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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Portsmouth

Tony Curran (centre) as James I and Nicholas Galitzine (right) as George Villiers. Rory Mulvey/Sky UK

March 6, 2024

Mary & George: homosexual relationships in the time of King James I were forbidden – but not uncommon

Fiona McCall, University of Portsmouth

It was sometimes thought that men who had sex with men would give birth to monsters.

John Lacy, a Restoration actor and playwright, satirised puritans, including in his role as Mr Scruple in The Cheats by John Wilson (right). John Michael Wright (died 1694/National Portrait Gallery

September 21, 2020

Mayflower 400: how society feared and ridiculed puritans

Fiona McCall, University of Portsmouth

Puritans were often depicted as fools until they had a shot at government, and then the humour got darker.

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