Menstruation & Female Bleeding in Seventeenth-Century England: Guest Post by...
Today we welcome Dr. Sara Read, whose book, Menstruation and the Female Body in Seventeenth-Century England is out today. I, for one, already have it on my wish list! So, please give a warm welcome to...
View ArticleMary Martin of Boston: Guest Post by Adrian Tinniswood
Adrian Tinniswood is one of the best living 17th-century historians, and I’ve long admired his work. Not only is he a great historian, but he happens to be one of the friendliest chaps I’ve had the...
View Article1660’s London: Guest Post by Katherine Pym
Please welcome 17th-century historical fiction author Katherine Pym to The Seventeenth Century Lady! My work in progress (WIP) is titled The Barbers, a historical novel set in London 1663. Due to the...
View ArticleA Clear Pearl of Invention – the Music of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani by...
Today The Seventeenth Century Lady is honoured to have a guest post from the artistic director of Magnificat Baroque. This popular ensemble can be found via their website, Twitter @MagBaroque, and...
View ArticleWomen During the Reign of Charles II: Guest Post by Richard Endsor
It’s such a delight to welcome Richard Endsor to The Seventeenth Century Lady! Richard tells us about some remarkable women during the Merry Monarch’s lusty reign. So, please give a very warm welcome...
View ArticleMarie Adélaïde of Savoy, Dauphine of France
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Dauphine of France, was born on the 6th day of December, 1685. 1685 was, of course, a big year for the 17th century, and this Seventeenth Century Lady’s birth is often...
View Article“Maria Merian’s Butterflies” at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace recently opened their latest exhibition, Maria Merian’s Butterflies on the 15th of April, 2016. According to the Press Office: “The exhibition will tell the...
View ArticleLady Johanna’s Recipe: A Guest Post by Elizabeth St. John
Today, we welcome Elizabeth St.John, author of The Lady in the Tower, a novel set in the seventeenth century. Heads up, folks, Elizabeth will be giving an Author Talk at Lydiard House as part of the...
View ArticleReview: Arbella Stuart – The Uncrowned Queen by Jill Armitage
Arbella Stuart: The Uncrowned Queen by Jill Armitage, published by Amberley Publishing in 2017, (the title on Goodreads is Arbella Stuart: England’s Almost Queen) takes readers back to the reign of...
View ArticleReview: “Pleasing Mr Pepys” by Deborah Swift
Pleasing Mr Pepys is the newest work by Deborah Swift and set to release this September (2017), and I was fortunate to have been given an advance review copy. To me, Swift brought Deborah Willet, the...
View ArticleBook Review: “Maids, Wives, Widows” by Sara Read
Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women’s Lives, 1540-1740 by Sara Read is a book I’d been wanting to read since it was originally published in 2015 by Pen & Sword. I became acquainted...
View ArticleThe Institution of Marriage in 17th Century England: A Guest Post By Deborah...
The Institution of Marriage in 17th Century England By Deborah Swift My new book, A Plague on Mr Pepys, has at its heart a marriage. During my research for the book I had to look into attitudes to...
View ArticleMothers and Midwives in the 17th Century: A Guest Post by Kate Braithwaite
Mothers and Midwives in the 17th Century by Kate Braithwaite Alice Wandesford was born in Yorkshire in 1627 and in 1651, aged twenty-four, she married William Thornton of East Newton. Alice was soon...
View Article‘Naked and Barefoot’—Colonial Quaker Women Finding Courage: A Guest Post by...
'In his journals, George Fox wrote of an occasion when he joined a gathering of men and women of all faiths in a steeple house near his home in Leicester. The discussion of the Book of Peter inspired a...
View ArticleFrances Teresa Stuart: The ‘It’ Girl of the Restoration: A Guest Post by...
Bestselling historian Linda Porter @DrLindaPorter1 writes about Frances Teresa Stuart: The 'It' Girl of the Restoration. #KeepItStuart
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Mistresses’ by Linda Porter
Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II, written by historian Linda Porter and published by Picador in 2020, is the second book on the Stuarts of the seventeenth century by Dr Porter,...
View ArticleInterview with C. de Melo, author of The Apprentice: Love and Scandal in the...
Today, we welcome a prolific author and history lover: C de Melo! I recently had the pleasure of working on the audiobook production de Melo’s The Apprentice (out today!), which is a dramatic adventure...
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