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Reading, writing, and irregularities of logic
‘In relation to literacy, most early modern women could not win.’
Jan 9
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Amy Freeborn
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History writing, history, and writing #12
Believing women’s stories, embracing native languages, dictionaries, unicorns, and time machines.
Jan 1
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Amy Freeborn
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Favourite sentences and paragraphs from stories I read this year (2025)
Artistic revolutions, first drafts of history, and waiting for ideas to bloom; sedimentary records, object-based problem-solving, and cruel choices…
Dec 26, 2025
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How a 16th Century book lover approached the threat of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
John Leland found a way to balance his devotion to literature and history with his loyalty to Henry VIII.
Dec 12, 2025
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Amy Freeborn
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History writing, history, and writing #11
Social history, women’s education, typewriters, woodsmen, and war.
Dec 1, 2025
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Amy Freeborn
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Exploring the lives of women through the instructions they left for their deaths
Jun 13, 2025
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What happens on medieval pilgrimage, stays on medieval pilgrimage (NSFW-ish)
Feb 21, 2025
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Whatever happened to Samuel Pepys’ parmesan?
Jun 3, 2022
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The historical treasure trove emerging from a family photography business
Mar 21, 2025
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Amy Freeborn
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Research: the influence of women’s under-representation on women history practitioners
Analysis of a data sub-set from an online survey of almost 1,000 history practitioners. This is the third (and final, for now) in a series of articles…
Nov 28, 2025
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Research: the state of women’s (under)representation in history outputs
Findings from an analysis of almost 27,000 history outputs from 2024. This is the second in a series of articles drawn from my Public Histories MA…
Nov 14, 2025
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Amy Freeborn
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History writing, history, and writing #10
The art of naming women, working-class computer pioneers, literary forgeries, ruins, and ghost signs.
Nov 1, 2025
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Research: the who, what, and why of history practice today
Findings from an online survey of almost 1,000 history practitioners. This is the first in a series of articles drawn from my Public Histories MA…
Oct 31, 2025
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Visiting the surviving relics of old London
A photographic tour of the capital in search of its enduring built heritage.
Nov 1, 2024
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Amy Freeborn
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The accidental archivist and his unrivalled folk customs collection
One man's mission to document the traditions that 'make up life for communities' across the British Isles.
Jun 14, 2024
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Who was Elizabeth Goever?
What can we discover about a woman from only her 17th Century trade token?
Feb 23, 2024
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Amy Freeborn
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From the archives: X marks the spot
A typographic tale of love and hate, hide and seek.
Aug 11, 2023
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