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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

Sumérgete en la fascinante historia del descubrimiento y la conquista de las posesiones españolas de ultramar con el "Tomo 8, De Los Pleitos de Colón, II" de la Real Academia de la Historia. Explora……続きを見る

Experience the thrill of revolution and the birth of a nation with John Fiske's compelling account, "The American Revolution." Dive into the world of 18th-century America, where courage, determinati……続きを見る

A revelatory account of the “wonder drug” theriac, which became a powerful tool in the hands of medical and political authorities at the height of the Italian Renaissance. From the 1490s, one of the……続きを見る

Honorable Mention for the 2026****Bandelier/Lavrin Book Prize in Colonial Latin American History In this examination of the Audiencia of Santo Domingoーan appellate court of justice for most of the ……続きを見る

Inspired by the ideas of the Dutch theologian Jacob Arminius, Arminianism was the subject of important theological controversies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and still today remains ……続きを見る

La cour de Versailles n’est pas la prison dorée de la noblesse, elle est le cœur du système politique français de l’Ancien Régime. Depuis la fin de la Fronde, la puissance du monarque repose sur un ……続きを見る

As the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne (1665-1714) received the education thought proper for a princess, reading plays and poetry in English and French while learning dancing, singing, acting, drawi……続きを見る

This book examines the making and remaking of borders and boundaries primarily relating to Ireland. Borders and Boundaries features selected papers from the 33rd Irish Conference of Historians held ……続きを見る

Explore Tangier's occupation through vivid characters and unravel the complexities of colonial aspirations, deceit, corruption, and international influences in this historical narrative. In 1661 Por……続きを見る

A March Indie Next Pick * A Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2026 * A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026 From the author of the national bestseller The Dark Queens, an……続きを見る

Exploring the visual record of the Muscovite tsardom, this book demonstrates that, in imperial settings, images actually do things. Richly illustrated with 120 arresting, little-known images, it con……続きを見る

This book investigates the circulation, regulation, and interpretation of magical texts, focusing on the Clavicula Salomonis (Key of Solomon), one of the most sought-after and feared books of the ti……続きを見る

Ce soixante-et-onzième volume de la collection IRHiS forme les actes de la cinquième journée d'études du Projet collectif de recherche Les places fortes des Hauts-de-France (DRAC-SRA Hauts-de-France……続きを見る

In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers – licenced pirates – preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers no……続きを見る

From children’s visions of angels to the cancerous belly of a king, this book shows how the body was at the centre of religious experience in seventeenth-century Lutheran culture. It explores what i……続きを見る

Sous l’Ancien Régime, la justice reposait sur une répression impitoyable du crime, mais aussi sur la miséricorde. À aucune autre époque la justice n’a autant mis à mort, mais le pouvoir souverain dé……続きを見る

Barbe Avrillot, épouse Acarie, est considérée à juste titre comme l’instigatrice, avec Pierre de Bérulle, de l’implantation en France de l’Ordre du Carmel, réformé par Thérèse d’Avila. Ce projet rel……続きを見る

Laughter, Power, and the Unconscious offers paradigm-breaking insights into the psychological and sociopolitical dimensions of humour and comedy. Based on an innovative audience experiment at Shakes……続きを見る

A woman condemned. A child to protect. A fate she dares to rewrite. Connecticut, 1660s. The fear of witchcraft spreads like wildfire through Wethersfield. Katherine Harrison, widowed and watchful, h……続きを見る

Using feminist and ecocritical approaches alongside recent historical work on early modern trade and commerce, this volume focuses on early modern manuscripts whose travels can be traced from one lo……続きを見る

This volume aims to uncover the diverse approach to plants in the Renaissance and seventeenth century that paved the way for a definition of botany as a fully-fledged discipline. Its scope expands b……続きを見る