend,<br />That never regards himselfe nor his friend,<br />He standeth in danger to have a bad end,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I wil say nothing.<br />He that takes pleasure to curse, ban and sweare,<br />With vaine execrations his Maker to teare,<br />The Lord in his wrath, if he doe not forbeare,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; wil bring him to nothing.<br />He that doth ruffle it out in vaine pride<br />That weareth gay clothes a foule carcasse to hide,<br />And beares more ons backe then hes worth beside,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ile trust him for nothing.<br />He that delighteth to goe to the Law,<br />To sue for a trifle thats scarce worth a straw,<br />May sue for a Woodcocke. and catch a Jack-Daw<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For all comes to nothing.<br />He that his time stil carelesly spends,<br />And hopes to be rich by the death of his friends,<br />The piller whereon all his hope still depends,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps comes to nothing.<br />He that deferreth amendment to th last,<br />And seekes not to thrive till al remedies past,<br />If he through his folly behind hand be cast,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His hopes are worth no[thi]ng.<br />He that lives uprightly in his vocation,<br />And on the distressed hath commiseration,<br />That man rightly merits a good commendation<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hes guilty in nothing.<br />He that with usury doth money beget,<br />And loves that young spend-thrifts should be in his debt<br />The Devill at last wil drag him ins net<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I wil say nothing.<br />He that can craftily cozen and cheat,<br />To get a base living by fraud and deceit,<br />Shal stand on the Pillory to coole his heate,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But I wil say nothing.<br />He that is often enclined to quarrell,<br />Wil bring both himselfe &amp; his friend in great perill<br />But that man is blest that can wisely forbeare ill,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And learne to say nothing.<br />Here you see something of nothing is made.<br />For of the word nothing, something is said,<br />That man who hath neither wealth, wit, nor trade,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alas he gets nothing.<br />So free me being tedious, I now wil refraine,<br />And pray for King Charles that long he many raigne:<br />His foes and all traytors that wish Englands bane.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Good Lord bring to nothing<br /><br /><br />FINIS<br /><i>Printed at London for John Wright.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">From the English Broadside Ballad Archive </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">There is no definate date for this but thought to have been printed around 1602-1646</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Image 1:</b>&nbsp; </span>Buytewech, Willem Pietersz.<br />'Merry Company', 1622-24, from The <a href="http://www.wga.hu/" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a><br /><b>Image 2: </b>Honthorst, Gerrit van<br />'The Happy Violinist with a Glass of Wine', c. 1624, from The Web Gallery of Art<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2012 Elaine Hunter</span><br /><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-61469626330839464162011-12-31T13:00:00.000+00:002013-05-14T21:20:44.231+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: G<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This week: A cheeky little G</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuHe4WezO7M/TuS4geQcObI/AAAAAAAABW4/hpASvPJ8acs/s1600/CheekyG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299" mda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuHe4WezO7M/TuS4geQcObI/AAAAAAAABW4/hpASvPJ8acs/s320/CheekyG.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This cheeky&nbsp; little fella is having a fun time hiding behind a G, he doesn't realise the jokes on him! You should've hidden behind a&nbsp;B or something!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coo-eee! We can see you! Puh some people *sigh*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every Saturday I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and sometimes they're pretty strange, but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><br /><br /><br />Previous letters:<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet.html" target="_blank">A</a></span><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-w.html" target="_blank">W</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-i.html" target="_blank">I</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-family: Georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-t.html" target="_blank">T</a>&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-h.html" target="_blank">H</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-c.html" target="_blank">C&nbsp;</a></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-n.html" target="_blank">N</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2012 