#OTD (Oct 04) in the year 1532: birth of Francisco de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1596) #OTDIH #history ๐๏ธ #EarlyModern
Francisco de Toledo was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian, Biblical exegete and professor at the Roman College. He is the first Jesuit to have been made a cardinal.
#OTD (Oct 04) in the year 1542: birth of Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1621) #OTDIH #history ๐๏ธ #EarlyModern
Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation.
Job opening in San Antonio, TX, for a tenure-track position in #earlymodern#HistSTM
Today is World Animal Day, so here is an early 17th Century piece of embroidery showing Orpheus charming the animals with his music :) Silk and metal thread on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art #worldanimalday#earlymusic#earlymodern#elephant#unicorn#embroidery#orpheus#greekmyth#17thCentury
Attention #EarlyModern folk. Where might I find a rule of thumb as to the average cost per soldier to the landowner for free quartering during the 1640s? Specifically talking quartered Scottish Covenanters in Yorkshire.
After a lengthy chase through a pile of sources this morning I eventually remembered (cue trumpets, choral voices from above, shafts of blinding light and a very large facepalm) that 'son-in-law' in seventeenth-century texts can also mean stepson. #newsbooks#history#earlymodern#17thC#genealogy
major #earlymodern event that's also important for anyone interested in the art history of printing. DM SKS below for the remote link!
Let's Talk Global Printing... On Fabric! October 22, 6 pm (CT) at #NewberryLibrary! In-person reservations are live for a cutting-edge discussion with me, @periodeye.bsky.social, and #SilviaHoughteling Not in Chicago? DM me; I'll share the streaming/recording link! www.newberry.org/calendar/mak...
A lively discussion featuring new research bridging the gap between art history, textiles, and printmaking before 1800.
A song from our recording session in February: Who liveth so merry - an anonymous #Tudor#ballad#workingpeoplewww.youtube.com/watch?v=-NxO...#earlymusic#earlymodern#tudors#16thCentury#17thCentury#socialhistory#folk#folksong#lute#earlymusicensemble
YouTube video by Passamezzo