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@lindapkiernan Avatar @lindapkiernan Dr Linda Kiernan Knowles

Dr Linda Kiernan Knowles posts on X about paris, france, dec, xvi the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total X engagements in the last XX hours.

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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"A very detailed view of the Palace of #Versailles 1712"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-16T16:47Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X am XX June 1791 Alarm sounds in the Tuileries palace when the valet Lemoine finds the king's bed empty - Louis XVI and the royal family have fled the city during the night. They are making for the north-east border of France and soon with the National Guard in pursuit"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-21T06:50Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"This is a very fancy dig - Geraldine Stout's trench-side Philippe Starck armchair #newgrange #dowth #archaeology"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-07-18T12:36Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#WorldBookDay Bringing my 4-yr-old in to see the Book of Kells tomorrow. 'It's a very old book' I told her. 'Oh' she said 'is it very VERY old' 'Yes' 'Oooooh is it Horrible Histories' We appear to be VERY much on the right track 😉@greg_jenner"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2019-03-07T16:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"My latest piece: 'Frondeurs' and fake news: how misinformation ruled in 17th-century France via @ConversationUK"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-08-01T15:05Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#InternationalBeerDay Cheers Salut Slinte from this jaunty fellow in 1888 @GallicaBnF"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-08-04T13:03Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Sept 1783 Versailles: Before the royal family and 130000 the Montgolfiers launch a balloon 'manned' by a sheep duck and rooster"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-19T07:03Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd 1790 La Feuille Villageoise launches- it aims to spread the events decrees and ideas of the French Revolution to the countryside"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-30T11:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd 1799 Jeanne Labrosse Garnerin becomes the first woman to make a solo balloon ascent and the first female parachutist in the world"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-12T09:25Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"L'Institut Agronomique Rue Claude Bernard #Paris barely changed in the last century"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-01T10:25Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"I wonder how the initial order and subsequent fitting went 'I want something that says I'm ready for battle and possibly scheming but with a hint of kimono oh and a hood it has to have a hood thanks'"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-19T09:47Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1703 Death of the 'Man in the Iron Mask' (actually one of black velvet). he is buried under the name Marchioly the following day. He has been in custody for over three decades mostly in the care of the governor of the Bastille Saint-Mars"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-19T10:03Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1790 Paris The National Assembly requires an oath of allegiance from the clergy to affirm the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. This shake-up of Church-State relations causes division and provokes opposition from 'non-juring' priests the papacy and Louis XVI"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-27T13:23Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1757 Birth of Mary Robinson also known as 'Perdita' poet actress and mistress of George IV"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-27T13:37Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1635 Birth of Franoise d'Aubign later Mme Scarronand finally Mme de Maintenon 2nd wife of Louis XIV. Maintenon was born in a prison (her father was serving time for debts) but rose through intellectual circles in Paris to become the uncrowned queen of France"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-28T08:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1721 Execution of Louis Dominique Cartouche a Robin Hood figure in 18th cent France. In the days before his death actors visited him in prison to ensure their future portrayals of him were accurate"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-28T15:11Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Dec 1749 Paris: Death of Claudine Gurin de Tencin literary hostess mother of Jean le Rond d'Alembert (whom she abandoned) an ex-nun she broke her vows and escaped convent life at a young age to later establish herself at the heart of Enlightenment society in Paris"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-04T09:58Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Dec 1631 Birth of Anne Conway English philosopher who explored the relationship between body spirit and God and influenced Leibniz. Her only surviving work Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy was published anonymously after her death in 1690"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-14T10:31Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd (or thereabouts) late Dec 1577. At the monastery of the Cordeliers in #Paris a girl is discovered living there disguised in men's clothing and acting as the serving boy to the rev Father James Besson. She is punished with a public flogging at the Conciergerie"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-23T17:31Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Jan 1693 #Paris Death of Marguerite Hessein Mme de la Sablire literary hostess and patron of La Fontaine. Her salon on the rue Neuve-des-Petit-Champs hosted