Early Modern Carnivalesque Jan 2011
January 3, 2011
Airs, Waters, Places will host an Early Modern Carnivalesque on 24 January. Please send your nominations of great Early Modern blog posts to me airs waters places at gmail dot com (no spaces), or post them in the comments below by 21 January. Thanks!
Airs, Waters, Places 
I would love to be included in the early modern carnivalesque. My website focuses on the history of early modern surgery. http://thechirurgeonsapprentice.com
I can only imagine the ice & snow will return in January, so here’s an ice fair themed post from me that might be worth a look in for the Carnival:
http://inpursuitofhistory.com/early-modern-x-men-the-ice-fair
Self promotion aside:
http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-stick/
was very topical & interesting regarding civil unrest & a ‘sort of’ attack on a royal.
Not necessarily Early Modern but very interesting non the less, is Res Obscura’s post on Google books new whizzy toy:
http://resobscura.blogspot.com/2010/12/fun-with-googles-new-ngram-viewer.html
BibliOdyssey has two very attractive pieces on the Low Countries, one on the Eighty Years’ War:
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/12/dutch-revolt.html
The other is on Frederik De Wit’s atlas of towns:
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/01/dutch-town-atlas.html