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'His Admirable Book': Alice Thornton, Eikon Basilike and Seventeenth-Century Women's Books
Previously, as we approached the anniversary of the execution of Charles I (30 January 1649), Cordelia Beattie explored Thornton’s ‘Curious Account’ of the king’s final days; this year, I will take a ...
Read moreAlice Thornton and the Rewriting of Emotional Pain
Alice Thornton describes many medical encounters and illnesses in her four Books, and some episodes are recounted and retold in later volumes. In December 2022, I wrote a blog post on Thornton and tra...
Read moreBreezing through Alice Thornton's Books with our Text Search Function
A new feature on the Alice Thornton’s Books website, the text search, is now live. This makes it even easier to search within the pages of the digital edition. In this post, we’ll take a look at the d...
Read morePaper on Thornton at 'Writing the Self in Pain' conference, Helsinki
Project postdoctoral fellow Dr Jo Edge will give a paper at 'Writing the Self in Pain: Historial Perspectives', a two-day conference hosted by the Experiencing Agony project team at the University of ...
Read morePaper on Thornton at University of Aberdeen's Hybrid CEMS Research Seminar
Project postdoctoral fellow Dr Jo Edge will give a paper at the Centre for Early Modern Studies' Research Seminar, University of Aberdeen at 13:00 on Wednesday 09 October 2024 (contact them for a link...
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