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Early modern religious controversies

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Latin Missal, 1609. Use of Salisbury.

Missal

Latin Missal, 1609. Use of Salisbury.

Manuscript Book of Hours, c. 1490. Use of Angers.

Book of Hours

Manuscript Book of Hours, c. 1490. Use of Angers.

Works of Charles I

Works of Charles I

The life and martyrdom of King Charles I.

Acts and Monuments

Acts and Monuments

1610 edition. Title page.

Teresa of Avila

Teresa of Avila

Tobie Matthew's translation of Saint Teresa's autobiography.

Remonstrance of innocence

Remonstrance of innocence

The dying speeches of victims of the Popish Plot.

Apology for the Quakers

Apology for the Quakers

The title page of Robert Barclay's "Explanation and Vindication" of the "Principles and Doctrines" of the Quakers.

Pilgrim's Progress

Pilgrim's Progress

The title page of the sixth edition of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

Anatomy of Melancholy

Anatomy of Melancholy

The title page of Richard Burton's groundbreaking work.

Book of Hours

Book of Hours

The Annunciation. Manuscript Book of Hours, c. 1490.

Basilika

Basilika

The ship of state. An illustration from Charles I's Basilika.

John Rogers, martyrdom

John Rogers, martyrdom

Illustration, Foxe's Book of Martyrs.

Gunpowder Plot

Gunpowder Plot

A reprint of the proceedings against the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot.

Clarke's Martyrology

Clarke's Martyrology

The gruesome deaths of Christian Martyrs.

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The English Reformation

A.G. Dickens's seminal work on the religious and political changes of 16th-century England.

Gunpowder Plot

A Protestant take on a Catholic plot.

female servants in early modern england

Over 1000 testimonies drawn from church court records

Poetic Theory and Practice in Early Modern Verse

Renaissance literature in theory and practice

Travelling Chronicles: News and Newspapers

Essays on the history of early modern journalism.

Protestant Literaute and the Rise of Anglicanism

Protestant translations and adaptations of Catholic texts.

Errors, False Opinions and Defective Knowledge in Early Modern Europe

So you thought fake news was a modern thing?

Feeling Exclusion: Religious Conflict, Exile and Emotions in Early Modern Europe

Persecuted and exiled communities and individuals in early modern Europe.

The Elizabethan Controversialists

A guided tour of the religious controversies of the Elizabethan period.

Surger and selfhood in early modern England

Aspects of early modern surgery, from from mastectomy to castration and amputation to facial reconstruction.

Stereotypes and Stereotyping in Early Modern England

Stereotypes in politics, religion, education and everyday life.

Making and Unmaking in Early Modern English Drama

Renaissance drama and the visual world.

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