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@nbarden.bsky.social

Ph.D. Candidate. Political theory. Georgetown University. Early modern HPT: Calvin and Bodin. https://linktr.ee/nbarden

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๐Ÿ“ข CFP: The Intersections & Influences of Legal and Political Authority in the European Renaissance

Seeking papers on the dynamic interplay between legal & political authority during the Renaissance (1300-1700) @ the 2026 RSA Annual Meeting!

15.06.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My article on Jean Calvin's 1532 Seneca Commentary is now published at History of European Ideas. If you're interested in Calvin's political thought or the problem of counsel, take a look.

Link below, and DM me if you don't have access but would like to read it.

doi.org/10.1080/0191...

03.06.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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My article on Jean Calvin's 1532 Seneca Commentary is now published at History of European Ideas. If you're interested in Calvin's political thought or the problem of counsel, take a look.

Link below, and DM me if you don't have access but would like to read it.

doi.org/10.1080/0191...

03.06.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Alciatiโ€™s Book of Emblems and the Popular Recovery of Antiquity by Truman Cunningham

In today's think piece, Truman Cunningham studies how Andrea Alciati's Emblematicum Liber bridged the elite literary culture of Erasmus and popular woodcut art to understand its explosive popularity across all levels of literate Europe through the sixteenth century.

26.03.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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PolTheory #philsky ๐ŸŒ

12.01.2024 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

(from Risto Saarinen, *Weakness of Will in Renaissance and Reformation Thought*).

15.11.2023 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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damn, Petrarch, just @ me next time.

15.11.2023 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Political theorists: @andpgibson.bsky.social and I are organizing a Renaissance political thought panel for SPSA this year and are looking for 1-2 faculty discussants willing to comment on grad student papers. Please reach out if interested! (nb786 [at] georgetown).

31.08.2023 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello world! Ph.D. student in political theory at Georgetown (early modern HPT), migrating and rebuilding follow lists.

07.08.2023 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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