Mahomet and Mustapha: George I’s Turkish servants as surrogate targets
NB: link to download MS Word document
article by Khaled Aljenfawi, discussing the cultural impact of George I’s Turkish servants’ arrival in Britain in 1714 (Brunel University)
From EnterText, 5.3 (2005-6)
EARLY MODERN E-PRINTS
a list of open-access academic papers and publications
in early modern history
The traditional products of academic research - peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters from books, works in progress, seminar and conference papers, theses and dissertations - are increasingly being made available online in open access journals and repositories. (See OpenDOAR - the Directory of Open Access Repositories.) But at present humanities disciplines are lagging behind the sciences in the creation of subject-based repositories; works on historical subjects are scattered across the web and often difficult to locate. This page is intended to facilitate access to full-text academic publications (and postgraduate theses) on early modern topics.
NB: The listing here does not aim to be comprehensive; rather, it simply indicates something of the range of freely available scholarship in the field. Since articles published in dedicated early modern e-journals (see the EMR e-journals page) are relatively easy to find, it will probably only include a fairly arbitrary sampling from those sources, reflecting my personal tastes and interests. If you have suggestions for further additions to the list, you can leave them here.
Aljenfawi, K
Armstrong, C
Some representations of America and their diffusion in Elizabethan England
article by Catherine Armstrong, arguing against the view that ‘the relationship between Elizabethans and the New World was characterised by fear’; examines texts that presented America and Americans in a positive way, to encourage English exploration and settlement
From Eras, 2 (2001)
Bailey, J
Favoured or oppressed? Married women, property and ‘coverture’ in England, 1660–1800
article by Joanne Bailey, arguing that ‘married women were not in reality confined within coverture’s regulations on credit and property ownership’ (Oxford Eprints)
From Continuity and Change, 17:3 (2002)
Ben-Amos, IK
Human bonding: parents and their offspring in early modern England
essay by Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos, exploring parent-child relationships in the context of ‘reciprocity’, mutual obligations through the life-course of families (U. Oxford)
Discussion Papers in Economic and Social History, 17 (1997)
Brown, HG
Domestic state violence: repression from the Croquants to the Commune
seminar paper by Howard G Brown
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)
Browner, JA
London’s disreputable south bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
article by Jessica A Browner, examining Southwark’s notorious reputation during the early modern period, a shady world of petty crime, alehouses and prostitution (U. Virginia)
From Essays in History, 36 (1994)
Brunt, L
An arbitrage model of crop rotation in eighteenth-century England
essay by Liam Brunt (U. Oxford)
Discussion papers in economic and social history, 32 (1999)
Champion, J
‘Religion’s safe, with priestcraft is the war’: Augustan anticlericalism and the legacy of the English Revolution, 1660-1720
article by Justin Champion on anticlericalism in England 1660-1720 (Royal Holloway Research Online)
From The European Legacy, 5:4 (2000)
Champion, JAI; McNulty, L
Making orthodoxy in late Restoration England: the trials of Edmund Hickeringill, 1662-1710
essay by Justin Champion and Lee McNulty (Royal Holloway Research Online)
In Negotiating power in early modern society (Cambridge UP, 2001)
Creed, KA
The pamphleteers Protestant champion: viewing Oliver Cromwell through the media of his day
article by Kevin Creed on Cromwell, arguing that he was in the main a pragmatic politician; it was the print media of the time that cast him as a ‘protestant savior’ (U. Virginia)
From Essays in History, 34 (1992)
Curth, LH
The medicinal value of wine in early modern England
article by Louise Hill Curth
From The social history of drugs and alcohol, 18 (2003)
Cerdeira, C
Early Modern English Medical Wills, Book Ownership, and Book Culture
article by Christine Cerdeira using wills of medical practitioners to explore book ownership and culture
From Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, 12:2 (1995)
Gilmore, J
Parrots, poets and philosophers: language and empire in the eighteenth century (PDF)
article by John Gilmore, examining references to parrots in eighteenth-century poetry, as exotic ornaments that confer status on their owners, in a process of ‘imitation, translation and cultural transfer’ (Brunel University)
From EnterText, 2.2 (2003)
Goose, N
The Bishops’ Census of 1563: a re-examination of its reliability
seminar paper by Nigel Goose, examining the problems with this source for demographic analysis
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)
Grafe, R
Popish habits vs. nutritional need: fasting and fish consumption in Iberia in the early modern period
essay by Regina Grafe, examining interactions between economic and cultural factors in the consumption of dried salted codfish (U. Oxford)
Discussion papers in economic and social history, 55 (2004)
Gregg, P
King Charles I
Book: full text of Pauline Gregg’s scholarly 1984 biography, including full bibliography (eScholarship editions)
Harding, V
City, capital, and metropolis: the changing shape of seventeenth-century London
essay by Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck ePrints)
In Imagining early modern London: perceptions and portrayals of the city from Stow to Strype, 1598 -1720 (Cambridge UP, 2001)
Harding, V
Controlling a complex metropolis, 1650-1750:politics, parishes and powers
article by Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck ePrints)
From London Journal, 26:1 (2001).