Mme de La Fayette Mme de Svign Boileau Racine and Ninon de l'Enclos among many others"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-08T08:03Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1628 Birth of Charles Perrault who recorded French folk tales thus establishing the genre of fairy tales. His work Histoires ou contes du temps pass (1697) included many stories that have become classics told to children to this day. Pictured is the English ed. 1725"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-12T09:44Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1833 Death of Marie-Antoine Carme one of the world's first celebrity chefs credited as the father of 'grande cuisine' and author of many cookbooks. These intricate architectural drawings are in fact his plans for elaborate desserts"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-12T10:07Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1273 Birth of Jeanne of Navarre wife of Philippe IV (the Fair) and mother of three French kings: Louis X (the Stubborn) Philippe V (the Tall) Charles IV (the Fair). As Queen of Navarre & France she demonstrated considerable politically savvy (but no nickname. . .)"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-14T10:57Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1562 In a radical departure Catherine de Medici issues the Edict of Saint-Germain extending limited rights to Protestants in France. The Parlement of Paris opposes the move and refuses to register it until March by which time civil conflict had broken out"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-17T07:02Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1815 #Paris Riots outside the funeral of Mlle Raucourt actress famed for her many affairs with both men & women. Clergy at Saint-Roch refused her remains due to her profession but the violence abated on the arrival of a crown almoner. Buried in Pre de la Chaise"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-17T09:52Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1591 After many attempts to gain entry to Paris Henri IV sends dozens of soldiers disguised as peasants driving cartloads of flour to the Porte St Honor. The 'Journe des Farines' ends in failure provoking the forces within to increase their numbers"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-20T10:17Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1910 The Seine reaches its highest ever recorded point at XXXX metres. Much of the river's environs are flooded. Throughout the city today you can find markers recording the levels the waters reached. #crue2018 #cruedelaseine (Crue marked just under Rue des Ursins)"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-28T10:11Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Jan 1616 #Paris Damaged by ice and rising waters the Pont St Michel is swept away. Previously constructed in wood they decide to rebuild in stone; houses remain on the bridge until the 1850s. Pictured in the 15th and 19th centuries in the foreground of Notre Dame"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-30T13:41Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Lecture on 'proto-feminism' later this week and updating sources and slides with some charming specimens - Alphabet of the Imperfections and Vices of Women and The Good Woman's Champion or A defence for the Weaker Vessel - lovely"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-31T15:45Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Feb 1529 Death of Baldassarre Castiglione courtier diplomat but most famous as author of The Book of the Courtier (1528). Probably the most influential 'courtesy' text it became a seminal work of the genre throughout Europe"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-08T11:41Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Feb 1651 Palermo Birth of Procopio Cut who founded one of the first coffeehouses in Paris and the oldest still in operation today. Caf Procope opened its doors in 1686 & was frequented by Voltaire Diderot Benjamin Franklin Thomas JeffersonRobespierre Danton. . "
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-09T10:29Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Feb 1714 Birth of Ren-Augustin de Maupeou chancellor of France who in attempting to impose reforms exiled the parlements (law courts). This episode referred to now as the Maupeou Revolution resulted in failure and he was dismissed by Louis XVI in 1774"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-25T09:20Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"After a windy night a very mixed but beautiful sky this morning #sneachta #drogheda"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-28T07:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"The only question you have to ask yourself on #WorldBookDay is: Do I love reading as much as Tom Stoppard loves reading"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-01T16:13Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX March 1726 Valenciennes Birth of Louise d'pinay Enlightenment salonnire writer and patron of Rousseau lover of Baron von Grimm and acquaintance of Diderot d'Alembert and Baron d'Holbach. No wonder she looks like she knows something you don't know"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-11T18:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX March 1687 Death of Lully b. 1632 Louis XIV's court composer. During a Te Deum in January 1687 the composer had been keeping time banging a long staff on the floor when he struck his toe creating an abscess. As gangrene spread he refused amputation with fatal consequences"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-22T08:49Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X April 1793 Formal creation of the Committee of Public Safety the centre of government during this phase of the French Revolution. Initially led by Danton its membership is expanded to XX in July 1793 bringing Robespierre into its ranks"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-06T06:44Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X