Reading Sensations in Early Modern England
DIVThis is the first study of the origins of pornography in early modern practices of reading and writing. Craik explores connections between literature, the passions, and bodily experience in texts by Sidney, Donne and their contemporaries, opening up [... more]
$77.08
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Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in Early Modern England
At last! An NEW book on English Witchcraft!: Sharpe's claims for this book are modest. His motivation to write sprang from the realisation that there has never been a satisfactory, all-encompassing account of English witchcraft since the works of [... more]
$21.95
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Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England
The first book devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. Offers modernised versions of significant texts on nine cases of demonic possession from the period 1570 to 1650. The modernised texts are placed within the context of an [... more]
$52.00
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The Duel in Early Modern England
Arguments about the duel in early modern England were widespread. To understand duelling is to understand some crucial issues in the cultural and ideological history of Stuart England, and this major new study will engage the attention of a very wide [... more]
$36.00
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Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England
Crime and the law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. This book attempts to reach further than most conventional treatments of the subject, to explore the cultural contexts of law-breaking and criminal [... more]
$35.97
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Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England
Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England [... more]
$42.75
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Sleepless Souls - Suicide in Early Modern England
Sleepless Souls is a social and cultural history of suicide in early modern England. It traces the rise and fall of the crime of self-murder and explores why suicide came to be harshly punished in the sixteenth century, and why it was subsequently [... more]
$156.94
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Race in Early Modern England: A Documentary Companion
DIVP style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0ptThis collection makes available for the first time a rich archive of materials that illuminate the history of racial thought and practices in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. A comprehensive introduction shows how [... more]
$96.66
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Drama and the Disciplines of Shame in Early Modern England
Drama and the Disciplines of Shame in Early Modern England [... more]
$25.78
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Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720
Informative, But Laden with Excessive Post-modern Jargon: This book provides important insight into an insufficiently examined aspect of Tudor and Stuart history. The research is impressive, the chapter summaries most helpful. The illustrations are [... more]
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Witchcraft in Early Modern England (Seminar Studies in ...
Informative, quick read: This is a book written by a well known historian on the topic. This is more of an overview of why the witchcraft trials occured in early modern England and this can be helpful for anyone who is just getting into the subject. It's [... more]
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Argument and Authority in Early Modern England: The ...
Book Description: Conal Condren offers a radical reappraisal of the character of moral and political theory in early modern England through an exploration of pervasive and fundamental arguments about office. This focus questions almost all received [... more]
$111.00
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