Early Modern History 1500-1750

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...

This volume attempts to reconstruct the theology, pastoral practice and ecclesiastical administration of Mary's Church in England, focusing on the Catholic renaissance which she ushered in. By addressing a number of intriguing and unanswered questions this volume casts new light, not only on Marian..

The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India..

The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)..

Between 1535 and 1603, more than 200 English Catholics were executed by the State for treason. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary sources, Anne Dillon examines the ways in which these executions were transformed into acts of martyrdom. Utilizing the reports from the gallows, the Catho..

Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was an immensely influential book that attempted to describe the entire world across all of human history and analyse its constituent elements of geography, history, ethnography, zoology and botany. Through this examination of Münster, his publications and scholarl..

The Lavals were one of the most important families in late medieval France, rising to a position of unsurpassed eminence by the mid sixteenth century when all was put at risk by the dual challenges of dynastic failure and the Reformation. This monograph offers a fresh look at several of the critical..

This title was first published in 2003. The Crisis of 1614 and The Addled Parliament brings literary historians together with constitutional and state historians to reflect on the political and ideological upheavals of Britain in 1614 from various perspectives. In the aftermath of new historicism an..

A selection of the diverse printed, manuscript and visual materials relating to emergence of Brandenburg-Prussia as a monarchy and acknowledged power in Europe, are made available here for the first time. Featuring descriptions by the court poet, Johann von Besser, of Friedrich III’s coronation as K..

When he suddenly came to power in Italy in 1537, the young Duke Cosimo I de' Medici amazed friends and foes alike with his ability to extricate himself from mortal danger, affirm his authority and revive a dying state. He doubled the size of his duchy and established a dynasty that ruled unchalleng..

Building upon Dr Crossley's 2011 book, this new work further expands our understanding of the Spanish Philippines by looking at Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas and his son Luis, successive governors from 1589...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...