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This collection of essays offers a comparative perspective on religious materiality across the early modern world. Setting out from the premise that artefacts can provide material evidence of the na……続きを見る

Marin Mersenne and the Study of Harmony delves into the central role of music among the early modern sciences by focusing on the work of the French polymath Marin Mersenne (1588–1648). Although now ……続きを見る

The Power of Religious Societies in Shaping Early Modern Society and Identities studies the value system of the French Catholic community the Filles de la Charité, or the Daughters of Charity, in th……続きを見る

In 1611, the seventeen-year-old Gustav Adolf ascended the throne of Sweden. Before the new king could sit on his throne, however, he faced a disastrous war against Denmark, another conflict in Russi……続きを見る

Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are was the challenge issued by French gastronomist Jean Brillat-Savarin. Champagne is declared a unique emblem of French sophistication and luxury, l……続きを見る

This book examines how the perceived edibility of animals evolved during the colonization of the Americas. Early European colonizers ate a variety of animals in the Americas, motivated by factors li……続きを見る

Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic is the first volume to emphasize women’s personal experiences and their life trajectories as mothers within the Peninsula and across the Atlantic. Al……続きを見る

Max Weber’s classical notion of enchantment serves in this book to highlight the clash and rewiring of ethical and cosmological codes in European and Indian early modern cultural encounters from the……続きを見る

In the early modern period, both legal and illegal maritime predation was a common occurrence, but the expansion of European maritime empires exacerbated existing and created new problems of piracy ……続きを見る

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is best known for his natural philosophical and mathematical works. Yet he devoted ample time to the study of ancient chronology, resulting in the posthumously published The……続きを見る

This volume, Volume 1, presents Marggrafe's stunning biography. Volume 2 consists of a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized a……続きを見る

In the 17th century, the Dutch Republic was the centre of the world trade in exotic drugs and spices. They were sought after both as medicines, and as luxury objects for the bourgeois class, giving ……続きを見る

French mercantile endeavors in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century India were marked by novel intersections of aesthetics, science, and often violent commercialism. Connecting all of these worl……続きを見る

The Female Baroque in Early Modern English Literary Culture is a contribution to the revival of early modern women's writings and cultural production in English that began in the 1980s. Its original……続きを見る

The new parameters of a global world in the early modern period gave rise to an expansion of movement that facilitated spatial and social mobility for women of different social ranks. Through their ……続きを見る

This collection represents a new and significant contribution to the study of recipe books from the early modern period (ca. 1500–1800) by situating them in a broader European context, traversing Ca……続きを見る

Non-elite or marginalized early modern womenーamong them the poor, migrants, members of religious or ethnic minorities, abused or abandoned wives, servants, and sex workersーhave seldom left records……続きを見る

Rather than looking at different manifestations of early modern piracy as geographically and temporally isolated cultural phenomena, Practices and Narratives of Early Modern Piracy: Connecting the S……続きを見る

La festa dei Trionfi a Teramo, una rievocazione medievale che si svolge in estate, è una delle feste più antiche e importanti della città. Anche se le testimonianze rendono conto dei Trionfi fin dal……続きを見る

Contrat établi entre deux personnes, la transaction permet aux parties de régler un litige à l’amiable et d’éviter un procès. L’analyse de la nature juridique de la transaction en matière d’impositi……続きを見る

For over six centuries, the Ottoman Empire stood as one of the most powerful and enduring empires in history. Spanning three continents and blending diverse cultures, faiths, and traditions, it shap……続きを見る

Tauchen wir ein in die großen Träume eines großen Mannes: Johannes Kunckel ist ein Magier und Alchemist, der daran glaubt, Gold zaubern zu können. Der brandenburgische Kurfürst schenkt ihm deshalb d……続きを見る

Descubre el épico relato que transformó la historia de un continente. Sumérgete en las páginas de "La Argentina, o La conquista del Rio de La Plata", un poema histórico que te transportará a la era ……続きを見る

Embárcate en un viaje fascinante al corazón de la Patagonia del siglo XVIII. En "Descripción de la Patagonia y de las Partes Adyacentes de la América Meridional", D. Tomás Falkner nos transporta a u……続きを見る

Embárcate en un viaje épico a través de los mares y tierras desconocidas del siglo XVI. Los exploradores españoles del siglo XVI de Charles Fletcher Lummis te invita a descubrir las fascinantes hist……続きを見る

Descubre los secretos mejor guardados de la América colonial a través de los ojos de un testigo excepcional. En "Descripción colonial, libro segundo (2/2)" de Reginaldo de Lizárraga, te sumergirás e……続きを見る

Descubre el relato que desafía el tiempo y revela los secretos de una era olvidada. En "Memoria dirigida al Sr. Marquez de Loreto, Virey y Capitan General de las…", D. Francisco de Viedma nos transp……続きを見る

Embárcate en un viaje épico a través del tiempo con "Crónica de la conquista de Granada (2 de 2)" de Washington Irving, donde la historia cobra vida con cada página. En esta fascinante obra, Irving ……続きを見る

Embárcate en una travesía épica a través de los mares del sur con el "Diario del piloto de la Real Armada de D. Basilio Villarino". Sumérgete en las páginas de este fascinante diario que te transpor……続きを見る

Embárcate en una travesía histórica que desafía los límites del conocimiento y la aventura. Diario de la navegación emprendida en 1781 de Basilio Villarino es más que un simple relato de exploración……続きを見る