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Exploring the emigration to colonial Pennsylvania of Welsh members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), this b......more
This book brings contemporary ways of reconceptualizing the human relationship to things into conversation with seventee......more
Based on a comprehensive interpretation and comparison of the existing sources - including city records and expenses, ch......more
This volume offers the first annotated English translation of the first two books of On Celibacy (1473) by the eminent V......more
This book offers the first annotated translation into English of two works of the eminent Venetian humanist, Ermolao Bar......more
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A panoramic history of the antiquarians whose discoveries transformed Renaissance culture and gave rise to new forms of ......more
The Renaissance was a period of unparalleled beauty, excitement, and interest in Florence, despite frequent plagues and ......more
Digital humanities have become an integral part of the academic landscape, providing scholars with unique opportunities ......more
The crusading movement endured well beyond the 14th century. Across Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, the desire fo......more
A magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents a......more
A uniquely personal account of the inner life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance library With the advent of print in......more
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Concerns over privacy grow in our society. Understanding the historical roots of the phenomenon becomes more and more ne......more
A groundbreaking and beautifully written biography of Queen Anne Boleyn, the ill-fated second wife of Renaissance Englan......more
A fresh perspective on the early mafia as a means of resistance against invasion, this gripping history illustrates the ......more
Animal Sightings challenges two common ideas about the depiction of animals in early modern European court art: first, t......more
The Invasion Before Normandy is a chronicle of one of World War II’s most dramatic and secret operations. In 1944, an Am......more
A compelling, authoritative history of how women shaped the Reformations and transformed religious life across the globe......more
This book is about the parlance of political economic ideas with scientific practices in the Duchy of Milan, from the la......more
Was the emperor as sovereign allowed to seize the property of his subjects? Was this handled differently in late medieva......more
Empire of Contingency explores the information and communication practices of the Portuguese empire in late sixteenth- a......more
Though Venice emerged as a leading Mediterranean power in the Trecento, the city faced a series of crises during a brief......more
This monograph discusses different philosophical and theological components of Aquinas’s view regarding the relation bet......more
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Robert Beale (1541-1601) was a diplomat and administrator who worked at the heart of Elizabethan governance and internat......more
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was among the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance. His extraordinary range ......more
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was among the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance. His extraordinary range ......more
Ireland and the Renaissance court is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring Irish and English courts, court......more
From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I tells the story of the troubled accession of England......more
A surprising history of interfaith collaboration in the Roman Ghetto, where for three centuries Jewish and Christian but......more
The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, by historians Allen C. Guelzo and James Hankins, will offer a tru......more
The first complete English translation of a controversial Renaissance debate centering moral questions on power and lead......more
This volume explores the dream cultures of the European long sixteenth century, with a focus on Italian sources, reflect......more
This volume explores the dream cultures of the European long sixteenth century, with a focus on Italian sources, reflect......more
"Money, money, and more money." In the eyes of early modern warlords, these were the three essential prerequisites for w......more
Sergiej S. Slavinski presents the first major study of Francis Cheynell’s 1650 treatise on the doctrine of the Trinity. ......more
This volume presents a broad spectrum of essays that exemplify rich advances in current print scholarship. It aims to re......more
"This series pushes the boundaries of knowledge and develops new trends in approach and understanding." ENGLISH HISTORIC......more
This volume offers the user a guide to the neglected field of how-to books. How do I make soap? How do I dye textiles? W......more
Characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, these essays highlight the relationship between music and poetry in Ital......more
This volume convenes eight noted scholars with varied positions at the interface of formal and historical literary criti......more
Land and Trade in Early Islam discusses the latest developments in the field of early Islamic economic and social histor......more
Ambivalent Pleasures explores how Europeans wrestled with the novel experience of consuming substances that could alter ......more
