Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, internat...

The different theoretical notions and practices of the relations between the state and religious communities in early modern Europe constitute one ...

The fascinating story of Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) changing himself while trying to change the religious faith of the Chinese has been told many tim...

In 1543, Copernicus publicly defended geokinetic and heliocentric universe. This book examines why and how he became a Copernican and what his affi...

This collection offers a range of interdisciplinary viewpoints on the occupation of space and theories of place in Britain and Ireland throughout t...

John Lilburne (1615–1657), or 'Freeborn John' as he was called by the London crowd, was an important political agitator during the English Revoluti...

The corporation – an immortal collective bound to act for the common good – was developed in the seventeenth century, but comparatively little atte...

The lifetime of Francois Hotman (1524-1590) was one of the most tumultuous periods in European history. Donald R. Kelley shows how this protege of ...

Using new archival sources, this book shows that Prussia sought not the unity of Germany but its partition into five masses loosely enough joined t...

"A fresh and quite original contribution to an understanding of an extremely important period in English history and to a quite remarkable discussi...

Acclaimed for their dramatic rendering of the personalities and forces that shaped Elizabethan politics, Wallace T. MacCaffrey's three volumes thor...

Geoffrey Parker has remarked that the Spanish Armada, though a disastrous defeat, was a considerable psychological success. Deep into the seventeen...

Examines the colonization of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the durability of Portuguese rule.How did the colonization of Goa i...

This book retraces the life and experience of Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720-1782), who became queen of Sweden, with a particular emphasis...