An urgent call went out about a baby in Baltimore who needed a family and we answered. Welcome home, Gravy.

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Latin Editing Before Lunch, a manuscript puzzle that ate my mid-week, and dinner I didn’t have to plan. A glimpse of research life at HMML—with microfilm, autumn leaves, and more coffee. silencesandsounds.blogspot.com #nuntastic #AcademicLife #research @visithmml.bsky.social

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"There’s a great deal to be said for having the time to follow a question past the 'here’s a footnote' stage until it actually becomes interesting – and then keep following it. Here, I can do that, take a walk by the lake, and arrive at dinner without having had to plan it."

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I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Dr Miranda Melcher of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my new book Britain and the Ottoman Maghreb, 1662–1712. The episode is available here, feel free to give it a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/britain-and-...

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Thanks for flagging it. Convent records are such a rich window on women’s lives in Renaissance Florence.

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