Elaine Hunter</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-72832131447682426992011-12-24T13:00:00.017+00:002013-05-14T21:21:34.895+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: N<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Merry Christmas everyone!!! :)</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFNnp8rDZzk/TuS4di2O7tI/AAAAAAAABWw/cpOHona1gII/s1600/Njesus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" mda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFNnp8rDZzk/TuS4di2O7tI/AAAAAAAABWw/cpOHona1gII/s320/Njesus.png" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seeing&nbsp;today is&nbsp;Christmas Eve this week's letter is an&nbsp;N accompanied by what looks like a slightly disgruntled Jesus.....and no wonder with that annoying little dog jumping up at him! Plus his feet look like hands, I'd be pretty disgruntled too!</div><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-78271131730036394152011-12-10T13:00:00.001+00:002013-05-14T21:21:15.702+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: C<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q42d_2gZDwg/TuNTUoQgB-I/AAAAAAAABWo/4wYYl-f49EA/s1600/Cdeer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" mda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q42d_2gZDwg/TuNTUoQgB-I/AAAAAAAABWo/4wYYl-f49EA/s320/Cdeer.png" width="320" /></a></div>In a worrying turn of events a deer has attempted to eat my early modern alphabet. His head now hangs on my wall....ONLY JOKING! Mayhem!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Every Saturday I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and sometimes they're pretty strange, but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right.</blockquote><br />Previous letters:<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet.html" target="_blank">A</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;, Courier, monospace;"> <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-w.html" target="_blank">W</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-i.html" target="_blank">I</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif;">&nbsp; <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1013688674">T</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/12/early-modern-alphabet-h.html" target="_blank">&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">H</span></a></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">﻿</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-20848998863975132532011-12-03T13:00:00.017+00:002011-12-03T13:00:01.578+00:00Early Modern Alphabet: H<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Today's letter is H and it is a scary baby.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-klNBKuw9hYI/TrVG8E9GULI/AAAAAAAABTo/f9gcqnmM5P8/s1600/H.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" ida="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-klNBKuw9hYI/TrVG8E9GULI/AAAAAAAABTo/f9gcqnmM5P8/s200/H.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">You do not want to mess with this baby,&nbsp;</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">look at him goading you!&nbsp;this baby will take. you. down.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Every Saturday I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and sometimes they're pretty strange, but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right.</div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Previous letters:<br /><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet.html" target="_blank">A</a> <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-w.html" target="_blank">W</a> <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-i.html" target="_blank">I</a> <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-t.html" target="_blank">T</a></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-9288261253881017402011-12-02T11:45:00.000+00:002013-05-14T21:24:03.825+01:00Happy recipient of a Liebster Blog ♥ Award<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iLFF-kvp_ZM/TtgDwPVfGaI/AAAAAAAABVk/mbBoLiLZs9Q/s1600/liebster-blog-award2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iLFF-kvp_ZM/TtgDwPVfGaI/AAAAAAAABVk/mbBoLiLZs9Q/s1600/liebster-blog-award2.jpg" /></a></div><br />Last week I was pleased to discover&nbsp;that&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://hobbinol.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><strong>http://hobbinol.wordpress.com/</strong></a>&nbsp;had given me a Liebster Blog ♥ award, so &nbsp;thank you very much to Hobbinol!!! this is for you:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7dIze3rxA14/TtgL34wxfSI/AAAAAAAABVs/QDNnxp35DRs/s1600/bloghug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="148" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7dIze3rxA14/TtgL34wxfSI/AAAAAAAABVs/QDNnxp35DRs/s200/bloghug.