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Loss and survival: The Episcopalian spiritual vocation, 1646-62 (2023)
Journal Article
Ward Clavier, S. (2023). Loss and survival: The Episcopalian spiritual vocation, 1646-62. Seventeenth Century, 38(6), 1025-1034. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2023.2266301

This article outlines a forthcoming project on the episcopalian spiritual vocation in the period c.1640 to 1662. It explains the rationale for the project and its place within the historiography. The article argues that seventeenth-century clergy may... Read More about Loss and survival: The Episcopalian spiritual vocation, 1646-62.

Wales and the news, 1640–1800 (2023)
Book Chapter
Ward Clavier, S. (2023). Wales and the news, 1640–1800. In N. Brownlees (Ed.), The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Vol. 1, 1640-1800. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Despite the absence of a regular Welsh print newspaper until the nineteenth century, there was a deep and abiding interest in the news and the press from at least the early seventeenth century. Correspondence collections, including those of the Wynns... Read More about Wales and the news, 1640–1800.

Religion and the seventeenth-century press (2023)
Book Chapter
Ward Clavier, S., & McKeogh, K. (2023). Religion and the seventeenth-century press. In N. Brownlees (Ed.), The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Vol. 1, 1640-1800. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Religion was as ubiquitous in the early modern press as it was in early modern consciousness. Perhaps because of this, religion is rarely the headline in studies of the press. There has been minimal exploration of religion for its own sake in studies... Read More about Religion and the seventeenth-century press.

Introduction: Books and manuscripts in Wales (2022)
Journal Article
Chadwick, M., Clavier, S. W., & Evans, S. (2022). Introduction: Books and manuscripts in Wales. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru / Welsh History Review, 31(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.16922/whr.31.1.1

This introduction outlines the research context from which this special number arises. It opens with a discussion of the interdisciplinary conference ‘Reading, Writing and Collecting: Books and Manuscripts in Wales, 1450–1850’ and our rationale in ou... Read More about Introduction: Books and manuscripts in Wales.

Accounting for lives: Autobiography and biography in the accounts of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1642–1666 (2019)
Journal Article
Ward Clavier, S. (2020). Accounting for lives: Autobiography and biography in the accounts of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1642–1666. Seventeenth Century, 35(4), 453-472. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117x.2019.1626761

This article significantly adds to the literature on the value of financial accounts, demonstrating their worth as both an autobiographical and biographical source. It argues that elite accounts can be seen both as a biography of the master, and an a... Read More about Accounting for lives: Autobiography and biography in the accounts of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1642–1666.

'Horrid rebellion' and 'holie cheate': Royalist gentry responses to interregnum government in North-East Wales, 1646-1660 (2018)
Journal Article
Clavier, S. W. (2018). 'Horrid rebellion' and 'holie cheate': Royalist gentry responses to interregnum government in North-East Wales, 1646-1660. Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru / Welsh History Review, 29(1), 51-72. https://doi.org/10.16922/whr.29.1.3

This article significantly adds to works on Interregnum religion and government by considering the response to that period of a conservative, rather than a radical, region and social group. It examines the reaction of the royalist, religiously conser... Read More about 'Horrid rebellion' and 'holie cheate': Royalist gentry responses to interregnum government in North-East Wales, 1646-1660.

‘Round-head knaves’: The Ballad of Wrexham and the subversive political culture of Interregnum north-east Wales (2018)
Journal Article
Ward Clavier, S. (2018). ‘Round-head knaves’: The Ballad of Wrexham and the subversive political culture of Interregnum north-east Wales. Historical Research, 91(251), 39-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12195

© 2017 Institute of Historical Research. This article broadens ballad studies to encompass a regional perspective and significantly adds to the literature on Welsh royalism. It argues that the ballad author sought to destabilize the newly established... Read More about ‘Round-head knaves’: The Ballad of Wrexham and the subversive political culture of Interregnum north-east Wales.