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Analyses how bankruptcy was litigated within the court to gain a more nuanced understanding of early modern bankruptcy. This book examines cases involving bankruptcy brought before the court of Chan……続きを見る

The year 1688 is a turning point in English culture, and one from which can be dated numerous distinctively ‘modern’ notions of truth, property and political order. The texts assembled in this colle……続きを見る

Roberts reveals how Gildon's fusion of biographical study with neoclassical aesthetics and theatrical theory makes The Life an essential text for understanding early eighteenth-century performance. ……続きを見る

PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6 A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORK This volume of A Cultural History of Ideas f……続きを見る

First published in 1981, Europe and the Decline of Spain deals with the slow ebbing of Spanish power, its ‘melancholy, long, withdrawing roar’ during the ‘long seventeenth century’ of pre-industrial……続きを見る

As the second volume of a two-volume set that examines the distinctive social structure and governance of Huizhou, China, this book focuses on the external factors that influence and renew social fu……続きを見る

The concept of absolutism, as both a political ideology and a governing system, has been one of the most debated topics in the historiography of early modern Europe. The term itself, often wielded w……続きを見る

A fascinating collection of questions and answersーabout courtship, marriage, love, and sexーfrom a seventeenth-century periodical The *Athenian Mercuryー*a one-page, two-sided periodical published ……続きを見る

Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Ottoman Empire is a tale of how women’s triumphs as well as their failures shaped a global societyーnot despite, but because of, gender. The Ottoman Empire was among……続きを見る

El nuevo libro del reconocido psicólogo, funcionario, dramaturgo, historiador y escritor cuenta nuestra historia, la de la Argentina y la de Sudamérica, con espíritu federal y americanista, completa……続きを見る

As the first of a two-volume set examining the distinctive social structure and governance of Huizhou, China, this book focuses on the internal elements of this social functioning. From the sixteent……続きを見る

At the dawn of the seventeenth century, France stood at a turning point. Emerging from decades of religious conflict and civil war, the kingdom began its ascent under Henry IV, whose Edict of Nantes……続きを見る

James VI and I: Kingship, Government and Religion brings together early career and established scholars with a range of approaches to the reign. Their original, research-based essays on a series of ……続きを見る

This book is about the political and religious controversies that beset the small English city of Chichester between 1678 and 1685, which intersected with wider political turbulence at the heart of ……続きを見る

This book gives an accurate picture of the pirates who sailed in the waters of the Caribbean and off the American coastline during the 'golden age' of piracy between 1660 and 1730. It traces the ori……続きを見る

This book examines how the experience of witchcraft developed and evolved from the Lutheran Reformation of Denmark in 1536 to the celebration of the Lutheran centennial of 1617. As well as exploring……続きを見る

Die Heirat Maximilians mit Maria von Burgund (1477), seine Wahl zum Römischen König (1486) und die spanische sowie die ungarische Doppelhochzeit (1496/97 bzw. 1515), welche den Grundstein für das Re……続きを見る

Acompanhe as grandes navegações, a colonização das Américas e a conquista espanhola. Este livro detalha as aventuras, os desafios e as consequências dessas expedições que mudaram o curso da história. 続きを見る

“Paris is worth a mass” was the realistic response of Protestant Henry IV, who changed his faith to secure the throne of France, to the central importance of the French Catholic Church. Principle an……続きを見る

First published in 1985, The European Crisis of the 1590s (now with a new preface by Peter Clark on the current literature on crisis and catastrophe) investigates in depth for the first time the ori……続きを見る

Oliver Cromwell stands at the gateway of modern history; his resolute Puritanism formative to concepts of political and religious liberty, the development of democracy, and the individual's duty to ……続きを見る

The Industrial Revolution provided the greatest increase in living standards the world has ever known while propelling Britain to dominance on the global stage. In Forging Modernity, Martin Hutchins……続きを見る

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"The Diary of Samuel Pepys ー Complete" provides an intimate glimpse into the daily life of Samuel Pepys, a naval administrator and Member of Parliament during the 17th century in England. Spanning ……続きを見る

"Guy Fawkes: Or, A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605" by Thomas Lathbury offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most notorious events in British history. This historical……続きを見る