'Hammondβs meticulous study uncovers the important role that the northern nobles played in trying to change the course of religious and political affairs'. Review by @eilishgregory.bsky.social in @northernhistory.bsky.social of the third volume in the series.
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Save 35% on my new Bloomsbury book "Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022" by using the below code at checkout! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #history #skyhistory #capuchins #catholicism #catholic #StFrancis800 #franciscan
βRadical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022' by @durhamtheology.bsky.socialβs @liamtemple.bsky.social is out now! Order here and save 30%: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism
"Radical Poverty" is finally out in the world! Drawing on four years of research and partnership with the Capuchin Franciscans, the book adds a new layer to our understanding of the history of Catholicism. More details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p...
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Congratulations to the newly-minted Dr Helen Knight on defending her @durhamtheology.bsky.social thesis, 'Forgotten leaders - English and Irish women religious and the development of secondary education for all Catholic girls in the opening decades of the 20thC' #skystorians #nuntastic #catholicism
New video from me on Br Lawrence of the Resurrection, a seventeenth century mystical writer that Pope Leo has stated is one of his personal favourites. URL: youtu.be/2oJF1Qxr0Go #youtube #cathhist #history #Catholicism #LeoXIV #mysticism #skystorians #skyhistory
A man with dark hair and wearing glasses smiles at the camera. His picture is central and bordered by a blurred image of an old Catholic manuscript. Text on the picture says "We hold the UK's first academic chair dedicated specifically to Catholic history."
Did you know we hold the UKβs first academic chair dedicated specifically to #Catholic history? Dr James Kelly @durhamtheology.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social holds the Clare and Hawley Chair - indicative of our ground-breaking research into the history of #Catholicism π bit.ly/4amN7cq
Coming to your library shelves this summer!
Delighted to announce the 6th volume in the series will be published in June! Click here for details about the forthcoming 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' by @ewatson.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a...
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New from James Kelly in the latest issue of The Historical Journal:
'Womenβs Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600β1800'
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James Kelly's article 'Womenβs Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600β1800' has been published in the latest issue of @historicaljnl.bsky.social #nuntastic #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism Read it open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New Year, new book from the IMEMS Press! π @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
Chelsea Reutke's 'Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688' reconstructs the various networks that sustained the production and circulation of Catholic texts.
π²Order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi...
- James Kelly, 'Womenβs Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600β1800', The Historical Journal. Read here: π doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Are you an author of a new #history book published in 2025? Consider applying for our #BookPrize!
The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.
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Just one week left to submit papers for the 5th Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference! Proposals are welcome from researchers at all career stages working on the 16th to the late 18th century
#skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism #nuntastic
Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688 by @creutcke.bsky.social is the fifth volume in the series and is out now! #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism
The CCSβ James Kelly and CCS honorary professor @jdmccafferty.bsky.social have just been announced as winners of the 2025 Trisco-Minnich Prize by @achahistory.bsky.social for their work as general editors of the Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism! #skystorians #catholicism #history
β°Deadline: 21 January 2026
π’CfP : Fifth Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism Conference (EMBIC V)
π26 June-1 July 2026 | πUniversity of Notre Dame (London)
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The fifth volume in the series, 'Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688' by @creutcke.bsky.social is out this month - and with 35% off using the code BB897 in the link below! #skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism
Nativity Scene, from Giulio Aleni, "Illustrated Life of the Lord of Heaven", 倩主ιηεΊεηΆθ§£, Fuzhou, 1637
The CfP for the 5th Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference is now live! Taking place in London 29 June-1 July 2026, proposals are welcome from researchers at all career stages. For details: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #skystorians #nuntastic #history #cathhist #catholicism
8 Dec 1622: Jerome Porter #Benedictine hagiographer professed at St. Edmund's #Paris #otd (eebo) - a 17th century proponent of a Saintly Common Travel Area.
Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting!
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
So grateful for another pre-publication review of 'Radical Poverty', this time by Susan O'Brien. The book is due out with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in Feb 2026, more info here: bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #cathhist #skystorians #catholicism #capuchins #franciscanstudies #catholichistory
Back in the library (1640s) & thinking about how amazing it was that Luke Wadding started the Irish house here in 1625 & brought out the first of the 8 chunky volumes of his Annales Minorum in the very same year.
Another review of the second volume in the series: 'The book is clear and well-written ... a must-have book for all specialized libraries in theology and the history of Christianity'. (The Catholic Historical Review) #history #skystorians #jesuits #CathHist #catholicism
Thank you to Museum Plantin-Moretus, University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, Utrecht University, and Northumbria University for organising such a wonderful conference!
CCS and @durhamtheology.bsky.social PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social recently spoke on early modern English Catholic women and the use of missionary texts at the 'Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade' conference in Antwerp #skystorians #bookhistory #catholicism
The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland Annual Conference on 'O'Connell and his Legacy' takes place on Saturday 22 November 2025 at the St Patrick's campus @dublincityuni.bsky.social
To book see
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oday marks my last day as the Little Company of Mary Research Associate at @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social.
. It has been a three years that I will not forget. As a precarious early career researcher, I never thought that I would have the opportunity to be 1/
