Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

Crespin, the 5th part of the Recueil des Martyrs, 1563, courtesy Solothurn Staatsbibliothek

BY JAMESON TUCKER When I got into the office on Monday morning, I was happy (and a bit surprised) to find a box containing six copies of my book, The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs, which is coming out soon from Routledge. This is based on my PhD thesis, which… Continue reading Feature: “Writing about writing about dying: researching the Livre des Martyrs”

Call for Proposals: Routledge Book Series in ‘Material Readings in Early Modern Culture’

This series, edited by Professor James Daybell (University of Plymouth) and Professor Adam Smyth (Balliol College, University of Oxford), provides a forum for studies that consider the material forms of texts as part of an investigation into early modern English culture. The editors invite proposals of a multi- or interdisciplinary nature, and particularly welcome proposals that combine… Continue reading Call for Proposals: Routledge Book Series in ‘Material Readings in Early Modern Culture’

Launch of new book series on Espionage and Culture

This month sees the launch of a new Routledge book series – jointly edited by Dr Nicholas Barnett, Lecturer in Twentieth Century History at Plymouth University and Dr Laura Crossley, Lecturer in Film at Bournemouth University – that aims to generate new insights into the connections between espionage and culture. During the second half of… Continue reading Launch of new book series on Espionage and Culture