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Astrid Adele Giugni

Astrid Adele Giugni

Lecturing Fellow in the Social Science Research Institute
Social Science Research Institute
astrid.giugni@duke.edu
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Selected Publications

Charity, Neighbors, and Gender in London Godly Sermons: John Downham and William Gouge

Journal Article Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies · September 1, 2024 This article traces the response to the Elizabethan Poor Laws in two parishes in Jacobean London. The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1598 and 1601 attempted to create a system of reliable poor relief in response to a series of late sixteenth-century econ ... Full text Cite

The “Holy Dictate of Spare Temperance”: Virtue and Politics in Milton’s A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle

Journal Article Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies · May 1, 2015 This essay analyzes the treatment of temperance in Milton’s early entertainment, A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle, within the context of the history of virtue ethics. It argues that Milton combines Aristotle’s version of temperance with Plato’s ... Full text Cite