Posts by Ruth Selman Records and researchProphet, prisoner and pretend prelate: Lady Eleanor Davies (1590–1652)Thursday 23 March 2023In 1636, a woman was was committed to Bethlem Hospital for her 'insufferable profanations'...Records and researchThe 17th century ghost and the fresh nightcapFriday 29 October 2021We’re used to finding stories of spooks (of the spying variety) in the archives,...Records and research‘Not of so merry cheer’: Falling sickness in the early modern periodThursday 12 December 2019Contemporary definitions, diagnoses and cures for the neurological condition commonly known as falling sickness...Records and researchDamnified, quantified and classified: Descriptions of disability in government recordsMonday 25 November 2019Disability History Month runs from 22 November to 22 December. To mark it, The...Records and researchA snowball fight in ConstantinopleWednesday 19 December 2018It looks as though, yet again, there is no prospect of a white Christmas...Records and researchRoyal weddings in history: a Stuart ValentineFriday 16 March 2018As a contribution to our series of blogs on royal weddings, I have been...Archives and archivists500 Years of Reformation: Martin Luther in the ArchivesMonday 6 November 2017Last week marked the 500th anniversary of what is widely considered to be the starting...Archives and archivistsSix Wives in the archives: a view from EuropeWednesday 7 December 2016In the 19th century the British government employed researchers to work in major European...Records and researchThe Great Fire of London and the Privy CouncilMonday 5 September 2016Exploring how the Privy Council responded to the critical emergency of the Great Fire...Records and research‘A Most Lamented Princesse’: an English princess at VersaillesThursday 11 August 2016Elements of the depiction of Henriette’s death in the TV series Versailles have been...Records and researchPocahontas in London, 1616-17Tuesday 28 June 2016This month sees the 400th anniversary of the visit of Pocahontas, the Algonquian Indian...Behind the scenesVibrant Venice in the archivesThursday 11 February 2016We explore the conservation of a selection of Venetian illuminated manuscripts:…... 1 2 »