To celebrate the launch of our second open-access, collaborative output, ‘Lives in Transit in Early Modern England’, we’ll be introducing a new life in-between every day for 10 days with posters made by TIDE intern, Natasha!
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First up is the English-born Duchess of Feria, Jane Dormer (1538-1612). In this essay, @lauren_working explores how Dormer – who left for Spain in 1559 and never returned – used her political/financial resources to further the Counter-Reformation cause: bit.ly/3vya5cr
Today’s life in transit is the Italian court musician, Alfonso Ferrabosco. In this microhistory, @Nashe_Greene explores Ferrabosco’s links to Italian theatre & his virtuosic role at the Tudor court: bit.ly/3v2W9Ik.
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Take a tour around the library of Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar (1567-1626), Spanish ambassador to the court of James VI & I. João Vicente Melo looks at what Gondomar read to gain an insight into English cultural/political systems: bit.ly/3OB1jDg
Today’s life in transit needs no introduction. Follow the link to read @lauren_working’s essay on the role of the Danish-born Queen Anna of Denmark (1574-1619) as a colonial promoter at the Stuart court: bit.ly/3OCJe7u.
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Next up is João Vicente Melo’s essay on Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), the Portuguese-born Queen Consort of Charles II, and the transnational strategies through which aristocratic women enhanced their political agency: bit.ly/3Lubffu.
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A change of pace today. Follow the link to read @lauren_working’s essay on Anthony Knivet (1577-1649) and the early history of English trafficking and imperial participation: bit.ly/38tT7Ur.
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In today’s essay, João Vicente Melo looks at the ‘hispaniolized’ Jesuit Robert Parsons (1546-1610) and the vulnerability of Catholic exiles who depended on a host nation: bit.ly/3KpCneg.
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A biblical epic that predates Paradise Lost?? In this essay, João Vicente Melo looks at the Kristapurana, a Marathi-Konkani poem written by the English Jesuit Thomas Stephens, alias Tomás Estevão (1549-1619), during his mission to the Estado da Índia: bit.ly/3s2hb86.
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