VER - 17th Century 1

Pas de loi, pas de maître, pas de pitié : découvrez le récit sans fard des véritables seigneurs de l’océan. Bien loin des légendes romantiques et des clichés du cinéma, les flibustiers, boucaniers e……続きを見る

Spanning the Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration, The Diary of John Evelyn records court ritual, scientific experiment, horticultural practice, and urban disaster in polished, morally inflected……続きを見る

The Gunpowder Plot is perhaps the most famous and well-documented event in British Early Modern history. This means the story can be told through original dialogue recorded at the time to a greater ……続きを見る

Scopri il cuore pulsante di una città che ha plasmato la storia d'Italia! In "Storia di Milano, vol. 2", Pietro Verri ci guida attraverso un viaggio affascinante nel tempo, svelando i segreti e le t……続きを見る

French mercantile endeavors in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century India were marked by novel intersections of aesthetics, science, and often violent commercialism. Connecting all of these worl……続きを見る

Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a cit……続きを見る

The Rise of Capitalism: Economic Transformations in Early Modern Europe by Oliver Shaw explores the profound economic shifts that took place in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the dawn of the In……続きを見る

In "The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask," George Agar Ellis, Baron Dover, deftly blends historical inquiry with narrative flair to unravel the enigmatic tale of the……続きを見る

«Il re muore, ne occorre un altro; le elezioni lasciano degli intervalli pericolosi […]. Si è resa la corona ereditaria in alcune famiglie e si è stabilito un ordine di successione che impedisca ogn……続きを見る

Providing a novel research methodology for students and scholars with an interest in dynasties, at all levels, this book explores the Spanish Habsburg dynasty that ruled the Spanish monarchy between……続きを見る

Composed in a period of religious and political upheaval, Culverwell's Discourse of the Light of Nature is an imaginative statement of the teachings of Christian humanism concerning the nature and l……続きを見る

Providing a gripping, first-hand account of the Chmielnicki massacres in 1648-58, in which tens of thousands of Jews perished in Poland and the Ukraine, Rabbi Nathan Hanover describes the events the……続きを見る

In "The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask," George Agar Ellis Baron Dover delves into the enigmatic story of one of history's most intriguing prisoners. Set against t……続きを見る

In "The Revolutions of Portugal," Abb√© de Vertot presents a meticulous account of the political upheavals in Portugal, particularly during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Through a blend ……続きを見る

Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by playing into the shogun's desire to crea……続きを見る

This book is the first extensive study of ideas on earthquakes before the Lisbon earthquake in 1755. The earthquake had a deep impact on European culture, and the reactions to it stood in a long tra……続きを見る

Originally published in 1915, the essays in this book deal with 9 English writers – as diverse in outlook and temperament as Bunyan and Boswell; poets and Puritans and men who were neither. The book……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Champlain et l’exploration de la Nouvelle-France en moins d’une heure ! Dès le XVe siècle, la France, qui ne souhaite pas être en reste des autres puiss……続きを見る

Slavery Hinterland explores a neglected aspect of transatlantic slavery: the implication of a continental European hinterland. It focuses on historical actors in territories that were not directly i……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-length exploration of presbyterians and presbyterianism in London during the crisis period of the mid-seventeenth century. It charts the emergence of a movement of clergy and ……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Johannes Kepler•David Brewsters biography of Kepler from The Martyrs of Science•Kepler by Walter W. BryantWe do not ask for what useful purpose ……続きを見る