Krista Kesselring
@kjkesselring.bsky.social
Professor of early modern British history at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Hon Prof, IMEMS, Durham U; Associate Fellow, University of King's College.
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In our latest On History blog, @zoejackson.bsky.social discusses how they used two petitions as a starting point to reflect on environmental history as a field, and the usefulness of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) for researching environmental histories buff.ly/9yxpTE4
Pathways, Environmental History, and BBIH - On History
Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) Intern in Environmental Histories Zoë Jackson uses two petitions as a starting point to reflect on environmental history as a field, and the…
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October 2, 2026 at 11:02 AM
In our latest On History blog, @zoejackson.bsky.social discusses how they used two petitions as a starting point to reflect on environmental history as a field, and the usefulness of the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) for researching environmental histories buff.ly/9yxpTE4
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My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
October 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
Really pleased to see Rosamund Oates's new 'Silent Histories' out. For a taster, Rosamund is giving a talk on the work at at the IHR (hybrid) on Oct. 1, as well as a talk at the Chelsea History Festival on Oct. 2 (links with details below). #earlymodern
September 28, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Really pleased to see Rosamund Oates's new 'Silent Histories' out. For a taster, Rosamund is giving a talk on the work at at the IHR (hybrid) on Oct. 1, as well as a talk at the Chelsea History Festival on Oct. 2 (links with details below). #earlymodern
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Oct 1st, Save the date!
Rosamund Oates will be talking about ‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England' at @ihrscb.bsky.social in-person @ihr.bsky.social & online. #EarlyModern 🗃️
Booking details will soon be on: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/ihr-seminars/society-culture-belief-1500-1800
Rosamund Oates will be talking about ‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England' at @ihrscb.bsky.social in-person @ihr.bsky.social & online. #EarlyModern 🗃️
Booking details will soon be on: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/ihr-seminars/society-culture-belief-1500-1800
September 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Oct 1st, Save the date!
Rosamund Oates will be talking about ‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England' at @ihrscb.bsky.social in-person @ihr.bsky.social & online. #EarlyModern 🗃️
Booking details will soon be on: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/ihr-seminars/society-culture-belief-1500-1800
Rosamund Oates will be talking about ‘Silent Histories: Deafness in Early Modern England' at @ihrscb.bsky.social in-person @ihr.bsky.social & online. #EarlyModern 🗃️
Booking details will soon be on: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/ihr-seminars/society-culture-belief-1500-1800
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Oh this is phenomenal
Mary Beard, Chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, on why she dislikes the phrase ‘I really love reading’.
This clip is provided courtesy of the Southbank Centre, and you can watch the full Booker Prize 2026 shortlist event on their YouTube channel: https://youtube.pulse.ly/axkmrdaxr9
This clip is provided courtesy of the Southbank Centre, and you can watch the full Booker Prize 2026 shortlist event on their YouTube channel: https://youtube.pulse.ly/axkmrdaxr9
September 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Oh this is phenomenal
Pleased to see this volume on married women & the law now out - the product of a great conference on coverture organized by Danaya Wright. (Rather pricey, but good for the library-wishlist!) #earlymodern #history www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
September 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Pleased to see this volume on married women & the law now out - the product of a great conference on coverture organized by Danaya Wright. (Rather pricey, but good for the library-wishlist!) #earlymodern #history www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
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I overheard some holidaymakers comparing the extreme heat of the summer of 1976 with that of 2026 and couldn't help but write a blog post about how History could help:
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A plea for critical thinking humans in our world of extremes
Laura Sangha A companion piece to: What is history for? Or: Doing history/thinking historically The train to Totnes this weekend was full of late holiday makers heading for Cornwall. They were grat…
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September 22, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I overheard some holidaymakers comparing the extreme heat of the summer of 1976 with that of 2026 and couldn't help but write a blog post about how History could help:
manyheadedmonster.com/2026/09/22/a...
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More criminal goings-on in the north west, including knocking out a parson's teeth:
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787 legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/09/18/w...
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787 legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/09/18/w...
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787
By Cassie Watson; posted 18 September 2026. In a previous post I suggested that criminal justice historians could pursue a valuable research project focused solely on records created by the Court o…
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September 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
More criminal goings-on in the north west, including knocking out a parson's teeth:
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787 legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/09/18/w...
