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Serena Jones
@serenaj1642.bsky.social
Author, publisher | British Civil Wars: biographer of Col Sir George Lisle | transcribing & publishing the 1640s English newsbooks | DMs re above topics very welcome, @ me first to initiate.
Sources formatted E.--- [--] are British Library Thomason
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New newsbook tag: civilian flight Not the availability of cheap holidays to the New World, but regular people fleeing their homes due to military activity or fear of it. So far I have 13 reported instances tagged in 1642. Undoubtedly many went unrecorded. #newsbooks#history#17thC#earlymodern
SJ
Serena Jones
@serenaj1642.bsky.social
Author, publisher | British Civil Wars: biographer of Col Sir George Lisle | transcribing & publishing the 1640s English newsbooks | DMs re above topics very welcome, @ me first to initiate.
Sources formatted E.--- [--] are British Library Thomason
204 followers176 following1.1k posts