Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers)
@lizlehfeldt
Professor of History; author, Religious Women in Golden Age Spain; historian of #earlymodern nuns; co-editor @emwjournal; #highered consultant; runner, gardener, needlepointer, cocktail enthusiast; madrileña at heart email me: llehfeldt at gmail dot com
Another day, another accounting manual. ##earlymodern
Spending my morning with sixteenth century Spanish accounting manuals. #earlymodern
One of its pages is the cover of my book 🙂
I think in my case it means prioress and steward would have had to "share" the book, passing it between them, depending on who was disbursing at a particular moment. But I'm curious about the practices surrounding these kinds of books if others have seen examples.
This got a bit of traction last week. Let's go again. Who are you teaching this week? Bonus points if you can tag them here. And use #TeachingTuesday
Looking forward to chatting about #nuntastic niño Jesús dolls tomorrow as part of the Early Modern Women and Religion seminar. #earlymodern #materialculture #convents
Great way to celebrate International Women's Day.
Spent the day at TNA, trying to sort out some of the finer points of administering convent households--interaction w/outsiders, between officers, etc. #nuntastic
#earlymodern Late notice, I realize, but DM me with your email if you'd like the link.
Judith Bennett and Shannon McSheffrey, “Early, Erotic and Alien: Women Dressed as Men in Late Medieval London,” History Workshop Journal (2014): 1-25.
Recently returned from the Archivo Histórico Nacional in Madrid. I have been working there on and off since 1992 (gasp!). Its vast collection of #earlymodern #nuntastic materials has been the backbone of my scholarly career and I keep finding new things! Very grateful for this amazing repository.
Today in the archives: unexpected little nugget about the social dynamics behind #earlymodern convents admitting lay women as boarders. #nuntastic #archives
Long line to vote in Cleveland Heights, OH, (which typically breaks 99% blue). Let's go!
Let's go, Thursday! Finishing up week 4 of the semester.
So true about running meetings! I have an article and a workshop focused on running better meetings. My dog and I feel strongly about this 🙂
My article won a prize! Genuinely surprised and honored.
So excited: my piece about some of the possible stories behind this #earlymodern tabla from a Valladolid convent will be in the September edition of AHA's Perpsectives. Thank you, @lmansley.bsky.social , for the invitation and opportunity! #everythinghasahistory #nuntastic #materialculture
Week 10 of the semester. #cortado #caffeinated
Just gonna put this out in the universe: I would love to write a review of this from the perspective of someone who studies the history of nuns. 🗃
I've been thinking about this #earlymodern "tabla" since I first saw it in 2017. Grateful for the chance to get back and take more photos. A memory/accountability device to help a convent keep track of the various masses they needed to observe for patrons and others. #nuntastic
With apologies to Mary Oliver: what will you do with your "wild and precious" leap year day? 🙂
Thursday morning: gearing up for a busy day of teaching. First class: public health in late medieval Europe. Second class: continuing to work w/capstone students on building their historiographical muscles.
Fueling that Wednesday night teaching into Thursday morning teaching transition. #teaching #cortado #isitfridayyet
#nuntastic news: page proofs! #early modern