The Politics of Female Households is the first collection that seeks to integrate ladies-in-waiting into the master narrative of early modern court studies. Presenting evidence and analysis of the multifarious ways in which ‘women above stairs’ shaped the European courts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it argues for a reassessment of their political influence. [...]
A DVD is now on sale of Samuel Daniel’s closet drama The Tragedie of Cleopatra, as presented by the UCL Centre for Early Modern Exchanges at the Great Hall of Goodenough College on Sunday 3 March 2013. This was the first performance of Daniel’s tragedy in at least four hundred years. DVDs of this rare [...]
Friday 22 March, Dr Richard Williams, ‘Realism in the Art of Jan van Eyck’,Malet St, room 414 Friday 26 April, Prof. Vanessa Harding, ‘Domestic Economies: London Households in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries’, room tbc. Friday 24 May, Dr Laura Gowing, ‘Gender, Custom and the City: Female Apprentices in Late Seventeenth-CenturyLondon’, room tbc. Thursday 6 [...]
Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration opens a window onto exile in the years 1640–1680, as it is experienced across a broad spectrum of political and religious allegiances, and communicated through a rich variety of genres. Examining previously undiscovered and understudied as well as canonical writings, it challenges conventional paradigms which assume [...]
Birkbeck EMS 6th Student Conference Many thanks to Birkbeck Early Modern Society Member Joanne O’Brien for giving us some images from our sixth student conference on 2 February 2013. (All retain her copyright.) Keynote Speaker Professor Michael Hunter: Our Science, Magic and Religion themed conference marked his retirement and celebrated his work. After a day [...]