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  The essays in ‘Virginia 1619’ and the 2nd Earl of Warwick Robert Rich was born in 1587 or 1588 and was the eldest son of the 3rd Lord Rich and his wife, Penelope, the sister of the 2nd Earl of Essex. Following King James VI of Scotland’s accession to the English throne in 1603, he became one of the Knights of the Order of the Bath in July of that year and, in August, 1618, when his father purchased the title to the Earldom of Warwick, the titular Lord Rich. When his father died in March, 1619, he succeeded to his title as the 2nd Earl of Warwick.i For reasons that are not entirely clear the authors of this volume of essays refer to him as “Warwick” at dates ranging from 1614 to 1618.ii His colonial aims in Virginia and Bermuda are described in a number of critical ways. In Virginia, his purposes were allegedly those of plunder, of exploiting the colony’s stock of cattle, lands and servants, of aiming to establish a ‘manorial’ structure comparable to that in Bermuda, and of using ...

  Religion, Rebellion and Violence by Dr. Joan Redmond Book Launch 30th September, 18:00, 8th Floor Open Space, Strand Building Join CEMS to celebrate the launch of Dr. Joan Redmond’s first monograph,   Religion, Rebellion and Violence in Ireland, c. 1603-1649   (Cambridge University Press). This book examines religious violence in seventeenth-century Ireland, focusing on the 1641 Rebellion. The book will be commented on by Prof. John Morrill, Prof. Laura Gowing (KCL), and Prof. Paul Readman (KCL). The event will be followed by a drinks reception. To attend, please sign up here:   https://www.tickettailor.com/events/centreforearlymodernstudies/2420615  

 Keith Livesey's blog, A Trumpet of Sedition, currently has some critical comments on the work of John Rees on the English Revolution. They can be seen  here  .

 The Past and Present Society has an invaluable blog available on its website. I was particularly interested to see the report by Olivia Formby on the conference held at Emmanuel College, Cambridge last April on this subject. It can be read  here  .

 There is an interesting article by Elizabeth Hines on this subject in the  Journal of Early Modern History . The abstract can be seen  here  . 

 Peter Gaunt is the recently retired Professor of History at the University of Chester. The World Turned Upside Down website has a trio of talks by him on these subjects which can be seen  here  .