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Biographical and musical evidence drawn from the life and works of Michael Praetorius strongly suggests that he not only was a religious man, but also possessed a deep personal Christian faith. Praetorius desired and worked to promote the worship of God with his intellect, music…

This dissertation examines how Shakespeare approached elements of the supernatural – ghosts, madness, and witchcraft – in his plays. The aftermath of the England’s break from the Catholic Church led to societal upheaval in the way early modern England viewed the supernatural. Pr…

Crossraguel Abbey, located in rural southwest Scotland, was one of the last remaining monasteries following the Reformation. Its story of survival past years of religious turmoil reveals a nuanced and complicated reaction to the Scottish Reformation, which stemmed from noble pro…

In the sixteenth century, the Ottoman sultans united the eastern Mediterranean into an empire that extended from the borders of Austria to the coast of Africa. At virtually the same moment, the Reformation shattered the traditional terms in which the English imagined the relatio…

This study examines sixteenth century German depictions of the Turks and responses to Ottoman Imperialism through an analysis of popular and scholarly literature, ballads, and single-leaf broadsheets. The early sixteenth century was vitally important in Christian-Islamic relatio…