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />&nbsp;<strong>﻿Part of the fun of the award is getting to&nbsp;pass it on so, here are my 5 picks:</strong><br /><br />♥ <a href="http://www.themedievalworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Medieval World</span></strong></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">&nbsp;</span><br />This is written by&nbsp;a&nbsp;good friend of mine (you may have noticed!)&nbsp;so I would like to nominate her first :) She does great posts about crazy cool medieval things (she can also be&nbsp;found lurking on<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/MedievalWorld" target="_blank"><span id="goog_1521902515"></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">twitter<span id="goog_1521902516"></span></span></a> and <a href="http://on.fb.me/dkDky3" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">facebook</span></a>&nbsp;) and in general is just a great person so you should check her out!<br /><br />♥ <a href="http://beautyofwhateverkind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Beauty of Whatever Kind</span></strong></a><br />I think I discovered this blog one day via twitter and I was really struck by how very pretty it is (it lives up to its name!). The author writes posts on a number of different things&nbsp;including poetry and history and more recently life after a History MA.<br /><br />♥ <a href="http://ellimaanpaa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ellimaanpaa Tale</span></strong></a><br />I cant remember how I came across this blog! it is written by an artist and includes lots of posts about the fascinating things she has been creating. <br /><br />♥ <strong><a href="http://loyaltybindsme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Loyaulte Me Lie</span></a></strong><br />This blog (also on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Loyalty-Binds-Me/267419103292382" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">facebook</span></a>) came to my attention a few months ago (again through twitter I think!) it is pretty new but the author has been working really hard doing lots of great posts. She writes very enjoyable posts on a range of themes which mainly relate to&nbsp;16th/17thc history, which (obviously) is just the kind of history I like :)<br /><br />♥&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://authorherstorianparent.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">his story, her story</span></a>&nbsp;</strong><br />Another recent (twitter) discovery, this is a great new history blog which focuses (although not exclusively)&nbsp;on medieval and early modern women's history. It also encompasses themes around&nbsp;19th and 20th century art, literature and culture. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp; <br /><br /><div><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; About the award&nbsp;</strong></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div>Leibster is German &amp; means ‘dearest’ or ‘beloved’ but it can also mean ‘favorite’ The award is given to talented bloggers who have 200 followers or less, it is a way to show appreciation for other blogs, bring attention to their work and encourage new connections.&nbsp;</div></blockquote><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Rules </strong><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.</li><li>Reveal your top 5 picks for the award and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog. </li><li>Post the award on your blog.</li><li>Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogosphere – other bloggers.</li><li>And, best of all – have fun and spread the karma. </li></ul></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iLFF-kvp_ZM/TtgDwPVfGaI/AAAAAAAABVk/mbBoLiLZs9Q/s1600/liebster-blog-award2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="41" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iLFF-kvp_ZM/TtgDwPVfGaI/AAAAAAAABVk/mbBoLiLZs9Q/s200/liebster-blog-award2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />~ Hopefully you have enjoyed discovering great some new blogs today :)<br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-56889314081723738532011-11-26T13:00:00.003+00:002013-05-14T21:24:36.692+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: T<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Word up my friends, today's letter is T....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KSCUp53pGm4/TrNEvEEzgaI/AAAAAAAABTg/z4nTzjzYWEE/s1600/T.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KSCUp53pGm4/TrNEvEEzgaI/AAAAAAAABTg/z4nTzjzYWEE/s1600/T.png" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />MAN WRESTLES SNAKE!<br />When people turned up&nbsp;to watch a naked&nbsp;mud wrestling competition <br />this is not what they had in mind, oooh&nbsp;fail!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span>&nbsp; </div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Every Saturday I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and sometimes they're pretty strange, but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right.