wired - 17th Century 3

This book contains all three volumes of Edmund Goldsmid's “The History of the Devils of Loudun”, which deals with the purported demonic possession, sexual repression, religious fanaticism, and mass ……続きを見る

Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England explores the remarkable life and career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. Pembroke was one of the most influential aristocrats duri……続きを見る

By spring 1645, two years of civil war had exacted a dreadful toll upon England. People lived in terror as disease and poverty spread, and the nation grew ever more politically divided. In a remote ……続きを見る

This volume offers 18 studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. The chapters traverse a broad ……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

Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power. "I dearly love a laugh," declared Jane Au……続きを見る

This bookexamines the lives, careers, and publications of a group of Spanish Renaissance surgeons as exemplars of both the surgical renaissance occurring across Europe and of the unique context of S……続きを見る

Frauenhäuser, die Bordelle spätmittelalterlich-frühneuzeitlicher Städte, stellen ein Phänomen mediävistischer Forschung dar, das an Aktualität kaum verloren hat. Die Existenz der geordneten Prostitu……続きを見る

The chapters reconstruct the values, norms, experiences, material manifestations, and power structures underlying the understandings of the holy and the sacred in early modern Christian contexts. Th……続きを見る

In 1622, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Jennings fell strangely ill. After doctors’ treatments proved useless, her family began to suspect the child had been bewitched, a suspicion that was confirmed w……続きを見る

This collection brings together fifteen essays from practitioners of a variety of disciplines that concern themselves with the past, not only historians, but scholars from other branches of the huma……続きを見る

A history of Sephardic Jews in the New World, involving intrigue, horror, defeat, survival, and victory over the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition for……続きを見る

Who were the world’s most successful pirates, and why? “Interesting and very readable . . . Little clearly knows his subject well.” ーInternational Journal of Naval History More than just simple ret……続きを見る

In 'History of the Mayflower Voyage and the Destiny of Its Passengers,' readers are presented with an extensive exploration of one of historys pivotal journeys, delivered through a diversity of lite……続きを見る

Over the last two centuries, Europe has developed various forms of political representation from which democratic parliamentary systems gradually emerged. This book unravels the conditions, scale an……続きを見る

In 1685, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes made Catholicism the only recognized religion in France and criminalized the practice of Calvinism, throwing the minority Protestant population into cr……続きを見る

Se Andrea Doria è stato forse il più importante Ammiraglio tra la fine del XV e la prima metà del XVI secolo, Ambrogio Spinola merita di essere menzionato con il medesimo lustro tra i Generali più c……続きを見る