Archaeology books

Approaching The Book of the Courtier as an early modern reader would have, author W.R. Albury explores aspects of...  Read More >>

Gravestones are seen as cultural spaces that inscribe memory, history, and heritage in addition to being texts that...  Read More >>

In the early 1690s Roger North was preparing to remove from London to Rougham, Norfolk, where he planned to continue...  Read More >>

In this volume scholars from an array of different disciplines have embraced what biography can offer them, expanding...  Read More >>

Three hundred years after the succession of the first Hanoverian king, this volume provides an intriguing perspective...  Read More >>

This book is the first to emphasize the importance and significance of natural stone in the construction of a city,...  Read More >>

In 1948, British troops withdrew from the Palestinian lands, ending over 30 years of the British Mandate of Palestine....  Read More >>

Early modern bodies, particularly menstruating and pregnant bodies, were not stable signifiers. Menstruation and...  Read More >>

Robert Boyle’s role as the most influential English scientist in the generation before Newton is now acknowledged,...  Read More >>

Following on from Jeremy Black’s previous studies on eighteenth-century foreign policy, Politics and Foreign Policy...  Read More >>

Looking at the experiences of women in early modern Portugal in the context of crime and forgiveness, this study...  Read More >>

Covering a broad range of topics - encompassing legal, social, cultural, theological and political history - the...  Read More >>

Without a precise separation between ’science’ and ’magic’, the line between the natural and supernatural worlds...  Read More >>

Blending history, architecture and literary analysis, this ground-breaking study explores the convent's place in...  Read More >>

Based upon a rich and diverse range of primary sources, this book traces Henry’s life from his birth in 1551. Providing...  Read More >>

The history of medieval Germany, particularly that of the lower social orders, has thus far remained largely unknown...  Read More >>

The years between 1744 and 1757 were a testing time for the British government as political unrest at home exploded...  Read More >>

Frequent discussions of Satan from the pulpit, in the courtroom, in print, in self-writings, and on the streets...  Read More >>

This book brings together experts from around the world to explore how sanitation affected our ancestors. By its...  Read More >>

Drawing upon an impressive range of international sources, this book explores the late-nineteenth century partnership...  Read More >>

Igor Djordjevic explores the historiography of Holinshed's Chronicles through a literary lens, focusing on how Renaissance...  Read More >>

This book explores individual and community involvement in the approbation, reconfiguration and regulation of early...  Read More >>

The early-sixteenth century was a turbulent time for the Italian peninsula as competing centres of power struggled...  Read More >>

The British Pharmacopoeia has provided official standards for the quality of substances and articles used in medicine...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on early modern paintings, sculpture and other artworks in which subjects have been difficult...  Read More >>