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7233 words
An interesting sort of week. I have been trying to polish up my work, which is due in next Wednesday, but it’s impossible to switch off from the analysis. It keeps expanding instead of being cut! I keep finding bits that need more explanation, so more explanation goes in, or another hour or two or…
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I think it’s taking over my life….
…which I suppose is not really surprising! I’ve had a really good day, but I know I can’t carry on now, because it’s too late to start on another section that could drag on into the night. I’ve written 4800 words of my chapter on images of Mary, and although doubtless some of them need…
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Ballads and Marigolds
This week I’ve been looking at the ballads written about Mary and Philip, and their background. So I’m looking into the authors and printers, and the culture of balladry in the early modern period. I’m really finding it very interesting, not least because of my background in music and my particular interest in the folk…
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Primary research
I’ve changed tack a bit this week. Instead of doing random keyword searches or looking up all the records in English for each year on EEBO, I looked up recusant women on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, made some notes on them and then started trying to find references to them on EEBO, State…
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Weekly update
I didn’t do my update last night, so here it is. Yesterday was much more productive. I checked all the records for 1555, which was interesting, if a little on the slow side. In the afteroon I carried on with my secondary reading – I’ve moved on to Megan Matchinske, because it was shorter. I…
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Archers Break
That’s ‘The Archers’ on Radio 4, not an alcoholic drink of some sort, in case you were wondering! The children went back to school yesterday, so I did a bit of work on my John Roberts piece (I think I might have finished it and I’m certainly pleased with my progress) and proofread a couple…
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Christmas update
Well, I did get a couple more days’ work done, which was good. I’ve got lots of potentially interesting records to look at on EEBO when I get chance. I’ve started reading Anne Dillon’s ‘Construction of Martyrdom’ book, which I have to say I’m finding heavy going. It’s very repetitive. I’ve also read some interesting…
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Coming up to Christmas
This week’s most important news is that I’ve managed to order a turkey for Christmas without having to remortgage the house! I also went to four different school Christmas concerts on Wednesday. The children are going rather loopy with excitement. On Tuesday evening I had my Spanish exam, which I sat while recovering from a…
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Spanish exam
Slightly panicking, as I have a Spanish exam in a week and in between I have to fit in my revision around a trip to the dentist, a trip to the doctor, two school plays, doing church flowers, going to church, buying and decorating a Christmas tree, taking children to Brownies, Cubs and choir practice and making…
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Late update
I should have done this on Friday evening, but I forgot, but I’m here now. The trouble is that I can’t entirely remember what I did last week. I’ve handed in my essay on Mary I and the Reformation – I sent it off on Thursday morning. On Friday I did some more work on…
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