596 years ago today, Hanseatic cities of Northern Germany retained the services of the privateer captain Bartholomeus Voet, his nine ships and 300 men. With dire consequences for my hometown, Bergen - but also to great annoyance for themselves.
A thread:
The Hansa and the Nordic countries were the best of frenemies at this time. The Hansa traded extensively with the Nordics and often waged war as well, typically allying with one Nordic country against another...
#histodons, Ihr habt heute Abend noch nichts vor? Dann kommt zu meinem online Vortrag über die Autobiographie des Historikers Karl Brandi (1868-1946). Es geht um die Frage, wie ein Historiker seine eigene Geschichte schreibt, was einen Historiker [sic!] zum Historiker macht und auch um #IchBinHanna historisch.
#emdiplomacyAdventCalendar (13/24) wonders what are you planning for the next festive dinner? Better keep your hands of crustaceans. Crayfish claws could cause dangerous and long-lasting side effects on your health as this #emdiplomacy example illustrates. https://habsmon.hypotheses.org/634
"This article outlines a chronology for understanding the cultural importance in Britain of this voyage, from the New England chroniclers to the postcolonial critiques of historians today. In between, it offers a thematic analysis of the different groups which could use the story in their construction of morality and identity, from Romanticists and abolitionists to Anglo-American diplomats and civic boosters."
"The authors present new archaeological discoveries from western and northern Mongolia, dating to the fourth and fifth centuries AD, including a wooden frame saddle with horse hide components from Urd Ulaan Uneet and an iron stirrup from Khukh Nuur. Together, these finds suggest that Mongolian groups were early adopters of stirrups and saddles, facilitating the expansion of nomadic hegemony across Eurasia and shaping the conduct of medieval mounted warfare."
Christmas also means having to think about the right outfit for job Christmas parties, pre-Christmas get-togethers with friends and celebrations with the family - the Christmas jumper is not always appreciated everywhere. Also #emdiplomats had to think about how to dress themselves. (1/3)
Finding the perfect gift is not easy. If you’re looking for some inspiration, here are some of the diplomatic gifts that German chancellor Adenauer received (in German).
On January 15th, I will be taking part alongside several other scholars in a symposium organized by Wilfrid Laurier University on legacies of racism and colonialism in Canadian universities. My talk will focus on the use in 1860 of funds held in trust for First Nations to bail out McGill College.
Institutional Histories: Reckoning with the Past - Reimagining the Future (9am-2:30pm, EST, online) @histodons
Today we want to show you one of the many faces of #emdiplomacy: Antoine Emmanuel Nsaku Ne Vunda (d. 1608) , envoy of the kingdom of Congo to the Pope in 1608.
Let's end this week with an #emdiplomacyReadingRecommendation! Through sheding light on #diplomacy at the #court of Polish king #Sigismund III #Vasa (1566-1632) this brand new anthology edited by Oliver Hegedüs and Kolja Lichy highlights a widely overlooked region and makes an important contribution to the history of #emdiplomacy beyond the south-west European focus that dominates research.
Kein klassisches Sammlungsgebiet von Bibliotheken, dafür jetzt im #Slider: Kochbücher sind mehr als kulinarische Anleitungen – sie bieten Zugang zu den Lebenswirklichkeiten vergangener Gesellschaften.
Mona Kirsch gibt im Blog ➡ Selten & Bemerkenswert anhand der Sammlung der @subugoe eine Einführung in die Vielfalt des Genres und öffnet einen Horizont von Forschungsperspektiven.
The All-Palestine Government of September/October 1948 was a messy affair: a last ditch effort by the Arab League and then de facto Palestinian national leader, Hajj Amin al-Husseini (AHE), to form a government, that will give some semblance of sovereignty and insert the Palestinian voice into the discussions about the future of Palestine at the UN General Assembly, which was about to discuss Bernadotte's recommendations (annex the Palestinian territories to Trans-Jordan).
United States Department of State
501.BB Palestine/10–248: Circular telegram
"Against the backdrop of the threat of war with Persia and an imminent Spartan invasion which resulted in the overthrow of Hippias (510 BCE), it is considered that a political transition occurred because Greece was both geologically and politically disposed to adopt this labour-intensive silver technology which helped to initiate, fund and protect the radical social experiment that became known as Classical Greece."
"In particular, I make a response to Wood’s suggestion in Archaeometry (2022, first view, ‘Other ways to examine the finances behind the birth of Classical Greece’) that the end of the production of lead votive figurines in Sparta might have been caused by Athenian restrictions to Laurion lead exports, drawing on new LIA of the Spartan lead votives and wider considerations concerning the trade, cost and volume of lead in the 7th to 5th century bce Mediterranean."