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kingdoms became national types, representing an identity to be performed, rather than genealogical forebears. ... in which the question of historicity becomes less important than Higgins’s construction of a national tradition.

The rest of the introductory chapter strengthens and advances Olson’s argument for the value of championing Early Modern authors’ materialist perspective through the examination of dramatic and prose works. ... the extent to which theatrical

Boudica confronted the Roman governor, Suetonius Paulinus, in a final battle: “Boudica herself, with her two daughters, drove from tribe to tribe in her chariot in order to address her warriors,” ... There follows a thorough discussion of Cymbeline,

The magic word seems to be “contextualization.” The collection of articles edited by Stephen Hamrick presents Tottel’s Songes and Sonettes in its publication context, but also in its ideological, economic ... J. Christopher Warner investigates the

Economic and Social History. Thursday, 27 October, 5 PM, Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall. ... The project will focus on the technical examination of paintings in the National Galleries of Scotland collection with the aim of clarifying issues of attribution

The final three books published in the 1596 edition of The Faerie Queene have become associated with the anti-Irish sentiment expressed in Spenser’s View. ... This is well-worn ground in comparison with the terrain mapped out earlier in Lecky’s

on a global scale, of various forms of difference (racial, religious, socio-economic, biological) as well as the need to defend, with renewed ferocity, the rights and freedoms of the marginalised – ... to the richness and complexity of the notion of

Surprisingly, where many of these works touch on national and theological matters, the characters’ discourse becomes conspicuously logical, adopting an unnaturally objective tone full of formal syllogisms. ... My final chapter demonstrates how Queen

His first-hand observations of military activities are put into a local context such as the economic impact on the surrounding community or the excitement generated. ... When placing events in a larger, national or European framework, he often had to

Economic and Social History. Thursday, 27 October, 5 PM, Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall. ... The project will focus on the technical examination of paintings in the National Galleries of Scotland collection with the aim of clarifying issues of attribution