Early Modern History: c 1450/1500 to c 1700

The Protestant war cry of 'No Surrender!' was first used in 1689 by the Mayor of Londonderry as James II's army laid siege to the city for 105 days...

A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I.'We are a prince from a line of princes.'Lisa Hilton...

William Paulet was the ultimate courtier. For an astonishing 46 years he served at the courts of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth and was ...

The apparent disappearance of mysticism in the Protestant world after the Reformation used to be taken as an example of the arrival of modernity. H...

At once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip'...

A dynasty is defined by its men: by their personalities, their wars and reigns, their laws and decisions. Their mothers, wives, sisters and daughte...

The ''Defenestration of Prague'', the coup d''etat staged by Protestant Bohemian nobles against officials of the Hapsburg Emperor triggered the Thi...

Solkattu, the spoken rhythms and patterns of hand-clapping used by all musicians and dancers in the classical traditions of South India, is a subje...

Gruesome but not gratuitous, this decidedly darker take on the Tudors, from 1485 to 1603, covers some forty-five events' from the Tudor reign, tak...

This is the first study to analyze a wide spread of price data to determine whether market development led to economic growth in the early modern p...

The later Stuart Church, 1660-1714 features nine essays written by leading scholars in the field and offers new insights into the place of the Chu...

Doubtful and dangerous examines the pivotal influence of the succession question on the politics, religion and culture of the post-Armada years of ...

Charles II''s reign was a period of revolutionary experimentation: in science, art and sexual etiquette. For the first time in British history, Roy...

The violent conquest of the eastern part of the lands under Muslim rule by the Mongols marked a new period in the history of Islamic civilisation a...

A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject Daily Telegraph Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately...

Charles II's succession to the throne came at a time of national turbulence: his father had been beheaded, Oliver Cromwell had usurped his right to...

In recent years scholars have turned their attention to the rich experience of the Jesuits in France and Spain''s American colonies. That attention...

In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Anna Whitelock's absorbing debut tells the ...

Considering a wide range of early modern texts, performances and artworks, the essays in this collection demonstrate how attention to the senses il...

This unique collection of essays is the first book to explore the many relationships that developed between Wales and the British overseas empire b...

Ask anyone what single object they associate with China and the most common answer will be a Ming vase. Probably without even knowing the dates of ...

What qualities made the Duke of Wellington a strategic genius? How did Oliver Cromwell, a gentleman farmer create an army that overthrew a king and...

Since it is the case that you are now just beginning that journey that I have for the most part as you see completed, that is, the one through mort...

In seventeenth century Europe it must have seemed that there was always a conflict somewhere. This century of battles is the inspiration for these ...

Spanning the period 1512-78, the High Cross churchwardens' accounts of Stratton, in Cornwall, are unusually complete and informative. Written mostl...

The swearing of oaths is a cultural phenomenon that pervades English history and was remarkably important during the sixteenth century. This mul...

A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of  Philip II, Spains best-known kingA superbly informed narr...

Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky changed forever, ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at b...

A lively, expansive history of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the momentous changes they set in motion This fast-paced survey of West...

Thomas Cranmer, the architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, was the archbishop of Canterbury who guided England through the early Reformat...

The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insi...