Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700 books

Analyses how bankruptcy was litigated within the court to gain a more nuanced understanding of early modern bankruptcy....  Read More >>

Franciscan friars were everywhere in the early modern Catholic world. While the political and imperial theories...  Read More >>

It studies 17th century texts which distinctions between the natural and the artificial interfold. It examines how...  Read More >>

This is a comprehensive collection of essays on the life, work, and times of the Elizabethan writer and courtier,...  Read More >>

Genevieve Warwick brings a dual focus between art-making and art-viewing through an exploration of the early modern...  Read More >>

Placing Prints: New Developments in the Study of Print, 1400-1800 considers the diverse social, historical and cultural...  Read More >>

The Seven Years War was long forgotten in French historiography. In fact, in the years following the peace of 1763,...  Read More >>

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This book presents new research on a crucial period in Irish history, looking at how individuals and institutions...  Read More >>

Dive into the shadowy corridors of Renaissance power in this gripping account of some of the most controversial...  Read More >>

Investigates the reception and performance history of the polyphonic mass in Lutheran Central Europe from ca. 1540-1600....  Read More >>

The story of the English Civil War battle, told from the perspective of the people who witnessed it in short stories...  Read More >>

Early Modern ‘sovereignty’ arose as both a product of and a causal agent behind the establishment of European statehood....  Read More >>

This collection of essays explores the role of gardens in early modern academies and looks into the interactions...  Read More >>

Father Pedro Velasco sets sail with a small group of Japanese samurai with the zealous hope of becoming primate...  Read More >>

Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? Building on his...  Read More >>

It's the year 1553, and the King of England, only fifteen years of age, is gravely ill and on the edge of death....  Read More >>

Immerse yourself in the intricate tapestry of 17th-century London, a city teeming with sinister secrets and an insatiable...  Read More >>

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A stunning debut on queer love, betrayal and survival in the Elizabethan Age from a vital new voice in historical...  Read More >>

It traces the evolution of the memory of Henry VIII in the century after his death, studying on Elizabethan, Jacobean,...  Read More >>

Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? Building on his...  Read More >>

Focusing on England, the German-speaking territories, and the Italian peninsula, this book examines how Saint George’s...  Read More >>

Since the ‘cultural turn’ of the 1980s the history of Renaissance medicine has been radically transformed, with...  Read More >>

For the first time during the Early Modern period, ships regularly traveled between and among all of basins that...  Read More >>