Posts tagged with 'childbirth'

Festival time is in full swing here in Edinburgh and this time of year is also when many of us, including the Alice Thornton’s Books team, host relatives and friends or take time off to travel. In Tho...

As the Alice Thornton’s Books team works towards the launch of the Digital Scholarly Edition, we have had some great discussions with members of the public and with other researchers. We are largely b...

Just before Christmas, project postdoc Jo Edge was interviewed for the History with H podcast by Heather Rowe. She talked about Alice Wandesford Thornton and the connection we found to Middleham Castl...

For Women’s History Month 2023, we have been posting a series of reflections on our first encounters with Alice Thornton and our changing relationship with her books from then to now. Feel free to get...

For Women’s History Month 2023, we are posting a series of reflections on our first encounters with Alice Thornton and our changing relationship with her books from then to now. Feel free to get invol...

For Women’s History Month 2023, we are posting a series of reflections on our first encounters with Alice Thornton and our changing relationship with her books from then to now. Feel free to get invol...

Content note: miscarriage, child illness In February 1655, Alice Thornton was in bed recovering from giving birth to her second daughter, Elizabeth (Betty), when her maid called out to her. Her one-ye...

In an earlier post, I introduced some ways in which TEI markup and linkage can help the project to analyse patterns in Alice's writing and trace differences between her books, focusing on mentions of ...

What is Alice Thornton’s connection to Middleham Castle? While Alice grew up in relative privilege, living in nice halls such as Kirklington and Hipswell with her family, she certainly didn’t live any...