Early Modern England
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John Skelton is a central literary figure and the leading poet during the first thirty years of Tudor rule. Nevertheless, he remains challenging and even contradictory for modern audiences. This book aims to provide an authoritative... more
Anne Askew is renowned as a Protestant martyr from Henrician England. She has been exalted in Reformation hagiography due to both her stern refusal to recant her beliefs and her fearless death on the pyres of Smithfield. However, this... more
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Protestant and Catholic martyrologies evolved in dialogue; however, they did not articulate a common conception of martyrdom. Viewing Protestant and Catholic martyrologies and notions of martyrdom as essentially similar obscures highly... more
This study considers sixteenth century evangelicals’ vision of a 'godly' commonwealth within the broader context of political, religious, social, and intellectual changes in Tudor England. Using the clergyman and bestselling author,... more
Abstract: Against the background of the traditional scholarly portrayals of Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum as the religious gesture of a woman writer in early seventeenth-century England, whether sincerely spiritual or socially... more
Il saggio intende dimostrare che, subito dopo la pubblicazione, da parte di Alberico Gentili, dei De iuris interpretibus Dialogi sex (1582) e delle Lectiones et Epistolae (1583-1584) i rapporti fra Jean Hotman e il giurista di San Ginesio... more
In the historiography of early modern England ‘democracy’ is conspicuous for its absence. The observation that since back then it did not exist, pre-nineteenth-century criticisms of democracy are not worth exploring has led historians to... more
Focusing on the account book of the MP and antiquary Sir Edward Dering (1598–1644), which covers the decade of his life in which he came of age, was knighted, and embarked on an ambitious political and courtly career, this article argues... more
Entre 1701 et 1703, au début de la guerre de Succession espagnole, Henry Bentinck (1682-1726), vicomte Woodstock, et son gouverneur huguenot, Paul Rapin de Thoyras (1661-1725), entreprennent un voyage pédagogique – le Grand Tour – qui... more
Until recently, studies in the architectural history of medieval and early modern Europe have assumed an all-male labor force on the construction site and in the related building trades. Historical chronicles and manuscript illuminations... more
Through close-reading and contextualization of Inigo Jones’s The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, this paper seeks to link the so-called “Age of Discovery” to the development of Renaissance architecture... more
This essay maps recent scholarly trends in the study of early modern women as healthcare practitioners and provides a general introduction to the special issue of Renaissance Studies titled "Women and Healthcare in Early Modern Europe"... more
Regulating relationships among strangers was a primary concern of the early modern world. Both the rediscovery of classical texts and new encounters between Europeans and Arabs, Asians, and Native Americans required a rethinking of the... more
Owens_1975-Review of John H. Langbein, Prosecuting Crime in the Renaissance: England, Germany, France. In Sixteenth Century Journal 6,2 (1975): 124 125.
Literary translation is a love affair. Depending on the context, it could be love at first sight or hot pursuits of a lover’s elusive nodding approval. In other instances it could be unrequited love, and still others a test of devotion... more
Social and cultural historians and literary scholars have made substantial use of more generic and less time-sensitive broadside ballads, for example on crime or gender relations, while ballads on ‘affairs of state’ have been largely... more
There are three different main views of the English Reformation’s impact on the people. Some historians argue that the Reformation was imposed on the people by King Henry VIII and his advisers. Other historians argue that the seeds of... more
Whilst religion and collective identity have become issues of central concern to international relations scholars, dynastic concerns and national interests still dominate their analyses of early modern international politics. This... more
The thesis is about the 17th century English Tradescant collection as a representation of the complex geographical ideas of the era.
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This essay examines the diplomatic relations between Rome and the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing especially on the missions of Gregorio Panzani, George Conn and Carlo Rossetti. The author emphasizes the... more
Between 1596 and 1601 John Peyton the Younger (1579–1635) travelled to Germany, Bohemia, Poland–Lithuania, Switzerland, and Italy. His accounts of the Empire and Bohemia are among the most detailed and best informed reports to have... more
Sixteenth century London played host to the formation of a small but lively Italian Protestant Community, which worshiped at Mercers’ Chapel at Cheapside. By 1598 as the major influx of religious exiles progressively ceased, the Italian... more
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From Danish kings to Angevin dukes, England has experienced many personal and dynastic unions throughout its existence. With the emergence of Britain as a political state under the Stuarts, dynastic union became the norm. Invasion by the... more
The table of contents of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Hobbes