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Jan Machielsen

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Historian of early modern religion, working on witches and saints. Loves hikes and risotto.

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17 out of 24 targeted for compulsory redundancies. It sucks for the staff who may be forced to leave, and it sucks for the staff who would be left to carry the teaching (and admin and research) on their own and somehow keep the department viable. It's awful.

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Lol. Yes, thanks for that observation earlier! 😅

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This just keeps getting better.

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Tomás Antonio Valle's avatar Tomás Antonio Valle @tomasantoniovalle.bsky.social
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#CFP Seeking papers (esp. from advanced PhD students and ECRs) to fill out an exciting series of sessions I'm organizing for #RenSA25 on #religion in the history of scholarship!! Please email or message me ASAP if you are interested. #reformazing

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this is incredible. did any of the senior conservatives etc NOT place a bet?

Unusual burst of bets preceded Rishi Sunak’s election announcement on.ft.com/3RBliou

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Idk. Would be fun to display a golden calf next to the commandments wouldn't it?

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Andrea Reyes E (she/her)'s avatar Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social
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#EarlyModern folk, pls help! The word "coitre" does not exist in Spanish. From what I gather this was a wooden box with curtains, glass and it seems a door that opened. My guess is that it was for devotional use. Anybody has seen this word before? Thx!

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Fascinating #earlymodern #hextag find: an illustrated 17c witchcraft account with numbered drawings of all the protagonists. Here is one of the witches and her familiar.

Haven't come across this before! Does anyone know if any others?

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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No, but there is a story that witches from across Europe would meet there. Possibly prompted by the name of the local river (sabbato). Something I need to look into!

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Final stop of this trip, Benevento, the famous city of witches.

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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The absolutely extraordinary cave church that is the Crypta di San Biagio near San Vito di Normanni. Created by Byzantine monks who fled the East. You need to contact the council to arrange to see it, but it's so worth it! #earlymodern

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Chapel of St Irene. Is that Jerome day dreaming at the top? Very odd.

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Mary is still always reading. (Times two.) Basilica of Santa Croce, Lecce.

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Christ meets Aquaman? The modern art section of the diocesan museum is wild!

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Note the little dragon sticking out... Don't think the artist got the proportions right. 😝 #earlymodern

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The figure in the bottom corner. I don't think I've ever seen a patron look more out of context. 😂 #earlymodern

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Another day, another incarnation of Mary. Here she's handing out belts (!) to saints.

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Een strand aan de kust bij Lecce. (Tips voor zuidelijk Puglia zijn zeker welkom!)

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Spent the afternoon on a beach reading Kat Hill's beautiful memoir. The contrast in landscapes couldn't be bigger but it was riveting reading!

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It's a two parter! Built on top of an older church!

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The Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin in Trani must be one of the best situated churches in the world.

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The premodern world held possibilities and imagined futures: the physical and metaphysical systems that were actively built and contested then continue to inform the world in the present.

Read our statement on the value of Renaissance & Premodern Studies:

www.rensoc.org.uk/statement-on...

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Lunch in Tivoli with my bestie while the Vatican is taking a Catholic holiday. 😊

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The graves of the rebel O'Neills in the San Pietro in Montorio. It was my friend Harriet's favourite church in Rome. Really wish they had somewhere to light a candle.

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Some very appropriate twinning going on here. The wine better be good!

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Oh. Cool! So wish I could have made it to that but my parents are in town.

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That he is a vampire who likes to bathe in the blood of the innocent?

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Really happy to have this paper copy of my tribute to Jeanine De Landtsheer, a truly genuine human being who is still much missed.

She and I spent many happy lunches discussing this one MS so this essay reflects her scholarship as much as mine.

jstor.org/stable/27295442

#earlymodern

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My risotto obsession is out of control... Discovered I had 8 packs of the stuff yesterday. 😅

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Fantastic AGM yesterday, where we waved a teary farewell and thanked those who are stepping down from Council: Sophie Butler, Jason Harris, @janmachielsen.bsky.social, Raphäele Mouren & Syrithe Pugh.

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Oh. One of my favourite early modern people. Interesting!

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Chuffed. The WordleBot has acknowledged my superiority. 😝

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Jan Machielsen's avatar Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social
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Well, if the full weight of history hasn't converted you to the truth of the Catholic religion then Satan has truly bewitched your eyes, I guess. 🤪

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