Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

Catherine of Aragon continues to fascinate readers 500 years after she became Henry VIII's first queen. Her life was one of passion and determinati...

WINNER OF THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE   Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshal...

Moving between Spanish conquest abroad and the court of the astute Charles V, Hugh Thomas's The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V is the ...

The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the inn...

From the common playgoers to the royal patrons, this book explores Britain from the perspective of Shakespeare’s audience – revealing how the signi...

Following Rivers of Gold and The Golden Age, World Without End is the conclusion of a magisterial three-volume history of the Spanish Empire by Hug...

A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement.In the spring of 1553 three ships s...

The story of the reign of Charles I -- told through the lives of his people. Prize-winning historian David Cressy mines the widest range of archi...

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues — its narrative power, its fin...

Exploring a range of poverty experiences-socioeconomic, moral and spiritual-this collection presents new research by a distinguished group of schol...

This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especial...

The Other Tudor Princess brings to life the story of Margaret Douglas, a shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor history – but who now takes cent...

At the center of this interdisciplinary study are court monsters - dwarves, hirsutes, and misshapen individuals - who, by their very presence, alte...

'What a compelling read! Nancy Goldstone has brought to life the four female Stuarts in all their tragic glory' Amanda ForemanValentine's Day, 1613...

In Citizens in a Strange Land, Hermann Wellenreuther examines the broadsides—printed single sheets—produced by the Pennsylvania German community. T...

The first ever biography of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, who died in childbirth giving the king what he craved most - a son and heir. Jan...