Comments for Mercurius Politicus http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com A blog (mostly) about early modern history Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:40:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Wintour’s Leap by Nick http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/wintours-leap/#comment-177 Nick Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:15:25 +0000 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/wintours-leap/#comment-177 Thanks for your kind words, Sara, it's always nice to know someone is reading this blog! I've had a bit of a dig but can't find anything direct either. The closest I've come is discovering that Ashmole went to Worcester in late 1645 to become Commissioner of Exercise. He was also a Captain in Lord Astley's foot regiment, looking after the artillery. Astley was defeated at Stow-on-the-Wold in March 1646, but there isn't any evidence that Ashmole was there: he doesn't seem to have participated in any of the fighting. Thanks for your kind words, Sara, it’s always nice to know someone is reading this blog!

I’ve had a bit of a dig but can’t find anything direct either. The closest I’ve come is discovering that Ashmole went to Worcester in late 1645 to become Commissioner of Exercise. He was also a Captain in Lord Astley’s foot regiment, looking after the artillery. Astley was defeated at Stow-on-the-Wold in March 1646, but there isn’t any evidence that Ashmole was there: he doesn’t seem to have participated in any of the fighting.

]]> Comment on Wintour’s Leap by shheller http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/wintours-leap/#comment-176 shheller Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:46:32 +0000 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/wintours-leap/#comment-176 hi Nick, Great write up, just visited Lancaut and had an amazing time, I am interested in the civil war connection and wondered if you knew of any link to Elias Ashmole with the history of this area? He was a Royalist and I have research about him on the net but not found a direct link to place him in this area... A stab in the dark shall we say, Sara hi Nick,
Great write up, just visited Lancaut and had an amazing time, I am interested in the civil war connection and wondered if you knew of any link to Elias Ashmole with the history of this area? He was a Royalist and I have research about him on the net but not found a direct link to place him in this area…
A stab in the dark shall we say,
Sara

]]> Comment on Word clouds by Comparator « Mercurius Politicus http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/word-clouds/#comment-175 Comparator « Mercurius Politicus Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:45:48 +0000 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-175 [...] posted previously about being inspired by Digital Scholarship in the Humanities to mess about with word clouds. The same post also gave me the idea to try some text comparison [...] [...] posted previously about being inspired by Digital Scholarship in the Humanities to mess about with word clouds. The same post also gave me the idea to try some text comparison [...]

]]> Comment on Word clouds by Word Clouds from Wordle: Laurence Sterne, Sentimental Journey « The Long Eighteenth http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/word-clouds/#comment-174 Word Clouds from Wordle: Laurence Sterne, Sentimental Journey « The Long Eighteenth Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:37:44 +0000 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-174 [...] Though my first reaction to Wordle was, “What a neat toy!” Mercurius Politicus (referencing Lisa Spiro’s Digital Scholarship in the Humanities) shows us how to use Wordle [...] [...] Though my first reaction to Wordle was, “What a neat toy!” Mercurius Politicus (referencing Lisa Spiro’s Digital Scholarship in the Humanities) shows us how to use Wordle [...]

]]> Comment on Word clouds by Magna Carta in word clouds « Edward Vallance http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/word-clouds/#comment-173 Magna Carta in word clouds « Edward Vallance Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:35:51 +0000 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-173 [...] in word clouds Using the fabby wordle tool, (on which see Mercurius Politicus’ recent post) I’ve created word clouds of both the bits of Magna Carta still in effect and the original [...] [...] in word clouds Using the fabby wordle tool, (on which see Mercurius Politicus’ recent post) I’ve created word clouds of both the bits of Magna Carta still in effect and the original [...]

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