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The Blazing World is an amazing vision which ends as bewilderingly as it begins, making the reader’s head spin.
Four centuries on, scientists are still debating whether the catastrophic flood of 1607 was driven by a storm surge or a tsunami.
In the 17th century, Anne Wentworth spoke out against her abusive husband and the religious institution that protected him.
‘Loneliness’ is a modern word – but we have a lot to learn from how early modern nuns understood solitude.
The discovery sheds new light on 17th-century literary, political and libertine culture.
This comedy strips away much of the complexity of Goethe’s masterpiece.
They battled scurvy, amputated limbs and treated deadly fevers, all while enduring the chaos of storms and warfare.
The antagonist, Prince Frederick gets away with so much because his power is virtually unchecked – like a modern-day Harvey Weinstein.
Many clues are revealed about people’s sleep thanks to Vicar Rhys Prichard’s poetry from the 1600s.
Gentileschi’s self-portrait is an astonishing work of confidence and serenity by an artist who has become a beacon of feminist empowerment.
Only a handful of plays written by women in the early modern period have survived. But the accounts of Alice Mustian’s raunchy stage show shed light on a surprising playwright and impresario.
When scientists observed planets revolved around the Sun, they posited we were now like other planets. And if other planets were like Earth, then they most likely also had inhabitants.
Mary & George depicts the real-life story of Mary Villiers and her son George, and their social climbing at the early 17th century English royal court.
If you’ve watched many period dramas, you’ve probably seen a mantua. It was worn over a pair of stays (corset) and an often contrasting petticoat. The draping fabric created a front-opening gown.
Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and a Catholic theologian, born 400 years ago,
left a deep and lasting influence on the world that can be felt today.
Go back to 17th- and 18th-century England and France and you’ll see the same sort of handwringing over birthrates that we’re seeing today.
Recipe sharing is all the rage in the pandemic as in other times of turmoil. English cookbooks of the 16th and 17th centuries promised recipes for comfort with a dash of glamour.
The history of smell in 18th-century England reveals the complex story of scent and personal space.
British is an imperial term, not a national one.
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Senior Lecturer, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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PhD in Early Modern Literature, University of California, Davis
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Reader in History, University of York
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Hansen Lecturer in History, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, The University of Melbourne
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Teaching Associate Professor of Philosophy, West Virginia University
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Professor of History & Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Research Fellow in Politics, University of York
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
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PhD Candidate in Art History, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Early Modern English Literature, Western University
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Assistant Professor of English, University of Toronto
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Lecturer in Welsh, Cardiff University