The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece--the Venetian mappa mundi--that revolutionized how we see the world......more
Finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography) One of the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023 One of BookRiot’s B......more
Albert the Great (1200-1280) was a prominent Dominican friar, a leading philosopher, and the teacher of Thomas Aquinas. ......more
Reconstructs the life of Peter Goldman and presents a full edition and translation of his surviving poems and letters. T......more
This book examines one of the most pervasive and successful dramatic tropes of the Restoration and early eighteenth cent......more
How did the premodern Ottomans understand public office corruption? To answer this question, Defining Corruption in the ......more
Illuminates how the ceremonial dimension of death and the succession reflected both Scottish royal identity and a broade......more
This is the first critical edition and study of a unique and important Muslim polemic against Christians and Jews. The B......more
Contemporary nudge theory points out that people make good choices over issues where they have had past experience of si......more
The study of pre-modern anthropology requires the close examination of the relationship between nature and human society......more
Bodies beyond Labels explores moments of joy and joyful expressions of self-identity, intimacy, sexuality, affect, frien......more
The aim of this volume is to re-evaluate some of the temporal, intermedial and geographical boundaries built around the ......more
An illuminating study of early modern efforts to regulate sound in women’s residential institutions, and how the noises ......more
A provocative essay collection that theorizes the Renaissance through the lens of kink. The Kinky Renaissance is a groun......more
A provocative essay collection that theorizes the Renaissance through the lens of kink. The Kinky Renaissance is a groun......more
The life and times of Catherine de’ Medici--the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe--as seen through her oft......more
The Silver Empire is the first comprehensive account of how the Holy Roman Empire created a common currency in the sixte......more
A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies--from ciphers to counterf......more
Every third year, the members of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies (IANLS) assemble for a week-long co......more
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From the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair ("A narrative of novelistic resonance . . . Astonishing" --The Was......more
The first book in English to examine Leon Battista Alberti’s major literary works in Latin and Italian, which are often ......more
Philosophers from Europe and colonial America engaged in heated debates about the morality of slavery in the sixteenth a......more
Philosophers from Europe and colonial America engaged in heated debates about the morality of slavery in the sixteenth a......more
What was it like to be a woman in service in early modern England? Drawing on evidence of over 1000 female servants reco......more
Both in our time and in the past, death was one of the most important aspects of anyone’s life. The early modern period ......more
Although Robert Klein (1918-1967), well known for his erudition and the originality of his research, was an important, e......more
"A scholarly biography and collection of writings by and about Jakob Hutter, an early leader of the Hutterites, a commun......more
An exploration of the diverse lived experiences of marginality in Scottish society from the sixteen to the eighteenth ce......more
Keeping the Peace in the Village is a study of how rural society evolved in the century after 1650. Based on extensive r......more
Essays considering how information could be used and abused in the service of heresy and inquisition. The collection, cu......more
The essays in this collection were presented at the 2020 Symposium on Apocalypticism, sponsored by the Marco Institute f......more
Viator offers a space for renewed attention to transcultural studies from late antiquity into early modernity, while con......more
Diese Studie liefert die erste umfängliche Untersuchung der "Republiken", den ersten und einflussreichsten frühneuzeitli......more
In this volume Giulia Zanon sheds new light on our grasp of social hierarchy and the possibilities for social mobility i......more
The years between 1550 and 1700 saw significant changes in the nature and scope of local government: sophisticated infor......more
Niccolò Ridolfi (1501-50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII, and h......more
This book offers something new, a full-length study of printing Anglo-Saxon (Old English) from 1566 to 1705, combining a......more
This edited volume explores the development of the European book world between 1650 and 1750, concentrating on changes i......more
Redreaming the Renaissance seeks to remedy the dearth of conversations between scholars of history and literary studies ......more
Redreaming the Renaissance seeks to remedy the dearth of conversations between scholars of history and literary studies ......more
Paris, 1599. At the end of the French Wars of Religion, the widow Renée Chevalier instigated the prosecution of the mili......more
While humanists agreed on identifying the main requirement of the historical genre with truthfulness, they disagreed on ......more
Clément Janequin’s spectacular entertainment chansons jump-started French music printing, spread his fame across sixteen......more