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This book explores the Spanish elite’s fixation on social and racial ‘passing’ and ‘passers’, as represented in a wide range of texts. It examines literary and non-literary works produced in the six……続きを見る

Newly available in paperback, this is a full-length, modern study of the Diggers or ‘True Levellers’, who were among the most remarkable of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution……続きを見る

The 1641 rebellion is one of the seminal events in early modern Irish and British history. Its divisive legacy, based primarily on the sharply contested allegation that the rebellion began with a ge……続きを見る

This book, now available in paperback, studies the patriarchalist theories of Sir Robert Filmer (1588–1653) in the context of early modern English and European political cultures. Making use of unex……続きを見る

Black Bartholomew's Day explores the religious, political and cultural implications of a collision of highly-charged polemic prompted by the mass ejection of Puritan ministers from the Church of Eng……続きを見る

Cuando la oralidad era imperante, siete soldados de la Monarquía sintieron la necesidad de escribir sus autobiografías en la primera mitad del siglo xvii. Entre ellos, el capitán Alonso de Contreras……続きを見る

This accessibly written volume examines the major periods of Jewish history around the world, from the Jews' distant origins in antiquity through the beginnings of the modern period and the emergenc……続きを見る

In 1624 the Dutch West India Company established the colony of Brazil. Only thirty years later, the Dutch Republic handed over the colony to Portugal, never to return to the South Atlantic. Because ……続きを見る

A look at how seventeenth-century English literary genres associated with gastronomic and aesthetic pleasure shaped representations of Caribbean colonization and slavery Over the course of the seven……続きを見る

Eating the flesh of an Egyptian mummy prevents the plague. Distilled poppies reduce melancholy. A Turkish drink called coffee increases alertness. Tobacco cures cancer. Such beliefs circulated in th……続きを見る

Was it the Titanic of its age? Christened by an optimistic King James I in December 1609, the Trades Increase was the greatest English merchant vessel of the Jacobean eraーa magnificent ship embodyi……続きを見る

How did educated and cultivated men in early modern France and Britain perceive and value their own and women's cognitive capacities, and how did women in their circles challenge those perceptions, ……続きを見る

By the end of France’s long seventeenth century, the seminary-trained, reform-minded Catholic priest had crystalized into a type recognizable by his clothing, gestures, and ceremonial skill. Althoug……続きを見る

Au XVIIe siècle, l’intérêt de l’Europe, et de la France en particulier, pour le reste du monde, va croissant. Mus par des motivations d’ordre commercial, diplomatique, savant, religieux ou autres, l……続きを見る

En 1694, Mary Astell connaît la célébrité pour un court essai A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest. Ce petit texte offre une défense vive et argu……続きを見る

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La Maison de Salomon est le nom que donne l'homme d'État anglais Francis Bacon à l'institution imaginaire décrite dans son récit utopique La Nouvelle Atlantide : une confrérie dont les membres s'eff……続きを見る

L'Histoire de l'Empire Habsbourg de John S. C. Abbott retrace, avec rigueur et clarté, la trajectoire politique et dynastique de l'une des maisons régnantes les plus puissantes et influentes de l'hi……続きを見る

En 1675, en pleine guerre de Hollande, la France de Louis XIV est frappée par une des principales secousses rebellionnaires de l'Ancien Régime, restée célèbre sous le nom de « révolte du papier timb……続きを見る

À partir du xviie siècle, l’élargissement du champ d’activité de la diplomatie des cours européennes à l’Amérique, à l’Afrique et à l’Asie invite le monde à la table des grandes négociations. Mais p……続きを見る

He was born on September 5th, 1638 in the French lap of luxury otherwise known as the "Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye." This extravagant palace of French excess is located about 12 miles west of P……続きを見る

En 1625, des marins français font la conquête de l’île de Saint-Christophe. Vingtーcinq ans plus tard, ces colons sont installés dans neuf îles des Petites Antilles. Une fois le temps des conquêtes ……続きを見る

Que n'a-t-on pas encore dit ou écrit sur Louis XIV et son règne ? Le personnage, à l'instar de son siècle, passionne les chercheurs de toutes les disciplines et a fait l'objet de nombreuses études. ……続きを見る

An immersive account of 17th-century warfare during the Thirty Years War. A graphic study of military and military revolution in the pivotal 17th century in the context of the Thirty Years War, show……続きを見る

Par leur dimension européenne et mondiale, leur durée, leur coût humain et financier, leurs contraintes logistiques, les guerres du « siècle de fer » ont nourri un flot de discours, oraux et écrits,……続きを見る

In the sixteenth century, unprecedented migration caused diseases to take hold in new locales, turning illness and the human body into battlegrounds for competing religious beliefs as well as the co……続きを見る

Ripercorrendo i momenti chiave che vanno dalla scoperta dell’America al crollo dell’Impero napoleonico, questo agile volume si propone come una risorsa indispensabile per tutti gli studenti universi……続きを見る

Pour la noblesse protestante française, comme pour tous les huguenots, le xviie siècle demeure une période contrastée : légitimée par l’édit de Nantes en 1598, leur communauté reste soumise à des te……続きを見る

Prophets and Witches offers an exploration of female prophecy and witchcraft during the political and religious upheavals of the English Revolutionary period from 1640 to 1660. The religious fervour……続きを見る

This volume explores academic households in early modern (c. sixteenth to eighteenth century) Northern Europe, examining changing dynamics of family and gender. During the Middle Ages, Christian sch……続きを見る