When Friends’ Teeth Fall Out: Crime and Punishment in Cheshire, 1787 legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/09/18/w...
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Join us this time next week for 'Historical Context: The Climate Crisis'. 1pm Thursday 24 Sept: bit.ly/4yFlXs4.
With specialist historians Dagomar Degroot, Sadiah Qureshi and Elly Robson Dezateux, in conversation with our audience.
For more on our new Context series bit.ly/3T8poIm #Skystorians
With specialist historians Dagomar Degroot, Sadiah Qureshi and Elly Robson Dezateux, in conversation with our audience.
For more on our new Context series bit.ly/3T8poIm #Skystorians
Historical Context: The Climate Crisis
A panel discussion, hosted by the Royal Historical Society, in which expert historical researchers provide context for current events.
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September 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Join us this time next week for 'Historical Context: The Climate Crisis'. 1pm Thursday 24 Sept: bit.ly/4yFlXs4.
With specialist historians Dagomar Degroot, Sadiah Qureshi and Elly Robson Dezateux, in conversation with our audience.
For more on our new Context series bit.ly/3T8poIm #Skystorians
With specialist historians Dagomar Degroot, Sadiah Qureshi and Elly Robson Dezateux, in conversation with our audience.
For more on our new Context series bit.ly/3T8poIm #Skystorians
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Join us on Friday for this celebration of all the exciting #earlymodern research that’s being done! Your joyful way to get to know 5 excellent books, 2 brilliant post-doctoral projects, and the exciting articles we’re publishing in Renaissance Studies. Get some champagne and join us! #SkyStorians
Join us on 18th September 2026 for our #SRSlyGood Festival! There are two sessions, The first, at 16:00 BST where our postdoctoral fellows will discuss their latest research and the second, at 17.00BST where the 2026 article prize and book prize will be announced! rensoc.org.uk/announcement...
September 16, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Join us on Friday for this celebration of all the exciting #earlymodern research that’s being done! Your joyful way to get to know 5 excellent books, 2 brilliant post-doctoral projects, and the exciting articles we’re publishing in Renaissance Studies. Get some champagne and join us! #SkyStorians
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I was delighted in 2021 to come runner-up in this essay prize with my submission later published thanks to the wonderful peer advice I received during the process. Do submit if you have anything related to the history of parliament!
Are you an early career researcher with an interest in parliamentary history? We are inviting submissions of 10,000 words, including references, for our annual essay prize, worth £500. The deadline is 30 Nov. 2026. More details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...
Parliamentary History
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September 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I was delighted in 2021 to come runner-up in this essay prize with my submission later published thanks to the wonderful peer advice I received during the process. Do submit if you have anything related to the history of parliament!
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JOB!! The Department of History at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a position in medieval and/or transregional history, 7th-16th centuries. French or English, bilingualism an asset. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
August 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
JOB!! The Department of History at the University of Ottawa invites applications for a position in medieval and/or transregional history, 7th-16th centuries. French or English, bilingualism an asset. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
Pleased to see that the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social's special issue of its ‘Intersections’ magazine, on ‘Peace in History/La paix dans l’histoire’, is now online – including my short piece on ‘Peace, “Perpetual Oblivion,” and the Functions of Forgetting.’ cha-shc.ca/publications...
August 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Pleased to see that the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social's special issue of its ‘Intersections’ magazine, on ‘Peace in History/La paix dans l’histoire’, is now online – including my short piece on ‘Peace, “Perpetual Oblivion,” and the Functions of Forgetting.’ cha-shc.ca/publications...
Another great new book from the @universitypress.cambridge.org series in Early Modern British History has arrived: Joan Redmond, Religion, Rebellion, and Violence in Ireland, c. 1603-1649 www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
August 18, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Another great new book from the @universitypress.cambridge.org series in Early Modern British History has arrived: Joan Redmond, Religion, Rebellion, and Violence in Ireland, c. 1603-1649 www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
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Did you know we publish books through our own academic press, an imprint of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social? 📚
The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
August 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Did you know we publish books through our own academic press, an imprint of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social? 📚
The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Just out, my episode of #NotJustTheTudors all about the Court of Star Chamber. 45 minutes of murder, witchcraft, and libel. What more could you want. open.spotify.com/episode/4Q5C...
