Ecclesiastical History Society
Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
- St Lawrence, Broughton, Bucks. C15 paintings of Mary carrying Christ whilst youths play. Several are holding parts of Christ's body. A caution not to swear by Christ's body. Referenced in The Pardoner's Tale. Canterbury Tales. "That it's a grisly thing..Our Dear Lord's body they...will tear.
- Exploring the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, the new home of the Bodleian Humanities Library. ...featuring a very familiar face! #Tolkien
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- 📢FIRST FEATURED WILL OF 2026📢 'if it shall please God to afflict me before my Death’. Emily explores the will of Mary Young, who anticipated that she might lose mental or physical capacity at the end. #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
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- Please join the friends and members of the Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social #online Monday 2 February 11:00 to 17:30 (Dublin time) The 3rd event supported by Wellcome-SSHM Network Grants For programme see 👇 & for Zoom link contact militarywelfarehistory@gmail.com #histmed
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- Christmas Eve at the Bodleian ✨ "The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting." 📚 | Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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- Grateful to EHS for featuring my piece.
- How is it December already?! ❄️ Cosy up and enjoy a history read today with our latest blog post by PhD student Yaling Peng ( @yalingpeng.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk ). She explores how William Laud's policies in the 1630s were driven by economic as well as religious considerations: wp.me/p7o0HV-ro
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