Stuart works on the histories of violence, social relations, law, and the emotions in early modern Europe. He is currently working on the Invention of Civil Society, the sequel to Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe (2023).
The history of education, science and medicine in Europe 1500-1914; the social history of knowledge creation and diffusion; the history of childhood
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