It wasn’t trash after all – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES
I’ve lost track of how many books and authors I’ve reviewed and written about. I’ve regularly published reviews since 2009, so it’s been more than 15 years of that. I was st…| SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES
Have you fallen head-over-heels for our Hearts Afire collection? Our new Ginger Vintage Pumps and Gretel Vintage Oxfords have been creating quite the stir, and it’s easy to understand why! Both of these new styles are sleek, unique, and- bedecked with adorable heart-themed decorations. Hearts have been on the up in contemporary fashion, and it is far from the first time this has happened. This iconic symbol has been incorporated into material culture around the world for centuries. From 16t...| American Duchess Blog
I’ve lost track of how many books and authors I’ve reviewed and written about. I’ve regularly published reviews since 2009, so it’s been more than 15 years of that. I was st…| SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES
Did Rembrandt Paint Oopjen's Lace?IntroductionLace is one of the most beautiful, complex, refined, and expensive items depicted in many early seventeenth-century Dutch portraits. And yet it is often a little overlooked by art historians. When elaborate lace collars were the height of fashion in the early seventeenth century, sitters were keen to be portrayed with […]| Sophie Ploeg
Blog for CCASM, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing educational experiences and opportunities for archaeology in Charles County, MD.| ccarchsoc.blogspot.com
In the 1630s, John Davenport, like many Puritan ministers preaching in cosmopolitan and decadent London, yearned to create a “New Jerusalem.” This “heavenly city” wou…| Today in Connecticut History
For the English colonists who settled along the banks of the Connecticut River in the 1630s, life in the “New World” was anything but easy. In addition to the challenges to food…| Today in Connecticut History
The real problem with tales of local witches and evil graves is that you can never truly enjoy them.| Burials & Beyond
Thomas Newcomen (1663 - 1729) introduced to the world his invention at work in 1712 in Dudley Castle. His invention inspired others to develop it further allowing man to muster power bigger industries dawning the industrial revolution. But who was this fellow? Here are 5 things to know about Thomas Newcomen:| Searching in History
The Baptist preacher and iron monger Thomas Newcomen and his partner John Calley held their breath as they watched and waited for the beam of their new strange device to swing up and down. Newcomen betted 10 years of their lives, hardwork and experimentation on this device. Its result dictated not only if this bet paid off but also the fate of England’s mining industry and even beyond.| Searching in History
Used across Scotland and northern England, A ‘Deid Bell’ (Scots) went by many names, including a death, mort, skillet, passing or mort bell and was used as a part of death ritual and community mour…| Burials & Beyond
Halloween is around the corner so that can only mean one thing for this blog: time for me to smash Canadian history and ghost stories together yet again! For round three, some of the stories we’re going to explore include a haunted military fortress, a love-struck New France governor, and even a flaming ghost ship … Continue reading Yet Another Five Haunted Places in Canada| All About Canadian History
From Indian Education Diary:| Women of History
Life in England had become unbearable under King Charles I due to heavy taxation and political and religious unrest. Like so many others, John, Bent, Sr. and his wife Martha, with their 5 small children, decided to emigrate to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in search of civil and spiritual freedom. In April 1638, they set sail out of Southampton, England on board the ship Confidence. At the time, John Bent, Jr. (baptized 1636-1717) was only two or three years old. The family settled in Su...| Framingham Biographies
The man who gave the town of Framingham its name, never lived here. Thomas Danforth (baptized 1623-1699) had a vision of establishing his own township. His dream began when the General Court gave him two hundred fifty acres of land in the central part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s wilderness as payment for services to the colony. Over time, Thomas received other land grants and purchased additional tracts of land in the area he came to call Framingham after his hometown of Framlin...| Framingham Biographies
Doran H. Ross in the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: Africa (2010) in an article on Ghana explores in detail how adinkra is created (Figs. 1-2), and why it is worn:| Fashion History Timeline
