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      RhetoricHistory of ReligionPreachingSeventeenth Century
Protestant and Catholic martyrologies evolved in dialogue; however, they did not articulate a common conception of martyrdom. Viewing Protestant and Catholic martyrologies and notions of martyrdom as essentially similar obscures highly... more
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      Early Modern HistoryReformation HistoryReformation StudiesEnglish Reformation
Overly sentimentalized and naturalized in the past, regarded only as objects used by bourgeois newlyweds and frustrated nuns, this paper argues that so-called " holy dolls " representing the Christ Child in life-size form had much richer... more
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      History Of EmotionsItalian Renaissance ArtEarly modern religious historyHistory of Religious Women
Quand il est question de rites d'accession au pouvoir, l'historien belge de l'époque moderne fait plutôt pâle figure face à ses confrères voisins, qu'ils soient français ou anglais. Il n'a en effet pas de splendides cérémonies du sacre à... more
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      Religion and PoliticsHistory of the Spanish-Habsburg NetherlandsAustrian NetherlandsEarly modern religious history
An entry in the online German-language MennLex encyclopedia project (originally from 2012; published in 2020). The article considers how Swiss Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites can be analyzed in terms of the historiographical model of... more
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      Early Modern HistoryReformation HistoryReformation StudiesAnabaptism
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      Early modern religious historyDiocese de ViseuEcclesiastic Administration History
Honorable Mention, 2012 Early Slavic Studies Association Distinguished Scholarship Award A pivotal period in Russian history, the "Time of Troubles" of the early 17th century has taken on new resonances in post-Soviet Russia. Current... more
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      ReligionEconomic HistoryRussian StudiesHistory of Religion
Review of Ludwig Volkmann (trans.) and Robin Raybould (ed.), Hieroglyph, Emblem, and Renaissance Pictography
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyEarly Modern HistoryHistory of SciencePlotinus
James Ussher (1581-1656) was a scholar of remarkable breadth and depth. So much so that after his death, political and religious factions competed to seek his posthumous endorsement. The process of manipulating his memory was begun by... more
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      Irish HistoryEarly modern religious historyIrish religious history
This article explores the treatment of unmarried mothers by the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) at the Cape of Good Hope during the VOC period (1652-1795) in the belief that by concentrating on this exceptional group of people much is... more
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      Women's HistoryGender HistoryReligion and SexualitySingle Mothers
La Repubblica di Venezia e la Riforma protestante dal Cinquecento al Settecento La Repubblica di Venezia fu lo Stato italiano più potente e ricco nell’età moderna, relativamente autonomo dalla Spagna e dal papato. Nella capitale, nelle... more
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      Reformation HistoryEarly modern religious historyHistory of Venicereligious dissent in Early modern Europe
In 1557 Louis Meigret (c. 1500 – c. 1558), a humanist and grammarian from Lyon, published a French translation of Albrecht Dürer’s treatise Vier Bücher von Menschlicher Proportion (Nuremberg, 1528) as Les quatre livres d’Albert Durer,... more
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      Reformation StudiesFrench RenaissanceFrench Renaissance LiteratureAlbrecht Dürer
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      Early Modern HistoryEarly Modern Women WritersFrench Early ModernEarly modern religious history
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      Early modern religious historyExorcism
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      European HistoryMilitary HistoryPeace and Conflict StudiesHistory of Crusades
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      Catholic ReformHabsburg StudiesCzech Literature/Czech Culture/LanguageDevotional literature
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      History of EthicsHistory of IdeasPhilosophical AnthropologyRenaissance Studies
Written for MASSOLIT (https://www.massolit.io/), which provides online lectures by academics on humanities subjects for sixth-form (17 to 18 year old) students and schools. The course explores the religious and literary background of... more
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      Early Modern LiteratureJohn MiltonEarly modern religious historySixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, religion and culture
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      MagicMagic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion)Western Esotericism (History)Witchcraft, Religion and Magic
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      IconographyArt HistoryPatristicsHistory of Religion
Böhme is an important figure who connects the histories of early modern religious dissidence to Continental philosophy and later countercultural movements, yet he remains understudied. Challenging prevalent views that Böhme's writings are... more
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      Philosophy Of ReligionChristian MysticismLutheranismAlchemy
This chapter presents a first overview of the experiences of Catholic noble families in the Dutch province of Guelders after the Reformation, with particular focus on family life, religious patronage, self-image, social status, and... more
