Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

This new edition and original translation of a tract by Dutch settler and lawyer van der Donck makes more widely accessible a document crucial for ...

This book brings together 11 pairs of opposing speeches on foreign policy written by Florentine statesman and historian Francesco Guicciardini (148...

The work of David Bien, one of Americas foremost historians of eighteenth-century France, transformed our understanding of the ancien régime and th...

The place of religion in the Enlightenment has been keenly debated for many years. Research has tended, however, to examine the interplay of religi...

The long eighteenth century was a period of major transformation for Europe and India as imperialism heralded a new global order. Eschewing the red...

During the early modern period the public postal systems became central pillars of the emerging public sphere. Despite the importance of the post i...

Much like in the present day, building a house in the sixteenth century involved masons, carpenters and glaziers, among others, and in many cities ...

This book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty paris...

This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, so...

Richard Whitfords Dyuers Holy Instrucyons and Teachynges Very Necessary for the Helth of Mannes Soule is the last printed work written by a brother...

Art & War in the Renaissance, published on the occasion of a major traveling exhibition, presents distinctive arms and armor within the rich co...

Did early modern people care about their health? And what did it mean to lead a healthy life in Italy and England? Through a range of textual evid...

A pivotal period in Russian history, the Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century has taken on new resonance in the country's post-Soviet ...

In the sixteenth century, members of the Ouchi family were kings in all but name in much of Japan. Immensely wealthy, they controlled sea lanes str...

Early modern women writers left their mark in multiple domains--novels, translations, letters, history, and science. Although recent scholarship in...

Die Lutherdenkmäler des gesamten 19. Jahrhunderts werden in dieser Arbeit erstmals historisch eingeordnet und gedeutet. Auf Basis eines umfangreich...

Florences foundling home of the Innocenti is often taken as a symbol of Renaissance creativity, innovation, and humanity. Its progressive approach ...

This edition of Anne Cliffords (15901676) diaries and memoirs is the first to include all of her autobiographical writing. Clifford was a prominen...