ｍ：ｍ - 17th Century 1

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

Le célèbre pamphlet du physicien et philosophe William Molyneux, né et mort à Dublin (1656-1698), The Case of Ireland being bound by acts of Parliament to England Stated (1698) ou Discours sur la su……続きを見る

Forteresse de Pignerol, 1669. François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort et amiral de France, surnommé le roi des Halles, est incarcéré sans jugement, ni motif signifié. Officiellement, il est mort en hér……続きを見る

Serving Aristocracy is the history of social negotiation and mobility in an early modern knowledge community, centred on the aristocratic De la Gardie family and their sphere of manors and estates i……続きを見る

Homo mirabilis ! En contemplant des fillettes au visage velu, des nains, des géants, des momies, des squelettes, organes, ou calculs pierreux, qui niera que l’humain n’ait sa place parmi les curiosi……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

State of enmity explores how relations of hatred and enmity played political and social roles in the early modern Kingdom of Naples. Exploring the pervasive notion of enmity and practices of reconci……続きを見る

Charts the emergence and development of capitalism across the world from a variety of perspectives, providing a deep understanding of how capitalism came to be the dominant economic force. This book……続きを見る

What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common menーand occasionally womenーwho made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and sev……続きを見る

Examines the evolving relationship between Church and State, the character of radical thought in Enlightenment England, and the nature of that Enlightenment itself. A tribute to the work of the late……続きを見る

How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of Asia During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals loo……続きを見る

Dans "Voyage en Espagne d'un Ambassadeur Marocain (1690-1691)", Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Wazir al-Ghassani propose un récit à la fois détaillé et intriguant de son ambassade diplomatique en Espagn……続きを見る

English Catholic voices, once disregarded as merely confessional, are now acknowledged to provide important perspectives on Elizabethan society. Based on extensive archival research, this book build……続きを見る

Most early modern scholars know that Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) is important, but may be rather vague as to where his importance lies. This new collection of essays analyses the impact of the logician……続きを見る

Examining the impact of the English and European Reformations on social interaction and community harmony, this volume simultaneously highlights the tension and degree of accommodation amongst ordin……続きを見る

In an age when few people ventured beyond their place of birth, André Palmeiro left Portugal on a journey to the far side of the world. Bearing the title “Father Visitor,” he was entrusted with the ……続きを見る

In 1912, Daniel Burnham and his family are aboard the RMS Olympic, the second largest cruise ship in the world and sister ship to the Titanic. Burnham has gained fame and wealth from aiding in the c……続きを見る

This book is a study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to a formal education, the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through thei……続きを見る

In recent years many historians have argued that the Reformation did not - as previously thought - hamper the development of Northern European visual culture, but rather gave new impetus to the prod……続きを見る

"The Laughing Cavalier" revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel. In March 1623, the Dutch nobleman Willem, Lord of Stoutenburg, is on the run. ……続きを見る

Houses and Domestic Space in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Hospitaller Malta is a study concerned with a wide spectrum of early modern dwellings in Malta, ranging from palazzi and affluent resi……続きを見る

"La casa e la famiglia di Masaniello" di Bartolommeo Capasso offre un'analisi approfondita della figura storica di Masaniello, capopopolo del XVII secolo, noto per la sua ribellione contro l'occupaz……続きを見る

" . . . what big eyes you have!" Originating in seventeenth-century French folklore, the story of Little Red Riding Hood has long been one of the world's most memorable tales of childhood, with its ……続きを見る

This well-known book reasserts the central importance of political and religious ideology in the origins of the English Civil War. Recent historiography has concentrated on its social and economic c……続きを見る