</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-89935414453759657032011-11-20T22:33:00.001+00:002013-05-14T21:25:14.631+01:00Of Mermaids and Mermen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KAEsyjQwyQA/TsiE4gT1HvI/AAAAAAAABU8/aT5mk5sY9A0/s320/mermaid.png" width="242" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Eyes not look on the mermaids face, </span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">and Ears forbear her song; </span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Her Face hath an alluring Grace, </span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>more </strong><strong>charming is her Tongue. </strong></span></div><strong></strong><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;~ Anon.&nbsp;<em>The Beginning, progress and end of man</em> (1688)</span></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">I grew up by the sea&nbsp;and spent a lot of time playing on the&nbsp;beach, perhaps because of this I have always loved the legends and folk tales of mermaids (and mermen!) so I thought I would do a post on them.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">It is difficult to trace exactly where the idea of mermaids originates from as they feature across a number of different cultures.&nbsp;It is likely that mermaids&nbsp;as we know them today&nbsp;are in part a mixture of Greek mythology and fokelore,&nbsp;In Greek mythology the sirens were half bird/half women temptresses whose enticing music and song lured saliors onto the rocks on the island where&nbsp;they lived.&nbsp;Later sirens became depicted as aquatic creatures and&nbsp;rather than living on an island they were depicted as lying in wait on rocks singing, gazing at their reflection&nbsp;in a mirror&nbsp;and combing their hair (as in the 17thc image above). &nbsp;It is interesting that&nbsp;today&nbsp;a 'siren' is still&nbsp;used as a description for a woman who is seductive and beautiful. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">By the 17th century the the terms mermaid, siren and seamaid were interchangable, in Blount's dictionary the definition the mermaid/siren&nbsp;is used as an allegory for unbridled passion:</span><strong><br /></strong><br /><span style="color: blue;"></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: blue;">Mermaid, Seamaid, or Siren, whereof the Poets had three, Parthenope, Leucosia and Ligea; the first used her voyce, the second a Citern, the third a Pipe; and so are said to entice Marrinersmusick, and then to destroy them. The upper part of their bodies, was like a beautiful Virgin, the neather was fishy. By these Syrens, pleasures are emblematically understood, from which unless a man abstain, or at least use moderately, he shall be devoured in their waves.</span> <br /><span style="color: blue;"></span>&nbsp; <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">&nbsp;~ Thomas Blount, <em>Glossographia or a Dictionary</em> (1656)</span></div></blockquote><span style="color: black;">Well nothing like the&nbsp;thought of an&nbsp;icy death to put you off sex for a while. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">For mermen we again&nbsp;can look to Greek mythology for their inspiration; Poseidon and&nbsp;his son Triton&nbsp;are both typically presented as half fish half male creatures.&nbsp;In the early days of scientific discovery</span><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;though, there was belief that such creatures could exist. Some male 'sea&nbsp;monsters' made an appearance in Ambroise </span><span style="color: black;"><span class="f" style="white-space: normal;">Paré's 16th century book <em>Monsters and Prodigies,</em> which was his attempt to catalogue some of the many monsters believed to exist.&nbsp;In the text <span class="f" style="white-space: normal;">Paré explains how a </span>male sea monster (pictured below) came out of&nbsp;the Illyrian&nbsp;(Adriatic) sea to snare a small child, but was repelled by fishermen with stones and later came ashore only to die. Paré gives no date for the incident but quotes Gesner for the tale, persumably he had read Conrad Gesner's <em>Historiae Animalium</em> (Zürich, 1551-1587) as the image is a direct copy of one&nbsp;Gesner used.&nbsp;Gesner himself was suspicious of the existence of such creatures but felt he had to include them as he could not disprove their existence. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="f" style="white-space: normal;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="193" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7S4t6XK7cfc/Tsli5pX37tI/AAAAAAAABVE/1MSIXX4LIiU/s400/seamonster+1.png" width="400" /></div><span style="color: black;"><span class="f" style="white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Seemingly the question mark over whether or not such creatures existed continued into the 18th century as shown by this interesting artefact now held in the British Museum:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PXNRjiu33Iw/TslwMLjGlUI/AAAAAAAABVM/qOyD-Jf7f5Q/s1600/merman_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PXNRjiu33Iw/TslwMLjGlUI/AAAAAAAABVM/qOyD-Jf7f5Q/s320/merman_l.