Anton Howes

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Historian of invention. New book on the history of @theRSAorg, ARTS & MINDS, out now. Head of innovation research at @TenThinkTank.

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Anton Howes @AntonHowes · Jan 31, 2023

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Fantastic thread! In all my recent reading of the proceedings of the early 17thC parliaments, recusancy laws come up CONSTANTLY. MPs seem to have been obsessed - more than any other subject - with making them stricter. Great to read this added context.

Tweet Jan 31, 2023

Recusancy laws in England targeted Catholics but also caught nonconformists; and on at least two occasions Jews were fined for recusancy, in 1577 and 1686. The first case is curious, because there weren't supposed to be any Jews in England at the tim

by Dr Francis Young

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Anton Howes @AntonHowes · Mar 27, 2022

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Via @ByrneHobart, a very interesting read by Brandon Sanderson on the economics of (fiction) publishing.

Article Mar 16, 2022

Some FAQs You Might Enjoy | Brandon Sanderson

by Brandon Sanderson

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Anton Howes @AntonHowes · Jan 18, 2022

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Fantastic work, congratulations!

Article Jan 18, 2022

Indian cotton textiles and British industrialisation

by Dr Alka Raman

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Anton Howes @AntonHowes · Jan 12, 2022

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The thesis is that of Simon Healy, of @HistParl. Truly excellent work on the troubles of the early 17thC English fiscal state.

Article 2015

Crown Revenue and the Political Culture of Early Stuart England

by Simon Healy

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Anton Howes @AntonHowes · Dec 31, 2021

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Have you read An Instance of the Fingerpost? If not, I highly recommend it both as a story in its own right, and for this very reason too. It provoked this year's obsession of mine with the 17thC.

Book 1997

An Instance of the Fingerpost