Subject Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 page 1

Parents of Poor Children in England 1580-1800 (Hardback - 18 Feb 2010)

The first sustained study of the mothers and fathers of poor children in early modern England, drawing upon a wide range of archival material, including quarter session records, petitions for assistance, applications for places in the London Foundling Hospital, and evidence from criminal trials in London's Old Bailey. Parents of Poor Children is the first sustained study of the mothers and fathers of poor children...

By (author) Patricia Crawford

ISBN-13: 9780199204809 ; ISBN-10: 0199204802

Price: £35.00 £30.55 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Making Publics in Early Modern Europe (Hardback - 14 Dec 2009)

The book looks at how people, things, and new forms of knowledge created "publics" in early modern Europe, and how publics changed the shape of early modern society. The focus is on what the authors call "making publics" — the active creation of new forms of association that allowed people to connect with others in ways not rooted in family, rank or vocation, but rather founded in voluntary groupings built on the...

Edited by Bronwen Wilson; Paul Yachnin

ISBN-13: 9780415805896 ; ISBN-10: 0415805899

Price: £75.00 £60.75 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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Willem Leyel's Travel to India 1639-1643 (Hardback - 8 Dec 2009)

On 8 November 1639, Willem Leyel leaves Denmark as commander of the ship "Christianshavn". The destination is the Danish possession Tranquebar with the fortress Dansborg on the south-western coast of India from which he is to manage the trading activities of the first Danish East India Company. The journey is a nightmare of obstacles and it ends up lasting several years. When he finally arrives at...

By (author) Asta Bredsdorff MA

ISBN-13: 9788763507899 ; ISBN-10: 8763507897

Price: £20.00 £15.60 Not Available

The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback / softback - 22 Oct 2009)

The Reformation was a seismic event in European history, and one which changed the medieval world. Much which followed in European history can be traced back to this event. In this Very Short Introduction Peter Marshall seeks to explain the causes and consequences of religious and cultural division and difference in western Christianity. The Reformation transformed Europe, and left an indelible mark on the modern...

By (author) Peter Marshall

ISBN-13: 9780199231317 ; ISBN-10: 0199231311

Price: £7.99 £6.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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The Appearance of Witchcraft (Paperback / softback - 2 Oct 2009)

Fascinating and informative, this book explores how visual representations of witchcraft contributed to the widespread acceptance of beliefs in sixteenth-century Europe and helped establish the conditions for the widespread persecution of witches.

By (author) Charles Zika

ISBN-13: 9780415563550 ; ISBN-10: 0415563550

Price: £19.99 £17.99 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400–1650 (Hardback - 13 Jul 2009)

Studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations. This book studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations, both Protestant and Catholic. It argues that the character of the political changes...

By (author) Thomas A. Brady Jr.

ISBN-13: 9780521889094 ; ISBN-10: 052188909X

Price: £60.00 £47.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400–1650 (Paperback / softback - 13 Jul 2009)

Studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations. This book studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations, both Protestant and Catholic. It argues that the character of the political changes...

By (author) Thomas A. Brady Jr.

ISBN-13: 9780521717786 ; ISBN-10: 0521717787

Price: £17.99 £16.19 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Founding Fathers Reconsidered (Hardback - 14 May 2009)

This concise and elegant book reintroduces us to the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. It gives the reader a context within which to explore the world of the founding fathers and their complex and still-controversial achievements and legacies. Here is a concise, scholarly, yet accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of...

By (author) R.B. Bernstein

ISBN-13: 9780195338324 ; ISBN-10: 0195338324

Price: £13.25 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Sexual Politics in Modern Iran (Paperback / softback - 9 Apr 2009)

Charts the history of Iran’s sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. Janet Afary is a native of Iran and a leading historian. Her work focuses on gender and sexuality and draws on her experience of growing up in Iran and her involvement with Iranian women of different ages and social strata. These observations, and a wealth of historical documents, form the kernel of this book, which charts the...

