Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

This book looks at the life, activities and achievements of William, 1st Baron Sandys, Knight of the Garter. It is the story of a Hampshire man who...

The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia, to become wives for tobacco planters in the New ...

'Compelling... A real pleasure to read.' - BBC History MagazineIn 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Co...

For thousands of years bloodlines have been held as virtually unassailable credentials for leadership, with supreme political power perceived as a ...

In 1562, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry VIIIs children, lay dying of smallpox, and the curse of the Tudor succession again reared its head. The que...

In 129 articles and three volumes, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mexican History and Culture provides a compendium of the best available scholarship o...

An important new perspective on this critical intellectual and religious community, and on the conflicted nature of religious change at the time. ...

Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror - with this guided tour of every major conflict.Combin...

In 1562, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry VIIIs children, lay dying of smallpox, and the curse of the Tudor succession again reared its head. The que...

Pitkin is proud to introduce the tale of one mans ascent from relatively humble origins to international legend. To many, Walter Raleigh was a pira...

Anne of Cleves left her homeland in 1539 to marry the king of England. She was not brought up to be a queen, yet out of many possible choices she w...

This book is about the transformation of Englands trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, a revolution that destroyed Ireland...

*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022*A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT '...

Intrigue, double-dealing and conspiracy in the Eternal City. 'A fascinating narrative of the intermingling of secular and religious power' New Sta...