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Parergon Journal
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Peer-reviewed antipodean medieval and early modern studies journal, always open for submissions. Owned by ANZAMEMS.bsky.social, tweeted by mattfirth.bsky.social.
Issue 42.1 is in press! Cosimo I de' Medici graces the cover in full armour, giving some side eye. This is an open issue so there are great articles on a range of topics. Follow the link for the TOC and book reviews. We'll feature each article over the coming month.

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August 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Where to start with such an exciting issue of Parergon? Horses anyone? Pia F. Cuneo's open access article looks at Hans Baltung's puzzling woodcuts of cavorting horses: "Art, Sex, and Science: Talking about Horses in Hans Baldung's 1534 Woodcuts".
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September 4, 2024 at 12:48 AM
It's here friends! The latest issue of Parergon - an open issue with something for everyone: Orderic Vitalis, Spenser, Chinese translations of Chaucer, plus special clusters of articles on Renaissance art & science and medieval and early modern poetry.

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September 4, 2024 at 12:38 AM
You were asking for a bumper Parergon issue of 13 articles - including special clusters on renaissance art and science, and medieval poetry - and nearly two dozen reviews? Well it's an oddly specific request, but we've got you covered...
August 8, 2024 at 1:27 AM
A special issue on any topic of you choosing you say? Sure, you can put a proposal up! Our CFP for the 2026 special issue of Parergon has been extended to 16 September - click the link for more details.
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July 15, 2024 at 9:01 AM
A little something from issue 40.2. Theresa A. Kutasz Christensen looks at Queen Christina of Sweden's role as a prolific collector, both as ruler of Sweden and as abdicated queen in Rome, exploring her network of agents and personal agency.
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April 24, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Unfortunately, Bernadette Andrea's article won't remain Open Access for much longer. So if you're up for a fascinating read about of women from Muslim backgrounds in early modern England, now's the time!

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March 13, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Who doesn't love an open access article? For the next month you can download Bernadette Andrea's article from our latest issue for free - an exploration of women from Muslim backgrounds in early modern England.

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February 13, 2024 at 9:25 AM
How about something else from volume 40.2? This article by emilylsteve.bsky.social looks at the place of women as social, cultural and economic agents in 16th century London - she takes as her case study Lady Rose Lok Hickman Throckmorton, who left a diary to posterity.

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February 8, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Ideas of space and place were central to Anne Southwell's concept of poetic creation. In this article from our latest issue, Cassandra Gorman explores Southwell's use of imagery to write physical and astronomical encounters.

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January 31, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Women’s artistic education. What did it look like in early modernity? And how did it develop between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? These are important questions and Mal Haselberger sets out to explore them in our latest issue.

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January 21, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Want to know all about issue 40.2 of Parergon? Our guest editors, @katefallan.bsky.social and Nupur Patel have written a post for the Parergon blog about the special issue on early modern women's agency, how it came together, and its aims and contents.
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January 12, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Seed lists were an early modern innovation that enabled the new plants flowing into Europe to be catalogued. Central within this network of knowledge was English aristocrat Mary Somerset. Olin Moctezuma-Burns examines Mary's legacy in her article in iss. 40.2.

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January 10, 2024 at 7:16 AM
What exactly is 'agency'? And how has women's agency figured in early modern cultural and economic history in recent decades? These are good questions! Happily, Merry Wiesner-Hanks has turned herself to the task of answering them in her article in issue 40.2 .

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January 4, 2024 at 7:50 AM
New year, new articles! Issue 40.2 went to print in December and we're going to share the excellent research with you over the coming weeks. First, though, you really must read the intro to the special issue by its editors, @katefallan.bsky.social and Nupur Patel.

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January 1, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Who's got a fantastic special issue coming out this month on women's agency in early modern Europe? Us of course! Guest edited by @katefallan.bsky.social and Nupur Patel, we look forward to sharing the articles with you over the coming weeks. It's the Christmas present you always wanted...
December 4, 2023 at 12:07 PM
We have one last article from volume 40 to tell you about, and it's on a fascinating subject. In it, Veronica Alfano and Louise D'Arcens examine the kangaroo-hide-bound Kelmscott Chaucer housed in State Library of NSW as a hybridised cultural artefact.

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October 17, 2023 at 3:47 AM
When are birds not birds? When they're allegories for love and sexual desire (obviously). In her article in our latest issue, Ashleigh Green examines this practice, common in early modern English literature, and traces its links to classical metaphors.

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October 7, 2023 at 7:20 AM
Hello everyone. Your favourite medieval and early modern journal has finally made it to Blue Sky...
October 6, 2023 at 1:47 AM