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although&nbsp;we now know that this merman was created out of the dried parts of a monkey and a fish tail, artefacts such as this one were used in 18th century&nbsp;curiosity collections and&nbsp;seemingly presented as&nbsp;examples of real creatures.&nbsp;This particular merman was gifted to HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught&nbsp;(the grandson of Queen Victoria) by Arisue Seijiro&nbsp;and was presented as a real merman&nbsp;which had been caught&nbsp;and mummified in Japan in the 18th century. Many similar creations&nbsp;which often originated &nbsp;from Japan were&nbsp;used in western sideshows and curiosity collections throughout the 18th century. Even as late as the 19th century&nbsp;examples were exhibited,&nbsp;one famous hoax by P. T. Barnum in 1842 saw thousands of people in New York duped into paying to see a mermaid which was said to have been caught near the Fiji Islands.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-50562190669414082842011-11-19T13:00:00.009+00:002013-05-14T21:25:37.626+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HWRU6ouew1U/TrNBHg6EHEI/AAAAAAAABTY/y6m3oe4f_cg/s1600/I.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HWRU6ouew1U/TrNBHg6EHEI/AAAAAAAABTY/y6m3oe4f_cg/s1600/I.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eye eye! The look for this season is bearded&nbsp;centaur, don't be caught without one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: left;">Every Saturday I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and sometimes they're pretty wierd but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right!</div></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The alphabet so far...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet.html" target="_blank">A</a> <a href="http://earlymodernwomen.blogspot.com/2011/11/early-modern-alphabet-w.html" target="_blank">W</a></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">﻿<span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-47770537547195994582011-11-12T13:00:00.018+00:002013-05-14T21:25:58.541+01:00Early Modern Alphabet: W<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lfZLWSR3_-g/TrNAJmuvpnI/AAAAAAAABTQ/-t7AxOSu7yo/s1600/W.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lfZLWSR3_-g/TrNAJmuvpnI/AAAAAAAABTQ/-t7AxOSu7yo/s200/W.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today's letter is W and.....tis a wabbit?&nbsp;or maybe a hare? you decide!<br />&nbsp;Either way&nbsp;it looks pretty shifty.....that grimace...those eyes! pure evil.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Every Saturday I post a letter from my Early Modern Alphabet, sometimes they're pretty and&nbsp;sometimes they're&nbsp;pretty wierd,&nbsp;but all are undoubtedly little works of art in their own right.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-52420602879670772732011-11-05T13:00:00.003+00:002011-11-05T13:00:05.762+00:00Early Modern Alphabet: A<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Every week, or maybe more, I will be showcasing a letter from the alphabet, not just any old letter though! it shall be one of the many lavishly illustrated letters which can be found in early modern books and pamphlets. I really enjoy these little works of art and think that they deserve to be viewed in their own right....so in the style of Sesame Street...today's letter is A and....well thats it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hUa_5f48T6A/TrM8wOyMeKI/AAAAAAAABTI/yCRxvbrgF_U/s1600/A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hUa_5f48T6A/TrM8wOyMeKI/AAAAAAAABTI/yCRxvbrgF_U/s320/A.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bit of an aquatic theme to kick of my Early Modern Alphabet.&nbsp;These&nbsp;two figures are probably representatons of Triton and Scylla from Greek mythology.&nbsp;I like what looks like water gushing out the top of the A.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-81802130833574590432011-11-04T09:00:00.005+00:002013-05-14T21:23:37.678+01:00'Of the ranke savour of the arme-holes': A remedy for B.O<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ybFB982lVx8/TrM2Y1tlfkI/AAAAAAAABTA/Rt2SKgHghcU/s1600/Detail.Rombouts.+Theodor.+Allegory+of+the+five+senses..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ybFB982lVx8/TrM2Y1tlfkI/AAAAAAAABTA/Rt2SKgHghcU/s320/Detail.Rombouts.+Theodor.+Allegory+of+the+five+senses..jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Oi! You! Step away from the garlic!!!</em></div><br /><br /><br />I came across this handy remedy for body odour while looking through a 17thc birth manual:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">'This vice in many persons is very tedous and lothsome: the remedie whereof is, to purege first the chollericke and eagre humours, originall causers of the same, and afterwardes to wash the arme-holes oftentimes with the water wherein Wormewood hath beene sodden, together with Camomell, and a little quantitie of Alome.'