Syphilis in seventeenth century Lancashire.

Birth-baptism intervals in 68 Lancashire parishes, 1646-1917.

This article examines the birth/baptism interval in 68 Anglican parishes. It provides a continuous annual record from 1646 to 1917 thereby augmenting previous studies in which periods such as the 1640s, the mid-eighteenth and late-nineteenth centuries have been sparsely represented. During the seventeenth century intervals remained stable, but afterwards they increased with many parishes experi...

The Role of Language in Accusations of Witchcraft in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spain

Linguistic factors played a significant role in the origin and spread of accusations of witchcraft in Early Modern Spain. The preoccupation with witches’ words is at its root a preoccupation about the power of speech and, to a great extent, of female speech. Studies in some Early European countries have connected aggressive female speech styles with accusations of witchcraft, and this article o...

The sibbens of Scotland.

THmE are many well documented forms of non-venereal treponemal (formerly spirochaetal) diseases resembling syphilis. The most widespread is yaws which occurs in the humid tropical areas of the world. Other forms occasionally still seen today are bejel of the swamp bedouins dwelling along the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, njoreva in Southern Rhodesia and dichuchwa in Bechuanaland. Un...

Une forme frondeuse: the function of discontinuity in La Rochefoucauld's maximes.

Seventeenth-century Theories of Emotion and Their Contemporary Relevance

a renewed interest in the theory of emotions both in philosophy and psychology. Work in this area has relied heavily on certain seventeenth-century philosophical theories of emotion (at the time variously termed theories of “passion”, “affect”, or even “action”). I shall start this paper by giving a very brief overview of the place of emotion theory in seventeenth-century art and thought. This ...