By (author) Janet Afary

ISBN-13: 9780521727082 ; ISBN-10: 0521727081

Price: £18.99 £17.09 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Sexual Politics in Modern Iran (Hardback - 9 Apr 2009)

Charts the history of Iran’s sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. Janet Afary is a native of Iran and a leading historian. Her work focuses on gender and sexuality and draws on her experience of growing up in Iran and her involvement with Iranian women of different ages and social strata. These observations, and a wealth of historical documents, form the kernel of this book, which charts the...

By (author) Janet Afary

ISBN-13: 9780521898461 ; ISBN-10: 0521898463

Price: £50.00 £40.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Foxe's Book of Martyrs: Select Narratives (Paperback / softback - 12 Mar 2009)

Foxe's Book of Martyrs is a collection of unforgettable accounts of religious persecution. This modernized selection brings together some of the most stirring tales of the interrogation and execution of heretics burnt at the stake in the reign of Mary, with some of the original woodcut illustrations and an illuminating introduction. 'Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a...

By (author) John Foxe; Edited by John N. King

ISBN-13: 9780199236848 ; ISBN-10: 0199236844

Price: £9.99 £7.99 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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The English Empire in America, 16021658: Beyond Jamestown (Hardback - 28 Feb 2009)

By (author) L. H. Roper

ISBN-13: 9781851969920 ; ISBN-10: 1851969926

Price: £60.00 £50.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907–1279, Part 1 (Hardback - 23 Mar 2009)

This volume on the Sung Dynasty and its precursors presents the history of China from the fall of the T’ang Dynasty to the Mongol conquest. This first of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty (960–1279) and its Five Dynasties and Southern Kingdoms precursors presents the political history of China from the fall of the T’ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. Its twelve chapters...

Edited by Denis Twitchett; Paul Jakov Smith

ISBN-13: 9780521812481 ; ISBN-10: 0521812488

Price: £110.00 £83.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Bureaucracy of Han Times (Paperback / softback - 12 Feb 2009)

This is a comprehensive and fully documented study of Chinese bureaucracy during the Han period This is a comprehensive and fully documented study of Chinese bureaucracy during the Han period, when many of the basic lines of Chinese government practice were laid down. It is also more detailed and wider in scope than similar works on other periods of Chinese history. The book covers the time from 202 BC to AD 9 and...

By (author) Hans Bielenstein

ISBN-13: 9780521101127 ; ISBN-10: 0521101123

Price: £20.69 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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The Church of England and Christian Antiquity: The Construction of a Confessional Identity in the 17th Century (Hardback - 12 Feb 2009)

Jean-Louis Quantin shows how the appeal to Christian antiquity played a key role in the construction of a new confessional identity, 'Anglicanism', maintaining that theologians of the Church of England came to consider that their Church occupied a unique position, because it alone was faithful to the beliefs and practices of the Church Fathers. Today, the statement that Anglicans are fond of the Fathers and keen on...

By (author) Jean-Louis Quantin

ISBN-13: 9780199557868 ; ISBN-10: 0199557861

Price: £85.00 £68.55 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Land and Lineage in China: A Study of T'ung-Ch'eng County, Anhwel, in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties (Paperback / softback - 12 Feb 2009)

The book is unique and will be of interest to anthropologists as well as sociologists and historians. This is a study of landholding, taxation and social structure in one county of central China that became famous in the Ming and Ch’ing periods for producing great officials and remarkable intellectual traditions. The primary aim of the author is to investigate the composition, organisation and economic basis of...

By (author) Hilary J. Beattie

ISBN-13: 9780521101110 ; ISBN-10: 0521101115

Price: £18.29 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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Leonardo's Universe: The Renaissance World of Leonardo DaVinci (Hardback - 6 Jan 2009)

A veritable rock star in the book world some five centuries after his birth, Leonardo Da Vinci is a man for the ages. Millions of readers hungrily ponder the mysteries behind his sketch-filled notebooks, radical inventions, and enigmatic paintings. This stunning book, like no other on the market, explores the master’s insights and synthesizes his relationship with art and science in a magnificently...