Francois Soyer
@FJSoyer
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Associate Prof of European History, the Inquisition and Antisemitism @UniNewEngland. Hispanophile and Lusophile. Loves tea 🍵. Views own, RTs not endorsements.
Armidale, New South Wales
Joined May 2015
The marked qualitative decline of this platform means that I am spending a lot less time here. From now on this channel will carry occasional links to upcoming events, publications, my writing and research. You can find me on the platform Bl*e Sky
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My new book, "The Blood Libel in Medieval Antisemitism", is out in July 2025 and for a very affordable $18.95 or £16.95.
arc-humanities.org
The claim that Jews abducted and murdered Christian children for alleged ritual purposes or in order to consume their blood during Passover is the most extre...
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Woman with a doll, Leonaert Bramer, 1606 - 1674. She's well-to-do, while the doll she has in her hand is a servant/peasant (Rijksmuseum).
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Segles després continua sol en un desert de pergamí, sense la companyia d'una anotació, d'un dibuix, d'un gargot… La seua solitud fou respectada, però no sabem si la desitjava.
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Maria Duran was accused of being a man and put on trial for sorcery by the Portuguese Inquisition, The ‘Catalan Hermaphrodite’ and the Inquisition by @FJSoyer is an exploration of Maria’s life & early modern gender norm transgressions. Out in paperback! https://t.co/TONQddO57d
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Poco antes de la expulsión de los judíos de España hubo mucho movimiento inmobiliario, y los conversos fueron protagonistas. Como el caso de esta semana en el #AHPTO: https://t.co/5D3vlN8p5E
#archivos @culturaenclm
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My book "The ‘Catalan Hermaphrodite’ and the Inquisition. Early Modern Sex and Gender on Trial" is now on sale as a much more affordable paperback: 26GBP or 36USD.
bloomsbury.com
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My book "The ‘Catalan Hermaphrodite’ and the Inquisition. Early Modern Sex and Gender on Trial" is now on sale as a much more affordable paperback: 26GBP or 36USD.
bloomsbury.com
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New article: Francois Soyer, "Authoritative Sources: Hagiography, Local History, and the Antisemitic Child Murder Libel in Early Modern Spain." Antisemitism Studies 9, no. 1 (2025): 71-100. https://t.co/6GXvg1k5Ul.
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New article: Francois Soyer, "Authoritative Sources: Hagiography, Local History, and the Antisemitic Child Murder Libel in Early Modern Spain." Antisemitism Studies 9, no. 1 (2025): 71-100. https://t.co/6GXvg1k5Ul.
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Everything you always wanted to know about the sambenitos, the unique system of visual infamy developed by the Inquisition (but were too afraid to ask)! Co-authored with Yonatan Glazer-Eytan. Now in OA @RSAorg #renaissancequarterly👉 https://t.co/56WQqD7jsl
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Tokens left with babies abandoned at the Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence's Foundling Hospital which opened in 1465. Remarkable similarities with the history of London's Foundling Hospital which opened in 1739. Same system of tokens, babies sent to wet nurses......1/2
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“[Consultancy KordaMentha] was contracted to review UOW operations and people and culture in May. In June the university appointed KordaMentha partner John Dewar as interim VC on a 12-month contract.” https://t.co/H2vXdJZCMg
abc.net.au
The University of Wollongong has approached staff across 25 disciplines for redundancies in a restructure the union fears could abolish its degrees in history, mathematics, geography and languages.
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University fees to be set by new commission as Labor urged to reverse Scott Morrison’s price hikes
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Anthony Albanese hits out at Coalition MP who got a ‘free education’ but is now ‘lecturing people they can’t have their debt reduced’
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