April 1612 The three-day celebrations marking the engagement of Louis XIII to Anne of Austria and the inauguration of the Place Royale (now Place des Vosges) come to an end in Paris. The highlight of the entertainment was a 'ballet cheval' directed by Antoine le Pluvinel"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-07T10:26Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX April 1598 Henri IV signs the Edict of Nantes marking the end of the Wars of Religion in France and granting religious toleration to #Huguenots (French Protestants). It would remain in place until its revocation under #LouisXIV in 1685"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-13T10:40Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX April 1711 Death of 'Monseigneur' Louis de France son and Dauphin to Louis XIV and father of Philip V of Spain. This made him the son of a king the father of a king yet never a king himself. His death marks the first of several affecting the direct line of succession"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-14T07:43Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX April 1719 Death of Mme de Maintenon firstly married to the poet Scarron she then became governess to the children of Louis XIV and Mme de Montespan confidante of the king and eventually his morganatic wife an uncrowned queen of France"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-15T08:50Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Royal Armour for a child - commissioned by Louis XIV in 1712 for his then 5-yr-old great-grandson Luis prince of Asturias later (and briefly) Luis I of Spain. The design incorporates the lion of Len the castle of Castile and the French fleur-de-lis"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-18T18:48Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"'Well what did you expect without a standardised system of measurement' - Charles VI checks up on reports of cost-cutting at the Bastille (first stone laid #otd XX April 1370 completed 1383)"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-22T08:57Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Birth of a #royalbaby 1778 - a full audience watches as Marie Antoinette gives birth to her daughter Marie-Thrse Charlotte Madame Royale (1778-1851)"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-23T18:10Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Today's launch: Cambridge History of Ireland - congratulations to everyone involved & the editors Tom Bartlett Jane Ohlmeyer and James Kelly - I feel very lucky to have taught alongside each of them Have a fantastic evening everyone (it's like the #irishhistory Oscars folks)"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-30T11:41Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X May 1789 #Paris The Estates General is opened by Louis XVI. The 1200 delegates represent over XX million French subjects and it is the first time the body has sat since 1614. The day's proceedings are dominated by the king's and Necker's speeches a trend that won't last"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-05T09:41Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"A handy money conversion tool for all your ancien rgime needs"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-13T16:18Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Theatre ticket for the Duke of Sussex (d. 1843) (none for the Duchess of Sussex though - Meghan will officially be the first)"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-19T10:22Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX May 1578 #Paris Henri III alongside Catherine de Medici and his queen Louise lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf. Opened by Henri IV in 1606 the 'New Bridge' is now the oldest in Paris. Pictured: a 1588 plan for the decoration of the structure beneath the real thing"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-31T08:59Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X June 1817 Death of Clotilde Tambroni professor of Greek at the University of Bologna philologist linguist and poet. Fluent in Italian Greek Spanish English and French she published a number of literary works and also became a member of the Royal Academy in Madrid"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-03T07:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X June 1810 Napoleon issues the Penal Code outlining laws not just for France but for those countries held within the French Empire. The Code replaces earlier legal codes of 1791 and 1795 and remains in force until 1994"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-03T07:54Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X June 1662 Colbert brokers the purchase of the Gobelins Tapestry works on behalf of Louis XIV. A visit by the king in 1667 to the factory is commemorated below - appropriately in the form of a tapestry designed by Charles Le Brun for Gobelins"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-06T14:30Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"I've always been an #Immodestwoman and used the title on Twitter so I'm delighted to see this catch on - think of any followers you have who might now be inspired to pursue their own doctorates - expertise is not to be hidden away or apologised for #changeyourtwitterhandle"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-14T13:22Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX June 1722 Louis XV's court returns to Versailles after an absence of X yrs. The 12-yr-old king revels in his new surroundings the palace of his birth and early years. He will turn his great-grandfather's palace into a much more intimate setting in line with his own taste"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-15T06:43Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX June 1603 #Paris Henri IV crosses the Pont Neuf for the 1st time. Still under construction the bridge's walkway was not for the faint-of-heart. Henri brushed off the site officials' anxiety for his safety assuring them that unlike others who had tumbled he was a