Penulis: Joy Wiltenburg

Volume III covers Penn’s return to England, his appeal to James II to support religious toleration, his struggle to reestablish his position in England and to manage his colony in America, and his re …

This volume documents the final eighteen years of William Penn’s life, from 1701 to 1718. It opens with his last months as resident proprietor of Pennsylvania—a moment of great importance in th …

With the growth of printing in early modern Germany, crime quickly became a subject of wide public discourse. Sensational crime reports, often featuring multiple murders within families, proliferated …

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1, 100 titles from Penn Press’s distin …

Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power."I dearly love a laugh, " declare …

Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power."I dearly love a laugh, " declare …