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The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe, 1500 - 1800
Av Olwen Hufton
Häftad, 1998
285 kr
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Prospect Before Her
A History of Women in Western Europe, 1500 - 1800
Av Olwen Hufton
E-bok, 2011
115 kr
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Already hailed by English critics as "one of the most important works of history to be published since the Second World War, " Olwen Hufton''s fascinating and brilliantly learned study begins, in this first of two volumes, with a wide ranging exploration of women''s fate in Western Europe from …
Noble Power during the French Wars of Religion
The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy
Av Stuart Carroll, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
804 kr
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Noble affinities were the essence of power in sixteenth-century France. This is the first book to analyse the development of a noble following during the whole course of the Wars of Religion and the first substantial study of the Guise - the most powerful family of the period - to appear for over a …
Henry IV and the Towns
The Pursuit of Legitimacy in French Urban Society, 1589-1610
Av S. Annette Finley-Croswhite, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
623 kr
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This 1999 book is a serious study of Henry IV's relationship with the towns of France, and offers an in-depth analysis of a crucial aspect of his craft of kingship. Set in the context of the later Wars of Religion, it examines Henry's achievement in reforging an alliance with the towns by comparing …
Kingship and Favoritism in the Spain of Philip III, 1598-1621
Av Antonio Feros, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
586 kr
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The enthronement of Philip III of Spain (Philip II's son and heir) in 1598 also meant the rise to power of the duke of Lerma, the first of a series of European favourites/prime ministers who influenced greatly politics, government, court culture and the arts during the seventeenth century. This …
The Reformation of Community
Social Welfare and Calvinist Charity in Holland, 1572-1620
Av Charles H. Parker, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
687 kr
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By the time of the Calvinist Reformation, the cities of Holland had established a very long tradition of social provision for the poor in the civic community. Calvinists however intended to care for their own church members, who were by definition 'within the household of faith', through the …
Richelieu's Army
War, Government and Society in France, 1624-1642
Av David Parrott, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
885 kr
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It is assumed widely that 'war made the state' in seventeenth-century France. Yet this study of the French army during the ministry of Cardinal Richelieu (1624-42) shows how the expansion of the war effort was not matched by army reform but by a reliance on traditional mechanisms of control. The …
The Quest for Compromise
Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna
Av Howard Louthan, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
623 kr
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The Quest for Compromise is an interdisciplinary study of the imperial court in late sixteenth-century Vienna, and a detailed examination of a fascinating moment of religious moderation. Against a backdrop of rising religious and confessional dogmatism, the Emperor Maximilian II (1564-1576) …
Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts
Honor and Ritual Pollution in Early Modern Germany
Av Kathy Stuart, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
938 kr
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This book presents a social and cultural history of 'dishonourable people' (unehrliche Leute), an outcast group in early modern Germany. Executioners, skinners, grave-diggers, shepherds, barber-surgeons, millers, linen-weavers, sow-gelders, latrine-cleaners, and bailiffs were among the …
The Other Prussia
Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty, 1569-1772
Av Karin Friedrich, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
738 kr
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This book considers the phenomenon of nation-building before the age of modern nationalism. It focuses on royal (Polish) Prussia - the 'other' Prussia - a province of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1466 to 1772/3, and its major cities Danzig, Thorn and Elbing. As an integral part of the …
After the Deluge
Poland-Lithuania and the Second Northern War, 1655-1660
Av Robert I. Frost, John Elliott m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1487 kr
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The Swedish invasion of 1655, known to Poles ever since as the 'Swedish deluge', provoked the political and military collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the second-largest state in Europe. Robert Frost examines the reasons for Poland's fall and the conduct of the war by the Polish …
From Madrid to Purgatory
The Art and Craft of Dying in Sixteenth-Century Spain
Av Carlos M. N. Eire, John Elliott m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
2583 kr
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This book reveals the workings of a culture that cherished death, and invested its resources in the pursuit of heaven. In sixteenth-century Spain, the social and economic debts of the living were extended to the dead, and society's central paradigms sought to invert perceptions, making death seem …
War, State and Society in Württemberg, 1677-1793
Av Peter H. Wilson, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
482 kr
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This book provides a radical new interpretation of the aims of the lesser German princes during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through the example of the duchy of Württemberg. Arguing that the princes' political ambitions were fundamental in shaping the internal development of their …
The Cost of Empire
The Finances of the Kingdom of Naples in the Time of Spanish Rule
Av Antonio Calabria, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
586 kr
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This is a study of early modern government finance in the kingdom of Naples, one of the most important European dominions of the Spanish Empire. Professor Calabria focuses on the period from the mid-sixteenth century to the time of the Thirty Years' War. He connects fiscal developments to larger …
Neighbourhood and Community in Paris, 1740-1790
Av David Garrioch, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
770 kr
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In the second half of the eighteenth century, Paris was the second largest city in Europe, with a population of some half a million. Contemporary writers described it as anonymous and chaotic, and so it must have seemed to many new arrivals from the provinces. Yet the records of the local police …
Renaissance and Revolt
Essays in the Intellectual and Social History of Early Modern France
