Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

Interest in the history of violence has increased dramatically over the last ten years and recent studies have demonstrated the productive potentia...

After 500 years Henry VIII still retains a public fascination unmatched by any monarch before or since. Whilst his popular image is firmly associat...

Brought to light in this study is a connection between the treatment of war in Shakespeare's plays and the issue of the 'just war', which loomed la...

One of the great paradoxes of post-medieval Europe, is why instead of bringing peace to a disorganised and violent world, modernity instead produce...

The early decades of the sixteenth century were a turbulent time for the Italian peninsula as competing centres of power struggled for political co...

In the Early Modern period - as both reformed and Catholic churches strove to articulate orthodox belief and conduct through texts, sermons, ritual...

Bringing the study of early modern Christianity into dialogue with Atlantic history, this collection provides a longue durée investigation of women...

Contributing an original dimension to the significant body of published scholarship on women in 16th-century England, this study examines the large...

The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded into armed rebellion, whilst on...

Frequent discussions of Satan from the pulpit, in the courtroom, in print, in self-writings, and on the streets rendered the Devil an immediate and...

King Henry III of France has not suffered well at the hands of posterity. Generally depicted as at best a self-indulgent, ineffectual ruler, and at...

A greater fluidity in social relations and hierarchies was experienced across Europe in the early modern period, a consequence of the major politic...

For the people of early modern England, the dividing line between the natural and supernatural worlds was both negotiable and porous - particularly...

Notions of which behaviours comprised sin, and what actions might lead to salvation, sat at the heart of Christian belief and practice in early mod...

A favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Henry Lee was known as the most accomplished cavaliero in England. This handsome, entertaining and highly con...

Gregor Reisch's The Philosophical pearl (Margarita Philosophica), first published in 1503 and republished 11 times in the sixteenth century, was th...

This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newsp...

Whilst much scholarly work has been focused on Spain's American colonies, much less is known about Spanish colonization of the Pacific. As such, th...

Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war between the two powers in 1744, this book charts a ...

Covering the period from the end of the Anglo-French alliance in 1731 to the declaration of war between the two powers in 1744, this book charts a ...

Looking at the experiences of women in early modern Portugal in the context of crime and forgiveness, this study demonstrates the extent to which j...

Early modern bodies, particularly menstruating and pregnant bodies, were not stable signifiers. Menstruation and Procreation in Early Modern France...

Early modern bodies, particularly menstruating and pregnant bodies, were not stable signifiers. Menstruation and Procreation in Early Modern France...

The significance of Robert Boyle (1627-91) as the most influential English scientist in the generation before Newton is now generally acknowledged,...