Plymouth University researcher Professor James Daybell’s new book Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe (edited with Professor Svante Norrhem, Lund University, Sweden) was recently published by Routledge. The volume investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence, and offers a… Continue reading New book on gender and early modern political culture
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New book on early modern women and agency
Plymouth University researcher Professor James Daybell’s new book Women and Epistolary Agency in Early Modern Culture, 1450–1690 (edited with Andrew Gordon, Aberdeen University) was recently published by Routledge. It is the first collection to examine the gendered nature of women’s letter-writing in England and Ireland from the late-fifteenth century through to the Restoration. The essays collected… Continue reading New book on early modern women and agency
New book about British Women in WWI
A new book entitled British Women of the Eastern Front, by Dr Angela Smith, explores the experiences of British women who worked on the Eastern Front in Serbia and Russia during the First World War. Angela is Associate Professor (Reader) in English at Plymouth University. The book tracks the adventures of women from the early days of… Continue reading New book about British Women in WWI