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- Patriotic women: Shakespearean heroines of the 1720s
- Sir Francis Kynaston: The importance of the ‘Nation’ for a 17th-century English royalist
- Anciennete among the Non-Jurors: a study of Henry Dodwell
- Wet-nurses in early modern England: some evidence from the Townshend archive
- Masters and servants: the Hudson’s Bay Company and its personnel, 1668-1782
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The German Reformation and Medieval Thought and Culture
Posted on February 9, 2012 | No CommentsAfter Luther’s death in 1546, it was said, the seeds mostly fell dormant in Germany, where leaders failed to rally around the philosophical core of Luther’s message, retreating into political division and older authoritarian patterns of thought. -
Why Men Fought in the 100 Years War
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsPatriotism, propaganda, profit - Anthony Tuck finds that these were the motives that led Englishmen to fight in France. -
Three early seventeenth-century watercolours of the tombs of Henry VII and Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the two paintings of Henry VII’s tomb (fol.24) shows the gilded bronze effigies of the King and his wife, Elizabeth of York. -
The Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture: Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture:Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700 McKeever, Amanda Jane PhD Thesis, Philosophy, University of Sussex, September 27, (2010) Abstract My thesis seeks to address... -
Columbus and the Labyrinth of History
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsColumbus and the Labyrinth of History By John Noble Wilford The Wilson Quarterly (Autumn 1991) Introduction: History has not been the same since Christopher Columbus. Neither has he been the... -
Elite Revisionists and Popular Beliefs: Christopher Columbus, Hero or Villain?
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsElite Revisionists and Popular Beliefs: Christopher Columbus, Hero or Villain? By Howard Schuman, Barry Schwartz and Hannag D’Arc Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 1 (2005) Abstract: According to revisionist... -
‘I do mistake my person all this while’: Blindness and Illusion in Richard III
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No Comments‘I do mistake my person all this while’: Blindness and Illusion in Richard III Rutter Giappone, Krista Bonello (University of Kent) Skepsi: Bad Behaviour in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Volume... -
Figures in Silk: A Novel
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No CommentsFigures in Silk: A Novel By Vanora Bennett Publisher: Harper Collins, October 20, 2009 ISBN: 9780061689840 Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses-one in the arms of... -
Reflections on “Imitatio” as an Educational Ideal of English Humanism
Posted on January 1, 2010 | No CommentsReflections on “Imitatio” as an Educational Ideal of English Humanism Sunwoo, Jin Medieval and Early Modern English Studies. vol. 12 (2004 ) No. 1 Abstract This study of “imitatio” in... -
Gender and Translation in Early Modern England
Posted on January 1, 2010 | No CommentsGender and Translation in Early Modern England Lee, Jongsook Medieval English Studies, vol. 10 (2002) No. 2 Abstract Speculating about the possible motives of Mary Sidney’s decision to translate Robert... -
Measure is Treasure: Financial and Political Prudence in John Skelton’s Magnificence
Posted on January 1, 2010 | No CommentsMeasure is Treasure: Financial and Political Prudence in John Skelton’s Magnificence Kim, Tai-Won Medieval English Studies, vol.10 (2002) No.1 Abstract John Skelton’s Magnificence (ca. 1515-21), the only extant play of... -
Googe Is Scrooge: Barnaby Googe and Poetic Asceticism
Posted on December 30, 2009 | No CommentsGooge Is Scrooge: Barnaby Googe and Poetic Asceticism Hong, Kyongjoo Medieval English Studies, vol. 8 (2000) Abstract When we examine the tradition of Renaissance poetry in England, our attention diverges...