More new research from me published this month! β
This is a chapter in the edited volume 'Wolf: Culture, Nature, Heritage' (Boydell Press). My research examines the (vv old!) chancery records of England and found over 200 licences for hunting hares π°β, foxes π¦β, badgers π¦‘β, wildcats (π±β!) and wolves (πΊβ!!!) in 13th and 14th century England. The licences are specific so can be mapped like this!
Free copy available here: https://zenodo.org/record/8173432
@idoubtit Woah that is amazing, what a compliment! πββ Love a bit of the Fortean Times! π»β
@Lionesslady Thanks so much! - Here is the link πβ https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/the-atlas-of-early-modern-wildlife?variant=41915269087403
@fionnbharr Amazing! Hope you enjoy it - let me know what you think β
@maiamaia Oh I'm proud you enjoyed them! Thank you so much! πβ I think maybe no-one on your instance follows me at the moment so you have to read my older toots on computer! β
@NormanDunbar
Thanks Norman. I'm so pleased it is finally out!! β
@maiamaia @helenczerski Thank you! I don't think we have the edit button yet on my instance but I will remember this for next time! πβ
That's a fair cop! Okay...β
My book is out today! πβ
Here is an article I wrote about it for the Conversation: π§β
https://theconversation.com/wildlife-wonders-of-britain-and-ireland-before-the-industrial-revolution-my-research-reveals-all-the-biodiversity-weve-lost-208721
Here is a shorter article about some of the mammal records I found πΎβ:
https://www.mammal.org.uk/2023/06/the-atlas-of-early-modern-wildlife-by-lee-raye/
Here is a long presentation about my book π½οΈβ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1RfCQFdv2s&ab_channel=SEWBReC
Here is a short walkthrough ποΈβ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJK_eohsL8E&ab_channel=LeeRaye
Here is a sample πβ:
https://pelagicpublishing.com/blogs/news/the-atlas-of-early-modern-wildlife-sample-chapter
And this is a thread of my maps! πβ:
https://computerfairi.es/@LeafyHistory/109558214684536601
@maiamaia
Thank you this is all great advice! πβ
That's a fair cop! Okay...β
My book is out today! πβ
Here is an article I wrote about it for the Conversation: π§β
https://theconversation.com/wildlife-wonders-of-britain-and-ireland-before-the-industrial-revolution-my-research-reveals-all-the-biodiversity-weve-lost-208721
Here is a shorter article about some of the mammal records I found πΎβ:
https://www.mammal.org.uk/2023/06/the-atlas-of-early-modern-wildlife-by-lee-raye/
Here is a long presentation about my book π½οΈβ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1RfCQFdv2s&ab_channel=SEWBReC
Here is a short walkthrough ποΈβ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJK_eohsL8E&ab_channel=LeeRaye
Here is a sample πβ:
https://pelagicpublishing.com/blogs/news/the-atlas-of-early-modern-wildlife-sample-chapter
And this is a thread of my maps! πβ:
https://computerfairi.es/@LeafyHistory/109558214684536601
No equivalent of 'quote tweeting' here, so to add to the post we've just shared: The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife by @LeafyHistory looks like a fascinating read for anyone interested in the wildlife of their British or Irish #OnePlaceStudies in times gone by.
Hi everyone, today is the day my book, THE ATLAS OF EARLY MODERN WILDLIFE is published. ππ
The Atlas catalogues the state of nature in Britain and Ireland during the sixteenth-eighteenth centuries. πΊπ¦«π¦ π¦π³ππ’ππ¦π¦
It's taken me five years to get to this point! The Atlas is based on over 10,000 records from 200+ primary sources (essentially books written in the time period)!
#biodiversity #extinction #wildlife #earlymodern #histodons #AnimalHistory #HistoricalEcology #HGIS #envhist
Ok finally career #introduction time!
I am a #DH #earlymodern Historian with preference of English and Irish History. I have specialized in the London Bills of Mortality on Death By Numbers. So basically I love medicine, death, and plague of early modern.
I received my MA from GMU, and worked with the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) where I discovered my love for mixing tech and history. I am post grad at a local library while I figure out what to research
@EmMeyers7 Aw thank you! It's great to meet you too. I'm looking forward to hearing some medical history and plague research posts now! πβ
Amateur naturalists still recorded wolves in the early modern period around Sutherland, and in the west of Ireland, but not England or Wales where they seem to have already gone extinct. πΊβπβ
But of course, there are legends of wolves living much later than that, and in very different areas! And I have a bit of research coming out later this month which describes what happened when they went extinct in England β
#AnimalHistory #EarlyModern #wolves #histodons #ecology #mammals
After the Norman Conquests in Britain and Ireland, Rabbits were commonly kept in artificial warrens for meat and fur. π
By the period that I study (250-500 years ago) Rabbits were widespread in England. Strangely though, they still had a mainly coastal distribution around Scotland, Ireland and Wales until much later. β
Map from my forthcoming book. β
#Rabbits #mammals #AnimalHistory #EarlyModern #Histodons #ecology
@esg Such a cutey!
@ClaireFromClare Thanks so much! πβ
Messy-haired hedge-doctor & friend to the local Slow Worms.
Special subject: the history of wildlife & wild plants in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland.
Looking to follow people who talk about nature, history, unions and the secret moonlight magic that opens the gates to faerie.
#AnimalHistory #EnvHist #HistoricalEcology #medieval #EarlyModern #MoreThanHuman #CelticStudies #HGIS #extinction #histodons