D - 17th Century 1

History of science credits the Flemish physician, alchemist and philosopher Jan Baptist Van Helmont (1579-1644) for his contributions to the development of chemistry and medicine. Yet, as this book ……続きを見る

Whilst the early modern period has long been recognized as witnessing a growth in trade and consumerism, the majority of studies to date have tended to focus upon London and southern England. In ord……続きを見る

In the first book systematically to give evidence of conjugal co-rule at an Italian Renaissance court, and the first full length scholarly study of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga, Sarah Cockr……続きを見る

Frequent discussions of Satan from the pulpit, in the courtroom, in print, in self-writings, and on the streets rendered the Devil an immediate and assumed presence in early modern Scotland. For som……続きを見る

Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640integrates social history, politics and literary culture as part of a ground-breaking study that provides revealing insights into early modern Engli……続きを見る

William Henry, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau, a ruler destined to play a greater part in shaping the destinies of modern England than any of her native sovereigns, was born at the Hague on th……続きを見る

Before the time of Napoleon, the most ambitious effort to explore and map the Nile was undertaken by the Ottomans, as attested by two monumental documents: an elaborate map, with 475 rubrics, and a ……続きを見る

Louis XIV., like other military malefactors before and since, was himself the creator of the enemy by whom his power was to be shaken to its foundations. His invasion of the United Provinces, an ent……続きを見る

A prominent scholar of Mexican and Latin American history challenges the field’s focus on historical memory to instead examine colonial-era conceptions of the future Going against the grain of most ……続きを見る

Over five centuries of foreign ruleーby Spain, Mexico, and the United StatesーNative American pueblos have confronted attacks on their sovereignty and encroachments on their land and water rights. H……続きを見る

Samuel Auchmuty was born in New York in 1756. During the American Revolution his remained loyal to King George and he joined the British 45th Foot in 1777. After the war he remained in British servi……続きを見る

It is the last quarter of the 17th century. In France, the Wars of Religion are over and French Protestants have been enjoying a period of prosperity and protection. Suddenly Louis XIV rescinds the ……続きを見る

Dall'impero di Luigi XIV all'imperialismo di Bismarck, dal dispotismo illuminato settecentesco alle rivoluzioni che hanno messo fine all'ancien régime e costruito il mondo moderno. Per fare chiarezz……続きを見る

The Huguenot II: Building the Dream picks up right where The Huguenot: Flight From Terror ends. Readers fell in love with three French émigré forced to flee France because of their Protestant faith ……続きを見る

康熙來了 恪守史料，布局奇絕，敘事精妙，文筆流暢 史景遷獨特歷史書寫風格濫觴之作 蒙太奇筆法大膽重建康熙內心世界 **◆ 「**三藩之亂」的動盪如何對康熙的治理思想起到重大影響？ ◆ 求知不輟的康熙****如何適應……続きを見る

In 'De avonturen van Jan Kodde' neemt D. A. Poldermans de lezer mee op een reis vol avontuur en mysterie. Het boek is geschreven in een meeslepende en levendige stijl, waarbij de auteur speelt met v……続きを見る

Alphabetically arranged entries along with primary source documents provide a comprehensive examination of the lives of Japan's samurai during the Tokugawa or Edo period, 1603–1868, a time when Japa……続きを見る

“Highly Recommended . . . an absorbing account of a military formation that became an elite force within the French Army.” ーFiretrench Irish troops had fought for Louis XIV in the 1670s, under Iris……続きを見る

史景遷史學研究起始之作，開啟西方漢學新面向。 細膩書寫康熙寵臣曹寅的家族興衰， 反映清朝政治、財經、社會等多元面向， 立體再現康熙盛世的浮世織錦。 曹寅作為康熙皇帝的家奴，以歸順旗人的漢人身分，遊走滿漢……続きを見る

A history of the Papacy covering the vital period from the Renaissance through the Counter Reformation to the period of the French Revolution. Its a broad survey analysing the influence of Papal pow……続きを見る

"A totally absorbing book...imaginative and erudite, full of startling juxtapositions and flashes of real perception."ーJonathan D. Spence John E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds……続きを見る

This investigation contributes to the existing scholarship on women and medicine in early modern Britain by examining the diagnosis and treatment of female patients by male professional medical prac……続きを見る

The seventeenth-century scientific revolution and the eighteenth-century chemical revolution are rarely considered together, either in general histories of science or in more specific surveys of ear……続きを見る

In this groundbreaking book Andrew Sluyter demonstrates for the first time that Africans played significant creative roles in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas. In so doing, he……続きを見る

Long before the indigenous people of southeastern North America first encountered Europeans and Africans, they established communities with clear social and political hierarchies and rich cultural t……続きを見る

The corporation – an immortal collective bound to act for the common good – was developed in the seventeenth century, but comparatively little attention has been paid to its literary ramifications. ……続きを見る

This is a handbook of tactics based on the ancient Chinese military classics. This unique work draws on over two thousand years of experience of warfare to present a distillation of a hundred key st……続きを見る

Les Archives de l’Etat à Anvers possèdent de nombreux documents des plus précieux pour celui qui désirerait faire l’histoire de la Commanderie de Pitsembourg. Parmi ces documents, j’ai trouvé différ……続きを見る

自絢爛歸於平淡****從國史寫到家傳 張岱的深邃虛幻****史景遷妙筆重塑 只要有人追憶，往事就不必如煙 史景遷細數張岱心靈點滴 窺探亡國知識分子的內心****轉折 同時瞥見晚明的精緻生活美學 張岱是明代散文大家，傳……続きを見る

Christianity is a hugely diverse and quarrelsome family of faiths, but most Christians have nevertheless set great store by orthodoxy - literally, 'right opinion' - even if they cannot agree what th……続きを見る