Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700 books

This collection of essays explores such question as why Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Rhodes, what made the...  Read More >>

Looking at Elizabeth as a human being rather than a political chess piece, her narrative explores the dangers and...  Read More >>

This book surveys the rise and decline of English watchmaking in Clerkenwell, Prescot, Coventry, Liverpool, and...  Read More >>

This is the first book to demonstrate how mnemotechnical cultural commonplaces can be used to account for the look,...  Read More >>

Day by day, almost hour by hour, account of the Great Fire of London in September 1666.  Read More >>

This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance condition.This...  Read More >>

By looking at rhetoric and politics, this book offers a novel account of Juan Luis Vives’ intellectual oeuvre.  Read More >>

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Drawing on a wide range of literature and adopting a macroeconomic approach, this book provides a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Written in honour of the leading historian of war and state formation in the early modern Low Countries Marjolein...  Read More >>

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""Enchanting. Molly Greeley has pulled off a piece of magic to tell a dazzling love story about the outcast's ache...  Read More >>

Anlasslich des 1200. Todestages von Bischof Arbeo am 4. Mai 1983 gibt Franz Brunholzl die lateinische Originalfassung...  Read More >>

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, a Solitaire of Port-Royal, and his son Simon Arnauld de Pomponne, minister to Louis XIV,...  Read More >>

For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary...  Read More >>

How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? When is it necessary to break...  Read More >>

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, a Solitaire of Port-Royal, and his son Simon Arnauld de Pomponne, minister to Louis XIV,...  Read More >>

This open access book offers a detailed study of the foundation and expansion of the Dutch Cape Colony to ask why...  Read More >>

Delve into the world of the Tudor dynasty with this lavishly drawn colouring book featuring British kings, queens,...  Read More >>

Peter Wilson looks to 500 years of history to contest rigid assumptions about German militarism. Historically German-speaking...  Read More >>

Forbidden Desire is a pioneering study of the history of male-male sex in the whole of Early Modern Europe, including...  Read More >>

A new interpretation of the origins of European modernity that explores the development of Western thought in a...  Read More >>

Thomas Hobbes is now regarded as one of England's greatest political philosophers. This book considers his reception...  Read More >>

Richly illustrated monograph (250 figures, 12 maps) showcasing castles and fortified towns of the Peloponnese garrisoned...  Read More >>