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      Early Modern EuropeNobility17th Century Dutch RepublicEarly Modern Catholicism
Holy sites, both public - churches, monasteries, shrines - and more private - domestic chapels, oratories - populated the landscape of medieval and early modern Europe, providing contemporaries with access to the divine. These sacred... more
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      Medieval HistoryEarly Modern HistoryMedieval StudiesRitual
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      Early Modern HistoryEarly Modern EuropeReligious Conversion and Converts in the Early Modern Mediterranean contextEarly Modern Intellectual History
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      Early modern religious historyEcclesiastical geography
本稿の目的は、一七世紀フランスにおける神秘主義的信仰論の諸相を概観するとともに、その帰趨を見通すことにある。近年の研究の進展によって光が当てられた近世神秘主義の言語に内在する緊張を念頭に置きつつ、十字架のヨハネの「暗夜」の教説を議論の焦点とする。まずはヨハネの教説それ自体の多義性を押さえたうえで、その後のフランスにおける解釈においては信仰の「暗さ」をもっぱら消極的・否定的に捉える傾向が強まってゆくことを示す。とくに、カミュとニコルにおける反神秘主義的言説と暗夜の解釈を検討する... more
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      MysticismFaithEarly Modern Intellectual HistoryPhilosophy of Love
An essay to be published in a volume accompanying 'Here I Stand', an international exhibition on Martin Luther to be held in the United States (New York, Minneapolis and Atlanta) from October 2016 to January 2017
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      German StudiesArt HistoryLiturgical StudiesEarly Modern History
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      Reformation StudiesEastern ChristianityGlobal HistoryEarly modern Ottoman History
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      Art HistoryHistory of Perspective in PaintingPaintingCalvinism
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      Early Modern HistoryByzantine StudiesVenetian HistoryByzantine History
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      ArchitectureEarly Modern HistoryHistory of ReligionBritish History
Nesta dissertação tenta-se identificar e conhecer as diferentes dimensões desaber e de poder ligadas a uma Ordem Religiosa na primeira metade do século XVIII – A Ordem dos Clérigos Regulares de São Caetano ou Teatinos – pensando os seus... more
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      HistoryCultural HistoryEarly Modern HistoryIntellectual History of Enlightenment
This publication accompanies the exhibition "Light in Darkness: The Mystical Philosophy of Jacob Böhme, held 29 April-5 July 2019 in Coventry Cathedral. The volume includes sections about Böhme's life, his main philosophical concepts and... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyHistory of ScienceMysticismJakob Böhme
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      Early modern religious historyGender and religionColonial Mexican historyColonial MexicanHistory
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      Medieval Church HistoryFranciscan StudiesChurch HistoryFranciscan Spirituality
Nuns in New Spain were celebrated with music and elaborate rituals when they took the habit and professed in a convent. These grandiose profession ceremonies drew in a host of urban citizens to the convent churches. Indeed, "more girls... more
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      MusicologyHistory of Colonial MexicoEarly modern religion and cultureEarly modern religious history
Este trabajo reivindica la importancia dos versificaciones parciales de los salmos en castellano, la de le Quesne de 70 salmos y la de Coster de 50, ambas difundidas a comienzos del siglo XVII, la primera gracias a la imprenta holandesa,... more
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      CalvinismProtestantismBook of PsalmsPsalms studies
The essay focuses on Moller's role as an author of devotional works, who promoted meditation as a way to improve individuals, church and society. His attitudes foreshadow those of his friend and parishioner Jacob Böhme, who would develop... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyEarly Modern HistoryChristian MysticismMysticism
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      Early modern religious historySynods
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      Military HistoryEarly Modern HistoryEarly Modern Church HistoryEarly modern religious history
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      Early Modern HistoryEarly Modern EuropeReligious Conversion and Converts in the Early Modern Mediterranean contextEarly Modern Intellectual History
Introductory chapter to Trim (ed.), The Huguenots: history and memory in transnational context, Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, 156 (Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2011) ISBN 978-90-04-20775-2
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      Early Modern HistoryHistory and MemoryEarly Modern EuropeTransnational History
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      Early Modern HistoryRelics (Religion)Early modern religious historyEarly Modern Art and Visual Culture
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      Religious HistoryEarly modern religious historyEpiscopal Church historyEpiscopal Power
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      Superstitions and Superstitious BeliefEarly modern religious history
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      History of ReligionHistory of ChileHistorical MigrationsSpanish Colonial Peru
A descriptive catalogue for a collection of documentary evidence and research papers compiled for the beatification cause of Fr. Fiacre Tobin OSFC (c.1620-1656) and Fr. John Baptist Dowdall OSFC (c.1626-1710). The collection includes... more
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      Early Modern HistoryFranciscan StudiesEarly modern religious historyCatholic Church History
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      John CalvinEconomics of religionMartin LutherEarly modern religious history