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  1. Sad to hear that Peter Beal, specialist on early modern manuscripts, has died.

    I met Peter in the mid-2000s when the Institute of English studies was preparing for the CELM project bid.

    Peter Beal obituary: palaeographer who catalogued Churchill’s papers

    thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/art

    #obituary #manuscriptstudies #manuscripts #earlymodernliterature

  2. It's #WorldEmojiDay! 🎉🎉🎉
    We celebrate it with 3 new books of our collection, sprinkled with beautiful #emoji! 🎈
    First is this essay collection, edited by Eva von Contzen & James Simpson, on lists in 🇬🇧 & 🇩🇪 #MedievalLiterature & #EarlyModernLiterature

    #MedievalCulture

  3. It’s not that we dislike Will Shakespeare, it’s that he gets plenty of stage time. His contemporaries don’t, and some of them are 🔥🔥🔥

    To support our work financially, see patreon.com/beyondshakespeare

    And if you want to perform, see beyondshakespeare.org

    #theatre #plays #medievalDrama #EarlyModernDrama #TheaterHistory #TheatreHistory #EarlyModernLiterature #EarlyModernHistory #plays #playwrights