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June 13, 2006

New Series: authors invited for a new series on Religious Cultures of the 
Early Modern World (1400-1800)
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New Series on Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World, 1400-1800

Publication Date: 2006-09-12
Date Submitted: 2006-06-08
Announcement ID: 151579

Pickering & Chatto Publishers invite submissions for a new monograph 
series on Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World, 1400-1800.

Few serious scholars now doubt the central importance of religious 
attitudes, beliefs and values for the ways early modern people organised 
their social, political and cultural lives, or the potency of religion, 
both as a source of social cohesion, and a force for social conflict. Over 
the past few decades, a traditional preoccupation with "ecclesiastical 
history" and the fortunes of institutions has given way to a more 
integrated approach to the belief-systems, Christian and non-Christian, 
that structured the early modern world, and religious history has been 
enriched by its engagement with the approaches and methodologies of other 
disciplines. This important new series aims to provide a showcase for 
writing on all aspects of the social, cultural and political history of 
religion in the early modern period. Its remit stretches broadly over 
time, from the early fifteenth to the later eighteenth centuries, and 
extends widely geographically, to encompass both European and non-European 
societies.

Submissions are invited from established scholars, as well as advanced PhD 
and post-doctoral candidates, working in the field of "religious history"
in its most inclusive sense. Works accepted into the series will be 
scholarly monographs (80-100,000 words) of high quality and originality, 
which, while they may focus on particular themes, persons or locations, 
will demonstrate an ability to address wider themes and concerns in this 
exciting and vibrant sub-discipline of historical writing.

Proposals should be sent (in hard copy and by electronic attachment) to 
one of the series editors: Dr Fernando Cervantes, Department of Historical 
Studies, University of Bristol, 13 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB, UK 
(f.cervantes at bristol.ac.uk); Dr Peter Marshall, Department of History, 
University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK (p.marshall at warwick.ac.uk); 
Prof. Philip Soergel, Department of History, University of Maryland, 2115 
Francis Scott Key Hall, College Park, MD 20742-7315, USA 
(psoergel at umd.edu). The editors will require a detailed proposal of at 
least 8-10 pages (including chapter outlines), along with the text of a 
sample chapter. It is envisaged that contracts will be offered to the most 
promising authors on this basis.

Professor Philip Soergel
Department of History
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Email: psoergel at umd.edu
Visit the website at http://www.pickeringchatto.com/religious.htm




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