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Bacteria in Britain, 1880-1939
Book
Wall, R. Bacteria in Britain, 1880-1939. The University of Hull

Focusing on the years between the identification of bacteria and the production of antibiotic drugs, Wall presents a study into how medical bacteriology was integrated within both clinical practice and public knowledge. Using a series of case studies... Read More about Bacteria in Britain, 1880-1939.

Adultery and impotence as literary spectacle in the divorce debates and tracts of the long eighteenth century
Book Chapter
Capern, A. Adultery and impotence as literary spectacle in the divorce debates and tracts of the long eighteenth century. In Spectacle, sex and property in eighteenth century literature and culture

Abstract This essay will examine the origins and emergence of the crisis that engulfed the propertied classes from the late seventeenth century onwards through an analysis of the early legal debates about matrimonial separation and the later bawdy pa... Read More about Adultery and impotence as literary spectacle in the divorce debates and tracts of the long eighteenth century.

Evidence for religious reading practice and experience in times of change : some models provided by late medieval texts of the Ten Commandments
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Salter, E. Evidence for religious reading practice and experience in times of change : some models provided by late medieval texts of the Ten Commandments. In Discovering the riches of the word

Abstract: This book chapter uses a case study method in order to make detailed investigations of groups of manuscripts or books or particular texts in their differing contexts. A key aim is to extrapolate from this very particular evidence to some mo... Read More about Evidence for religious reading practice and experience in times of change : some models provided by late medieval texts of the Ten Commandments.

Lost letters of medieval life: English society, 1200-1250
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Crouch, D., & Carlin, M. Lost letters of medieval life: English society, 1200-1250. The University of Hull

A collection of 100 letters drawn from formularies of the early thirteenth century, illustrating commercial, social and political life of the period, with an introductory essay on medieval literacy and letter-writing culture

Christ's descent into hell in Reformation controversy
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Bagchi, D. Christ's descent into hell in Reformation controversy. In The church, the afterlife and the fate of the soul : papers read at the 2007 summer meeting and the 2008 winter meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society. The University of Hull

Chivalry and courtliness: colliding constructs
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Crouch, D. Chivalry and courtliness: colliding constructs. In Soldiers, nobles and gentlemen: essays in honour of Maurice Keen. The University of Hull

The explanation of noble conduct in the middle ages has become focussed on two themes, the code of chivalry and the constructed habitus of courtliness. This chapter reviews the historiography and validity of the concepts and suggests that the impreci... Read More about Chivalry and courtliness: colliding constructs.