Sophie Bacchus-Waterman

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Late medieval and Tudor historian. Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Special Collections Photographer at St John's College, Oxford. Book History MA graduate from the Institute of English Studies. Writing a book on Elizabeth Boleyn.

Joined November 2024

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Sophie Bacchus-Waterman sophiebwaterman.bsky.social · May 15
This is a fantastic story, but it is annoying how news stories such as this are always portrayed as "this item was found in this dusty archive/library/attic" as opposed to "this item was known about and looked at again with a new perspective and expertise".
- Margot Finn eicathomefinn.bsky.social · May 15
  'David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King’s College London, stumbled on a document labelled as an unofficial copy of Magna Carta from 1327 in Harvard law school library’s online collection.' Hmmm: 'stumbled on'? No training, rigour or methodology involved in the find, then.
  Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say
  
  Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946
  
  theguardian.com
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Sophie Bacchus-Waterman

Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say