king"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-20T13:48Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX June 1789 Deputies from the Estates General gather in the tennis court at Versailles and pledge to maintain their assembly until the kingdom has a constitution. It is a pivotal moment in the Revolution depicted iconically in David's work"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-20T19:43Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX June 1667 Midsummer's Day. Members of the Academy of Science trace the outline for the future Paris Observatory positioning the building along Paris Meridian. It will be a centre of astronomy and cartography prompting the redrawing of the French map among other things"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-06-21T07:16Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX July 1718 - 300th anniversary - Work begins on the htel d'vreux and is completed in 1722. Purchased by Louis XV in 1753 for Mme de Pompadour. Renamed the Palais de l'lyse in the 1780s it is now the official residence of the President of France"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-07-10T10:14Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#Archaeologist extraordinaire Matthew Stout elegantly at work - I'm moonlighting @Newgrangefarme1 #Newgrange"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-07-12T11:48Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX July 1733 Death of the Marquise de Lambert born Anne-Thrse de Marguenat de Courcelles writer and literary hostess. Her weekly meetings at her home on the rue de Richelieu every Tuesday gathered thinkers and philosophers to debate and discuss their latest works"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-07-12T14:48Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"And yet he doesn't look a day over 143"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-07-17T11:24Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Increasingly anxious about how to adjust to life post- #fleadh2018 - if I can't dance in the middle of Fair St/ West St eating a 99/hot dog/drinking out of a plastic glass over the next few weeks without getting arrested I'm going to be mightily disappointed #Drogheda"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-08-19T10:03Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Marie Meurdrac (1610-1680) chemist who ran courses for women and produced the modestly-titled textbook 'Charitable and Easy Chemistry especially for women' (1656) - practical experiments alongside a call for women's equality in education #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2019-02-11T16:55Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Lots of reports circulating on the late Andrew Tallon's mapping of #NotreDame - now more valuable than ever before - pictured the wooden roof structures"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2019-04-16T14:40Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"1741 Polyglot Map of the Continents - some typographical loveliness here"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2021-02-24T14:10Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"It was such a pleasure to speak with @sixteenthCgirl on Louis XIV and his mistresses: now available at @HistoryHit"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2021-06-17T10:26Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"This is an important move by @aliceeire to highlight the unsustainable employment practices used by the #HigherEd sector @SimonHarrisTD . These abhorrent policies affect hundreds if not thousands of lecturers and tens of thousands of students in Irish universities. 1/2"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2023-05-24T18:38Z 1732 followers, XXX engagements

"@deirdre_flynn @ifut Your speech was brilliant impassioned heartfelt and drawing on so much research on this issue - thank you so much for all you've done and continue to do to highlight the dreadful conditions facing thousands"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2023-10-11T17:56Z 1732 followers, 3610 engagements

"A great initiative here to further the conversation on how precarity is destroying the experience of university education. Students pay dearly make sacrifices and work hard only to be faced with services that are being ruined by cost-cutting"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2023-12-11T17:46Z 1732 followers, 1205 engagements

"The French Revolution aimed to restart everything including time itself. Today's revolutionary date is #9thermidor the Fall of Robespierre"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-07-28T14:46Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Cottage market in @DroghedaLouth today amazing life stories to be found in the graveyard #drogheda #louthchat"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-08-05T14:27Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Potentially every cat in the world today. Being made to sit still in 1932 #InternationalCatDay"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-08-08T09:25Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Overheard in Drogheda: 'But why did they have to build it so far in on the footpath' 😜 Great X the gate #LouthChat"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-08-17T07:16Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#csfashionhour Orry-Kelly - responsible for Casablanca and Some Like it Hot amongst many more - fitting Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-08-25T12:57Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd #CeJourLa XX Aug 1706 Church of the Dome glise du Dme Invalides is consecrated and officially opened in the presence of Louis XIV"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-08-28T07:26Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Sept 1591 The Catholic 'Sixteen' of Paris opposed to the Protestant Henri of Navarre offer Philip II of Spain the French throne"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-02T17:39Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Sept 