</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">&nbsp;'...the rootes of Artichaughes (the pith picked out) sodden n white Wine, and so drunke, doth avoid the stenche of the arme-holes, and other parts of the body'</blockquote><br /><br />So there you have it! wash in a bit of wormwood/chamomile water with some aloe vera to keep your 'arme-holes' smelling sweet. Alternatively you could just drink some&nbsp;white wine with a little artichoke root in it, great!. (A little more explanation surrounding the medieval medical theory of&nbsp; the 'humours' of the body will be the topic of another post, another day!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7AWnOmbC44/TrMxT_4RmcI/AAAAAAAABSw/e0Agx_4F8XI/s1600/wormwo37-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7AWnOmbC44/TrMxT_4RmcI/AAAAAAAABSw/e0Agx_4F8XI/s200/wormwo37-l.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Common wormwood or Artemisia absinthium </em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Apparently the common wormwood can be found in many part of the world including the UK and the US and is often found growing in wasteland or by roads. <br /><div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8K4hBwaKo7U/TrMz2iai8hI/AAAAAAAABS4/I1Xi0LZE2ek/s1600/artichoke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8K4hBwaKo7U/TrMz2iai8hI/AAAAAAAABS4/I1Xi0LZE2ek/s1600/artichoke.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Artichoke </em><em></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Sources:</strong><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Top image: Theodor Rombouts, <em>Allegory of the five senses</em> from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wga.hu/index1.html" target="_blank">wga</a></li><li>Image and information on 'Common Wormwood' at <a href="http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/w/wormwo37.html#worcom" target="_blank">botanical.com</a></li><li>Artichoke image from <a href="http://www.ageless.co.za/herb-artichoke.htm#Description" target="_blank">here</a></li><li>Quote from: Raynalde Thomas, <em>The Birth of Mankinde, otherwise named The Womans Booke,</em> (Thomas Adams: London, 1604),&nbsp;f. 204.</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f7f2f2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Copyright © 2011 Elaine Hunter</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470267908854934756.post-52265893312278191332011-10-25T11:15:00.000+01:002011-10-25T11:15:29.087+01:00Stephen Fry's 'Why does history matter?' speech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D4YsInujhiE/TqWQhJ0vH5I/AAAAAAAABKA/wjC-YG85xG8/s1600/StephenFry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" rda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D4YsInujhiE/TqWQhJ0vH5I/AAAAAAAABKA/wjC-YG85xG8/s200/StephenFry.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>I decided to share this speech&nbsp;which was delivered by Stephen Fry in 2006 as part of the&nbsp;'History Matters'&nbsp;campaign to encourage the study of history,&nbsp;I think it&nbsp;makes for a good read. It is interesting, healthy even, to question why we&nbsp;want or even need to study history at all.&nbsp;Stephen Fry is a clever and charismatic speaker and it is an awesome speech, a justification for the study of the past and great&nbsp;food for thought.<br /><blockquote>Why does history matter&nbsp; ? A better man might be able to answer with far more questions than answers. Whenever the importance of history is discussed, epigrams and homilies come tripping easily off our tongues: How can we understand our present or glimpse our future if we cannot understand our past? How can we know who we are if we don't know who we were? While history may be condemned to repeat itself, historians are condemned to repeat themselves. History is bunk or possibly bunkum. History is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel. History is written by the victor. Historians are prophets looking backwards. Or we could paraphrase EM Forster on the novel. 'Does history tell a story? Oh, dear me yes, history tells a story.'</blockquote><blockquote>Historians, more than any other class, spend a great deal of time justifying their trade, defining it and aphorising it, seeming to lavish more attention on historiography than history. After all, is there such a thing as history or are there only histories? For all the oddities of some arcane scientific research, we all know that science eventually leads to making light bulbs work, car engines run and failed hearts pump again. Can we test the value of history in the same way? Can we prove that a politician, a financier or a spot-welder is better, happier or more fulfilled for possessing a feel for history?</blockquote><blockquote><br />But ... isn't history now just point of view, tribal assertion, cultural propaganda? After all, the days of Burke, Macaulay, Gibbon, Trevelyan and Froude are over. Historians are no longer grandees at the centre of a fixed civilisation; they are simply journalists writing about celebrities who haven't got the grace to be alive any more. Certainly, some people sense in our world, even if they can't prove it, a new and bewildering contempt for the past. In the high street of life, as it were, no one seems to look above the shop-line. Today's plastic signage at street level is the focus; yesterday's pilasters, corbels and pediments above are neither noticed nor considered, save by what some would call cranks and conservationists.