Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

As he prepared to embark for India in 1774, Alexander Mackrabie's excitement at the sights to be seen and novelties to be experienced was palpable....

Popes and the Papal Court, 1503-1655 is the first book-length account of the early modern papal court in English. As well as bringing together art...

The fundamental aims of this book are two: to explore the interaction between religion and secular society in the formation as well as the dissolut...

Against the backdrop of England's emergence as a major economic power, the development of early modern capitalism in general and the transformation...

This book tells the story of Ebenezer, a frontier community in colonial Georgia founded by a mountain community fleeing religious persecution in it...

A new investigation into the 1641 Irish rebellion, contrasting its myth with the reality. After an evening spent drinking with Irish conspirators,...

This is an original interpretation of the early European Enlightenment and the religious conflicts that rocked England and its empire under the lat...

John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester (16471680), the notorious and brilliant libertine poet of King Charles II's court, has long been considered a...

The Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1519 left the capital city, Tenochtitlan, in ruins. Conquistador Hernán Cortés, following the city's surrender in...

The world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive...

Jeremy Bentham, the founder of classical utilitarianism, was a seminal figure in the history of modern political thought. This lively monograph pre...

In this revisionist history of early modern China, Evelyn Rawski challenges the notion of Chinese history as a linear narrative of dynasties domina...

This is an innovative study of how race and empire transformed French republican citizenship in the early Third Republic. Elizabeth Heath integrate...

This book argues that Dutch Brazil (162454) is an integral part of Atlantic history and that it made an impact well beyond colonial and national na...

Written by two experienced teachers with a long history of research, this textbook provides students with a detailed overview of developments in ea...

The Moral Economy examines the nexus of poverty, credit, and trust in early modern Europe. It starts with an examination of poverty, the need for c...

On October 24, 1588, Paolo Barbieri murdered his wife, Isabella Caccianemici, stabbing her to death with his sword. Later, Paolo would claim to hav...

Representing a history of drinking from below, this book explores the role of the alehouse in seventeenth-century English society. This book provi...

On October 24, 1588, Paolo Barbieri murdered his wife, Isabella Caccianemici, stabbing her to death with his sword. Later, Paolo would claim to hav...

In this wide-ranging work, Caspar Hirschi offers new perspectives on the origins of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Based on ext...