Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

The third volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades'The whole tale is one of faith and folly, ...

Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day c...

This is the first truly scholarly edition of all the recorded writings and recorded speech acts of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) and consists of more...

This is the first truly scholarly edition of all the recorded writings and recorded speech acts of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) and consists of more...

This is the first truly scholarly edition of all the recorded writings and recorded speech acts of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) and consists of more...

Journey back in time and marvel at the history of our world like never before with this children's encyclopedia perfect for curious kids.Forming pa...

Four bastard children of John of Gaunt and his mistress Katherine Swynford vigorously made their way in the world despite their questionable origin...

The dual biography of two remarkable women - Catherine Parr and Anne Askew. One was the last queen of a powerful monarch, the second a countrywoman...

A nuanced approach to the role played by clerics at a turbulent time for religious affairs. From the early percolation of Protestant thought in th...

Part One: The History (What do we know?) This brief historical introduction to William Tyndale explores the social, political and religious factors...

Few buildings carry such a freight of historical symbolism as the Palace of Versailles. First built as a hunting lodge by Louis XIII in the early s...

NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TABLET AND THE LADY'This book is a terrific read ... I could not ...

Incomparable Realms offers a vision of Spanish culture and society during the Golden Age, the period from 1500 to 1700 when Spain unexpectedly rose...

How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded i...

How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded ...

The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated in...

A fascinating, lively account of the making of the King James Bible. James VI of Scotland now James I of England came into his new king...

A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vas...

This volume brings together cutting-edge research by some of the most innovative scholars of early modern Britain. Inspired in part by recent studi...

***A Best Book of 2022, The Times******Book of the Year, Spectator***A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells ...