Blogs about: 1600s
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Finance and gambling in early modern Europe or why Arrow-Debreu can be fun
Hedge fund managers playing poker and investment gurus using their skills in casinos are part of the contemporary mythology surrounding the world of finance. This makes it surprising that when Merton… more →
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New book. Global Crisis; Climate Change and Catastrophe in 1660's.
wrote 1 week ago: Droughts, deluges and raging debates Review by Lisa Jardine A magisterial book argues that 17th-cent … more →
Meet Jane...14-Year-Old Jamestown Colony Victim of Cannibalism?
wrote 3 weeks ago: Jane–Jamestown Victim of Cannibalism Scientists revealed Wednesday, May 1, 2013, that they hav … more →
The Little Girl and the Starving Time
wrote 3 weeks ago: I just finished working with The Female American, whose narrator claims to have a grandfather from J … more →
Creature Comforts
wrote 4 weeks ago: Have you ever heard talk about creature comforts? Those are things that make life comfortable and pl … more →
Quattro Canti
wrote 4 weeks ago: I don’t know how well you can view a 360degree shot on a WordPress blog, but here’s a 36 … more →
Historic Document.....The First Virginia Charter.... April 10, 1606
wrote 1 month ago: April 10, 1606 James, by the grace of God [King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defende … more →
Deer scroll | Tawaraya Sotatsu and Honami Koetsu | Early 17th century
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wrote 1 month ago: Deer scroll | Tawaraya Sotatsu and Honami Koetsu | Early 17th century Sotatsu and Koetsu formed one … more →
Ahead of His Time
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wrote 1 month ago: English has been the primary language in America since the early British settlements of the 1600 … more →
"Blue Ridge Brides"
wrote 1 month ago: Book: Blue Ridge Brides Authors: Bliss, Coleman, Murray - This is a Three In One Collection St … more →
Woebetide, Dear Place of Education
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wrote 1 month ago: Ah, the trivial matters of school. One must so love them, do they not? No. They do not. Why, dear st … more →
27 Delightful Obsolete Words It's High Time We Revived Them - A Remix
wrote 1 month ago: On March 25, 2013, Luke Lewis, of BuzzFeed.com, first posted 27 images of owls (with etymologies, me … more →
Anne Hutchinson (1591 - 1643)
wrote 2 months ago: Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan, was persecuted and exiled from her Massachusetts Bay Colony. She believe … more →
Kerekes Katalin and the Warrior Women of Hungary
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wrote 2 months ago: Bertalan Székely – Az Egri Nők International Women’s Day seems like a good day to write … more →
"I Count Myself In Nothing Else So Happy..."
wrote 2 months ago: “…As In A Soul Remembering My Good Friends.” –WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE -((1564-16 … more →
Throwback Thursday: Earliest Bookstore in New England
wrote 3 months ago: What was the first bookstore in Boston? We’ll start with some fun facts from When in Boston: A … more →
In Focus: Love Seats
wrote 3 months ago: Thursday 14th = Valentine’s Day, which means love is in the air once again. This got us thinking of … more →
The Parchment Manuscript
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wrote 3 months ago: This is quite exciting to a genealogy-geek. This morning I picked up the parchment manuscript from t … more →
Insects and Fruit
wrote 3 months ago: Jan van Kessel (1626 in Antwerp – 1679 in idem) was a Flemish painter of still lifes, who was the fa … more →
Noble Madári Édes Family
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wrote 3 months ago: On March 20 1638 Gergely Édes along with his wife, Katalin Kerekes and his brothers; Vince, Mátyás, … more →
