Love’s Wounds takes an in-depth look at the widespread language of violence and abjection in early modern European love ......more
The Peace of Utrecht (1713) was perhaps the first political treaty that had a global impact. It not only ended a Europea......more
The book is a collection of nine quantitative studies - each probing one aspect of Renaissance Florentine economy and so......more
A turbulent and misunderstood period for Clan Cameron when rivals vied for power through bloodfeud. In this new study, E......more
This book joins a growing trend toward transnational literary studies and revives a venerable tradition of Anglo-Italian......more
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This book is about a single image - the frontispiece to Thomas Sprat s History of the Royal-Society of London (1667). De......more
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The mingling of aristocrats and commoners in a southern French city, the jostling of foreigners in stock markets across ......more
Established in 1542, the Roman Inquisition operated through a network of almost fifty tribunals to combat heretical and ......more
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The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle "For the first t......more
This volume traces transformations in attitudes toward, ideas about, and experiences of religion and the senses in the m......more
The intellectual, cultural, and political renaissance that characterized the Europe of Charlemagne was threatened severe......more
The reign of Henry VII is important but mysterious. He ended the Wars of the Roses and laid the foundations for the stro......more
Ideas shape men, and men make history. Built on this premise, the Idols of History series explores modern European histo......more
In The Business of Alchemy, Pamela Smith explores the relationships among alchemy, the court, and commerce in order to i......more
Machiavelli’s The Prince is an important modern work of political science, but it is also one that has been often misint......more
The British Isles is a multi-national arena, but its history has traditionally been studied from a distinctively English......more
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"A colorful introduction to one of the most influential businessmen in history" (The New York Times Book Review), Jacob ......more
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Dress became a testing ground for masculine ideals in Renaissance Italy. With the establishment of the ducal regime in F......more
Increasingly, historians acknowledge the significance of crusading activity in the fifteenth century, and they have star......more
Same-sex marriage is a hotly debated topic in the United States, and the world, today. From the tenor of most discussion......more
Despite the tremendous number of studies produced annually in the field of Dutch art over the last 30 years or so, and t......more
Giants, cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps, inhabiting the Americas alo......more
In English and Italian. During his lifetime the historian and antiquarian Biondo Flavio (1392-1463) struggled to obtain ......more
In English, Latin, French, and Italian. This book contains twenty-one essays written by the late Professor Jozef IJsewij......more
This collection of specially commissioned essays provides the first social history of masculinity in the ’long eighteent......more
The final two volumes in the CWE contain an edition and translation of Erasmus’s poetry. For Erasmus scholars this work ......more
This volume covers a number of significant events and issues in Erasmus’ life and in the history of his times. He travel......more
’Sicily Herald and the Blazon of Colours’ brings together the original texts with original English translations of two c......more
As a distinguished scholar of Renaissance music, James Haar has had an abiding influence on how musicology is undertaken......more
The riveting true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de’ Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly diverg......more
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Exploring the rich variety of pictorial rhetoric in early modern northern European genre images, this volume deepens our......more
The reign of the Tokugawa shoguns was a time of statebuilding and cultural transformation, but it was also a period of i......more
A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth s conjuror - the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527......more
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The Renaissance created a new vision of womanhood and indeed a "New Woman," proposes Gaia Servadio in this rich feast of......more
In 1462 Pope Pius II performed the only reverse canonization in history, publicly damning a living man. The target was S......more
In late-sixteenth-century London, the commercial theaters undertook a novel experiment, fueling a fashion for plays that......more
While many think of European history in terms of the major states that today make up the map of Europe, this approach te......more
In the first in-depth study of the interconnected relationships among public theatre, custodial institutions, and women ......more
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Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singula......more
A regional study of landed society in the transition between the late medieval and early modern period. In the middle of......more
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This classic work marks the culmination of a definite stage in the socio-economic historiography from the late Middle Ag......more
While over the past four hundred years numerous opinions have been voiced as to Shakespeare’s identity, these eleven ess......more
Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome is an investigation of Renaissance diplomacy in practice. Presenting the first book-length......more
This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism, based not on scholarly paradigm......more
The story of the beliefs and practices called magic starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its cruc......more
Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the flesh-and-blood woman who became one of the most famous ......more
In this revisionist approach to book history and Marian studies Valerie Schutte argues that manuscript and printed book ......more
Stefano Dall Aglio sheds new light on the notorious Florentine Lorenzino de Medici (also known as Lorenzaccio) and on t......more
This book discusses the styles of performance developed in different European countries in response to prevailing condit......more
Women’s vibrant presence in the Italian Renaissance has long been overlooked, with attention focused mainly on the artis......more
A contemporary of Descartes and Newton, Athanasius Kircher, S. J. (1601/2-80), was one of Europe’s most inventive and ve......more
Explores two principal genres of illicit learned magic in late medieval manuscripts: image magic, which could be interpr......more
Machiavelli’s The Prince is an important modern work of political science, but it is also one that has been often misint......more
From the intro: THE change from mediaeval to modern methods in the art of war is closely related to the general transfo......more
"The Lives of the Popes and Emperors" enjoyed a number of printings in the early Renaissance: Florence, 1478; Venice, 15......more
"The Lives of the Popes and Emperors" enjoyed a number of printings in the early Renaissance: Florence, 1478; Venice, 15......more
The lifetime of Francois Hotman (1524-1590) was one of the most tumultuous periods in European history. Donald R. Kelley......more
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Gratuitous sex. Graphic violence. Lies, revenge, and murder. Before there was digital cable or reality television, there......more
This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security......more
This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security......more
Three monarchs of Scotland (James V, Mary Queen of Scots, and James VI/I) were crowned during the sixteenth century; eac......more
Studying improvised music is always a challenge, due to its volatility and unpredictability. But what about studying mus......more