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Der Dreißigjährige Krieg nahm seinen Ausgang von politisch-konfessionellen Streitfragen im römisch-deutschen Reich, entwickelte sich dann aber zu einer der größten Kriegskatastrophen der Neuzeit, an……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

First published in 1905, this book charts the history of English philanthropy from the Elizabethan period through to the nineteenth century. In doing so, Benjamin Kirkman Gray posed some important q……続きを見る

This work by the great 19th-century historian is available once again in an acclaimed 1968 translation that conveys the beauty of Kliuchevsky's language and the power of his ideas. In this volume, K……続きを見る

Lord Burghley and Episcopacy, 1577-1603 examines the selection and promotion of bishops within the shifting sands of ecclesiastical politics at the Elizabethan court, drawing on the copious correspo……続きを見る

The aim of the book is to explore the social and cultural impact of rumor from Antiquity to the mid-1990s, examining it as one of the most important contributing factors to violence and discriminati……続きを見る

Pest, hellevuur en de Engels-Nederlandse oorlogen Londen is in de jaren 1660 een bruisende stad vol theaters, speelhuizen en bedrijvigheid, maar in 1666 slaat het noodlot toe: de ontploffing van het……続きを見る

Winner- Best Scholarly Work, National Huguenot Society, 2018 The Edict of Nantes ended the civil wars of the Reformation in 1598 by making France a kingdom with two religions. Catholics could worsh……続きを見る

In the sixteenth century medicinal plants, which until then had been the monopoly of apothecaries, became a major topic of investigation in the medical faculties of Italian universities, where they ……続きを見る

The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings t……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

The image of the debauched French aristocrat of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is one that still has power over the international public imagination, from the unending fascination with the……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

This critical edition of two early modern marriage sermons provides an important resource for students and scholars of early modern literature and history, allowing them to experience firsthand the ……続きを見る

L'époque moderne a vu naître la pensée scientifique moderne, d'abord dans le champ des mathématiques et de l'astronomie. En même temps, la diffusion des techniques nées du développement des sciences……続きを見る

Chris Flaherty and Bruno Mugnai in this second volume of the ‘Lange Türkenkrieg’ examines in deep eastern European warfare and its implications in the global debate on infantry firepower, cavalry ta……続きを見る

Nel secondo volume della ‘Lange Türkenkrieg’, Chris Flaherty e Bruno Mugnai esaminano in profondità la guerra nell’Europa orientale e le sue implicazioni riguardo l’aumento delle armi da fuoco porta……続きを見る

Il 22 giugno 1636, nei dintorni di Tornavento, tra gli Spagnoli che occupavano il Milanese, capitanati dal marchese di Leganes, e l'esercito invasore dei francesi, alleato deiPiemontesi e comandati ……続きを見る

Renaissance in Japan is a superb survey of Japan's literary giants-forerunners of today's modern Japanese writers. Called the "Kyoto epoch," the age in which these writers lived was the period in wh……続きを見る

The subject of a BBC TV series on Charles I The prize-winning biography of Charles I * Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 * * Times Book of the Year * * Shortlisted……続きを見る

The German Landsknechte (German plural, singular Landsknecht), meaning "servants of the land", were colourful mercenary soldiers with a redoubtable reputation, who took over the Swiss forces' legacy……続きを見る

Nati in Germania, da un'idea dell'imperatore Massimiliano I° che istituì; queste milizie nel 1487, sul modello dei mercenari svizzeri, di cui diventarono presto feroci antagonisti. Soldati mercenari……続きを見る

Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction. Yet, as the essays in this collection make clear, the term 'luxury' is one that can be fraug……続きを見る

The eighteenth century looms large in the Scottish imagination. It is a century that saw the doubling of the population, rapid urbanisation, industrial growth, the political Union of 1707, the Jacob……続きを見る

By examining the spaces where authors, printers and readers interact, Negotiating the Jacobean Printed Book highlights the manner in which contemporary culture and canon not only co-existed but mutu……続きを見る

Edmund Campion: A Scholarly Life is the response, at long last, to Evelyn Waugh’s call, in 1935, for a ’scholarly biography’ to replace Richard Simpson's Edmund Campion (1867). Whereas early account……続きを見る

Between the years 1677 and 1691 the Puritan minister Roger Morrice compiled an astonishingly detailed record of public affairs in Britain. Running to almost a million words his 'Entring Book' provid……続きを見る

The early decades of the sixteenth century were a turbulent time for the Italian peninsula as competing centres of power struggled for political control. Nowhere was this more true than the area con……続きを見る

After 500 years Henry VIII still retains a public fascination unmatched by any monarch before or since. Whilst his popular image is firmly associated with his appetites - sexual and gastronomic - sc……続きを見る