1683 Death of Jean-Baptiste Colbert Minister for Finances to Louis XIV for almost two decades"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-06T06:35Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Sept 1649 The Siege of @DroghedaLouth (Tredagh) by Cromwell ends in the massacre of many civilians as well as soldiers #LouthChat"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-11T07:28Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Sept 1592 Death of Michel de Montaigne essayist - the daddy of them all. If he's new to you then @Sarah_Bakewell 's bio is for you"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-13T06:47Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"What to do if u suspect the Plague Drink beer and smoke your way out of it The Plague in Marseilles (Lond. 1721) #folklorethursday #herbal"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-14T15:56Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Sept 1788 Rioting on the Pont Neuf surrounding the statue of Henri IV. The bridge had become a focal point for demonstrations"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-16T11:24Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Sourcing images for @HistFest talk on Liselotte von der Pfalz - her childhood home #Heidelberg Castle c. 1650 #historicalgardens"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-17T14:13Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"@greg_jenner Woman on trial for laughing at Jeff Sessions: 'First-degree chuckling with intent to titter'"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-18T10:00Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Lesser-known moments in the #history of #art - answering the call of nature elegantly and otherwise"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-25T13:58Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#Drogheda c.1655 - Newtownstalaban Beaulieu Termonfeckin & more already mapped out - note the status of the 'town'"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-25T18:06Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Hard to believe more than four hundred years separates these similar styles #Dior #fashion #costume #history #materialculture"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-09-30T20:14Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd 1793 Paris: Pornography and prostitution are banned - they incite 'libertinism and debauchery' rather than revolutionary virtue"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-04T13:04Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Political fashions may have changed but court style remains - post-revolutionary/ Napoleonic court suit c. 1810"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-04T18:37Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Oct 1789 The women of Paris march to Versailles in response to the rumours that the king is about to flee"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-05T10:37Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd 1646 Death of Franois de Bassompierre marchal de France courtier diplomat and soldier for Marie de Medici and Louis XIII"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-12T10:19Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Oct 1793 The republican calendar of the French Revolution is adopted officially starting retrospectively on XX Sept 1792"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-21T08:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Oct 1614 The Estates General opens attended by Louis XIII and Marie de Medici. After this session it will not sit again until 1789"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-27T07:30Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Oct 1818 Death of Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke born of Irish parents in Belgium and Napolon's Ministre de la Guerre"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-28T08:35Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Oct 1793 Paris: Officials decree that equality will reign even in language as the use of the formal 'vous' is banned #tutoiement"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-31T08:09Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"If he were around now he might thread them but in 1517 you print and send - #Luther's #95theses are 'posted' in Wittenberg #Reformation500"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-31T08:18Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#HappyHalloween from the dancing nun witch and 'friends' in the Danse macabre des femmes 1491"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-10-31T15:14Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Nov 1755 #Vienna Archduchess Maria Antonia later known as #MarieAntoinette is born to Maria Theresa and Francis I"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-02T08:55Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Funerary cadavers of Sir Edmond Golding and Elizabeth Flemyng St Peter's Church #Drogheda #AncientEast #Skeleton #FolkloreThursday"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-02T19:35Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"3 Nov 1793 Olympe de Gouges author of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791) goes to her death at the guillotine"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-04T09:01Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Introducing students to French micro-history makes me ridiculously happy each and every year - I envy them for what they've yet to discover"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-04T15:01Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Ghosts and the Colonne Vendme viewed from Rue de Castiglione c. 1860 and 2012"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-05T09:03Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#hubmatters #fakenews a hot topic at this evening's discussion on Freedom of Speech @tcddublin @TLRHub"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-06T19:28Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"8 Nov 1602 A renovated and