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Performing Reformation Ballads in Manchester
The end of October was very busy, what with several Historical Association meetings in London as well as two public engagements. The first of these was a speaking engagement at Ewecross, but the second was something a bit different – a 45 minute performance of Tudor ballads at the John Rylands Library event to commemorate…
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Singing the News at Ewecross
I was delighted earlier this year to be asked to give my talk on Singing the News in mid-Tudor England at Ewecross Historical Society which meets in High Bentham on the top edge of the Forest of Bowland (being a forest, there’s no direct route there from here, so it’s actually about an hour’s journey…
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Archive work in the British Library – the way I work
At the end of September I went down to London to hear a paper by Chris Marsh at the Royal Historical Society, so I took the opportunity to travel down a bit ahead of time and spend the afternoon in the British Library. This is something I haven’t done for a couple of years, for…
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The way we work
I was I was fascinated by this series of posts on Twitter by Bradley Irish… It’s true, I think. I was reminded of some interviews done by the Marine Lives project last year which looked at the way historians carry out research using electronic databases. I wrote a short blog post at the time,…
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North West Early Modern Seminar in Liverpool
I recently attended the latest meeting of the North West Early Modern Seminar Series, which was held at Liverpool University on 1 November. It came at the end of a particularly busy few days for me, so I was really quite tired, but happily there was lovely homemade spiced apple cake from Elaine Chalus and…
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Chris Marsh on Gender Roles in Popular Ballads
At the end of September I killed several birds with one stone by taking a short trip to London. As well as attending a Historical Association committee meeting, I spent an afternoon in the British Library and an evening at the Royal Historical Society lecture given by Professor Christopher Marsh, ‘The woman to the plow…
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Pilgrimage of Grace
The end of the summer brought quite a few productive weeks, if I do say so myself. While I was waiting for various things to do with the book manuscript to come together, I was also working on my Pilgrimage of Grace article. It looks at a cluster of references to ballads and rhymes in…
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Reblogged from Katherine Butler – The Earliest Surviving Song in Praise of Queen Elizabeth I?
Came across this interesting ballad post while I was looking for something else. Source: The Earliest Surviving Song in Praise of Queen Elizabeth I?
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European Dimensions of Popular Print Culture (EDPOP)
Sadly, I can’t make this event at the John Rylands, but I’d be interested to hear all about it. John Rylands Library Special Collections Blog Source: European Dimensions of Popular Print Culture (EDPOP)
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The Reformation of the People? The View from the Alebench
Originally posted on the many-headed monster: Mark Hailwood It’s not every day the Protestant Reformation gets to celebrate its 500th birthday – well, only on one day, really. And it’s no surprise that yesterday’s anniversary of that fateful day when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door of Wittenberg – the first…
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