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William Harrison Ainsworth's 'Old St Paul's' is a historical novel set in the tumultuous times of the Great Fire of London in 1666. Ainsworth's literary style is characterized by vivid descriptions ……続きを見る

Se Andrea Doria è stato forse il più importante Ammiraglio tra la fine del XV e la prima metà del XVI secolo, Ambrogio Spinola merita di essere menzionato con il medesimo lustro tra i Generali più c……続きを見る

In 'A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials,' M. V. B. Perley meticulously examines the sociocultural dynamics and fervent hysteria that precipitated one of the most infamous episodes……続きを見る

In "Discovery of Witches: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster," Thomas Potts provides a comprehensive account of the 1612 witch trials in Lancashire, where accused pract……続きを見る

In the times before the first newspapers and magazines saw the light of the day, chronicles, memoirs, and personal diaries were the primary source of information about the ordinary life and manners ……続きを見る

عصر النهضة هو عصر ازدهرت فيه الفنون والعلوم والثقافة، ونشأت فيه رؤية جديدة للإنسان والعالم. ففي هذا العصر، تبادل الناس الأفكار والمهارات والبضائع بين الشرق والغرب، واستفادوا من التطورات التكنولوجية ……続きを見る

The 16th and 17th centuries in Europe witnessed a significant paradigm shift: the exploration so characteristic of the period stemmed from religious motives but came to be propelled by commerce and ……続きを見る

عندما ضرب مارتن لوثر مسماره في اللوحة التاريخية بأطروحاته الخمس والتسعين، لم يكن يدرك أنه يكتب بذلك الفصل الأول من تاريخ جديد لأوروبا. في هذا العمل المتأنق، يأخذنا سكوت إتش هندريكس في رحلة عبر الزمن……続きを見る

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teór……続きを見る

تعد النهضة أحد الفصول المثيرة في تاريخ أوروبا، حيث شهدت فترة انتقالية بالغة الأهمية من الهيمنة الكنسية إلى عصر تسوده سلطة العقل والمعرفة. في البداية، تم تفسير هذا العصر كثورة معرفية حررت الفكر الإنس……続きを見る

The speakers at the 2018 Helion conference offer a variety of insights into the depth and direction of research into the Thirty Years’ War, with particular reference to the war’s effect on the Briti……続きを見る

In "Hexenprozesse" untersucht Friedrich von Rath die komplexe und oft tragische Thematik der Hexenverfolgungen, die Europa in der frühen Neuzeit prägten. Sein literarischer Stil zeichnet sich durch ……続きを見る

In "Wahl Capitulation Kaysers Leopoldi" entfaltet Leopold I. ein faszinierendes Panorama der politischen Intrigen und Machtspiele des 17. Jahrhunderts. Der Text, verfasst im zeittypischen Barockstil……続きを見る

In "Abschied des Reichstags zu Regensburg vom 17. Mai 1654", auch bekannt als der Jüngste Reichsabschied, dokumentiert Ferdinand III. die entscheidenden politischen, sozialen und religiösen Entwickl……続きを見る

In "Gustav Adolf und Wallenstein vor Nürnberg im Sommer des Jahres 1632" analysiert Stephan Donaubauer ein zentrales Ereignis des Dreißigjährigen Krieges, das die spätmittelalterliche europäische Ge……続きを見る

In "Käyserliche Declaration" entfaltet Ferdinand II. seine tiefgreifenden Überlegungen zu den damaligen politischen und religiösen Turbulenzen der Zeit. Der Text ist in einer prägnanten, jedoch eloq……続きを見る

In der Anthologie "Friedens-Instrument zwischen Den Kayser und dem Reiche und den Aller-Christlichsten Könige" wird ein bemerkenswerter literarischer Bogen gespannt, der die facettenreiche Auseinand……続きを見る

In "Louvois und die Verwüstung der Pfalz 1688–89" präsentiert Hans Prutz eine detaillierte Analyse der verheerenden Angriffe, die unter der Anleitung des französischen Kriegsministers Marquis de Lou……続きを見る

In "Zauberwesen und Hexenwahn am Niederrhein" entfaltet Emil Pauls ein faszinierendes Panorama der magischen Glaubensvorstellungen und der gesellschaftlichen Ängste im Niederrhein des 16. und 17. Ja……続きを見る

In the early seventeenth century, thousands of children in Spain’s Navarre region claimed to have been bewitched. The Child Witches of Olague features the legal depositions of self-described child w……続きを見る

Exile, its pain and possibility, is the starting point of this book. Women’s experience of exile was often different from that of men, yet it has not received the important attention it deserves. Wo……続きを見る

Identity, family, and community unite three autobiographical texts by New World crypto-Jews, or descendants of Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity in 17th-century Iberia and Spanish Amer……続きを見る

Durante il tumultuoso periodo della Guerra Civile Inglese, Newcastle fu teatro di uno dei più grandi processi per stregoneria nella storia inglese. Tra il 1649 e il 1650, almeno 40 donne furono accu……続きを見る

Marc de la Béraudière's 1608 opus on justice, manners and polite society, One-on-One Combat in the Arena provides the fencer and the historian something more than simple advice literature. Positione……続きを見る

An illuminating study of early modern efforts to regulate sound in women’s residential institutions, and how the noises of city lifeーboth within and beyond their wallsーdefied such regulation. Amid……続きを見る

This book analyses aspects of the material culture of early modern Greece from an object-based perspective, using surviving artefacts from that period as primary sources. A printed book, a wine jug,……続きを見る

Feliks Volkhovskii (1846-1914) was a significant figure in the Russian revolutionary movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He lived through pivotal changes ranging from the rise ……続きを見る

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly “Earnest, humorous, intellectual, intense and high-minded.” ーRebecca Fraser, Times Literary Supplement The a……続きを見る

Characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, these essays highlight the relationship between music and poetry in Italian secular works of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, exami……続きを見る

First published in 1984, Henry IV describes and tries to account for Henry’s extraordinary life and reign. The book is accompanied, and the arguments are strengthened by numerous plates and maps. Th……続きを見る