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Finding Dragons in Early Modern Europe

13 June 20232 June 2023 by Nathan Jopling
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch's depiction of a European Dragon. Depiction largely follows conventional ideas of a dragon: Large wings, fire breathing, lizard like features.

Dr Thomas Wood considers how people in central Europe interacted with ‘dragons’ during the Early Modern period.

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You can’t choose your family: Familiar Networks in late-Seventeenth Century Bermuda

18 January 202312 January 2023 by Nathan Jopling
Picture of a map produced in 1676 by John Speed, depicting the Bermuda islands, and their approximate geographic location from both England and Virginia. Latin inscriptions surroudn the image.

Could family pose a problem for career progression in the Early Modern World? Nathan Jopling investigates.

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