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Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809
Shared Past, Different Interpretations?
Häftad, 2025
727 kr
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In the early modern era, two Nordic countries that are neighbours today, Sweden and Finland, formed one realm. Yet, modern history writing has largely ignored this unity, instead developing analysis and discussion in close connection to nationalistic ideas, national politics, and processes of …
Renaissance of Plotinus
The Soul and Human Nature in Marsilio Ficino’s Commentary on the Enneads
Av Anna Corrias
Häftad, 2022
704 kr
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Plotinus (204/5–270 C.E.) is a central figure in the history of Western philosophy. However, during the Middle Ages he was almost unknown. None of the treatises constituting his Enneads were translated, and ancient translations were lost. Although scholars had indirect access to his philosophy …
Episteme of the Gallic Past
French Historical Research in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Häftad, 2026
725 kr
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This book aims to reconceive the field of knowledge of the “Gallic past” in French discourse of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by focusing on the monument as an object capable of underpinning insights into that past, the evolution of the concept, and the epistemic practices used to …
Early Professional Women in Northern Europe, c. 1650-1850
Av Johanna Ilmakunnas, Marjatta Rahikainen m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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This book focuses on early examples of women who may be said to have anticipated, in one way or another, modern professional and/or career-oriented women. The contributors to the book discuss women who may at least in some respect be seen as professionally ambitious, unlike the great majority of …
Criminal Justice During the Long Eighteenth Century
Theatre, Representation and Emotion
Av David Lemmings, Allyson N. May
Inbunden, 2018
2578 kr
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This book applies three overlapping bodies of work to generate fresh approaches to the study of criminal justice in England and Ireland between 1660 and 1850. First, crime and justice are interpreted as elements of the "public sphere" of opinion about government. Second, "performativity" and speech …
Incombustible Lutheran Books in Early Modern Germany
Av Avner Shamir
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book discusses the early modern engagement with books that survived intentional or accidental fire in Lutheran Germany. From the 1620s until the middle of the eighteenth century, unburnt books became an attraction for princes, publishers, clergymen, and some laymen. To cope with an event that …
English Woollen Industry, c.1200-c.1560
Av John Oldland
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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This is the first book to describe the early English woollens’ industry and its dominance of the trade in quality cloth across Europe by the mid-sixteenth century, as English trade was transformed from dependence on wool to value-added woollen cloth. It compares English and continental draperies, …
Economic Causes of the English Civil War
Freedom of Trade and the English Revolution
Av George Yerby
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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This is a coordinated presentation of the economic basis of revolutionary change in 16th- and early-17th century England, addressing a crucial but neglected phase of historical development. It traces a transformation in the agrarian economy and substantiates the decisive scale on which this took …
Peace of Augsburg and the Meckhart Confession
Moderate Religion in an Age of Militancy
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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Taking the religiously diverse city of Augsburg as its focus, this book explores the underappreciated role of local clergy in mediating and interpreting the Peace of Augsburg in the decades following its 1555 enactment, focusing on the efforts of the preacher Johann Meckhart and his heirs in …
Witchcraft, the Devil, and Emotions in Early Modern England
Häftad, 2019
762 kr
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This book represents the first systematic study of the role of the Devil in English witchcraft pamphlets for the entire period of state-sanctioned witchcraft prosecutions (1563-1735). It provides a rereading of English witchcraft, one which moves away from an older historiography which underplays …
Social and Cultural Relations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Microhistories
Av Richard Butterwick, Wioletta Pawlikowska
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was one of the largest and most linguistically, ethnically and religiously diverse polities in late medieval and early modern Europe. In the mid-1380s the Grand Duchy of Lithuania entered into a long process of union with the Kingdom of Poland. Since the destruction of …
English Revolution and the Roots of Environmental Change
The Changing Concept of the Land in Early Modern England
Av George Yerby
Häftad, 2019
755 kr
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This study brings a new perspective to a pivotal debate: the causes of the English Revolution. It pinpoints the economic motives behind the opposition to the crown, and shows their connection to the changing mind-set and political transitions of the time. Distinctively, it identifies the radicalism …
Business of the Roman Inquisition in the Early Modern Era
Häftad, 2019
762 kr
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Established in 1542, the Roman Inquisition operated through a network of almost fifty tribunals to combat heretical and heterodox threats within the papal territories. Whilst its theological, institutional and political aspects have been well-studied, until now no sustained work has been undertaken …
Spain, Rumor, and Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Jacobean England
The Palatine Match, Cleves, and the Armada Scares of 1612-1613 and 1614
Inbunden, 2019
2190 kr
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Geoffrey Parker has remarked that the Spanish Armada, though a disastrous defeat, was a considerable psychological success. Deep into the seventeenth century the specter of a returning armada haunted England. Twice in the middle of James I’s reign alarms occurred. One grew out of the king’s plan, …
German Imperial Knights
Noble Misfits between Princely Authority and the Crown, 1479–1648
Inbunden, 2020
2818 kr
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The German imperial knights were branded disobedient, criminal, or treasonous, but instead of finding themselves on the wrong side of history, they resisted marginalization and adapted through a combination of conservative and progressive strategies. The knights tried to turn the elite world on its …
