Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is best known for his natural philosophical and mathematical works. Yet he devoted ample time to the study of ancient chro...

Word of God, words of men. The book presents many aspects of the phenomenon of translation and commentary work of the Bible in the Polish-Lithuania...

During the American War of Independence (177583), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval ...

Ireland and the Renaissance court is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring Irish and English courts, courtiers and politics in the ea...

The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' ...

Wie wirkte die Zeit in Mainz bei Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz fort? Nach seinen universitären Studien verbrachte Leibniz mehrere Jahre in Mainz, die i...

Millions of paintings were produced in the Dutch Republic. The works that we know and see in museums today constitute only the tip of the iceberg ...

The Kingdom of Bohemia at the end of the Middle Ages was a country in upheaval, for which the Hussite Revolution (1419-1436) stands in a defining w...

The Henry Bagwell Story is a remarkable tale of survival and achievement against great odds. Henry Bagwell was an enterprising young man from a pro...

'Puts Cavendish back into the literary history books where she belongs' Kate Mosse'Scholarly, articulate, and never less than fascinating' Alice Lo...

The Dialogues by Portuguese painter and writer Francisco de Holanda give unprecedented insight into the opinions, preoccupations and character of M...

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) remains arguably the most powerful artist in the Western canon. Painter, sculptor, architect, poet, he redefine...

Unmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) epitomizes the humanistic ideal of the Renaissance man: ...

Focussing on late medieval and early modern philosophy and medicine, this edited collection explores the replacement of hylomorphismthe dominant th...

Unmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) epitomizes the humanistic ideal of the Renaissance man: ...