All those buttons – enough to make you want to end it all!

John Yamamoto-Wilson

Published Dec 24, 2016

'All this buttoning and unbuttoning' (anonymous suicide note, 18th century)
(Oh, and Merry Christmas)
— Early Modern Death (@EarlyModDeath) December 23, 2016

History of the emotions. 17th-century tidbits. Early modern suffering.

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