Early Modern History 1500-1750

Ranging from music to astronomy, gardening to the Bible, this essay collection is the first multi-disciplinary volume to examine a kind of text that was a staple of early modern English publishing: the how-to book. It tackles a wide range of subjects, everything from grammars, music books, gardening..

Ranging from music to astronomy, gardening to the Bible, this essay collection is the first multi-disciplinary volume to examine a kind of text that was a staple of early modern English publishing: the how-to book. It tackles a wide range of subjects, everything from grammars, music books, gardening..

Ranging from music to astronomy, gardening to the Bible, this essay collection is the first multi-disciplinary volume to examine a kind of text that was a staple of early modern English publishing: the how-to book. It tackles a wide range of subjects, everything from grammars, music books, gardening..

Drawing on a fascinating variety of sources, this book explores changing attitudes towards physical impairment in eighteenth-century England. It also uncovers the "hidden histories" of people with disabilities from different social backgrounds and examines how experiences of disability were shaped b..

Drawing on a fascinating variety of sources, this book explores changing attitudes towards physical impairment in eighteenth-century England. It also uncovers the "hidden histories" of people with disabilities from different social backgrounds and examines how experiences of disability were shaped b..

This book studies the shaping of historiography as a knowledge discipline in the Hispanic world during the Early Modern period and accounts for the disciplining effects caused by the convergence of the principles and methods of writing, criticism, theory and censorship of history...

Alastair Duke has long been recognized as one of the leading scholars of the early modern Netherlands, known internationally for his important work on the impact of religious change on political events which was the focus of his Reformation and Revolt in the Low Countries (1990). This new volume exp..

Divers Voyages touching the Discovery of America and the Islands adjacent..

Diversity and Difference in Early Modern London investigates multiculturalism in London during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as developing notions of Englishness. Rather than relying upon literary or theatrical representations, the study emphasizes day-to-day practice, drawing upo..

Documents concerning English Voyages to the Spanish Main, 1569-1580..

Dreams and Lives in Ottoman Istanbul: A Seventeenth-Century Biographer's Perspective explores biography writing and dream narratives in seventeenth-century Istanbul. It focuses on the prominent biographer ‘A¿a’i (d. 1637) and with his help shows how learned circles narrated dreams to assess their po..

In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life have increasingly been identified as being of critical importance in understanding the social and cultural impact of the Reformation. This interdisciplinary collection draws together essays from historians, literary scholars, m..