During and after the English civil wars, between 1640 and 1690, an unprecedented number of manuals teaching cryptography were published, almost all for the gene
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The first cultural history of early modern cryptography, this collection brings together scholars in history, literature, music, the arts, mathematics, and comp
The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe is the most comprehensive overview available of the author's life, times, writings, and reception. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)
This edited collection explores what trauma—seen through an analytical lens—can reveal about the early modern period and, conversely, what conceptualization