Early Modern History 1500-1750

Reassessing the Radical Enlightenment comprises fifteen new essays by a team of international scholars that reevaluates the characteristics, meaning and impact of the Radical Enlightenment. This collection examines aspects of the Radical Enlightenment between 1660 and 1825, spanning England, Ireland..

Reassessing the Radical Enlightenment comprises fifteen new essays by a team of international scholars that reevaluates the characteristics, meaning and impact of the Radical Enlightenment. This collection examines aspects of the Radical Enlightenment between 1660 and 1825, spanning England, Ireland..

William III’s (1650-1702) reign as Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England, Scotland and Ireland has always intrigued historians. This volume contains a number of innovative essays from specialists in the field, moving historical discussion away from the traditional analysis of single..

Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft traces witchcraft from the 16th century through to today, exploring material across ‘Witchcraft studies’, covering literature, politics and journalism to investigate the fascination with witchcraft through history. This book is essential reading for students of w..

Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft traces witchcraft from the 16th century through to today, exploring material across ‘Witchcraft studies’, covering literature, politics and journalism to investigate the fascination with witchcraft through history. This book is essential reading for students of w..

This fascinating book provides the first systematic overview of religious images and iconoclasm through the Reformation to the view of the Eastern Orthodox churches, covering both Western and Eastern Europe...

Reformations Old and New..

In the history of the attempted restoration of Roman Catholicism in the England of Mary Tudor, the contribution of her husband Philip and his Spanish entourage has been largely ignored. The essays in this volume focus on one of the most prominent of Philip's religious advisers, the Dominican friar B..

The Reformation used to be singular: a unique event that happened within a tidily circumscribed period of time, in a tightly constrained area and largely because of a single individual. Few students of early modern Europe would now accept this view. Offering a broad overview of current scholarly thi..

The Reformation used to be singular: a unique event that happened within a tidily circumscribed period of time, in a tightly constrained area and largely because of a single individual. Few students of early modern Europe would now accept this view. Offering a broad overview of current scholarly thi..

Whilst the Protestant Reformation of 1560 is acknowledged as being a watershed moment in Scottish history, relatively little is known about the actual process of establishing a reformed church in the parishes in the following decades This book helps remedy the situation by examining the foundation o..

Inspired by recent research on the cultural impact of economic change, an international team of leading academics and younger scholars examine the ways in which state and society responded to fundamental economic transition. The studies embrace all aspects of the regulatory process, from developing ..