New research project: #Euclid#Translations#Elementsanr.fr/Project-ANR-...#bookhistory#histsci#earlymodern
Euclid in the Modern Age aims at providing a wide-ranging investigation of the cultural, social, scientific and epistemological impact of the diffusion of Euclidโs Elements, the most important and wid...
In case you missed it: *exciting* programme of seminars coming up! #earlymodern#skystorians
Spending Caravaggio's birthday reviewing copyedits for my book 'Street Style: Art and Dress in the Time of Caravaggio' out next year with Reaktion, with lots of costume books, tavern scenes, plus altarpieces like 'The Madonna of the Rosary', Vienna and 'The Madonna of Loreto', Rome. #earlymodern
Okay #medieval#earlymodern friends, recommendations on books about heresies?
ALT: a man in a black jacket is making a funny face and saying heresy .
Very interesting thread on the cashew, closing with a call to bring back #earlymodern cashew fruit booze production - think we need a material culture historian partnership with a micro-distillery. ๐ค ๐ธ
#OTD (Sep 28) in the year 1542: Juan Rodrรญguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California. #OTDIH #history ๐๏ธ #EarlyModern
Juan Rodrรญguez Cabrillo c. 1497 โ January 3, 1543) was a Portuguese maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire. He was the first European to explore present-day California, navigating along the coast of California in 1542โ1543 on his voyage from New Spain.
#OTD (Sep 27) in the year 1669: The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia. #OTDIH #history ๐๏ธ #EarlyModern #17thc
The Siege of Candia was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled capital city of the Kingdom of Candia. Lasting from 1648 to 1669, or a total of 21 years, it is the second-longest siege in history after the siege of Ceuta. It ended with an Ottoman victory, but the effort and cost of the siege contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire, especially after the Great Turkish War.
