Confessions of Faith in Early Modern England [1 ed.] 9780812209211, 9780812245752

As seventeenth-century England wrestled with the aftereffects of the Reformation, the personal frequently conflicted wit

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Confessions of Faith in Early Modern England [1 ed.]
9780812209211, 9780812245752

In speeches, political pamphlets, and other works of religious controversy, writers from the reign of James I to that of

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During the seventeenth century, England was beset by three epidemics of the bubonic plague, each outbreak claiming betwe

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A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society

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This study explores maternity in the 'disciplines' of early modern England. Placing the reproductive female bo

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Collapsing buildings, unexpected meetings in the marketplace, monstrous births, encounters with pirates at sea—these and

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Discourse of Legitimacy in Early Modern England is a study of the structures of authority in England between the beginni

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The expressive and literary capacities of post-Reformation English were largely shaped in response to the Bible. Faith i

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This edited volume examines how individuals and communities defined and negotiated the boundaries between inclusion and

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