replenished library opens in #Oxford taking its name from its benefactor Sir Thomas Bodley. The 'Bod' is XXX years old today"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-08T08:16Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1793 The Feast of Reason is celebrated at Notre Dame newly inaugurated as a Temple of Reason"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-10T07:58Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1793 Paris. The Convention decides to abolish the lottery (set up in 1776) on the grounds that it is immoral (but lucrative at XX million livres per year). French gamblers continue to buy tickets in foreign draws"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-15T10:16Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Terribly saddened to hear of the death of Charles Benson formerly Keeper of Early Printed Books TCD. I was incredibly lucky to work with him and he inspired so many students on our trips to EPB. An incredible scholar not to mention witty kind and generous"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-15T17:29Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Watching Reformation on rte2 I'm reminded of a tutorial over a decade ago when a student told me Luther had been attacked by a papal bull. I asked the student to elaborate but stopped them at the first mention of livestock"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-17T23:01Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1686 Louis XIV undergoes surgery for an anal fistula. Flix the surgeon makes bespoke surgical instruments for the procedure. It is so successful that it allegedly kicks off a trend with many courtiers seeking out the same treatment many of whom have no symptoms"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-18T10:00Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Nov 1716 Birth of Sophie Volland mistress and correspondent of Denis Diderot. They remained devoted to each other til her death in Feb 1784; he died just X months later. Diderot's letters to her survive but Sophie's are lost"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-27T13:54Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"The wonderful blog by @selina_todd has now led me to stumble upon the 'CV of failures' - I may be late to the party on this one - but what a wonderfully generous thing to share with fellow academics - hugely reassuring especially for ECRs"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-28T17:15Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#OnThisDay XX Nov 1485 Birth of Veronica Gambara Countess of Correggio poet and political leader. During her lifetime Correggio gained status as an intellectual centre attracting writers and artists including Titian. A number of her poems survive"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-11-30T11:27Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#OnThisDay X Dec 1814 Death of the Marquis de Sade nobleman and author of many pornographic works including Justine and Philosophy in the Boudoir. Jailed for almost half his life he was transferred out of the Bastille just days before it was stormed in July 1789"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-02T10:21Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Sixteenth-Century Spanish helmet unusually woven from straw and lavishly decorated - designed for peace rather than war"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-02T16:12Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Fascinating new research on emotions and how they are 'made' - definition being just one facet of that process"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-05T07:37Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Dec 1740 One of the worst floods to hit Paris begins and will peak on Christmas Day. The waters stretch in on the eastern and western flanks of the city covering the areas around the toile the Invalides and the Jardin des Plantes"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-07T10:00Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Dec 1722 Death of Elizabeth Charlotte duchesse d'Orlans 'Madame' 2nd wife of Philippe brother of Louis XIV mother of Philippe future Regent to Louis XV. At times the highest ranking woman at the court of the Sun King her surviving letters provide fascinating details"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-08T09:39Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Dec 1814 Death of Marie-Louise O'Murphy petite matresse to Louis XV resident of the king's private 'Parc aux Cerfs' model for Franois Boucher married X times (the 3rd time in her 60s to a man XX yrs younger) imprisoned during the Revolution known also as 'Louison'"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-11T10:11Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Dec 1781 The first #museum of #science opens in #Paris known as the muse de Monsieur et de monseigneur le comte d'Artois it is spear-headed by Piltre des Rosiers and is situated for the first number of years on the rue Sainte-Avoye"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-11T11:02Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Dec 1599 Henri IV and Marguerite's 27-year childless marriage is finally dissolved. The king re-marries this time to Marie de Medici however Marguerite remains nearby - across the river from the Louvre in fact cultivating an artistic and intellectual court of her own"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-17T13:16Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Have a student thinking of doing her final dissertation on medieval/early modern childbirth. Any reading suggestions much appreciated"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-18T18:27Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Dec 1666 #Paris The Academy of #Sciences meets for the first time. A small group of scholars assembled by Colbert meet in the King's Library and will continue their meetings on a twice-weekly basis. The Academy's status continues to grow throughout #LouisXIV's