Widowhood and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe 9781351872980, 1351872982

Whereas recent studies of early modern widowhood by social, economic and cultural historians have called attention to th

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Widowhood and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe
9781351872980, 1351872982

Whereas recent studies of early modern widowhood by social, economic and cultural historians have called attention to th

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Secrets in all their variety permeated early modern Europe, from the whispers of ambassadors at court to the emphaticall

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The key aspect of this volume is to place Hungary on the map of European literacy rates over the whole period between th

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»Roman Charity« investigates the iconography of the breastfeeding daughter from the perspective of queer sexuality and e

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The life-like depiction of the body became a central interest and defining characteristic of the European Early Modern p

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This book places the discourse surrounding stigmata within the visual culture of the late medieval and early modern peri

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Long neglected by historians, the concept of cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical

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Eight essays by major authors who attempt to find out who read, published, or advertised what, when, and where from the

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