Mda - 17th Century 1

This book examines the plays Thomas Middleton wrote for the King’s Men between 1620 and 1624, arguing that they constitute one of the most sustained and ambitious engagements with contemporary polit……続きを見る

Die British East India Company war der unrühmliche Vorreiter kolonialistischer Ausbeutung eines ganzen Subkontinents. Indien wurde im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert nicht etwa von einem anderen Staat unter……続きを見る

On the feast of St. Michael, September 1659, a thirteen-year-old peasant girl left her family's rural home to work as a maid in the nearby city of Braunschweig. Just two years later, Grethe Schmidt ……続きを見る

Dampier's (1651-1715) adventures and writing inspired both Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, but in his own right he was a remarkable, observant and enjoyable writer - whether on a woefully mi……続きを見る

The emblem was big business in early-modern Europe, used extensively not only in printed books and broadsheets, but also to decorate pottery, metalware, furniture, glass and windows and numerous oth……続きを見る

At the beginning of the seventeenth century Spain was the foremost power in Europe. Yet during the hundred years that followed, it suffered an acute decline, economically and politically. Graham Dar……続きを見る