Early Modern History 1500-1750

The Book of Duarte Barbosa, An Account of the Countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their Inhabitants..

The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their Inhabitants..

Focusing on the most prominent and wide-ranging empire in world history, the British Empire, Jeremy Black provides not only a history of that empire, but also a perspective from which to consider the issues of its strengths and weaknesses, and rights and wrongs. The book addresses global decline, de..

Focusing on the most prominent and wide-ranging empire in world history, the British Empire, Jeremy Black provides not only a history of that empire, but also a perspective from which to consider the issues of its strengths and weaknesses, and rights and wrongs. The book addresses global decline, de..

The concept of the "fiscal-military state", popularised by John Brewer in 1989, has become familiar, even commonplace, to many historians of eighteenth-century England. Yet even at the time of its publication the work caused controversy, and the essays in this volume demonstrate how recent work on f..

Existing studies of early modern Scotland tend to focus on the crown, the nobility and the church. Yet, from the sixteenth century, a unique national representative assembly of the towns, the Convention of Burghs, provides an insight into the activities of another key group in society. Drawing exten..

This is the first book that describes, on the basis of unpublished Vatican documents, the ways in which the machinery of the Papal Inquisition functioned, producing an incessant effort to build trials as well as public consensus, so as to maximize its efficiency in repressing heresy...

The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse, in A.D. 1547-1555, among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil..

Providing a re-assessment of Giovanni Morone (1509-1580) this book addresses the key moments in the cardinal's career. Focusing particularly on the period after his release from charges of heresy and his subsequent role as principal legate to the Council of Trent (1563) this study will be welcomed b..

Providing a re-assessment of Giovanni Morone (1509-1580) this book addresses the key moments in the cardinal's career. Focusing particularly on the period after his release from charges of heresy and his subsequent role as principal legate to the Council of Trent (1563) this study will be welcomed b..

Providing a re-assessment of Giovanni Morone (1509-1580) this book addresses the key moments in the cardinal's career. Focusing particularly on the period after his release from charges of heresy and his subsequent role as principal legate to the Council of Trent (1563) this study will be welcomed b..

This book provides a comprehensive history of the Counter-Reformation in early modern Europe. It is an indispensable new survey which presents a wide-ranging overview of the religious, political and cultural history of the time...