reign"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-22T14:04Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"As Christmas Eve approaches spare a thought for all the work Santa is about to undertake - but he's made some improvements since the 1890s - he's ditched the green (more's the pity) and hired some reindeer. French prints c. 1892"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2017-12-23T21:43Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Call for Papers on the Theme of Reaching Through Time: Approaches to Womens History Today Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 16th March 2018 -CFP Deadline 1st Feb 2018"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-23T10:31Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Morning light on the Long Room the Hub and the Reading Room"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-01-26T08:54Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Sun breaking through the cloud over Malahide this morning"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-02T08:21Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Feb 1651 Mme de Svign's philandering husband Henri is mortally wounded in a duel for the love of his mistress Mme de Gondran. He dies two days later on his wife's 25th birthday. De Svign never re-marries instead devoting herself to her children & her correspondents"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-03T11:18Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Feb 1799 Death of tienne-Louis Boulle visionary neclassical architect whose devotion to symmetry is evident in many of his drawings. Pictured: his plans to honour Sir Isaac Newton with a mausoleum were unfortunately never realised"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-04T09:43Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Feb 1783. Death of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown landscape gardener whose vision of the English countryside remains preserved in the large scale renovations he led at many stately homes including Alnwick Castle #Blenheim and #Chatsworth. #historicalgardens #gardening"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-06T10:00Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Feb 1710 Birth of Louis XV the Well Beloved (a short-lived sobriquet) who succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of X in 1715. A much more private individual than his predecessor he is depicted here by Carle Van Loo also born on this day in 1705"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-15T11:57Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Feb 1519 Birth of Gaspard de Coligny French general who became Huguenot leader assassinated in 1572"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-16T07:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Stockholm in the late seventeenth century"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-17T14:39Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX Feb 1633. The French crown purchases land in the faubourg Saint Victor for the king's Jardin Royal des Plantes Medicinales. It became a centre for teaching and research in medicine and botany and is known better today as the Jardin des Plantes"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-02-21T11:53Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Bit of a change today #sneachta #beastfromtheeast #snow #drogheda #louthchat"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-01T09:53Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X Mar 1658 One of the highest floods ever recorded in Paris surges violently washing away arches of the Pont Marie and with it XX houses. At least XX die as a result. Part of the flooding is due to the melting of ice and snow that had accumulated since the previous December"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-01T10:01Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"The memoirs of Saint-Simon - bitchy gossipy bitter insightful snobby cantankerous - not always the most accurate of chroniclers but certainly one of the most entertaining"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-02T20:24Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X March 1832 Death of Jean-Franois Champollion French scholar and philologist who deciphered the Rosetta Stone its hieroglyphics and is considered a founding figure of Egyptology"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-04T12:06Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Neglectful party mum vs bedraggled stay-at-home mum (you can't win. . . .) - Satirical print c. 1810 #MothersDay"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-11T11:50Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX March 1761. Dr Poitevin receives letters patent for his baths at the Pont Royal. These hot and cold baths are housed within a specially built barge moored on the banks of the river. Its health benefits are limited by the fact that it is supplied by unfiltered river water"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-13T08:09Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX March 1811 Tuileries Paris Birth of Napolon II Prince Imperial son of Napolon I and his second wife Marie Louise of Austria. Known as the King of Rome he was never crowned officially as Emperor. The pose alone could vouch for his parentage"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-20T18:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX March 1776 Official creation of the 'Caisse d'Escompte' an attempt to create another bank in France. The failure of John Law's enterprise in 1720 had been so great it had given the term 'bank' a bad name hence the use of 'caisse d'escompte'"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-24T08:33Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX March 1809 Birth of Georges-Eugne Haussmann. Taking XX years and an est XX billion (in today's money) his re-design of Paris in the 19th cen. transformed the city clearing away many historic parts & establishing the wide boulevards & vistas that now define the