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Fear in early modern society
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Fear of fire, flood, plague, invasion by the infidel, purgatory, death, witchcraft - these are just some of the fears that plagued the early modern world which are dealt with in this fascinating we...
Read MoreRitual and Violence: Natalie Zemon Davis and Early Modern France
By Graeme Murdock, Andrew Spicer, Penny Roberts
This collection of essays ... was developed from a one-day conference which was held in June 2008 at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon. Five of the papers published here were initially...
Read MorePeace and Authority During the French Religious Wars C15601600
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"The Edict of Nantes of 1598 is traditionally celebrated as an enlightened act of religious toleration ending the long and bloody conflict of the French religious wars. It is often forgotten, howev...
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