Category Archives: Early Modern Europe

Debtor Prisons in the United States

Posted on March 23, 2011 by briansandberg

Has the United States recreated the debtor prisons of the early modern period? A current United States Supreme Court case questions whether some states’ laws on “deadbeat dads” constitute imprisonment for debt. A NPR story today considers the court case … Continue reading →

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Call for Proposals: Attending to Early Modern Women Conference

Posted on March 20, 2011 by briansandberg

Call for Proposals Attending to Early Modern Women: Remapping Routes and Spaces June 21-June 23, 2012     Milwaukee, Wisconsin Attending to Early Modern Women, which has been held seven times at the University of Maryland since 1990, is moving to the … Continue reading →

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Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France

Posted on March 20, 2011 by briansandberg

Renaissance France is present in Chicago!  A new exhibition, entitled “Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France,” opened recently at the Art Institute of Chicago. I visited the exhibition today with several of my graduate students and found … Continue reading →

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Newberry Teachers’ Consortium

Posted on March 2, 2011 by briansandberg

I was thrilled to lead a seminar today at the Newberry Library as part of the Newberry Teachers’ Consortium.  The NTC seminar series offers high school teachers a chance to work with university professors on specific topics of relevance for … Continue reading →

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Friendship in Renaissance Florence

Posted on February 27, 2011 by briansandberg

I am enjoying reading Dale Kent, Friendship, Love, and Trust in Renaissance Florence (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009), in preparation for discussions with my HIST 420 The Renaissance students this week. For a book description, see Amazon.com.  

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