Blog post written by Anita Auer (28 September 2020) The history of the English language is based on whatever documents researchers have had access to, be it manuscripts or printed texts. The …
The Social Stratification of Late Modern English Read MoreBlog post written by Andrea Grütter (22 June 2020) For this week’s blog post, we will look at some more transcription challenges, with the example of one particularly challenging letter and how …
More Illustrations of Transcription Challenges, Incl. Images, in the Pauper Petition Corpus Read MoreBlog post written by Anita Auer (29 May 2020) In this week’s blog post, we want to give you some insight into the work that we have been doing over the last …
Transcription Challenges in the Creation of the Pauper Petition Corpus Read MoreBlog post written by Lucile Berset (14 May 2020) If you have been reading our previous weekly blog posts, you are aware that not all the letters in the LALP corpus are …
Anonymous denunciation and defamation at the time of the Poor Law Read MoreBlog post written by Aleksa Kostadinovic (7 May 2020) On April 21st 1820, Richard Josiah Pope, “about 45 or 46 years of age”, was admitted to St. Luke’s Hospital for …
#Mentalhealth Issues of Paupers in Late Modern England Read More