Dr Eilish Gregory
@EilishGregory
Little Company of Mary Postdoctoral Fellow, Durham University. Early modern British historian. Book: Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660.
Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660: Politics, Sequestration and Loyalty is officially published by @boydellbrewer today!! I am so overwhelmed and proud. I hope people will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing on such an important topic. boydellandbrewer.com/9781783275946/…
🎉 Huge congrats to Prof Mark Knights on being elected a Fellow of the British Academy! 👏 A leading historian of Early Modern Britain, his work on corruption, public opinion & satire is globally recognised. #BritishAcademy #WarwickPride
And if you fancy hearing from Alec himself, he'll be speaking with Diarmaid MacCulloch at the @oxfordlitfest next wednesday, should be a fantastic evening. Tickets and information here: oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-eve…
New publication! We live in an age where Hitler and the Nazis dominate our cultural imagination, shaping values once defined by religion. Prof. Alec Ryrie explores why society remains captivated by this struggle, and what this all means for us today. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-age-o…
Today's book of the day: "Elite Women in Early Modern Catholic Europe" eds. Cinzia Recca and Francisco Precioso Izquierdo, 2025, Routledge @routledgebooks routledge.com/Elite-Women-in…
Yesterday, @irishhistory and I spoke about the life and legacy of Daniel O'Connell in @ExpGlasnevin The podcast will be dropped next Thursday 31st to mark @Postvox stamps commemorating 250th anniversary of O'Connell's birth. My first time on a podcast was fun!
✨ Just Announced: Discover the Big Library at Ushaw! As part of our Festival of Books day on Saturday 9 August 2025, enjoy a rare and exclusive opportunity to explore our stunning Big Library – for one day only. Find out more at: ushaw.org/whatson/festiv… #Durham #Books
Some brief afternoon listening for you. Thought for the Day on @BBCRadio4 with our very own Prof. Anna Rowlands. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l…
Our July meeting, with guest speaker and Tudor legend Kate McCaffrey, is in three days! Keep your meeting link handy (or drop us an email/DM) for 6pm BST on Monday, as this is one you won’t want to miss! We’re so excited for this meeting and we can’t wait to see you there!
We could not be more excited to share this month’s MEMRN guest lecture with you! This month we’re welcoming friend of the network and all-round Tudor crowd-pleaser, the utterly brilliant Kate McCaffrey, to speak on her research into Tudor Books of Hours!
Congratulations to Laura Flannigan, author of Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485–1547, who has won the @RoyalHistSoc 2025 First Book Prize! 🎉 Discover the award-winning title here ▶️ cup.org/4kQ3rWp
#OTD 1603, James VI of Scotland was crowned king of England, where he reigned as James I. 👑 In 1617 he celebrated his Golden jubilee as the Scottish king, however his royal visit back to Scotland turned into a very costly and time consuming affair: thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2022/06/02/the…
Book Launch Aug 13 on #EarlyModernWomen - sign up at link on poster - and get a discount on the book! @OUPAcademic @SSEMWomenGender @LaraDodds @MichelleMDowd
Today, @PStiffell reveals the mystery behind an artifact once thought to belong to Mary I, only to be linked to another Mary. We explore royal iconography, Mary I’s image, and Dr. Stiffell’s research on royal portraits, along with his new website dedicated to this fascinating…
Very excited to say that I will be starting a new position next month as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida's Hamilton School! Delighted to be joining such a distinguished group of faculty. Go Gators! news.ufl.edu/2025/07/hamilt…
Completely delighted to finally share that I've been awarded a David Walker Memorial Fellowship in Early Modern History at the @bodleianlibs which I’ll be taking up in Trinity Term 2026. In very good company 💙 bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowship…
An updated call for papers for Life and Love Transfigured: Exclusive losing New Horizons in the Franciscan Tradition. A Conference to Mark the 800th Anniversary of the Death of St. Francis of Assisi. 14-16 April 2026. Bursary information for students and ECRs now attached.
After a mere seven years in the making, The Cultural History of Magic is finally here!! #earlymodern #twitterstorians
19 July 1553: Mary I is proclaimed as Queen of #England #France & #Ireland #otd in #London (National Trust images, Petworth House)
Eilish Gregory, member of the @histcatholic team, has recently been in Italy visiting various archives in her research about the Little Company of Mary, including those of Propaganda Fide @vaticanlibrary #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic
So far it has been a successful research week in Rome. My first morning this week was visiting the sites of the LCM's hospital (still referred to as the 'British Hospital) which still has traces of their history in the chapel and reception area. I have also been spending time 1/
The ACHA is thrilled to launch our new series: #ACHACollections! Dive into rarely seen photos and documents that trace over a century of our organization's rich history. Our first post is about Dr. Lawrence Francis Flick! To read the full blog, go to: achahistory.org/2025/07/18/ach….
Speaking about the involvement of early modern English Catholic women in the illicit transnational distribution of Catholic books at the ‘Tudor England and the Antwerp Book Trade’ conference in Antwerp last week! #CathHist #bookhistory