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Melinda S. Zook

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1993
American Constitutional Law and PoliticsReformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistorical Economic and Social StudiesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesLiterature: history, themes, analysis

Publications

72

Citations

870

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

33

Publishing since 1993

Research summary
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Melinda S. Zook is a historian who studies seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British history, with particular attention to women's political, religious, and economic roles, as well as the politics and print culture of the English Civil War, Restoration, and Glorious Revolution periods. Her work often examines how religion, gender, and party politics intersected in early modern England, including topics like women's writing, public finance, and political scandals such as the Popish Plot. Prospective students interested in early modern British history, gender history, or the history of political culture may find her work relevant.

Early modern British historyWomen's and gender historyHistory of religion and politicsEnglish Civil War and Restoration studiesPolitical culture and print media

Publication output has been modest and somewhat uneven over the past decade, with a small peak around 2018-2021 followed by a slower pace in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
172018: 3 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 4 publications4212022: 1 publication22232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of Modern History×3
  • The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats×2
  • Early Modern Women An Interdisciplinary Journal×1
  • Change The Magazine of Higher Learning×1
  • OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries)×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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