The Early Modern Commons

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The Rabble that Can Write: Rethinking Literacy in Rural England, 1550-17

21 November 2023

Mark Hailwood I have often said that writing a blog post can be a good way to disseminate research findings or ideas that you don’t think would sustain a whole article. But sometimes...

Reflecting on Imtiaz Habib’s ‘Black Lives in the English Archives’: A Bibliography

22 June 2023

Rebecca Adusei and Jamie Gemmell Imtiaz Habib’s Black Lives in the English Archives was situated within the longstanding and growing fields of early modern Black British History and...

Remembering Imtiaz Habib: Creating an “Affective Community.”

20 June 2023

This post is part of Reflecting on Imtiaz Habib’s Black Lives in the English Archives: An Online Symposium, organised and edited by Rebecca Adusei and Jamie Gemmell. The blog series...

‘To Be Seen or Not To Be Seen? That is the Question’: An Account of Academia’s Engagement with the Black, Female Presence in Early Modern England.

15 June 2023

This post is part of Reflecting on Imtiaz Habib’s Black Lives in the English Archives: An Online Symposium, organised and edited by Rebecca Adusei and Jamie Gemmell. The blog series...