Combining the work of major scholars on both sides of the Atlantic this volume seeks to explore the interconnections between popular culture and political activ

A study of the representation of reading in early modern Englishwomen's writing, this book exists at the intersection of textual criticism and cultural history.

The social, political and cultural factors determining conformity and obedience as well as dissidence and revolt are traced in sixteenth and early seventeenth c

Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationsh

This innovative work of historical sociology locates the origins of modern democratic discourse in the emergent culture of printing in early modern England. For