Using both canonical and underappreciated texts, Alien Albion argues that early modern
England was far less unified and xenophobic than literary critics have previously suggested …

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, National Geographic
published “Shakespeare Gone Wild: Meet the Animals in the Bard's Plays.” Pairing up …

" Introduction: Since the 1960s historians studying gift giving have significantly deepened
and nuanced our understanding of social, political and religious relations in medieval …

Purpose Adopting a sense of critical enquiry when examining historical sources, it is
possible to gain a richer and broader sense of present practice. The aim of this study is to …

This article interrogates historiographical debates over discipline and charity in the penal
reform era. We cannot evaluate philanthropy solely in terms of class discipline or …

Moving beyond the preoccupation of honour and its associations with violence and sexual
reputation, Courtney Thomas offers an intriguing investigation of honour's social meanings …

How are we to understand the contemporary preoccupation—at least in many English‐
speaking societies—with 'random acts of kindness' and the idea of kindness more …

This article examines correspondence between mothers and daughters in sixteenthand
early-seventeenth-century England, as a way of investigating the distinct nature of mother …

Al-Quran has provided theoretical and practical guidance on the position of state institutions
in Islam. One of the surahs that discusses the principles of statehood is Surah al-Naml. This …

The 'Vegetable Substances' collection was formed by the physician and collector Sir Hans
Sloane (1660-1753) between the 1680s and the 1750s. All sorts of people ranging from …