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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
Replying to @ChungTzuW
Also a British Valentine and Matilda?
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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. muse.jhu.edu/article/956182.
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New Book. Forthcoming in 2025.
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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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Australian high schools are pretty tough places.
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Springtime Down Under.
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Hello Lusophones. Any advice on how I translate the following? Any help very welcome! "Comecou a dizer pomdo o punho sobre a mão que em que lhe pez o avia de fazer..."
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Still find it hilarious that someone at the Spanish National Historical Archives in Madrid seriously thought that the Spanish Inquisition was victimizing a man born in the town of Molong in NSW, Australia in 1777, eleven years before the First fleet arrived in Botany bay.
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