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At The High Tide of Freudianism
At the high tide of Freudianism, it was widely believed, at least by intellectuals, that mankind had...
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Science and the Early Modern Cloister 
Recent work by historians has yielded an ever-expanding list of sites in early modern Western Europe...
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Replicating the Holy House: Book Interview with Erin Giffin
Erin Giffin’s book, Early Modern Replicas of the Holy House of Loreto: Translating Space (Routledge,...
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The Hidden Life of George Hakewill (1578-1649)
George Hakewill (1578–1649) was one of the leading figures in the early 17th-century Church of England....
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Karen J. Lloyd: 'Adoption Exposed the Cracks in the Thinking about Nepotism'
In the 17th century, the Pope appointed some powerful church officials in Rome, known as cardinal nephews....
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Book Interview with Andrew Mansfield
Andrew Mansfield’s Sex and Sexuality in Europe, 1100-1750: The Devil’s Roast (Routledge, 2023)...
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Jonathan S. Marko on John Locke's Theology
In 1695, John Locke (1632-1704) published The Reasonableness of Christianity. Recently, Jonathan S. Marko...
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Royal Justice in Tudor England
In late 2023, Laura Flannigan published Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547....
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When Philip and Mary Ruled
Last year, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer published Habsburg England: Politics and Religion in the Reign of...

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