Alex - 17th Century 1

In "Nova Scotia: The Royal Charter of 1621 to Sir William Alexander," Alexander Fraser meticulously examines the historical significance of the royal charter that granted Sir William Alexander the r……続きを見る

À la fois d’authentiques corsaires commissionnés pour défendre le commerce des colonies de leurs pays, mais aussi ouvertement pirates, les boucaniers étaient pour la plupart des aventuriers d’origin……続きを見る

By drawing upon recent scholarship, original manuscript materials, and previously unpublished sources, this new biography presents an analytical narrative of King James VI & I’s life from his birth ……続きを見る

In "Liselotte", einem historischen Roman von Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, entfaltet sich die fesselnde Geschichte der Liselotte von der Pfalz, die im ausgehenden 17. Jahrhundert in die Wirren der……続きを見る

In "The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask," George Agar Ellis Baron Dover delves into the enigmatic story of one of history's most intriguing prisoners. Set against t……続きを見る

In seventeenth-century Britain every debate about loyalty oaths invoked the biblical Samson. Samson’s Cords argues that these loyalty tests became an unprecedentedly pervasive feature of life in Res……続きを見る

One of the major challenges faced by the emergent Protestant faith was how to establish itself in a hitherto Catholic world. A key way it found to achieve this was to create a common identity throug……続きを見る

The career of the French saint Vincent de Paul has attracted the attention of hundreds of authors since his death in 1660, but the fate of his legacy - entrusted to the body of priests called the Co……続きを見る

The survival and revival of Roman Catholicism in post-Reformation Britain remains the subject of lively debate. This volume examines key aspects of the evolution and experience of the Catholic commu……続きを見る

In "The Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting," R. H. immerses readers into the intricate world of a once-celebrated, now largely misunderstood sport that flourished in the courts of England. The text is r……続きを見る

In "A Treatise of Witchcraft," Alexander Roberts presents a meticulous exploration of the sociocultural and theological underpinnings of witchcraft in early modern Europe. Written in a scholarly yet……続きを見る

In "Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland," Edward Hayes intricately chronicles the adventurous exploits of the Elizabethan navigator Sir Humphrey Gilbert as he undertakes one of the first E……続きを見る

Slavery Hinterland explores a neglected aspect of transatlantic slavery: the implication of a continental European hinterland. It focuses on historical actors in territories that were not directly i……続きを見る

This book discusses the impact of cameralism on the practices of governance, early modern state-building and economy in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. It argues that the cameralist conc……続きを見る

A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Remaking English Society re-examines the relationship between enduring structures and social change in early modern England. Collectively, the essays in the……続きを見る

In 1559 and 1561, the Antwerp print publisher Hieronymus Cock issued an unprecedented series of landscape prints known today simply as the Small Landscapes. The forty-four prints included in the ser……続きを見る

Winner of the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize A Longman–History Today Book Prize Finalist A Sheik Zayed Book Award Finalist Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize A Times Literary Supplement Book ……続きを見る

Die "Hugenotten" wurden als protestantische Gruppierung in Frankreich während des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts bekämpft und unterdrückt - ein dramatischer Höhepunkt war die Bartholomäusnacht des Jahres ……続きを見る

Luisa de Venero, una encomendera en Santafé es la reconstrucción histórica de la vida de una encomendera del siglo XVI en el Nuevo Reino de Granada. Esto con el objetivo de contribuir a la visibiliz……続きを見る

In "Nova Scotia: The Royal Charter of 1621 to Sir William Alexander," Alexander Fraser meticulously explores the historical significance and implications of the royal charter granted to Sir William ……続きを見る

A Complete History of the Highwaymen discloses the most secret and barbarous murders, unparalleled robberies, notorious thefts and unheard of cheats, setting them in a true light and exposing them t……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's work, "The Cenci". It was first published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839-40), and recounts the shocking story of the th……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's historical work, "The Marquise de Ganges". It was first published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839-40) and tells the tale……続きを見る