Early Modern History 1500-1750

Drawing on a wide range of English and French fiction and advice literature, this study analyzes the problems of representation that emerge in light of the changing definition of marriage from one of hierarchy to companionship in the eighteenth century. Ranging from representations of ideal domestic..

Drawing on a wide range of English and French fiction and advice literature, this study analyzes the problems of representation that emerge in light of the changing definition of marriage from one of hierarchy to companionship in the eighteenth century. Ranging from representations of ideal domestic..

Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico in the years 1599-1602, by Samuel Champlain..

Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia during the Years 1520-1527, by Father Francisco Alvarez..

Narrative of the Proceedings of Pedrarias Davila in the Provinces of Tierra Firme or Castilla del Oro..

Drawing on a rich, yet untapped source of Scottish autobiographical writing, this book provides a fascinating insight into the nature and extent of early-modern religious narratives. Over 80 such personal documents, including diaries and autobiographies (both manuscript and published), are examined ..

Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas..

Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gambóa to the Straits of Magellan..

Narratives of Voyages towards the North-West, in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India, 1496 to 1631..

This book outlines how, from the mid-eighteenth to the early-nineteenth century, the political and social dimension of French economic thought, and particularly of Physiocracy, spurred American Republicans to a radical shaping of American agrarian ideology. Such a perspective allows for a reconsider..

This book outlines how, from the mid-eighteenth to the early-nineteenth century, the political and social dimension of French economic thought, and particularly of Physiocracy, spurred American Republicans to a radical shaping of American agrarian ideology. Such a perspective allows for a reconsider..

This impressive volume is the first attempt to look at the intertwined histories of jurisprudence and science in early modern Europe. Taking an interdisciplinary approach these articles stimulate new debate in the areas of intellectual history and the history of philosophy, as well as the natural an..