General & world history books

In 1705-1706, an ’epidemic’ of mysterious deaths terrorized Rome. Pope Clement XI’s physician, Giovanni Maria Lancisi,...  Read More >>

Contributing an original dimension to the study of women in 16th-century England, this pioneering work examines...  Read More >>

The Asia Pacific region is a vital and under-recognized home for the Sikh diaspora. Before 1947, most Sikhs migrated...  Read More >>

Between 1918 and 1939, 448 men who performed uniformed service in the First World War became Conservative MPs. This...  Read More >>

Drawing upon early modern religious history and the study of the Atlantic World, this collection provides a longue...  Read More >>

Pirates contributed to the British understanding of trans-oceanic navigation, patterns of trade and remote communities....  Read More >>

Interest in the history of violence has increased dramatically over the last ten years and recent studies have demonstrated...  Read More >>

This unique interdisciplinary collection newly approaches the Atlantic scope of the century-long process of abolishing...  Read More >>

Between 1923 and 1934, Britain and Italy waged war by proxy in the Middle East. This book provides in-depth analysis...  Read More >>

With the exception of John Knox, no one did more to shape the Scottish Reformation than Andrew Melville. Remembered...  Read More >>

This companion is designed to provide scholars and graduate students with a comprehensive and authoritative overview...  Read More >>

Baptist Women’s Writings in Revolutionary Culture, 1640-1680 explores how female Baptists played a crucial role...  Read More >>

The period between 1689 and 1716 witnessed a fundamental reordering of the political, religious and cultural map...  Read More >>

The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation presents a comprehensive examination of recent scholarship...  Read More >>

This volume captures the rich diversity of European performance practice evident in the twentieth and early part...  Read More >>

The fourteen articles in this volume bring together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual and...  Read More >>

The first book to explore the use, interpretation, development, translation and influence of the Psalms in the Atlantic...  Read More >>

In 1598, the first English convent was established in Brussels and was to be followed by a further 21 enclosed convents...  Read More >>

This collection, which brings together a selection of Alexandra Walsham’s essays written over the last fifteen years,...  Read More >>

Illustrated Religious Texts in the North of Europe, 1500-1800 provides a new perspective on the role of visual imagery...  Read More >>

This volume looks into the ways Indian Ocean routes shaped the culture and contours of early modern India. IT shows...  Read More >>

Contrary to early modern patriarchal assumptions, this study argues that noblemen in early modern Spain depended...  Read More >>

Historical Disasters in Context explores the close and complex relationship between human civilization and the physical...  Read More >>

At the zenith of its power, Britain, the ‘Workshop of the World’, dominated the globe with military might and commercial...  Read More >>

Through archival documents, pictorial and historical accounts, literature, and correspondence, as well as cultural...  Read More >>