Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700 books

In 17th century France, sixteen-year-old Sylvienne is summoned from her home near Amiens to the court of Louis XIV...  Read More >>

On the eve of the American Revolution, the British army considered the case of a chaplain, Robert Newburgh, who...  Read More >>

'Beautifully written . . . a unique tale told in a unique voice' --S. G. Maclean Summer, 1522. In a wave of pomp,...  Read More >>

'Beautifully written . . . a unique tale told in a unique voice' --S. G. Maclean Summer, 1522. In a wave of pomp,...  Read More >>

Why did England’s one experiment in republican rule fail?  Read More >>

Why did England’s one experiment in republican rule fail?  Read More >>

This book explores how premodern Ottomans characterised public office corruption and what specific transgressions...  Read More >>

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... La fuite de Melicandre, Perimene & Leomenon, ne fut pas si secrete, que toutes les Provinces de la Sicile n'en...  Read More >>

In 2022, a conference of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies took place in Leuven (“Half a Century...  Read More >>

Kritische Edition der ‚Centuria epistolarium formularum‘ / ‚Hundertschaft Briefmuster‘ (1525) des Jacobus Montanus....  Read More >>

Discover the history of the United States with this easy-to-read book, perfect for history lovers, students, and...  Read More >>

Weaving together archival sources, material culture and the visual arts, this book sheds new light on how the cittadini...  Read More >>

A history of early modern libraries and the imperial desire for total knowledge. Medieval scholars imagined the...  Read More >>

Both in our time and in the past, death was one of the most important aspects of anyone's life. The early modern...  Read More >>

Bodies beyond Labels presents an affirmative view of joy and non-labelled expressions of gender, sexuality, and...  Read More >>

Even in adversity, Catholics exercised considerable agency in post-Reformation Utrecht. Through the political practices...  Read More >>

O entendimento de que as revolu��es burguesas moldaram o mundo unilateralmente � padr�es europeus parece muito mais...  Read More >>

Se Andrea Doria � stato forse il pi� importante Ammiraglio tra la fine del XV e la prima met� del XVI secolo, Ambrogio...  Read More >>

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Explores the tensions that led to the outbreak of hostilities, and guides the reader through the twists and turns...  Read More >>

An exciting new telling of the life of Anne Boleyn, using new archival research to reveal the woman behind the myth,...  Read More >>

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An acclaimed historian captures the true nature of imperialism in early America, demonstrating how the frontier...  Read More >>