The 17th Century

Hi everyone! I'm an illustrator who's fascinated with the 17th century (among other periods of time- I'm a big history geek). After discussing this with juliann, I decided to post a few pics you all might like.

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hi, i reenact the english civil war of the 1640s with the sealed knot
and in fact im about to start my BA dissertation on the english civil war

this community seems ace!

 

 

Everyone interested in the 17th century, especially the long-neglected Dutch colony of New Amsterdam is invited join......  

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It is still, of course, in its earliest stages, but I hope that with enough support and participation we can create an enjoyable and enlightening community.  New Amsterdam was always an unusually polyglot and diverse place when compared with the contemporary English settlements to the North and South.  In this same spirit I would like to emphasize that this community is open to everyone.  We need people with various areas of interest and expertise.  Eventually this group will have its own website independent of Livejournal, but for now this seems an ideal place to start.  I hope we can have fun and inspire interest in this fascinating and long-neglected colony.

Has anyone been to any of the Colonial Jamestown historic areas/museums? I haven't been in over ten years and I am told that they have some really impressive things now in anticipation of next spring's 400th anniversary. But I am having a hard time finding a good website :( (My Google-fu has disappeared!) All I have so far is the National Parks site on it (http://www.nps.gov/colo/)

I'll be in the area week after next and I am determined to get to spend some time there. (Our family loves Williamsburg so we always run out of time to get downriver...something I plan to fix!) But I'd really like some more information like just how accessible the places are, etc. I have been told that they are quite wheelchair-friendly but my own personal experience in the 90s doesn't square with that so I'd like better info.

Sorry I've been so quiet of late but in the autumn I will resume my history studies and will probably talk everyone's virtual ears off :) (Also the Antonia Fraser book about Louis XIV comes out in August in Europe and in October in North America.)

Sorry it took me so long to post this:

And article in the Guardian about the development of cross-gender theatrics after Charles II, most prominent in Christmas Panto.

As you can see from my "currrent music", Charles Beauclerk was interviewed today about his famous ancestor, Nell Gwyn, and the biography of her that he has written based on family records.

I don't know how long this will be up, but the details and audio download are here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story…

I'm going to keep a copy of the interview so if you miss it on the website I can email it to you, but as it is 3.7 MB it's best to get it from NPR if you are able to download it.

(Alas, another book I *desperately* want but finances just aren't cooperating :( )

So what's the most impressive book, or article, on Restoration England that you've read this year?

Someone on another list recommended Liza Picard’s Victorian London. I believe the same author did a book called Restoration London. Has anyone read it? Is it any good? I don’t know anything about the author – I don’t even know if it’s a serious work of history or a coffee table book.

So has anybody been to see the libertine yet? I went to see it the other day, thought it was very good. Johnny Depp was great as Rochester. I was surprised to see Johnny Vegas in it. There is a very good scene towards the end with rochester in the house of Lords all diseased. Lovely stuff.

I have created a community about Milton, which you are all invited to join, pleeeeaaase.

miltonic