Having studied the experiences of foster caregivers in the 17th century, University of Cambridge historian Emily Rhodes ...

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According to early modern historian Achim Landwehr ... It was calendars from the 17th century that aroused Landwehr's curiosity. As cheap mass media, they were sold by the millions back then.

Bur during the early years of the 17th century, the English generally viewed the trading of human lives with a certain degree of contempt. By 1640, however, with the growth of sugar plantations in ...

play in the medieval and early modern imagination, and in the otherworldly creatures and entities who appear in mountainous and similarly-liminal landscapes throughout this period. Ian’s research ...

The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 21, No. 449, Jul. 1, 1880 Little-Known Composers of the Early Part... Little-Known Composers of the Early Part of the Seventeenth Century This is the ...

Otaa was mentioned in records kept by Jesuit priests in the 17th century. Details of her early life are sketchy, but it is believed Otaa was 14 years old when she was seized as a hostage in Korea ...

In the early 17th century the place name Penryn was interpreted as 'the head of the foreigner'; the foreigner being the much-feared pirates of the north African coast. Usually referred to as Turks ...