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The Astronomer and the Witch

The Astronomer and the Witch

Ulinka Rublack

In 'The Astronomer and the Witch', Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one which takes us to the heart of his changing world.
The Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany

The Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany

Ulinka Rublack

Ulinka Rublack draws on court records to examine the lives of shrewd cutpurses, quarreling artisan wives, and soldiers' concubines, and explores women's experiences of communities and courtship, marriage, the family, and the law.
Reformation Europe

Reformation Europe

Ulinka Rublack

This is the first book which uses the approaches of new cultural history to describe how Reformation Europe came about and what it meant.
Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe

Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe

Ulinka Rublack

Uses an astonishing array of sources to imagine the Renaissance afresh by considering people´s appearances: what they wore, how this made them move, what images they created, and how all this made people feel about themselves.

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