Av John Hearsey McMillan Salmon, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
770 kr
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The essays in this volume place the history of ideas and of literature in early modern France within their social context. They include the author's pioneering and authoritative analyses as well as particular studies of popular revolts. An extensive introduction contrasts the author's methods with …
The Armada of Flanders
Spanish Maritime Policy and European War, 1568-1668
Av R. A. Stradling, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
737 kr
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The Flanders armada, took shape in response to the use of seapower by the Dutch rebels, and evolved into the most effective unit in Spain's defence establishment. In combination with its privateering auxiliaries, this elite striking force dominated the North Sea for some twenty years (1625-45), and …
Louis XIV and the Origins of the Dutch War
Av Paul Sonnino, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
720 kr
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This stylish and highly entertaining account of the origins of the Franco-Dutch War of 1672 is based on massive archival researches covering twelve countries. Contrary to the accepted historical opinion that there was a meeting of minds within Louis XIV's conseil d'en haut over the desirability of …
The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659
The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries' Wars
Av Geoffrey Parker, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
502 kr
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The publication of The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road in 1972 marked the birth of the 'new military history', which emphasized military organization - mobilization, pay, supply, morale and, above all, logistics - rather than military 'events' such as sieges and battles. Geoffrey Parker …
State and Nobility in Early Modern Germany
The Knightly Feud in Franconia, 1440-1567
Av Hillay Zmora, John Elliott m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1756 kr
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One of the most striking features of late medieval and early modern German was the countless feuds carried out by nobles. A constant threat to law and order, these feuds have commonly been regarded as a manifestation of the decline - economic and otherwise - of the nobility. This study shows that …
Monarchies, States Generals and Parliaments
The Netherlands in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Av H. G. Koenigsberger, John Elliott m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1928 kr
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This 2001 book charts the history of the States General - the parliament - of the Netherlands and its relations with two phases of monarchical rule in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Unlike the English parliament, the States General was a composite body, representing the local estates of the …
The Reformation and Rural Society
The Parishes of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, 1528-1603
Av C. Scott Dixon, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
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804 kr
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What was the effect of the Reformation movement on the parishioners of the German countryside? This book examines the reform movement at the level of its implementation - the rural parish. Investigation of the Reformation and the sixteenth-century parish reveals the strength of tradition and custom …
Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons
Social Order and Political Language in a Swiss Mountain Canton, 1470-1620
Av Randolph C. Head, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
838 kr
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The Freestate of the Three Leagues in the Grisons, a rural confederation in the Swiss Alps, was one of the most unusual political entities in early modern Europe. In the sixteenth century, its inhabitants enjoyed popular sovereignty and remarkable local autonomy, and many of them insisted on …
Labour, Science and Technology in France, 1500-1620
Av Henry Heller, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
737 kr
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For a generation, the history of the ancien régime has been written from the perspective of the Annales school, with its emphasis on the role of long-term economic and cultural factors in shaping the development of early modern France. In this detailed 1995 study, Henry Heller challenges such a …
Lille and the Dutch Revolt
Urban Stability in an Era of Revolution, 1500-1582
Av Robert S. DuPlessis, John Elliott m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
821 kr
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In the literature on the Dutch revolt - indeed, in the scholarship on revolution as a whole - the experience of the leading textile and trading centre of Lille stands out as singular. Although affected by powerful economic, political, and religious currents that provoked rebellion in many other …
Europe: Privilege and Protest
1730-1789
Av Olwen Hufton
Häftad, 2000
540 kr
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This book is an updated and revised edition of a classic introduction to one of the key periods in modern European history. Olwen Hufton not only illuminates the complex and significant events of the first era in which modernity is recognisable but provides the essential background to the …
Women and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution
Av Olwen Hufton
Häftad, 1999
382 kr
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The French masses overwhelmingly supported the Revolution in 1789. Economic hardship, hunger, and debt combined to put them solidly behind the leaders. But between the people's expectations and the politicians' interpretation of what was needed to construct a new state lay a vast chasm. Olwen H. …
Women and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution
Av Olwen Hufton
E-bok, 1999
476 kr
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The French masses overwhelmingly supported the Revolution in 1789. Economic hardship, hunger, and debt combined to put them solidly behind the leaders. But between the people's expectations and the politicians' interpretation of what was needed to construct a new state lay a vast chasm. Olwen H. …
Women and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution
Av Olwen Hufton
E-bok, 1999
427 kr
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The French masses overwhelmingly supported the Revolution in 1789. Economic hardship, hunger, and debt combined to put them solidly behind the leaders. But between the people's expectations and the politicians' interpretation of what was needed to construct a new state lay a vast chasm. Olwen H. …
Europa: privilegio y protesta
1730-1789
Av Olwen Hufton
E-bok, 2017
143 kr
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En los cincuenta años que preceden a la Revolución francesa, Europa se ve desgarrada por conflictos de todo tipo. Las tensiones sociales y económicas aumentan bajó la presión, de una población creciente para la cual el suministro de alimentos resulta permanentemente insuficiente. Las rivalidades …