The Star Chamber: Murder, Witch & Libel Trials
Not Just the Tudors · Episode
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August 14, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Just out, my episode of #NotJustTheTudors all about the Court of Star Chamber. 45 minutes of murder, witchcraft, and libel. What more could you want. open.spotify.com/episode/4Q5C...
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My new post is up!
When Marriage goes Wrong: Breach of Promise in Fifteenth-Century England legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/08/06/w...
When Marriage goes Wrong: Breach of Promise in Fifteenth-Century England legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/08/06/w...
When Marriage goes Wrong: Breach of Promise in Fifteenth-Century England
Posted by Sara M. Butler, 6 August 2026. Cundradus Schlapperitzi, miniature showing marriage (1445). New York Public Library. Courtesy of Picryl. Public Domain. Historians of marriage …
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August 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
My new post is up!
When Marriage goes Wrong: Breach of Promise in Fifteenth-Century England legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/08/06/w...
When Marriage goes Wrong: Breach of Promise in Fifteenth-Century England legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/08/06/w...
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Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...
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August 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Some very REQciting news. My Court of Requests pleadings (REQ 2/16-424) project is now complete. Over 28,000 items dating from c.1547-c.1625 (Edw VI to Jas I) now searchable online. Happy researching everyone 🙂 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...
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@lynbennetthfx.bsky.social and my book has arrived on my desk! Pre-orders available now for shipping on 22.09.2026!
www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...
www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...
July 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
@lynbennetthfx.bsky.social and my book has arrived on my desk! Pre-orders available now for shipping on 22.09.2026!
www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...
www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...
Really interesting piece. I'd also recommend Alan MacEachern's book on the 'Miramichi' Fire of 1825 (covering some 6000 sq miles, it also burnt parts of the U.S.), an excellent piece of environmental history on a monstrous fire: www.mqup.ca/Books/T/The-...
July 30, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Really interesting piece. I'd also recommend Alan MacEachern's book on the 'Miramichi' Fire of 1825 (covering some 6000 sq miles, it also burnt parts of the U.S.), an excellent piece of environmental history on a monstrous fire: www.mqup.ca/Books/T/The-...
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Fabulous new post on grand juries and the linking of juries with due process by K.J. Kesselring!
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legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/07/17/g...
Grand Juries and Star Chamber’s Haunting Spectre
With curbs on trial juries now proposed in the UK, this post looks back to the part played by their now defunct counterpart, the grand jury.
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July 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Fabulous new post on grand juries and the linking of juries with due process by K.J. Kesselring!
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/07/17/g...
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/07/17/g...
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An interactive atlas of the British Empire's civil service: ~16,000 Colonial & India Office careers (1820–1966), every move an arc across the map. Rebuilt from the digitized Indian and Colonial Office Lists with a knowledge graph. WIP, feedback welcome: jimclifford.ca/col_matching/
June 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM
An interactive atlas of the British Empire's civil service: ~16,000 Colonial & India Office careers (1820–1966), every move an arc across the map. Rebuilt from the digitized Indian and Colonial Office Lists with a knowledge graph. WIP, feedback welcome: jimclifford.ca/col_matching/
Very pleased to find not one but two great new books waiting for me on my return to the office: Philippa Carter, Frenzy in Early Modern England: Madness, Brain Disease and the Soul
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
Frenzy in Early Modern England
Cambridge Core - British History after 1450 - Frenzy in Early Modern England
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July 18, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Very pleased to find not one but two great new books waiting for me on my return to the office: Philippa Carter, Frenzy in Early Modern England: Madness, Brain Disease and the Soul
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
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OOOO! THE FABULOUS @extispex.bsky.social's book is out! Wonderful #earlymodern work for all to read @universitypress.cambridge.org! #HistMed #SkyStorians
July 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
OOOO! THE FABULOUS @extispex.bsky.social's book is out! Wonderful #earlymodern work for all to read @universitypress.cambridge.org! #HistMed #SkyStorians
My new post: 'Grand Juries and Star Chamber’s Haunting Spectre' legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/07/17/g...
Grand Juries and Star Chamber’s Haunting Spectre
With curbs on trial juries now proposed in the UK, this post looks back to the part played by their now defunct counterpart, the grand jury.
legalhistorymiscellany.com
July 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
My new post: 'Grand Juries and Star Chamber’s Haunting Spectre' legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/07/17/g...