Early Modern History 1500-1750

This book explores how Joseph Glanvill, Fellow of the Royal Society, combined experimental philosophy and theology in his innovative and provocative defence of the existence of witchcraft – the Saducismus triumphatus (1681). Glanvill’s work illuminates the interaction between changing religious and ..

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced the technology and administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. His influence stemmed from his passion for science, his desire to achieve improvements based on a belief in the principle of Utility,..

This volume of essays is the first to embrace both orthodox and heterodox treatments of scripture in early modern England, and in the process to question, challenge and redefine what historians mean when they use these terms. The collection dispels the myth that a critical engagement with sacred tex..

In the early 1690s Roger North was preparing to remove from London to Rougham, Norfolk, where he planned to continue his search for truth, which for him meant knowledge of nature, including human nature. This was interrupted by his reading of Newton’s books on mechanics and optics; his correspondenc..

Select Letters of Christopher Columbus with other Original Documents relating to this Four Voyages to the New World..

Select Letters of Christopher Columbus, with other Original Documents, relating to his Four Voyages to the New World..

At the time of Isaac Newton's rising popularity following the publication of his Principia (1687), this examination of how London newspaper advertisements (1687 to 1727) enticed consumers to purchase science related products, helps us understand science and the environment in which it developed. In ..

This interdisciplinary volume traces continuities and transformations in attitudes toward, ideas about, and experiences of religion and the senses in the pre-modern era. Spanning a broad temporal and geographic range, it challenges traditional notions of periodisation, emphasising the senses' long-s..

Using Church Court records as his main body of evidence, John Addy examines over 10 000 cases of moral offences, including fornication, drunkenness and adultery, to form a picture of the moral conduct of the Stuart laity and clergy. This title will be of great value to undergraduate and postgraduate..

Using Church Court records as his main body of evidence, John Addy examines over 10 000 cases of moral offences, including fornication, drunkenness and adultery, to form a picture of the moral conduct of the Stuart laity and clergy. This title will be of great value to undergraduate and postgraduate..

This collection focusses upon the history and theology of sin and salvation in reformation and post-reformation England. Exploring their complex social and cultural constructions, it underlines how sin and salvation were not only great religious constants, but also constantly evolving in order to su..

This is the first volume to explore the reception of the Pythagorean doctrine of cosmic harmony within a variety of contexts, ranging chronologically from Plato to 18th-century England. This original collection of essays engages with contemporary debates concerning the relationship between music, ph..