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Secretaries, statesmen and spies: the clerks of the Tudor Privy Council, c. 1540-c. 1603
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsThe office of clerk of the Privy Council has been largely ignored by historians.While some individual clerks who eventually rose to the ranks of the Privy Council have drawn some attention from scholars, most clerks are unknown, or mentioned only tangentially in journal articles or historical monographs. -
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... -
Utopia Pre-Empted: Kett’s Rebellion, Commoning, and the Hysterical Sublime
Posted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsKett’s Rebellion, the best known rising, occurred in Norwich, the second city of the nation, and on nearby Mousehold Heath, as thousands of campmen – peasants, tradesmen, and artisans fired by Reformation theology. -
The Origins of Tea Drinking in Britain
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsSoft drinks other than tea were, as we shall see, only just starting to gain a foothold on the island. Today, with the hindsight of history, we know that no other country in Europe has been so influenced by the arrival of this leaf as Britain was, -
The Hunt for Jack the Ripper
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsWilliam D. Rubinstein reviews the achievements of the ‘Ripperologists’ and lends weight to the argument surrounding the Ripper Diaries. -
Margaret Cavendish’s Imaginary Friends
Posted on October 15, 2011 | No CommentsMargaret Cavendish’s Imaginary Friends Rachel Warburton – Lakehead University Session: “English Epistolary Friendships” Paper given at the conference: Friendship In Pre-Modern Europe (1300-1700) This paper analysed Margaret Cavendish’s sociable letters. They... -
Plague in Elizabethan and Stuart London: the Dutch response
Posted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsPlague in Elizabethan and Stuart London: the Dutch response Grell, Ole Peter Medical History, 34, (1990) Abstract Plague was, without doubt, the most devastating disease that could hit an urban... -
Promoting ‘English Civility’ in Tudor Times
Posted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsPromoting ‘English Civility’ in Tudor Times Ellis, Steven G. (National University of Ireland, Galway) Tolerance and Intolerance in Historical Perspective, (University of Pisa, 2003) Like states everywhere, the 16th-century English monarchy regulated... -
Early Modern Space Travel and the English Man in the Moon
Posted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsEarly Modern Space Travel and the English Man in the Moon Cressy, David The American Historical Review, Vol. III, No. 4, October (2006) Abstract The moon, for early modern Englishmen... -
Sumptuary Legislation and the Fabric Construction of National Identity
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsSumptuary Legislation and the Fabric Construction of National Identity Early Modern England: Constructing the Past: Vol. 8: Iss. 1 (2007) SHULMAN, RACHEL Abstract As England transitioned from a medieval mode of... -
Ophelia, the Singing Corpse: Pleasure and the Gaze in Where the Wild Roses Grow
Posted on October 9, 2011 | No CommentsOphelia, the Singing Corpse: Pleasure and the Gaze in Where the Wild Roses Grow Zeleny, Rachael Baitch (University of Delaware, USA) Neo-Victorian Studies 3:2 (2010) Abstract This essay deconstructs a very... -
Inventing the Wicked Women of Tudor England: Alice More, Anne Boleyn, and Anne Stanhope
Posted on October 9, 2011 | No CommentsInventing the Wicked Women of Tudor England: Alice More, Anne Boleyn, and Anne Stanhope Warnicke, Retha M. (Arizona State University) Quidditas: Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association,... -
Political Bodies and Animal Economies: Reconsidering the Relationship between Healthcare and Statecraft in Late Seventeenth-Century England
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsPolitical Bodies and Animal Economies: Reconsidering theRelationship between Healthcare and Statecraft in Late Seventeenth-Century England Ridge, Steve (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London) Ex... -
Chemical Control or Therapeutic Intervention?: Drugs and the Treatment of Suicidal Lunatics in Late Nineteenth-Century England
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsChemical Control or Therapeutic Intervention?: Drugs and the Treatment of Suicidal Lunatics in Late Nineteenth-Century England York, Sarah (University of Birmingham) Ex Historia, Vol .2 (2010) Abstract The foundation of... -
Sex Differentiation in Hair in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsSex Differentiation in Hair in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain Chen,Pei-Ching (University of Exeter) Ex Historia, Vol. 3 (2011) Abstract This article will explore the role of hair as a marker... -
William Herle and the English Secret Service
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No CommentsWilliam Herle and the English Secret Service Gill, Michael Patrick M.A. Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington (2010) Abstract This thesis examines William Herle‘s life through his surviving letters to William... -
WHAT CAN ELIZABETHAN PAMPHLETS AND BALLADS TELL US ABOUT ELIZABETHAN MILITARY CULTURE?
