George Southcombe: 3 books
Restoration Politics, Religion and Culture
Britain and Ireland, 1660-1714
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
This indispensable introductory guide offers students a number of highly focused chapters on key themes in Restoration history. Each addresses a core question relating to the period 1660-1714, and uses artistic and literary sources – as well as more traditional texts of political history – to...
Restoration Politics, Religion and Culture
Britain and Ireland, 1660-1714
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
This indispensable introductory guide offers students a number of highly focused chapters on key themes in Restoration history. Each addresses a core question relating to the period 1660-1714, and uses artistic and literary sources – as well as more traditional texts of political history – to...
Polemic
Language as Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
If terms are associated with particular historical periods, then ’polemic’ is firmly rooted within early modern print culture, the apparently inevitable result of religious controversy and the rise of print media. Taking a broad European approach, this collection brings together specialists on...