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The World Turned Upside Down – The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

She-Intelligencers – Women and espionage in the British Civil Wars

27 min • 24 januari 2025

For the first time the role played by women in the espionage networks of both sides in the Civil Wars is being recovered through the pioneering research conducted by Nadine Akkerman, Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Professor Akkerman tells publisher, Mike Gibbs, how she uncovered the extent ... Read more

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