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Old and New Worlds
'discovery' and exploration; travel and exchange; cultural contacts and confrontations; colonisation and enslavement; the building of nations, states and empires

Material and Symbolic Cultures
products, producing and consuming; trade, exchange, the 'world of goods'; games, festivities and rituals; 'popular' beliefs (including witchcraft and magical beliefs)

Society, Economy, Demography
long-term social and economic trends; population change and movement; 'everyday' life (and death)

Politics, Rebellion, Revolution
governors and the governed; forms of government; dissent, uprising, overthrow

Women, Gender, Sexuality
women and men; sex and sexualities

Crime, Law and Order
criminality and criminals; law enforcement; criminal justice; courts, disputes, litigation

Medicine and Illness
patients and practitioners; diseases and treatments; health and sickness

Religion, Science, Philosophy
religious belief and scholarship, scientific and philosophical ideas: connections and influences

Literature and 'the Arts'
writing and drama; music; art; architecture

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