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A conversation amongst #Kpop fans included this mention of the variety of fans and the importance of inclusivity and mutual respect in the fandom here on Mastodon - qualities sorely lacking in some other Kpop spaces.

Anyway, that part of the conversation reminded me of the history of inclusivity and mutual respect, which in turn set me thinking about religious "toleration" in early modern European history, which in turn reminded me of the Edict of Torda in the Transylvania of 1568:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of

I was going to finish there with a pronouncement of "There's a lot more to Transylvania than Dracula!" which is true, but, on reflection, a bad note on which to end because it sounds smug and condescending.

Yes, early modern history is fascinating, anybody who can visit Transylvania should do so, and "toleration" deserves much attention from both a historical and philosophical point of view - but shouldn't I be more alive to today's interest in vampirism and to goth subcultures ? Shouldn't I remember that, in the words of @pixelcats, "all ways of stanning are valid" and that includes the stanning of Transylvania too?

From Kpop to C16 Torda and back again!

ApobangpoPixelcats⁷ (@pixelcats@apobangpo.space)@Erzbet @girlbandgeek@mastodon.social @abuelaskpop @planetnine@mastodon.social I agree so much, .. but I would also hate to see the gatekeepery, condescending vibe that goes on in many fandom spaces leak over into this space. History is important. Culture and etiquette are also important. But, our ways of being evolve and grow, too. We have a range of eras of fans here, and all ways of stanning are valid.

Call for Proposals: “Premodern Ecologies” Seminar Series 2025-26 at the Newberry Library (Chicago, USA).
Deadline: July 7

eseh.org/call-for-proposals-pr

This seminar provides a forum for new approaches to classical, medieval, and early modern studies, allowing scholars from a range of disciplines to share work-in-progress with the broader community at the Center for Renaissance Studies.
#earlymodernhistory #envhist #ClassicalHistory #medievalhistory

eseh.orgCall for Proposals: “Premodern Ecologies” Seminar Series 2025-26 at the Newberry Library (Chicago, USA) – European Society for Environmental History

My current project is to write a biography of Jacob (born Henrique) de Castro Sarmento(1690-1762). A Portuguese "converso", he saw the nets of the Inquisition tighten around his close family when he was still a teenager. Even so, he managed to complete his medical course and only left the country when he was an adult and these nets were about to catch him. His entire subsequent life was marked by this departure in 1721 for London, where he lived the remaining four decades of his life. In England he changed his first name to Jacob and integrated – not always with enthusiasm or complete success – into the Sephardic community in London. He came marveled at the initial phase of the British Enlightenment, Newtonianism, iatromechanicism and experimental philosophy, and sought – with success – to integrate himself into the London social life and the great republic of letters. However, he always remained, in thought and action, close to his home country.
#HistoryOfMedicine
#EarlyModernHistory

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I was Today Years Old when I learned that Charles I was not the last king chucked off the throne of England by parliament

James II was chucked off by parliament on 23 December 1688 over a concern over the potential for a Catholics vs Protestants civil war

(I did do Medieval and Early Modern History at university, but the Early Modern history was social history - the lives of every day people, religion etc -, not political history - not monarchs and battles)

Irgendwer begeht heute irgendwo den #Onkel-und-#Tante-Tag. Wir haben auch dafür ein passendes Heft: #WerkstattGeschichte 46/2007 mit dem Thementeil "#tanten", hg. von Michaela Hohkamp, befasst sich anhand dieser verwandtschaftlichen Figur mit familiären Ökonomien in der #FNZ.
▶ werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_au

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Mehr #Schreibkalender wagen! Wir starten am 13. März @hab_wf mit der Tagung zum frühneuzeitlichen Schreibkalender. Unsere #DFG geförderte Datenbank diente als Anlass, handschriftliche Einträge in den Kalendern der Frühen Neuzeit genauer zu untersuchen.

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