<br /><br />There are those who wonder if the whole of history is now valuable only as a politically correct lesson in the stupidity and cruelty of monarchs, aristocrats, industrialists and generals. Stern, loveless voices tell us that history as we know it is an irrelevance, with its obsession with dead white men, or with Judaeo-Christianity, or classical antiquity, or the West, or enlightenment, or wars, dynasties and treaties. Marxists, Althusserians, formalists, revisionists, historians of Empire or against Empire - forget them all. You don't even have to dignify it with ideological abstractions any more; history is really the story of a series of subjugations, oppressions, exploitations and abuses.<br /><br />Or history is heritage studies: cotton mills, marshalling yards and collieries smartened up as 'resources' for school trips; take the kids into the kitchens and servants' quarters of the stately home and ignore the saloons and great rooms above stairs for fear of giving offence. British culture, besieged on all sides by guilt: guilt at empire, guilt at English domination of the United Kingdom, guilt at slavery, at industrial wage-slavery, at Boer Wars, Afghan Wars, mutinies, massacres and maladministrations.<br /><br />History, then, as one long, grovelling apology or act of self-abasement and self-laceration. A history in which historians have to stand on one side of an argument or another, for, in between, they are nothing but dry-as-dust statisticians. Or we see historians as creepy hindsight critics who can, in the safety of their studies, point out to Alexander the Great and Napoleon where they went wrong and how they would have done it better.<br /><br />And yet, against this, we measure the exponential growth in the public appetite for history. Has it ever been a better time to be a historian? In publishing and in broadcasting, history is a phenomenon that continues to exceed expectations. Enthusiasts bounding about from battlefield to palace and castle and back again, filling more air time then ever before. From Melvyn Bragg's matchless colloquies on Radio 4 to documentary series bearing the proud epithets 'landmark', 'flagship', 'prestige' 'must-see', 'event TV' and 'water-cooler moments'. Just recently, we've had themed evenings on BBC 4 on the 18th century as well as documentaries and big news items on the Somme. Certainly, history is popular in grand traditional forms, but new subgenres of history have, for the last 20 years, exploded in popularity, too. The history of science, philosophy and thought: sidelights are more popular than floodlights - small histories of the cod, tulips, salt, sugar or the pepper gardens of India, little books with names like 'Darwin's Walking Stick', Newton's Trousers' or 'Brahi's Nose'; whole genres on voyages of discovery, at least 10 books on Joseph Banks of the Endeavour and Captain Fitzroy of the Beagle, books on the transit of Venus and longitude and Sumerian counting systems all seem to be flying off the shelves.<br /><br />Family history has exploded in popularity, too. I was involved in the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? programme and received more mail and feedback from that one programme than from anything else I've ever done. 'I never knew what the Holocaust meant until I saw your programme,' one viewer wrote to me. We might find this a little odd, but it tells us that many people cannot see links between facts and historical narratives, unless those facts are brought absolutely to life, mediated by personality. Is that cheap celebrity culture at work or is it the perfectly human truth that while the slaughter of a nameless six million is hard to fathom, the murder of a named and delineated family can move us inexpressibly?<br /><br />After all, isn't that what poetry and novels show, that humanity is best comprehended by understanding humans rather than ideas? But for some, this leads to the worry that history can now only mean witness. And some of us fear that even the most respectable documentary programme now cannot get through two minutes of screen time without some preposterous reconstruction involving wigs, candles, actors, ponderous music, scratching quills and even more wigs, so afraid is television of telling without showing.</blockquote><blockquote>Might this lead us to suspect that the history phenomenon is akin to that of television cuisine? More and more of us watch cooking, yet fewer and fewer ever wield a skillet in anger. Such a suspicion doesn't really make sense. You can cook, but you can't history, can you? You can carry what you learn of history inside you, at least. You can connect. And that's the point. We can never measure how much history has penetrated the consciousness of the nation.