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July 13, 2009
Warwick awarded more than £250,000 for American research collaboration
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/warwick_awarded_more/
The University of Warwick has been awarded over £250,000 to fund a collaborative programme of research between Warwick’s Centre for the Study of the Renaissance and the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
May 21, 2008
Parish pieties
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/audio/?podcastItem=parishsymposium.mp3
The sixth Warwick symposium on parish research, which draws together scholars from across Europe looking at the history of parishes from about the 14th Century, this year considers religious devotion.
December 18, 2006
How Angels nearly disappeared from our culture.
Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/audio/?podcastItem=angels.mp3
Professor Peter Marshall discusses how the protestant reformation nearly removed Angels from our culture and how they managed to survive into the modern era.
Summary:
What is an Angel
When were they under threat and why
Did people have a personal relationship with Angels
Did this form part of other purges and the campaign against witchcraft
What about Demons
Removing the Book of Tobit
How did Angels remain in our culture
The role of Angels and the Deathbed
Ghosts and fairies
Were there differences between forms of protestant reformation and between nations
The modern Angel