Early Modern History 1500-1750

With the exception of John Knox, no one did more to shape the Scottish Reformation than Andrew Melville. Remembered chiefly as a firebrand defender of radical Presbyterianism and reformer of the Scottish university system, his broader contributions to the cultural development of early modern Scotlan..

This book investigates the life and reputation of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Restoration England’s most important politician. As well as re-evaluating his well-known early republican sympathies, the Cabal, the Popish Plot and the politics of party faction - other less familiar theme..

Antifraternalism and Anticlericalism in the German Reformation..

Early modern European festivals were the catalyst for the creation of many temporary and occasionally permanent architectural feats both within courts and cities. Royal residences could be transformed into arenas for the performance of a wide variety of celebrations, while civic space could similarl..

Aristotle in Coimbra is the first book to cover the history of both the College of Arts in Coimbra and its most remarkable cultural product, the Cursus Conimbricensis, examining early Jesuit pedagogy as performed in one of the most important colleges run by the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth cent..

Considering identity creation and artistic development in Rome during this period, this collection adroitly demonstrates how the exceptional quality of Roman court and urban culture interacted with developments in the visual arts. With its distinctive chronological span and uniquely interdisciplina..

Considering identity creation and artistic development in Rome during this period, this collection adroitly demonstrates how the exceptional quality of Roman court and urban culture interacted with developments in the visual arts. With its distinctive chronological span and uniquely interdisciplina..

Examines the influence of magic on Renaissance art in the context of the first Stuart Court. Here artists sought to represent magic as an expression of the Stuart King's Divine Right, and later of their policy of Absolutism...

Essays in this volume offer interdisciplinary studies of a county that was at the forefront of religious, political and artistic developments in early-modern England. Ranging from the schism of Reformation to the outbreak of Civil War, the volume brings together scholars from the fields of art histo..

Traditionally, relations between Europe and Asia have been studied in a hegemonic perspective, with Europe as the dominant political and economic centre. This book focuses on cultural exchange between different European and Asian civilizations, with the reciprocal complexities of cultural transfers ..

Interest in the history of violence has increased dramatically over the last ten years and recent studies have demonstrated the productive potential for further inquiry in this field. The early modern period is particularly ripe for further investigation because of the pervasiveness of violence. Ce..

Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to Renaissance Europe brings together ten of Paola Zambelli's papers on the subject, four of which are published in English for the first time. The papers in Part I analyse the ideas of astrology and magic held by Renaissance thinkers and..