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsWHAT CAN ELIZABETHAN PAMPHLETS AND BALLADS TELL US ABOUT ELIZABETHAN MILITARY CULTURE? Seo, Dong-Ha THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE , Vol.1:2 (2008) Abstract In the early part of... -
The Importance of Fashion in Early Modern England
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe Importance of Fashion in Early Modern England Kubin, Lindsay Senior Seminar Thesis, Western Oregon University, May (2007) Abstract To twentieth century scholars the importance of cloth or clothing in... -
Aberrant Accounts: William Dugdale’s Handling of Two Tudor Murders in The Antiquities of Warwickshire
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsAberrant Accounts: William Dugdale’s Handling of Two Tudor Murders in The Antiquities of Warwickshire Broadway, Jane Midland history, Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring (2008) Abstract This article examines two accounts... -
The case of Aaron Kosminski: was he Jack the Ripper?
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe case of Aaron Kosminski: was he Jack the Ripper? S. K. Lekh, A. Langa, P. Begg and B. K. Puri Psychiatric Bulletin (1992), 16:786-788 Abstract The Whitechapel murders of... -
The Madonna and the Whore: The Victorian Wife and the Victorian Prostitute, a Collision of Virtue and Vice
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Madonna and the Whore: The Victorian Wife and the Victorian Prostitute, a Collision of Virtue and Vice Coressel, Patti Lourdes College Online Narrative History Journal, Volume 9 (2011) Abstract... -
The Victorian Child, c. 1837-1901
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Victorian Child, c. 1837-1901 Gubar, Marah (University of Pittsburgh) The Representing Childhood Project (2005) Abstract In 1799, children’s author and educator Hannah More reacted against the revolutions that had... -
What Is Neo-Victorian Studies?
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsLlewellyn, Mark (University of Liverpool) Neo-Victorian Studies, Vol.1:1 (Autumn 2008) Abstract This article sets out to explore some of the possibilities within the establishment of the journal Neo-Victorian Studies in... -
Have Oxford academics found ‘the real Ophelia’?
Posted on June 10, 2011 | No CommentsAn Oxford University academic is leading a project to study coroners’ reports of accidental deaths in Tudor England. The four-year Economic and Social Research Council-funded project has already turned up some... -
Elizabethan Marriage Customs and Shakespeare
Posted on February 7, 2011 | No CommentsElizabethan Marriage Customs and Shakespeare By Young-Won Park Journal of humanities and social science, Vol.2 (1999) Introduction: The Elizabethan Era was a particularly ripe period in terms of political, social,... -
CHANGING PATTERNS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IN ENGLAND FROM THE LATE MEDIEVAL TO THE EARLY MODERN AGE
Posted on January 16, 2011 | No CommentsCHANGING PATTERNS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IN ENGLAND FROM THE LATE MEDIEVAL TO THE EARLY MODERN AGE By Ozlem Uluduz Master’s Thesis, Middle Eastern Technical University, 2003 Abstract: This thesis... -
‘You should go to Hockley-in-the-Hole, and to Marybone, child, to learn valour’: On the Social Logic of Animal Baiting in Early Modern London
Posted on October 16, 2010 | No Comments‘You should go to Hockley-in-the-Hole, and to Marybone, child, to learn valour’: On the Social Logic of Animal Baiting in Early Modern London By Tobias Hug Renaissance Journal, Vol. 2.1... -
The Origins of the Modern Public
Posted on September 19, 2010 | No CommentsPublicity was once the exclusive property of men of rank. They alone, by virtue of their stations, could make things public. During the 18th century it became meaningful to talk... -
Violence and violent crime in the North East, c. 1650-1720
Posted on August 30, 2010 | No CommentsViolence and violent crime in the North East, c. 1650-1720 By Joanna Bath PhD Dissertation, Newcastle University, 2001 Abstract: This thesis focuses on the violent actions, illegal and semi-legal, of... -
Justices of the Peace in Mid-Tudor Devon Circa 1538-1570
Posted on July 17, 2010 | No CommentsJustices of the Peace in Mid-Tudor Devon Circa 1538-1570 By Rebecca Jane Zmarzly Master’s Thesis, Texas State University (2007) Introduction: The mid-Tudor era of English history is characterized by larger... -
Bearded Women in Early Modern England
Posted on June 16, 2010 | No CommentsBearded Women in Early Modern England By Mark Albert Johnston Studies in English Literature, Vol.47:1 (2007) Introduction: “An old man, whose beard was all ouer-growne with gray haires, ask’d a... -
Women, performance, and the household in early modern England, 1580-1660
Posted on May 21, 2010 | No CommentsWomen, performance, and the household in early modern England, 1580-1660 By Sara Mueller PhD Dissertation, Queen’s University, 2007 Abstract: The texts and records of the household performances of early modern... -
Archery, Romance and Elite Culture in England and Wales, c. 1780-1840
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsArchery, Romance and Elite Culture in England and Wales, c. 1780-1840 By Martin Johnes History, Vol.89 (2004) Abstract: During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the longbow was rendered redundant as... -
“The City Cannot Hold You”: Social Conversion in the Goldsmith’s Shop
Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments“The City Cannot Hold You”: Social Conversion in the Goldsmith’s Shop Jenstad, Janelle Day Early Modern Literary Studies 8.2 (September 2002) / Special Issue 10 Abstract The goldsmith’s imbrication in... -
Politics and Civility in Early Modern England 1531-1774
Posted on April 12, 2010 | No CommentsPolitics and Civility in Early Modern England 1531-1774 By Toshimichi Kimura Paper presented at the International Symposium: Political Theory in the Context of Globalization and Multiculturalism, held at Kyushu University,... -
The Rumbling Belly Politic: Metaphorical Location and Metaphorical Government in Coriolanus
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsThe Rumbling Belly Politic: Metaphorical Location and Metaphorical Government in Coriolanus Eastman, Nate Early Modern Literary Studies 13.1 (May, 2007) Abstract That the rioting plebians in Coriolanus found their inspiration... -
Elephants, Englishmen and India: Early Modern Travel Writing and the Pre-Colonial Moment
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsElephants, Englishmen and India: Early Modern Travel Writing and the Pre-Colonial Moment Aune, M. G. Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract Describing and analyzing the dynamics of the... -
“I Live With Bread Like You”: Forms of Inclusion in Richard II
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No Comments“I Live With Bread Like You”: Forms of Inclusion in Richard II Landau, Aaron Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract In this paper I examine the subtle, complex,... -
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England shortlisted for award
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsProfessor Amanda Vickery has been shortlisted for the 2009/2010 Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize for her book on the Eighteenth Century ‘Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England.′ Professor Vickery, of... -
Women, Children, and the Rhetoric of Milton’s Divorce Tracts
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsWomen, Children, and the Rhetoric of Milton’s Divorce Tracts van den Berg, Sara Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract In his divorce tracts, Milton uses vignette, metaphor, and... -
Surpassing Glass: Shakespeare’s Mirrors
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsSurpassing Glass: Shakespeare’s Mirrors Kelly, Philippa Early Modern Literary Studies 8.1 (May 2002) Abstract ‘Surpassing Glass: Shakespeare’s Mirrors’ considers the role of the mirror in early modern literature, in particular... -
Other Accents: Some Problems with identifying Elizabethan Pronunciation
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsOther Accents: Some Problems with identifying Elizabethan Pronunciation Gurr, Andrew Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract This paper surveys the scholarly work that has been... -
Labours Lost: Domestic Service and the Making of Modern England
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsLabours Lost: Domestic Service and the Making of Modern England By Carolyn Steedman Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521516372 This is a unique account of the hidden history of servants... -
Moral panics, the media and the law in early modern England
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsMoral panics, the media and the law in early modern England Edited by David Lemmings and Claire Walker Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-230-52732-4 This book explores and exemplifies some of... -
Take Figys, and grynd hem wel
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsTake Figys, and grynd hem wel Meltonville, Marc London Archaeologist, Volume 11-11 (2007) Abstract The palace’s Tudor kitchens have been a major visitor attraction ever since the grace and favour... -
Numme Feete: Meter in Early Modern England
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsNumme Feete: Meter in Early Modern England Tate, Joseph Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract This paper investigates early modern English rhetorical manuals, private letters,... -
“[B]egot between tirewomen and tailors”: Commodified Self-Fashioning in Michaelmas Term
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No Comments“[B]egot between tirewomen and tailors”: Commodified Self-Fashioning in Michaelmas Term Martin, Matthew Early Modern Literary Studies 5.1 (May, 1999) Abstract In Michaelmas Term Middleton dramatizes the queasy lightness of being... -
Lives of Devotion: The Correspondence of Isaac Basire and Frances Corbett, 1635-1660
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsLives of Devotion: The Correspondence of Isaac Basire and Frances Corbett, 1635-1660 Stanwood, Paul G. Early Modern Literary Studies 5.1 (May, 1999) Abstract Isaac Basire (1607-76) was an English divine... -
Petruchio’s Horse: Equine and Household Mismanagement in The Taming of the Shrew
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsPetruchio’s Horse: Equine and Household Mismanagement in The Taming of the Shrew Heaney, Peter F. Early Modern Literary Studies 4.1 (May, 1998) Abstract Few of the hundreds of horses mentioned... -
“This innocent worke”: Adam and Eve, John Smith, William Wood and the North American Plantations
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments“This innocent worke”: Adam and Eve, John Smith, William Wood and the North American Plantations Roebuck, Graham Early Modern Literary Studies 1.1 (April 1995) Abstract This paper enters the “labyrinth”...