Murder, Justice, and Harmony in an Eighteenth-Century French Village
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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In 1718, a young woman named Moricette Nayl fought with her brother’s mother-in-law and accidentally killed her. Ruled a homicide, the incident set in motion an investigation, a trial, Moricette's flight from justice, an execution in effigy and, ultimately, the pardon of the killer and her …
Firsting in the Early-Modern Atlantic World
Av Lauren Beck
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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For centuries, historians have narrated the arrival of Europeans using terminology (discovery, invasion, conquest, and colonization) that emphasizes their agency and disempowers that of Native Americans. This book explores firsting, a discourse that privileges European and settler-colonial …
Individuality in Early Modern Japan
Thinking for Oneself
Av Peter Nosco
Häftad, 2019
733 kr
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Two of the most commonly alleged features of Japanese society are its homogeneity and its encouragement of conformity, as represented by the saying that the nail that sticks up gets pounded. This volume’s primary goal is to challenge these and a number of other long-standing assumptions regarding …
Negotiating Exclusion in Early Modern England, 1550–1800
Av Naomi Pullin, Kathryn Woods
Inbunden, 2021
2578 kr
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This edited volume examines how individuals and communities defined and negotiated the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion in England between 1550 and 1800. It aims to uncover how men, women, and children from a wide range of social and religious backgrounds experienced and enacted exclusion …
Conversion and Islam in the Early Modern Mediterranean
The Lure of the Other
Häftad, 2019
820 kr
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The topic of religious conversion into and out of Islam as a historical phenomenon is mired in a sea of debate and misunderstanding. It has often been viewed as the permanent crossing of not just a religious divide, but in the context of the early modern Mediterranean also political, cultural and …
Maurits of Nassau and the Survival of the Dutch Revolt
Comparative Insurgences
Av Nick Ridley
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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This book describes the crucial period in the monumental eighty-year Dutch struggle against the Spanish Empire, through which a small nation gained its independence from one of the mightiest European powers. Dr. Ridley shows how even though the Dutch Revolt was at its lowest point, Maurits of …
Maurits of Nassau and the Survival of the Dutch Revolt
Comparative Insurgences
Av Nick Ridley
Häftad, 2023
665 kr
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This book describes the crucial period in the monumental eighty-year Dutch struggle against the Spanish Empire, through which a small nation gained its independence from one of the mightiest European powers. Dr. Ridley shows how even though the Dutch Revolt was at its lowest point, Maurits of …
Negotiating Exclusion in Early Modern England, 1550–1800
Av Naomi Pullin, Kathryn Woods
Häftad, 2022
725 kr
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This edited volume examines how individuals and communities defined and negotiated the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion in England between 1550 and 1800. It aims to uncover how men, women, and children from a wide range of social and religious backgrounds experienced and enacted exclusion …
Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England
The Career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke, 1580-1630
Inbunden, 2021
2578 kr
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Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England explores the remarkable life and career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. Pembroke was one of the most influential aristocrats during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I. He was a great patron, a prominent politician …
Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England
The Career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke, 1580-1630
Häftad, 2023
685 kr
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Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England explores the remarkable life and career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. Pembroke was one of the most influential aristocrats during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I. He was a great patron, a prominent politician …
Edwin Sandys and the Reform of English Religion
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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This book examines the complexities of reformed religion in early-modern England, through an examination of the experiences of Edwin Sandys, a prominent member of the Elizabethan Church hierarchy. Sandys was an ardent evangelical in the Edwardian era forced into exile under Mary I, but on his …
Deposing Monarchs
Domestic Conflict and State Formation, 1500-1700
Inbunden, 2021
2578 kr
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Deposing Monarchs analyses depositions in Northern Europe between 1500 and 1700 as a type of frequent political conflict which allows to present new ideas on early modern state formation, monarchy, and the conventions of royal rulership. The book revises earlier conceptualizations of depositions as …
Deposing Monarchs
Domestic Conflict and State Formation, 1500-1700
Häftad, 2023
665 kr
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Deposing Monarchs analyses depositions in Northern Europe between 1500 and 1700 as a type of frequent political conflict which allows to present new ideas on early modern state formation, monarchy, and the conventions of royal rulership. The book revises earlier conceptualizations of depositions as …
Frederik Hendrik and the Triumph of the Dutch Revolt
Comparative Insurgencies
Av Nick Ridley
Inbunden, 2020
2578 kr
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Frederik Hendrik and the Triumph of the Dutch Revolt describes a crucial period in European history. During the early seventeenth century the Dutch, led by Frederik Hendrik, were engaged in a struggle for independence from the mighty Spanish Empire. But Spain was allied with its fellow Hapsburg …
Political Discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Concepts and Ideas
Inbunden, 2020
2578 kr
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This book makes a contribution to ongoing European research into the political discourse of the early modern era, analyzing the political discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795). The sources comprise the broadly understood political literature from the end of the sixteenth …
