Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700 books

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This is a translation and new edition of Masaniello. La sua vita e il mito in Europa (Rome, 2007), the first historical...  Read More >>

This book examines a group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century figural silks depicting legendary lovers from the...  Read More >>

This book offers a panorama of movement, mobility, and exchange in the early modern world. While the pre-modern...  Read More >>

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This book on the English Benedictine abbey of St Albans studies the relations between the monastic community and...  Read More >>

At what moment did someone become old in the sixteenth century? Could the signs of passing time be delayed? This...  Read More >>

"In the sixteenth century, French became the official language of France, resulting in the need to regulate it....  Read More >>

Between the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century, women made an increasingly...  Read More >>

"In this treatise, Jean de Marconville offers a solution to the old ""Querelle des femmes,"" bringing together arguments...  Read More >>

This volume historicizes the study of life-writing and egodocuments, focusing on early modern European reflections...  Read More >>

This book on the English Benedictine abbey of St Albans studies the relations between the monastic community and...  Read More >>

"In the sixteenth century, French became the official language of France, resulting in the need to regulate it....  Read More >>

At what moment did someone become old in the sixteenth century? Could the signs of passing time be delayed? This...  Read More >>

Between the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century, women made an increasingly...  Read More >>

"In this treatise, Jean de Marconville offers a solution to the old ""Querelle des femmes,"" bringing together arguments...  Read More >>

How the United States was created—a complex and surprising story of patriots, Indigenous peoples, loyalists, visionaries...  Read More >>

How the United States was created—a complex and surprising story of patriots, Indigenous peoples, loyalists, visionaries...  Read More >>

This book combines the greatest military works with the original illustrations to describe the military art in the...  Read More >>

"Captain Penn softly knocked then entered the commander's office. ""Sir, Americans and Indians wait at the gate....  Read More >>

"Der Wormser Reichstag von 1521 ist vor allem wegen des Auftritts Martin Luthers im kulturellen Gedachtnis verankert....  Read More >>

"""Baboe Dalima,"" written with the resource of M. T. H. Perelaer, is a gripping story that gives a glimpse into...  Read More >>

How does our understanding of early modern performance, culture and identity change when we decentre Shakespeare?...  Read More >>

Exploring the political, social and familial ties in early modern Ottoman society, this book is a timely contribution...  Read More >>

The story of the fate of a small Norfolk priory after its dissolution by Henry VIII in 1538 shows how both its medieval...  Read More >>