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Honorable Mention, 2026 Joseph Levenson Prize (China, pre-1900), Association for Asian Studies Shortlisted, 2024 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Association China’s last imperial dyna……続きを見る

The definitive account of transpacific Asian movement through the Spanish empireーfrom Manila to Acapulco and beyondーand its implications for the history of race and colonization in the Americas. B……続きを見る

This volume draws together an international team of scholars to explore the experience and significance of early modern European continental warfare from an interdisciplinary perspective. Individual……続きを見る

In "Der Dreißigjährige Krieg" entfaltet Ricarda Huch in drei umfassenden Teilen die komplexen und vielschichtigen Facetten eines der verheerendsten Konflikte der europäischen Geschichte. Mit ihrem p……続きを見る

In "Salem Witchcraft (Complete Edition)", Charles Wentworth Upham meticulously explores the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692, weaving a rich tapestry of historical narrative, personal testimonies……続きを見る

In "Salem Witchcraft (Vol. 1&2)," Charles Wentworth Upham meticulously delves into the harrowing events of the 1692 Salem witch trials, illuminating the intricate interplay of superstition, societal……続きを見る

In "Der Dreißigjährige Krieg" verleiht Ricarda Huch dem blutigen Konflikt des 17. Jahrhunderts eine eindringliche literarische Stimme. Das Werk vereint eine bildhafte Erzählweise mit historischen Fa……続きを見る

In "Die wichtigsten historischen Romane von Henryk Sienkiewicz" entfaltet der Nobelpreisträger eine facettenreiche Erzählkunst, die tief in die polnische Geschichte eintaucht. Seine Werke zeichnen s……続きを見る

In "The Age of Louis XIV," Voltaire presents a sweeping historical panorama of a pivotal era in French and European history, combining astute political analysis with a vibrant narrative style. Writt……続きを見る

Listen to a short interview with Karen Ordahl KuppermanHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Captain John Smith's 1607 voyage to Jamestown was not his first trip abroad. He had traveled throu……続きを見る

India and the Early Modern World provides an authoritative and wide-ranging survey of the Indian subcontinent over the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, set within a global context. This book explo……続きを見る

Sail Beyond Myths and into the Heart of Piracy's True Tales Dive into the swashbuckling depths of history with "X Marks the Spot: Debunking Pirate Myths," your treasure map to unraveling the enigmas……続きを見る

East Anglia, 1645. Martha, stumme Hebamme und Dienerin, lebt seit mehr als vierzig Jahren in dem kleinen Dorf Cleftwater, als der entschlossene Hexenjäger Silas Makepeace in den Ort kommt. Sofort we……続きを見る

In autumn 1621, at a fortified camp near Khotyn (Chocim), in the Principality of Moldavia, allied Polish, Lithuanian and Cossack armies faced a large Ottoman army led by Sultan Osman II. It was the ……続きを見る

On the night of March 18, 1655, two Spanish friars broke into a church to steal the bones of the founder of their religious institution, the Order of the Most Holy Trinity. This bookinvestigates thi……続きを見る

In the early modern period, hundreds of thousands of Europeans, both male and female, were abducted by pirates, sold on the slave market, and enslaved in North Africa. Between the sixteenth and the ……続きを見る

In 1623, a Japanese mercenary called Shichizō was arrested for asking suspicious questions about the defenses of a Dutch East India Company fort on Amboina, a remote set of islands in what is now ea……続きを見る

Honorable Mention, 2026 Joseph Levenson Prize (China, pre-1900), Association for Asian Studies Shortlisted, 2024 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Association China’s last imperial dyna……続きを見る

In the early eighteenth century, the noblewoman Ōgimachi Machiko composed a memoir of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the powerful samurai for whom she had served as a concubine for twenty years. Machiko assi……続きを見る

Founded in 1676 during a cosmopolitan early modern period, Mindröling monastery became a key site for Buddhist education and a Tibetan civilizational center. Its founders sought to systematize and i……続きを見る

Cities and urban societies have many faces. In this study, the pre-modern cities of Holland are presented as arenas where power relations between social classes are expressed in a more or less perma……続きを見る

Carl Schmitt propuso el concepto de lo político para referirse a la instancia soberana, definida como aquella "que decide en el estado de excepción". Lo político remitiría entonces a un plano previo……続きを見る

In "Little Gidding and its Inmates in the Time of King Charles I: With an Account of the Harmonies," John Edward Acland explores the intricate web of social, religious, and artistic life at the reno……続きを見る

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of conflicts and political struggles between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") in England, with wider ramifications across Sc……続きを見る

This book takes a look at the lengthy chain of forts built by the French to guard the frontier in the American northeast, including Sorel, Chambly, St Jean, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsbu……続きを見る

The techniques of European warfare were transformed during the 15th and 16th centuries by the use of gunpowder and by substantial progress in the effectiveness and destructive power of artillery. Th……続きを見る

Throughout the 16th Century, the Spanish had an aura of invincibility. They controlled a vast colonial empire that stretched across the Americas and the Pacific, and held considerable territories in……続きを見る

This title explores and illustrates the armies of France, and six countries allied against Louis XIV, in a wide-ranging Continental conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare. ……続きを見る

Salem Village, Massachusetts, winter 1692. Two young girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, use magic to foretell who they will marry. Within days, both girls display the telltale signs of witchc……続きを見る

La "Historia de los Siete Murciélagos" de Manuel Fernández y González es una obra fascinante que se inscribe dentro del contexto del romanticismo español del siglo XIX. Esta novela, cargada de simbo……続きを見る