</blockquote><blockquote>We all know the cliches; the middle-class man reads biography and history, especially military history; the wife carries on reading novels, because men 'get' abstraction, numbers and grand strategy and women 'get' relationships. Men do seem to like history; history becomes their bedtime reading, their sitting-down version of golf, dare one say?</blockquote><blockquote>For men, history can seem to be a kind of Higher Sport (no coincidence perhaps that we still talk of Waterloo being won on the playing fields of Eton and still describe the little 19th-century dance between Russia and imperial Britain over India as the Great Game. Napoleon should have played with two up front; we didn't win the war, but we saved the follow-on). At the dinner table, the wives break up the boy-girl, boy-girl placement and gather down at one end to talk about friendships and books, while the men stay up the other end to discourse on von Paulus's surrender or Clive at the Battle of Plassey. Very NW3, very dinner party, but, in the meantime, what about the young? Is history like Radio 4, something you only turn to when you are middle-aged and middle-class? Are the young too busy living to look back?</blockquote><blockquote>The biggest challenge facing the great teachers and communicators of history is not to teach history itself, nor even the lessons of history, but why history matters. How to ignite the first spark of the will o'the wisp, the Jack o'lantern, the ignis fatuus [foolish fire] beloved of poets, which lights up one source of history and then another, zigzagging across the marsh, connecting and linking and writing bright words across the dark face of the present. There's no phrase I can come up that will encapsulate in a winning sound-bite why history matters. We know that history matters, we know that it is thrilling, absorbing, fascinating, delightful and infuriating, that it is life. Yet I can't help wondering if it's a bit like being a Wagnerite; you just have to get used to the fact that some people are never going to listen.</blockquote><blockquote>No, it isn't exactly political correctness that dogs history; it's more a pernicious refusal to enter imaginatively the lives of our ancestors. Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors of all of us never questioned hangings, burnings, tortures, inequality, suffering and injustice that today revolt us. If we dare to presume to damn them with our fleeting ideas of morality, then we risk damnation from our descendants for whatever it is that we are doing that future history will judge as intolerable and wicked: eating meat, driving cars, appearing on TV, visiting zoos, who knows?</blockquote><blockquote>We haven't arrived at our own moral and ethical imperatives by each of us working them out from first principles; we have inherited them and they were born out of blood and suffering, as all human things and human beings are. This does not stop us from admiring and praising the progressive heroes who got there early and risked their lives to advance causes that we now take for granted.</blockquote><blockquote>In the end, I suppose history is all about imagination rather than facts. If you cannot imagine yourself wanting to riot against Catholic emancipation, say, or becoming an early Tory and signing up to fight with the Old Pretender, or cheering on Prynne as the theatres are closed and Puritanism holds sway ... knowing is not enough. If you cannot feel what our ancestors felt when they cried: 'Wilkes and Liberty!' or, indeed, cried: 'Death to Wilkes!', if you cannot feel with them, then all you can do is judge them and condemn them, or praise them and over-adulate them.</blockquote><blockquote>History is not the story of strangers, aliens from another realm; it is the story of us had we been born a little earlier. History is memory; we have to remember what it is like to be a Roman, or a Jacobite or a Chartist or even - if we dare, and we should dare - a Nazi. History is not abstraction, it is the enemy of abstraction.</blockquote><blockquote>The bizarre but wonderful William Gerhardi wrote a polemical introduction to his book, The Romanovs, a foreword he called a 'Historian's Credo', a series of furious and marvellously eccentric aphorisms. One paragraph reads: 'History must at last convince of the uselessness of insensate mass movements riding roughshod, now as ever, over anonymous suffering and claiming priority in the name of some newly clothed abstraction. If it does not teach that, it does not teach anything.'<br />It was appropriate to write that as he did in 1939, and it is appropriate for us all to remember it today.</blockquote>This was first published in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2006/jul/09/featuresreview.review">The Observer</a>, July 9th 2006.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This article is © Copyright 2009-2013 Elaine Hunter - All rights reserved You may publish translated versions of this article on non English language blogs provided you acknowledge The Early Modern World as the original source and Elaine Hunter as the author.</div>Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635136184905278839noreply@blogger.com2
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