8 archival trips between 2022 and 2026, 9 different archives, and 66, 539 photographs taken of criminal cases, proclamations, letters, and chronicles written between 1500 and 1700 for Mapping Violence in Early Modern Italy and I feel like I've barely even scratched the surface.

Archival find of the day and likely beginning of book two. From a Venetian wanted notice posted at the Rialto in September of 1600. The story (so far) from the Proclamation posted on the Rialto (1 of 4):

Just submitted book adoptions for my fall courses (lalalalala, I'm not ready for the semester to start in a month) and I've been threatening to assign the Cheese and the Worms to my digital history undergrads for years. This semester, I'm making good on those threats.

#CfP 📢 Interdisciplinary symposium: "Arcangela Tarabotti in Context: Authority, Community, and Resistance in Early Modern Eureope", Johns Hopkins University. 🗓️ 16–17 April 2027 | 🌎Baltimore (USA) ⏰ Deadline: 1 August 2026 🔗 www.rsa.org/news/730095/... #EarlyModern #HistoryofWomen #AngelaTarabotti

For anyone who published a book, article, or digital project on legal history between Jan.2025 and Dec.2026: you should apply to be featured in the ASLH's virtual event series for next yr--"Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27." Due June 30, 2026: aslh.net/virtual-book... (1/2)

My book has a release date (15 Oct) and page on the publisher's website now: uolpress.co.uk/book/prostit... 🎉🎉🎉

Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence - University of London Press

From the fourteenth century, prostitutes in Florence were encouraged to leave their profession and spend their lives in repentance at the monastery of Sant’Elisabetta delle Convertite. Many did over i...

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Sharing this posting which could be a dream PhD for many: www.uni.lu/en/jobs/doct...

Doctoral Researcher in Historical Game Studies

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It's here! Officially out next week.

This is a great opportunity to work on a brilliant project. Please spread the word! rensoc.org.uk/announcement...

Everyone should absolutely get a copy of this. It's going to be 🔥

Catherine Fletcher@catherinefletcher.info · 5mo ago

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

Done some spring cleaning for my London Lives Petitions Project webpages. Dataviz should no longer be broken, checked links, added a few updates. london.sharonhoward.org/llpp/

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of 'Communities of Violence' by Prof David Nirenberg! He will be engaging in conversation with other scholars about his work and the history of religious persecution. Join us on 14 April at @ghilondon.bsky.social 😊 #skystorians #medievalsky #earlymodern #medieval

magazén - Call for Abstracts 2026! Due Feb 28 2026 The journal welcomes abstract proposals that highlight recent research and experiences in the field of Digital and Public Humanities. See more here: edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4...

Edizioni Ca' Foscari

Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press

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Thrilled to chair and co-organize three EMoDiR panels at RSA San Francisco 2026 on The Devil and Dissent: from demonology and Reformation polemic to political demonization and gendered stage representations #RenTwitter #earlymodern #RenTwitter #earlymodern

I was a high school drop out from suburban Kansas (long story) and for me, college was like being a kid in a candy store. Five classes I took: 1. Theoretical physics 2. Anthropology of East Asia 3. Japanese 1 and 2 4. From Goddesses to Witches: Women in Pre-modern Europe 5. Renaissance Philosophy

Recently I took a break from research, course prep, and *gestures around* to have a lovely conversation about my recently published book with Miranda Melcher at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social You can now listen here! megaphone.link/NBNK8414335727

Amanda G. Madden, "Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy" (Cornell UP, 2025) by New Books in Italian Studies

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The Center for Humanities Research at GMU is hosting a hybrid book talk for my monograph Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy this upcoming Friday from noon-12:30. Register at this link: chr.gmu.edu/events/17595

CHR Book Launch, "Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy" by Amanda Madden

Friday, November 21, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST

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I ordered a cake to celebrate my book launch. It turned out kinda epic. 😆

Today is the day! Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy is officially out! I'll be posting about the book and the digital project it launched in the upcoming weeks. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Civil Blood by Amanda G. Madden | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

Civil Blood is a study of the practice of vendetta among the civic elites in sixteenth-century Italy and illustrates the complex and integral role that vendetta violence played in civic life and state...

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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/

While not an exploding box (you'll have to read the book ;-)), something equally exciting was waiting for me on my doorstep today. My advance copies for Civil Blood arrived! A hearfelt thanks to my wonderful editor at @cornellupress.bsky.social @bethanywasik.bsky.social for making this day possible!

Why does having a cover for your book make it feel more official? Thrilled to share mine for Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy out Nov 15 with @cornellupress.bsky.social This book has some things to say about the intersections between violence and statecraft.

Thrilled to be giving a book talk later this year at the Italian-German Historical Institute for my forthcoming book with @cornellupress.bsky.social Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy! Information below.

Sandra Toffolo@toffolosandra.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join us for this semester's seminars on #earlymodern history, hosted by the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento! With Louise Bonvalet, Robert Kendrick, Antonio Chemotti, Umberto Cecchinato, Laura Righi, @amandamadden.bsky.social, and @massimorospocher.bsky.social #skystorians

1) Finally back in the research trenches and working on the next book (and the project Mapping Violence) and the Venetian material I've collected continues to delight. Today's find from the archives of the Council of Ten: An investigation of a 'cartello' of a treasonous poem from Verona.

*first day of class “Hey, everyone, if you liked K-Pop Demon Hunters, you will LOVE our first text!*” *Milton’s Paradise Lost

So....I've just learned that there are women on TikTok dressing up as Alexander Hamilton and sneaking out of windows to get to the dueling ground. This made my morning.

Author copies arrived today! 😍🥳 #dh #bookhistory #medievalsky

A very helpful collection of primary sources on early modern Europe. 🗃️

John Theibault@jtheibault.bsky.social · last yr.

Since @onslies.bsky.social went to the trouble to compile this thorough list of #earlymodern published primary sources, it should be more widely known: liesbethcorens.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/e... And @sharonhoward.bsky.social has this page for online resources: earlymodernweb.org/resources/

If you're attending #DH2025 make sure to check out @jmotis.bsky.social's panel Revitalizing, Maintaining, & Sunsetting the Digital Humanities on Friday and @deepthimurali.bsky.social & @jasonheppler.org's session Participatory Platforms, Open Scholarship and Advanced OCR on Thursday.