Harding, V
Reformation and culture 1540-1700
essay by Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck ePrints)
chapter in The Cambridge urban history of Britain. Volume II: 1540-1840 (Cambridge UP, 2000)
Harding, V
Whose body? A study of attitudes towards the dead body in early modern Paris
essay by Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck ePrints)
chapter in The place of the dead: death and remembrance in late medieval and early modern Europe (Cambridge UP, 2000)
Hill, C
The English Revolution 1640
Book: text of Christopher Hill’s study of 1940 (Andy Blunden)
Hindle, S
County government in Tudor England
overview essay by Steve Hindle, useful introduction to the subject
chapter in NL Jones and RL Tittler (eds), A companion to Tudor Britain (Blackwell, 2004)
Hindle, S
Crime and popular protest
overview essay by Steve Hindle; a useful introduction to the subject
chapter in B Coward (ed), A companion to Stuart Britain (Blackwell, 2003)
Hindle, S
Dependency, shame and belonging: badging the deserving poor, c.1550-1750
article by Steve Hindle
from Cultural and Social History, 1:1 (2004)
Hindle, S
The growth of social stability in Restoration England
article by Steve Hindle
From The European Legacy, 5:4 (2000)
Hindle, S
Hierarchy and community in the Elizabethan parish: the Swallowfield articles of 1596
article by Steve Hindle, discussing the ‘articles’ listing expected standards of behaviour, drawn up by the leading inhabitants of a Wiltshire community
From Historical Journal, 42:3 (1999)
Howard, S
Early Modern Resources Publications Archive
Sharon Howard’s personal open access archive (at this site)
Hunter, M
New light on the ‘Drummer of Tedworth’: conflicting narratives of witchcraft in Restoration England
article by Michael Hunter discussing ‘The Drummer of Tedworth’, a poltergeist case of 1662-3
from Historical Research, 78 (2005)
Ivic, C
Mapping the celtic fringe in early modern Britain
PhD thesis (1998) by Christopher Ivic, exploring ‘the discursive production of national and cultural identities in early modern Britain and Ireland’ (Theses Canada Portal)
Jones, P
Recent work on French rural history
historiographical review article by Peter Jones (U. Birmingham ePrints)
From Historical Journal, 46:4 (2003)
Jones, Emrys
Reclaiming Early Shakespeare
Article by Emrys Jones on the ‘recovery’ of a number of the earliest Shakespeare plays (Oxford Eprints)
From Essays in Criticism 51:1 (2001), pp. 35-50
Koch, M
Ruling the world: the cartographic gaze in Elizabethan accounts of the New World
article by Mark Koch, discussing the significance for empire-building of the ‘commanding view’ of maps
from Early Modern Literary Studies, 4:2 (1998)
Macfarlane, A
Illegitimacy and illegitimates in English history
essay by Alan Macfarlane
chapter in Peter Laslett, Karla Oosterveen and Richard M Smith (eds.), Bastardy and its comparative history (Arnold, 1980)
Macfarlane, A
Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England
essay by Alan Macfarlane; an early example of anthropologically-influenced historical study of the subject
chapter in Mary Douglas (ed), Witchcraft, Confessions and Accusations (Tavistock, 1970)
McCaa, R
Inoculation–A means of protecting people or propagating smallpox: Spain and New Spain, 1779-1800
article by Robert McCaa on the controversies surrounding smallpox inoculation in Spain and its colonies
from Boletín Mexicana de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina, 2 (1998)
Munck, T
Forced labour, workhouse-prisons and the early modern state
seminar paper by Thomas Munck, examining early developments in institutionalised poor relief, through a case study of Danish workhouses and forced labour schemes
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)
Murdoch, AJ
British History, 1660-1832
Book extract: chapter by Alexander Murdoch from British history, 1660-1832 : national identity and local culture (Basingstoke, 1998) (Edinburgh Research Archive
Murdoch, A
Management or semi-independence? The government of Scotland from 1707-1832
seminar paper by Alex Murdoch
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)
Olson, R
Spirits, witches and science
Article by Richard Olson on the connections between the developments in seventeenth-century science and beliefs in the supernatural
