Dr. Hannah Slack

Writer and animal enthusiast 🐶

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

around the year 1500, medieval painter hieronymus bosch drew a person with sheet music written on their butt being tortured in hell.

500 years later, someone decided to transcribe and play the song. now, you can hear it too!

[Lee Jackson @VictorianLondon]

one for cat historians

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

Starting in half an hour!

[UEA HIS PGR Seminar @UEAHisPgr]

Join us on Wed 8th Dec for the final seminar of the year! Featuring @Witchy_Nat @UniofNottingham and @Hannah_js3 @SheffHistory
📨 [email protected] for online
In person: EFry 0.07 6.30pm start

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Xoloitzcuintle, an Aztec dog native to Mexico. It is one of oldest races that inhabit with more than 7000 years.

For Aztecs, this canine was very special and respected for being a gift from god Xolotl to be a guide for souls of deceased who traveled to Mictlán or underworld.

[Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary]

A very busy map of Lapland from 1572, showing lots of reindeer and some fairly dangerous looking creatures! #Christmas #Reindeer #maps #rarebooks

[Oliver Finnegan @Oj_finn]

Four small, beautifully presented prayers, written in English, Spanish and Dutch. Each was created by a sailor or a passenger aboard a ship c.1740-c.1790 and they provide an intriguing glimpse of religion at sea. Is there a name for presenting prayers this way?

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Some African elephants from a 1654 atlas

[Harry Brennan @harryajbrennan]

Listing 'vices of the sea' described by Cotton Mather as "swearing, whoring, gambling, cursing, drinking, cursing, and lewdness" before realising I put "cursing" twice...

Cue me imagining a sailor explaining to Mather "That's 'cos we do twice as much cursing as we do drinking."

[Χριστόφορος @grnpointer]

The House of Faberge made 52 "Imperial" eggs as Easter gifts for Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II to give to their wives and moms. 46 of these survive. I will rank all 46 Imperial Faberge eggs.

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

I'd be looking this stressed if I lived in the 15th century

[Dr. Erik Wade -- CEASEFIRE NOW @erik_kaars]

I also like this one, from a 15th-century Persian manuscript, but it looks very stressed and I don't know where its feet are??

(BnF, Supplément Persan 2051 f.254v)

[The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon]

It’s execution day for Sir Walter Raleigh 😳

#OTD in 1618, the famous explorer from Elizabeth I's reign was taken from the Tower and executed.

Chief Curator Tracy Borman reflects on the life and death of the controversial yet charismatic adventurer 👉 https://t.co/ij9PzNePBu

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

Very excited to be presenting at UEA!

[UEA HIS PGR Seminar @UEAHisPgr]

We have a fantastic line up for the UEA PGR History Seminar this semester!
Email [email protected] to join online via Teams. In person attendance for UEA students.

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

*where omg

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

Does anyone know when I can read about cats onboard ships between 1500-1700? #twitterstorians

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

This thread is the best thing I've ever read

[Benjamin Katz @DrBenKatz]

I JUST CAME ACROSS THE MOST ADORABLE PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HAD TO MAKE A THREAD ABOUT IT HAVE AN AMAZING WEEKEND!!!!

[Intoxicating Spaces @intoxspaces]

When the Thames froze over in the winter of 1739/40, as was customary an impromptu fair was held on the ice. This engraving depicts a ‘Frost Fare Coffie House’ and a ‘Friezland Coffee house’ among the temporary booths. 🧊☕️❄️

[Cheryl Fury @TudorWench @TudorWench]

Obviously, I’ve been doing Christmas decorating all wrong.

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

@ECDHistory How was I not taught this! I basically did a whole A-Level module on the 20thC British Prime Ministers

[Dr. Hannah Slack @Hannah_js3]

Does anyone else physically cringe when they read back a first draft? #phdlife