Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700 books

This volume presents the first extensive census of the surviving copies of the treatise Historia Naturalis Brasiliae...  Read More >>

This collection is the first to historicise the term ephemera and its meanings for early modern England and considers...  Read More >>

Anglo-Dutch Connections in the Early Modern World aims to be both accessible and innovative. It will be essential...  Read More >>

Most studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers. Science...  Read More >>

This book is a diplomatic history of Europe and the wider world over a period of 500 years, from the beginning of...  Read More >>

The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of...  Read More >>

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains a quintessential Renaissance genius....  Read More >>

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Exploring the political, social and familial ties in early modern Ottoman society, this book is a timely contribution...  Read More >>

Challenging the conception that only men shaped the Holy Roman Empire, this book provides students and general readers...  Read More >>

"""A revealing look into the complex lives of the understudied, everyday women of Tudor and Stuart England""--"...  Read More >>

The Ḥatäta Zärʾa Yaʿǝqob and the Ḥatäta Wäldä Ḥəywät are enigmatic and controversial works set in 17th-century Ethiopia....  Read More >>

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The Empire's Reformations provides a concise overview of reform movements in 16th-century Germany that gave birth...  Read More >>

In the winter of 1650-51, 150 ragged Scottish prisoners of war arrived at Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they were...  Read More >>

Sumérjase en la épica saga del dominio mundial en El Imperio británico. En este fascinante viaje, explorará...  Read More >>

Inspired by the “spatial turn”, this volume links for the first time the study of diplomacy and spatiality in the...  Read More >>

In Looted Libraries, Looted Books - The Swedish Case Peter Sjökvist gives an overview of the Swedish book plunders...  Read More >>

The Ryukyu islands have been inhabited by humans for over 30,000 years. Taking a multidisciplinary approach grounded...  Read More >>

What do women want to read? Jean Donneau de Visé, the founder and editor in chief of Le Mercure Galant, one of France’s...  Read More >>

Through portraits of readers and their responses to texts, Reading Practice reconstructs the contours of the knowledge...  Read More >>

Music, Piety and Political Power in 17th Century Salzburg traces the role of sacred music in the service of politics...  Read More >>

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Through portraits of readers and their responses to texts, Reading Practice reconstructs the contours of the knowledge...  Read More >>