Early Modern Whale
Saturday, January 07, 2017
The Accomplished Cook makes Umble Pie, 1660
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The image of the 17 th century English aristocrat is fixed forever by Van Dyke. In this post, which is inspired by Adam Smyth’s revi...
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Presenting on the Stage of verity the late wofull Tragedy of the destruction of the Earle of Rutland's Children, 1618
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I attended a viva voce examination last week, in which the candidate stuck out his neck and suggested that the anonymous author ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
The uselessness of Proquest's LION database
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I do not know how much institutions round the world pay for access to this resource. It is time ProQuest cut their fees, for the database ...
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Some notes on familiar spirits
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I read James Serpell’s piece on familiar spirits, ‘Guardian Spirits or demonic Pets: The Concept of the Witch’s Familiar in Early Modern ...
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Something delightful in the State of Denmark
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A pleasant pre-term trip to Lund University occupied me last week. One flies to Copenhagen to get to southern Sweden: this gave me the idea...
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