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From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the life-cycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual. E
This is a classic regional and comparative study of early modern witchcraft. The history of witchcraft continues to attract attention with its emotive and conte
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in
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