Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700 books

"""A scholarly biography and collection of writings by and about Jakob Hutter, an early leader of the Hutterites,...  Read More >>

An account of the English soldiers who fought for the Portuguese against Spain 1662-1668. A rediscovery of a lost...  Read More >>

WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The author of award-winning...  Read More >>

This volume takes part in the historiographical revision of the reign of the last Habsburg. It explores the representation...  Read More >>

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First published in 1987 Politics without Parliaments discusses the period 1629-40 which preceded the English Civil...  Read More >>

Why were eschatological movements so pervasive in early modern times? This volume provides some answers to this...  Read More >>

This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of regime change in Italy in the period c.1494-c.1559.  Read More >>

This collection of essays situates George Gascoigne in context as the pre-eminent writer of the early part of Queen...  Read More >>

Extending beyond an individual case study to a granular and probing account of the many connections between Venetian...  Read More >>

This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians...  Read More >>

William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of Aristotle and other ancient philosophical and scientific...  Read More >>

Authored by a unique combination of university academics and heritage professionals this book offers new perspectives...  Read More >>

This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the...  Read More >>

"Pan’gye surok (or ""Pan’gye’s Random Jottings"") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673),...  Read More >>

The question of the impact of slavery has gained new importance in debates on the history of economic development,...  Read More >>

Rethinking Catholicism in Renaissance Spain claims that theology and canon law were decisive for shaping ideas,...  Read More >>

This book is devoted to the inhabitants of the Spanish-Portuguese borderlands during the Early Modern Period.  Read More >>

This volume deals with philosophical, scientific, and ideological images of women during the French Enlightenment,...  Read More >>

This book examines Cardinal Ridolfi and his court in order to understand the extent to which cardinalate courts...  Read More >>

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

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Joanna of Castile's destiny will take her over land and sea to marry a man she has never met. Disaster, right? Not...  Read More >>

The first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716-1785)....  Read More >>

"La ""scoperta"" di un ex voto al ""Museo degli Ex-Voto e della Devozione popolare Giuseppe Gabetti"" di Dogliani...  Read More >>