Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

The violent conquest of the eastern part of the lands under Muslim rule by the Mongols marked a new period in the history of Islamic civilisation a...

A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject Daily Telegraph Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately...

Charles II's succession to the throne came at a time of national turbulence: his father had been beheaded, Oliver Cromwell had usurped his right to...

In recent years scholars have turned their attention to the rich experience of the Jesuits in France and Spain''s American colonies. That attention...

In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells the ...

Considering a wide range of early modern texts, performances and artworks, the essays in this collection demonstrate how attention to the senses il...

This unique collection of essays is the first book to explore the many relationships that developed between Wales and the British overseas empire b...

Ask anyone what single object they associate with China and the most common answer will be a Ming vase. Probably without even knowing the dates of ...

What qualities made the Duke of Wellington a strategic genius? How did Oliver Cromwell, a gentleman farmer create an army that overthrew a king and...

Since it is the case that you are now just beginning that journey that I have for the most part as you see completed, that is, the one through mort...

In seventeenth century Europe it must have seemed that there was always a conflict somewhere. This century of battles is the inspiration for these ...

Spanning the period 1512-78, the High Cross churchwardens' accounts of Stratton, in Cornwall, are unusually complete and informative. Written mostl...

The swearing of oaths is a cultural phenomenon that pervades English history and was remarkably important during the sixteenth century. This mul...

A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of  Philip II, Spains best-known kingA superbly informed narr...

Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky changed forever, ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at b...

A lively, expansive history of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the momentous changes they set in motion This fast-paced survey of West...

Thomas Cranmer, the architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, was the archbishop of Canterbury who guided England through the early Reformat...

The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insi...

When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II made it his role to search out retribution, producing the biggest manhunt Britain had ever seen, on...