Dorothy Dunnett Society
@dunnettcentral.bsky.social
The Dorothy Dunnett Society. Literary society and registered charity promoting the works of Scottish novelist Dorothy Dunnett and historical research. For more information on Dorothy Dunnett and her work, please visit https://dunnettcentral.org
If you haven’t read Game of Kings, but want to join in the discussion…🤣
Bill Marshall 🇸🇮 🏴@spiderbill.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd of the many external articles listed on www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/external-rev... I recommend reading the hilarious one - The Game of Kings in Fifteen Minutes - at archiveofourown.org/chapters/682...
Last weekend, the German Dunnetties met near Darmstadt. Saturday featured a cheerful gathering with plenty of discussion about literature—and Dunnett, of course.
My copy of Whispering Gallery 170 has just arrived.
✍️Short story writers! There's just one month left to enter the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition! We're looking for unpublished short stories set all or mainly in the past. More info and entry form at historicalwriters.org/awards/the-d... #HWADDSS26
WG 170 is en route to members. 52 pp, 8 colour. Discusses the attachment between Jerott and Lymond; language and cultural exchange in Niccolò; Scottish maps and charts; the Venice Guide; trading links in the north-west Highlands; Henri II’s Entry into Rouen; and destiny and choice in Dolly books.
With quotations from the novels, maps, photographs and historical illustrations, our new guide help readers imagine life in Niccolò’s time and perhaps even locate the Ca’ Niccolò. Out on 24 April 2026. A5, 92 pages, printed two-colour (black and orange). 15 maps, 58 photographs, 21 illustrations
@dunnettcentral.bsky.social A century or so pre-Niccolo but fascinating!
Stephen Gadd@docuracy.co.uk · 3mo ago✉️ Explore 145,000 medieval merchant letters as a live map: the correspondence network of Francesco di Marco Datini (c.1363–1412), spanning Florence to Barcelona to North Africa. Visualise routes, travel times & seasonality. docuracy.github.io/datini/ #DigitalHumanities #MedievalHistory
Proofs have arrived! I'm both absolutely thrilled and gripped with typo-phobia. In any case, the book is almost real! #NUNTASTIC
Dr. Sarah Joan Moran@lc-beguines.bsky.social · 5mo agoHear ye, hear ye! My book is in production! www.routledge.com/Unconventual...
We are stronger, and better historians, together. Historical societies abound in the UK, and we've listed 150 with BlueSky accounts in this updated Starter Pack. go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd Other societies appear on a new listing of subject societies on the RHS website bit.ly/4ebwP9r #Skystorians
The DDS is pleased to announce two additional Zoom groups coming in June: Niccolò Rising Reading Group: 5 June 16:00 BST Craft and criticism discussion group: 10 June 18:00 BST – this group will look closely at the Lymond books; first meeting topic ‘Worldbuilding and the historical novel’.
May meeting dates for Zoom groups (DDS members only; see p. 3 of WG 169. US Eastern/Central-A: 16 May 13:00 EDT US Mountain/Pacific: 17 May 13:00 PDT Whifflers: 22 May 16:00 BST Australia–NZ: 23 May 17:00 AEST Lymond Chronicles Reading Group: 23 May 15:00 BST US Eastern/Central-B: 23 May 14:00 EDT
Excited for this event in Rome, co-presenting with @hlamers.bsky.social 'Condensing Demosthenes: Tradition and Innovation in Early Modern Sententiae Collections–The Case of Joannes Loinus (1551)' Join us! #classicalreception #skystorians #classics #earlymodern www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english...
Condensing the Classics: Small Forms in the Reception of Greek Heritage - The Norwegian Institute in Rome
International WorkshopThe workshop brings together scholars from Cyprus, Italy, Norway, Spain, and the United States to discuss small forms in the reception of Greek heritage in a wide variety of cont...
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This #earlymodern print was to be used by 4 singers, standing on the four sides of the broadside, enjoying the get together. Part of the title says: for four voices, composed for children: "Mit vier Stimmen, für die Kinder Componieret". The year is 1571. 🎵 #skystorians
25 April 1583: William Harborne's gifts achieve the desired outcome in Constantinople, as around about today, the sultan sends this letter to Elizabeth thanking her for sending 'Harrabroun' to him with her friendly letter, and undertaking that he shall enjoy all such privileges ... 1/ #earlymodern
I enjoyed all three excellent talks at today's lecture day but the animalino (a rusty spotted cat) definitely stole the show. #DunnettContent
With quotations from the novels, maps, photographs and historical illustrations, our new guide help readers imagine life in Niccolò’s time and perhaps even locate the Ca’ Niccolò. Out on 24 April 2026. A5, 92 pages, printed two-colour (black and orange). 15 maps, 58 photographs, 21 illustrations
The booking form for the summer Dunnett day in Portsmouth is now live at dunnettcentral.org/weekend/Dunn...
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One finds Dunnett squeaks in the darnedest places. (St Catherine's monastery!)
Scientists Reveal The Oldest Map of The Night Sky Ever Made
Researchers are painstakingly reconstructing the oldest-known map of the night sky – previously thought lost forever – by X-raying parchment that contains the star catalog hidden beneath other text.
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#dunnettsqueak Dog's Tooth Violet
@slowdriver25.bsky.social · 5mo ago#Stunday #FlowersOnSunday #DogToothViolet #Wildflowers #flowers #FlowerReport #FlowerSky #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #BloomSky #blooms #Woods #Forests #nature #NaturePhotography #PhotoSky #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography #Phonetography #AltText #NoAI
I am a fan of Dorothy Dunnett -- an author of extremely entertaining and highly detailed historical fiction. But I can't be the only one frustrated by her use of horoscopes and astrology (Lymond Chronicles) and divining (House of Nicoló) in a world that is otherwise fully materialistic.
Dr. Krista A. Milne@kmilne.bsky.social · 5mo agoPlease help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...
Wishing all readers a beautiful St. Parick‘s Day.☘️ Remember O‘Liam Roe and his ollave, two wonderful #dunnett characters!
DDS members: Zoom group meetings are underway! Please check your email for how to get involved.
Lymond is 500! This first issue of his quincentenary year features a talk Dunnett gave in 1997 on The Lymond Chronicles. Amongst other highlights: how the female characters drive the narrative of the novels; early maps and sea charts used by Dunnett’s heroes; priests and prophets 3, Niccolò.
Read about the importance of looking closely at art and the many captivating details and connections you'll be able to discover. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #renaissance #mosaicmonday #academia #art 🏺 #medievalsky ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/visual-enl...
Visual Enlightenment
The benefits of opening your eyes
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Mar 2: Feast of Sléibíne mac Congaile (†767), abbot of Iona. He enforced the Law of Colum Cille in Ireland in 757, which probably involved the formal bearing of the saint's relics on circuit in association with the collection of tax. Suibne succeeded him. 📸August Schwerdfeger #medievalsky
