CordeliaBeattie, 6 months ago to histodon

Check out version v1.3.0 of our #Digital edition of Alice Thornton's Books. We have a new search function for people and places. Links that go to our partial release are live (others show up but are currently disabled). We also have some sample bios up for the 14 people named in the first 22 pages of her 'Book of Remembrances'. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/entities/
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CordeliaBeattie, 7 months ago to histodon

While four autobiograpical accounts of Alice Thornton's (1626-1707) life exist, each one is different from the others as she changed the structure and rewrote events.
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CordeliaBeattie, 9 months ago to litodons

I spoke to Mark Turnbull
about Alice Thornton, finding two of her missing manuscripts and her life in the turbulent #17thCentury. Subscribe to CavalierCast & listen on your regular podcast platform: episode 28, 'Alice Thornton's manuscripts'.
https://buzzsprout.com/1194917 #earlymodern #podcast #BritishCivilWars @histodons @histodon @litodons

CordeliaBeattie, 9 months ago to litodons

The Alice Thornton's Books project is partnered with Durham Cathedral. We will have four days and nights of public events there
18-21 October so I decided to blog about five links between Alice Thornton and Durham Cathedral to hopefully wet your interest.
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2023-09-07-Thornton-Durham-cathedral/
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CordeliaBeattie, 10 months ago to litodons

#OTD in 1644, Alice Thornton's sister, Katherine Danby, gave birth to her 15th child at Middleham Castle while her husband was a fugitive in the civil war. Alice, on horseback, nearly drowned in the river en route: 'the poor mare drew up her forefeet & I perceived she did swim' (Book1). See further https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2022-07-25-alice-thornton-middleham-castle/

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