From Skeptic 1:4 (1992) (NB: at Wayback Archive)
Perry, ME
Women and crime in early modern Seville
Book extract: chapter from Crime and Society in early modern Seville (1980) by Mary Elizabeth Perry, looks at the women of the Seville ‘underworld’ and the city authorities’ attempts to deal with them as a perceived threat to order (Library of Iberian Resources Online)
Poole, R
John Dee and the English Calendar: Science, Religion and Empire
seminar paper by Robert Poole, on an always-fascinating Renaissance figure, the Welsh polymath John Dee (mathematician and magician among other talents)
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)
Robertson, J
The Scottish Contribution to the Enlightenment
seminar paper by John Robertson
Institute of Historical Research e-seminars (1996-98, exact date unknown)
Robson, L
The ‘bloody papist’: murder, papists and propaganda in early modern prose pamphlets
NB: link to download MS Word document
article by Lynne Robson (Warwick Centre for the Study of the Renaissance)
From Renaissance Journal, 2:1 (2004)
Rollmann, H
Religious Enfranchisement and Roman Catholics in Eighteenth-Century Newfoundland
essay by Hans Rollman on the establishment of official tolerance of religious diversity in late 18th-century Newfoundland
chapter in Religion and identity: the experience of Irish and Scottish Catholics in Atlantic Canada, ed by Terrence Murphy and Cyril J. Byrne (1987)
Sebek, B
Good turns and the art of merchandizing: conceptualising exchange in early modern England
online article by Barbara Sebek, discussing ideas and practices in commodity exchanges
from Early modern culture, 2 (2001)
Shaw, M
American almanacs and colonial identity
seminar paper by Matthew Shaw (British Library Research Archive)
originally given at University of Birmingham, March 2006
Slattery, E
To prevent a “Shipwreck of Souls”: Johann Weyer’s defence of Witches
article by Elisa Slattery on Weyer’s ‘De praestigiis demonum’ (U. Virginia)
From Essays in history, 36 (1994)
Stanbridge, KA
British catholic policy in eighteenth-century Ireland and Quebec
PhD thesis (1998) by Karen Stanbridge, a comparative study of British Catholic legislation examining the processes leading to the legislation and their outcomes (Theses Canada Portal)
Swann, J
Parlements and political crisis in France under Louis XV: The Besancon Affair, 1757-1761
article by Julian Swann (Birkbeck ePrints)
From Historical Journal, 37:4 (1994)
Swann, J
Politics: Louis XV
Book extract: chapter by Julian Swann (Birkbeck College ePrints)
in: Old regime France 1648 -1788 (Oxford UP, 2001)
Swann, J
The state and political culture
Book extract: chapter by Julian Swann (Birkbeck ePrints)
in Old regime France 1648 -1788 (Oxford UP, 2001)
Tan, ES
‘The bull is half the herd’: property rights and enclosures in England 1750-1850
essay by Elaine Tan, discussing the impact of enclosures on small farmers who owned cattle (U. Oxford)
Discussion Papers in Economic and Social History, 46 (2002)
Wiltenberg, J
True Crime: The Origins of Modern Sensationalism
article by Joy Wiltenberg, discussing early print representations of crime (History Cooperative)
From American Historical Review, 109.5 (2004?)
Various authors
Early America Economy and Society Seminar Papers
Recent seminar papers, including papers on tea traders, coffeehouse debates, Quakers, urban workers (Library Company of Philadelphia)
Various authors
Epidemic Disease in London
collection of seminar papers, most focused on the early modern period, including a number on the plague; from a Symposium held in 1992 (Institute of Historical Research)
Various authors
IHR E-seminars in history
(Institute of Historical Research)
Voth, H-J
Time and work in eighteenth-century London
essay by Hans-Joachim Voth on working hours, using a database created from witness accounts in the Old Bailey Proceedings (U. Oxford)
Discussion papers in economic and social history, 21 (1997)
Walker, G
Crime, gender and social order in early modern England
Book extract: chapter from Garthine Walker’s monograph (Cambridge, 2003)
Whittle, J
The development of agrarian capitalism: land and Labour in Norfolk 1440-1580
Book extract: chapter from book by Jane Whittle, published by Oxford UP (2000)
