java - 17th Century 1

Transcribed from the First English Edition of 1708 and edited and annotated. This volume covers the years 1689-1693. Continued in First Series 83. The supplementary material includes the 1890 annual……続きを見る

What did it mean to be a Covenanter? From its first subscription in 1638, the National Covenant was an aspect of life that communities across Scotland encountered on a daily basis. However, how cont……続きを見る

The historiography of church-state relations in America and Europe remains a live cultural, religious, and political issue on both sides of the Atlantic. Even more, current political invocations of ……続きを見る

Dynastic Colonialism analyses how women and men employed objects in particular places across the world during the early modern period in order to achieve the remarkable expansion of the House of Ora……続きを見る

History of science credits the Flemish physician, alchemist and philosopher Jan Baptist Van Helmont (1579-1644) for his contributions to the development of chemistry and medicine. Yet, as this book ……続きを見る

Documenting lived experiences of men in charge of others, this collection creates a social and cultural history of early modern governing masculinities. It examines the tensions between normative di……続きを見る

'Marvellously engaging' The Times 'Brisk, informative and eye-opening' Daily Telegraph In the 1600s, vast numbers of people left England for the Americas. Crossing the Atlantic was a major undertaki……続きを見る

In 1654, England’s Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition: the conquest of Spain’s vast American empire. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expeditio……続きを見る

Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction from the Dutch edition of 1619, with its illustrations, many of them birds'eye 'maps'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the vol……続きを見る

'Early Dutch and English Voyages' translated into English, for the first time, by Basil H. Soulsby, F.S.A., of the British Museum; Segersz's text translated into English, for the first time, by J. A……続きを見る

Naar man henvender sig med følgende Beretning til Publikum, da er det nærmest for at imødekomme den Interesse for Marinen, der lever i Nationen og har et gyldigt Krav paa at blive tilfredsstillet. D……続きを見る

‘80 jaar oorlog’, van Gijs van der Ham en met bijdragen van anderen is een boek gebaseerd op verhalen uit de gelijknamige NTR-serie en de tentoonstelling in het Rijksmuseum, en vertelt het verloop v……続きを見る

Eating the flesh of an Egyptian mummy prevents the plague. Distilled poppies reduce melancholy. A Turkish drink called coffee increases alertness. Tobacco cures cancer. Such beliefs circulated in th……続きを見る

Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watch……続きを見る

This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the 14th–18th centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two……続きを見る

‘Banda’ van Marjolein van Pagee is een onthullende geschiedenis over de daden van de VOC op de specerijeneilanden. ‘Daer can in Indiën wat groots verricht worden.’ Deze woorden van Jan Pieterszoon C……続きを見る

In 'Verleden van Nederland' trekken alle belangrijke historische gebeurtenissen en figuren uit de geschiedenis van de Lage Landen voorbij. ‘Verleden van Nederland’ verschijnt in geheel vernieuwde he……続きを見る

This is a cultural and intellectual biography of a neglected but important figure, Thomas Morgan (1671/2–1743). Educated at Bridgewater Academy, he was active as Presbyterian preacher, medical pract……続きを見る

Sembla que en l'actualitat està de moda parlar sobre el comportament del clima. Analitzar-ne la influència que en segles passats hi va exercir i les conseqüències econòmiques i socials que va provoc……続きを見る

De Habsburgers: één geslacht, duizend jaar aan de macht. Martyn Rady vertelt hun geschiedenis. De Habsburgers, onder wie Karel V, Filips II en Maximiliaan, speelden een millennium lang een bepalende……続きを見る

Representations of religious conflict in sixteenth-century Spanish epic poetry Este libro analiza un corpus de textos épicos y propagandísticos que se escriben en las fronteras del imperio español e……続きを見る

Presents essays by leading short-story writers on their favorite American short stories and why they like them. It will send readers to the library or bookstore to read - or re-read - the stories se……続きを見る

This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Live-in servants were a distinctive element of early modern society. They we……続きを見る

This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe ……続きを見る

De gevleugelde geschiedenis van Nederland is voer voor iedere vogel- en geschiedenisliefhebber. Nederlandse historici schrijven over het eeuwenoude verbond tussen de Nederlanders en hun vogels. Gevl……続きを見る

‘Surapati’ van Robin Raven is het verhaal van Surapati, de nationale held van Indonesië, dat leest als een roman. Voor de lezers van ‘Revolusi’ van David van Reybrouck. ‘Surapati’ van Robin Raven is……続きを見る

In 1672 was ‘het volk redeloos, de regering radeloos en het land reddeloos’. Na het lezen van ‘1672’ van Arnout van Cruyningen weet je waarom. Arnout van Cruyingen beschrijft in ‘1672’ hoe Nederland……続きを見る

An examination of how farming expertise could be shared and extended, over four centuries. All kinds of knowledge, from traditional know-how to modern science, are socially contingent and the produc……続きを見る

Het vervolg op de succesvolle roman Amalia van Matthias Rozemond. Hoogheid van Matthias Rozemond is het vervolg op de succesvolle roman Amalia. Den Haag, 1629. Amalia heeft zich opgewerkt tot echtge……続きを見る

Een uitgebreid overzicht van de Vrede van Münster geschreven door de gelauwerde historicus Arnout van Cruyningen. Het vredesverdrag tussen Spanje en de Nederlanden werd 375 jaar geleden op 30 januar……続きを見る