Group blog
The Early Modern Network is made up of people from St. John's Newfoundland who have a common interest in Early Modern history. The network meets biweekly for a presentation on an aspect of the Early Modern period. Presentations are followed by questions and discussion.
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Bad quarto of Hamlet, 1603, also known as the first quarto of Hamlet
20 December 2018
The earliest surviving print version of Hamlet is on display on the British Library website, Click here to find out what a “bad” quarto is.
The Funeral Procession of Elizabeth I
29 October 2018
Walter Raleigh, –gentleman, adventurer, explorer, spy, poet, soldier, politician,– was executed 400 years ago today. The link below is to the funeral procession of...
Special issue of Open Access Journal Humanities about Pirates in Literature
19 October 2018
Aargh, avast ye! The Open Access journal Humanities is seeking submissions for a special issue about Pirates in Literature. If this is of interest, please follow this...
‘Tarontos Lac’: Geographer finds oldest known reference to Toronto on 340-year-old French map
15 October 2018
A geographer has found what could be the earliest reference to Toronto on a map dated from 1678. In small lettering in one corner of the map was the name “Lac Tarontos,”...