Welcome!
This is the homepage for Carnivalesque, a blog carnival dedicated to pre-modern history.
Blog carnivals are an increasingly popular part of the blogosphere. They are regular showcases of recent blogging, usually focused on particular themes, and - very importantly - they usually circulate around a range of host blogs, giving each carnival a variety of perspectives.
Carnivalesque was originally launched in September 2004 as a carnival for the 'early modern' period in history (c.1450-1800CE). It took much of its inspiration from the Philosophers' Carnival and Tangled Bank. Carnivalesque filled its special niche so successfully that in 2005, it was decided to expand its coverage. Since July 2005, Carnivalesque has run monthly, alternating between early modern (c.1500-1800CE) and ancient & medieval topics (up to c.1500CE).
Carnivalesque is certainly not just for academics. We welcome perspectives from a variety of fields, especially history, literary studies, archaeology, art history, philosophy - in fact, from anyone who enjoys writing about anything to do with the not-so-recent past. You can nominate your own writing and/or that of other bloggers, but please try not to nominate more than one or two posts by any author for any single edition of Carnivalesque, and limit nominations to recent posts.
Recent Carnivals
28 January 2010: Carnivalesque 58 is up at The Gentleman Administrator.
20 December 2009: Carnivalesque 57 (ancient/medieval) is up at Zenobia: Empress of the East.
22 November 2009: Carnivalesque 56 (early modern) is up at Investigations of a Dog.
1 November 2009: Carnivalesque 55 (ancient/medieval) has been posted at Bavardess.
27 September 2009: Carnivalesque 54 (early modern) is up at Early Modern Notes.
9 September 2009: Carnivalesque 53 (ancient/medieval) is up at Ruff Notes.
All Past Carnivals
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Upcoming Editions
March 2010 (early modern): The Quack Doctor
20/21 February (ancient/medieval): Burgundians in the Mist.
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Nominations
To submit nominations either email the upcoming host (once announced), send a message to the carnival email address (carnivalesque@earlymodernweb.org.uk), or use the appropriate nomination form for the chronological content of the post:
1. ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL
2. EARLY MODERN
(Please take care to pick the right one - there's no guarantee that misdirected nominations will get forwarded to the right place.)
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Hosting
Potential hosts should be regular bloggers with some knowledge of and interest in pre-modern history (though, again, not necessarily academics). If you are interested in hosting an edition of Carnivalesque, please send us an email (see further down page for details), noting whether you are particularly interested in early modern or ancient/medieval, and telling us a little about your background and historical interests.
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Making contact
The Mistresses of Misrule co-ordinate the carnival, selecting hosts and helping to publicise upcoming editions, and keeping this webpage up to date:
Sharon Howard is primarily responsible for the early modern side of the carnival. She lives in Yorkshire; her research interests are in crime in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain.
Julie Hofmann is in charge of things ancient and medieval. Her research interests are early medieval. She's based in the USA.
You can email us at: carnivalesque@earlymodernweb.org.uk
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