Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

Discovered in 1995, the remarkable thirteenth-century frescoes in the great hall, or Aula Gotica, of Rome's Santi Quattro Coronati complex are amon...

Weaving together thousands of archival fragments, this study explores a shared Black Atlantic world where the meanings of slavery and freedom were ...

Weaving together thousands of archival fragments, this study explores a shared Black Atlantic world where the meanings of slavery and freedom were ...

The story of Wallachian mobility and settlement is remarkably central to the human condition. At its core, it reflects a fundamental drive to enhan...

Jews on trial concentrates on Inquisitorial activity during the period which historians have argued was the most active in the Inquisitions history...

Jews on trial concentrates on Inquisitorial activity during the period which historians have argued was the most active in the Inquisition's histor...

When the Spanish invaded the Inca empire in 1532, the cult of the ancestors was an essential feature of pre-Columbian religion throughout the Andes...

The story of the English Civil War battle, told from the perspective of the people who witnessed it Soldiers and spies, children and animals. A to...

Slavery's Fugitives and the Making of the United States Constitution unearths a long-hidden factor that led to the Constitutional Convention in 178...

Like many inhabitants of booming metropolises, Machiavelli alternated between love and hate for his native city. He often wrote scathing remarks ab...

The essays in Living Dangerously, written by some of the leading scholars in the fields of history and literature, examine the lives of those who l...

In 1643/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painte...

Die Dresdner Kunstkammer im Residenzschloss bietet eine faszinierende Vielfalt von Sammlungsobjekten der Spätrenaissance und des Frühbarock. Dem Gr...

Bringing together an international group of literary scholars, intellectual historians, and cultural historians, this book discusses history in its...

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal. This study of m...

The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal. This study of m...

A lavishly illustrated look at some of Bostons most historic buildings, now available in a new, updated edition. Winner of the Historic New England...

The history of early modern biblical scholarship has often been told as a teleological narrative in which a succession of radical thinkers dethrone...

For decades historians argued for the downfall of communication, when early modern societies were hit by a natural disaster. After all, earthquakes...