Tag: Early Modern History
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A Conversation at Kenilworth Castle, July 1575
Naomi Wallace explores a potential moment between Elizabeth I and a dear friend and suitor in this fiction piece.
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Six the Musical: A History Student’s Perspective
Six the Musical has been a smash hit since it first ran in 2017, but how does it hold up historically? Naomi Wallace analyses its portrayal of the six wives.
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Early Modernity and the World Beyond Europe
Seth Silverberg discusses how applicable the Early Modern periodisation is outside of Europe and encourages a reconsideration of the term, as well as of the concept of modernity itself.
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Language and Imperial Projects: Communication in Early Modern European Empires
Adeline Cheung discusses the importance of communication in the establishment and maintenance of colonial rule in the Americas, looking at how language became a means through which European colonists exerted control over indigenous peoples.
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Cannibal King: What Exactly Were the King’s Drops?
Today, cannibalism is seen as savage and barbarous, but that wasn’t always the case. Marnie Camping-Harris explores historical uses of human body parts in medicine.
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The Order and Manner of the Burning of Anne Askew
Anne Askew was burnt at the stake as a heretic in 1546. Naomi Wallace reimagines and brings to life her final moments.
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Princess on the Streets: How Catherine of Aragon Came to Live on the Strand
Following the sudden death of her first husband, Catherine of Aragon found herself thrust into poverty and turmoil regarding her consequent betrothal. Marnie Camping-Harris discusses the turbulent formative years of the future Queen of England.
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The Mona Lisa of the North: The Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” has captivated and confounded audiences since the mid-seventeenth century. Dalma Roman inspects the various meanings that have been attached to the painting over the centuries in an attempt to better understand its historical origins.
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