capital"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-03-27T15:29Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#HappyEaster 1675. Mme de Montespan mistress of Louis XIV is refused absolution and communion. The curate at #Versailles exclaims 'Is that the Mme de Montespan who scandalizes the whole of Europe. . come throw yourself at the feet of Jesus Christ'. The king then exiles her"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-01T09:50Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X April 1794 In one of the most high-profile executions of the Revolution leading members of 'The Mountain' are guillotined including Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-05T08:34Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Romeyn de Hooghe's satirical print of Louis XIV dying of embarrassment after falling for the #fakenews that William has been defeated at the Boyne"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-12T12:39Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"When early modern bookbinders recycled the contents of their workshops they also left little surprises for future conservators entire works have been found compressed in the hardback covers of some works under restoration"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-13T10:04Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Birthday party - done Essays - done Actual footage:"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-15T19:02Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX April 1646 Birth of Jules Hardouin-Mansart architect to Louis XIV and responsible for new designs at Versailles Saint-Germain-en-Laye the Chteau of Clagny (for Mme de Montespan) Place Vendme and the Invalides. Clagny destroyed in 1769 shown in 3D reconstruction"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-16T07:32Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX April 1614 Plans are signed to unite islands in the Seine - l'le aux Vaches (Cow Island) and i'le Notre Dame to form l'le St-Louis. (Confusingly the Cathedral of Notre Dame is on the neighbouring le de la Cit). Shown in 1609 1630 and 1739"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-19T09:38Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX April 1370 Hugues Aubriot mayor of #Paris officially lays the first stone of the #Bastille where many (including Aubriot himself) will be imprisoned in the coming years and centuries. Its guests will include Montaigne Bussy-Rabutin Voltaire and the Marquis de Sade"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-22T08:47Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX April 1575 Birth of Marie de Medici queen consort of Henri IV of France and Regent for her son Louis XIII. Her daughter Henrietta Maria became queen consort to Charles I of England thus making Marie grandmother to both Charles II and Louis XIV"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-26T12:40Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"28 April 1761 Birth of Marie Harel a dairymaid from Camembert in Normandy. With Charles-Jean Bonvoust (a priest fleeing the French Revolution) she created the eponymous cheese. Its distinctive wooden packaging masked the 'aroma' aiding its early export and international fame"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-04-28T07:04Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X May 1806 #Napoleon issues a decree ordering the construction of fifteen new fountains across #Paris as well as the refurbishment of existing fountains. The provision of fresh water in the city is one concern but so too is the commemoration of Napoleonic victories"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-02T14:30Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd X May 1821 St Helena Death of Napoleon. Having lasted just six years following his defeat and removal as Emperor of the French Napoleon succumbed to suspected stomach cancer (though rumours of poisoning persisted). His remains did not return to France until 1840"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-05T09:52Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Rejected titles for this year's 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' #MetGala : 'Dress to Repress' 'Tridentine too hard' and 'Papal Bull'"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-08T08:46Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX May 1717 Birth of Maria Theresa future sovereign of Austria Hungary and Habsburg dominions. Her father's Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 secured her succession but not without opposition. The mother of XX children XX of whom survived to adulthood including Marie-Antoinette"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-13T09:02Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"Electric car c. 1904 - all dressed up for the Festival of Flowers in Paris. Electric cars accounted for a large proportion of the vehicles in operation at the turn of the 20th century"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-18T09:00Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX May 1794 Thrsa Cabarrus is arrested on the orders of Robespierre and sent to La Force prison. Her lover Tallien secured her release after the overthrow of Robespierre. Cabarrus and Tallien married in Dec 1794 and they named their daughter born in 1795 Thermidor-Rose"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-22T09:28Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX May 1750 Riots on the streets of Paris as the city's inhabitants panic at reports of the abduction of children. The police have been heavy-handed in their detention of vagabonds and it seems they've arrested the local 'bourgeois' boys too"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-23T08:48Z 1732 followers, XX engagements

"#otd XX May 1734 Birth of Franz Mesmer German physician who theorised the idea of 'animal magnetism' also called 'mesmerism' the belief that an invisible natural force pervaded the body. His theories gained popularity during the period 1780-1840 after which hypnosis emerged"
X Link @lindapkiernan 2018-05-23T09:15Z 1732 followers, XX engagements