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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Apr 26

This week's newsletter includes a wild ride through an exhibition case styled like a Renaissance curiosity cabinet. 🗃 #earlymodern #materialculture #monsters #printculture #naturalhistory buttondown.com/surekhadavie...

Wonder and science: A monster-...

Wonder and science: A monster-filled exhibition at the Linnean Society

Hallo, friends! This first of two April newsletters is a little late, so apologies for that. I fell down a rabbit-hole while hand-annotating back issues of...

Strange and Wondrous: Notes from a Science Historian

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German Historical Institute London Apr 23

religious positioning, generating public meaning, and strategically appropriating the past. 📖📚 Find out more: www.degruyterbrill.c... 🔗 #textrecycling #reprint #earlymodernengland #earlymodernhistory #printculture 3/3

Textrecycling

Textrecycling

During the English Civil War and the Republic, reprints gained new significance. This study shows how the targeted text recycling of earlier debates about rule, religion, and history were used in new conflicts – as means of political influence, religious positioning, generating public meaning, and strategically appropriating the past.

De Gruyter Brill