Routledge Research in Early Modern History
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Roman Ambitions: Bishop Thomas James at the Renaissance Papal Court
1st Edition
By Diane E. Booton
August 25, 2026
Roman Ambitions explores papal politics and humanist culture through the biographical framework of Thomas James (d. 1504), a Breton cleric who spent nearly two decades in Rome. The Italian Wars (1494–98) waged by King Charles VIII are often considered a seminal turning point in the reception of ...
Diplomacy and the Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy: The missions of Bernardino de Rebolledo and Antonio Pimentel in Denmark and Sweden, 1648 - 1660
1st Edition
By Enrique J. Corredera Nilsson
July 06, 2026
This study explores how the Spanish monarchy under Philip IV developed into a major diplomatic power between 1648 and 1660. Based on archival research in Spain, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden, and drawing on concepts from multilingual historiography and sociology, the book examines in detail the ...
Soldiers and Migrants: Foreign Mercenaries in the Principality of Transylvania (1541-1690)
1st Edition
By Florin Nicolae Ardelean
June 23, 2026
This book provides a detailed picture of foreigners who performed military service in the Principality of Transylvania over almost one and a half centuries. It explores their social and cultural background, their motivation for seeking employment in these parts of the continent and their ...
The Female Convents of Lisbon, 1640 to 1750
1st Edition
By Ben James
June 18, 2026
Female convents in early modern Lisbon were important economic, cultural, social and even political spaces which housed generations of elite women. Until now they have received much less attention than comparable institutions across the early modern Roman Catholic world. This book begins to tell ...
Exploring Sixteenth-Century Italy Through the Poems of Giulio Cesare Croce
1st Edition
By Lena Breda
April 07, 2026
This volume translates the poems of Giulio Cesare Croce: a sixteenth-century street poet and singer who plied his trade on the bustling streets of Bologna. Though widely popular in his time, Croce’s work has been largely neglected by modern scholarship, and his poems remain largely untranslated ...
The Bible Interpreted by Women in Early Modern Italy: Promoting Dignity and Agency
1st Edition
By Erminia Ardissino
March 27, 2026
This volume studies initial attempts by Italian women of the early modern period to assert their dignity and gender equality through skillful interpretation of the Bible. It shows how the holy text represented a means to self-awareness and self-valorization, both through the role models of female ...
Colonel Philip Jones, Oliver Cromwell and the British Revolutions in South Wales
1st Edition
By David Farr
March 24, 2026
This volume centres on Colonel Philip Jones but touches on others – most notably, Griffith Lloyd and Rowland Dawkins – who were part of his political network. These three men, all from Glamorgan and linked as kin, emerged from lives on the fringes of Welsh gentry status to imprint themselves on the...
The British and German Worlds in an Age of Divergence (1600–1850): Ambiguous Entanglements
1st Edition
Edited
By Niels Grüne, Stefan Ehrenpreis
December 26, 2025
The question of whether Britain is "apart from or a part of Europe" (D. Abulafia) has gained significance in recent years. This book reassesses an underexplored field of early modern transnational history: the variety of ways in which connections between Britain and German-speaking Europe shaped ...
The Figure of Ganymede in Early Modern Spanish Comedias
1st Edition
By Felipe E. Rojas
December 18, 2025
Abducted by Jupiter for his beauty and made cupbearer to the gods, Ganymede has long been interpreted as an emblem of pederasty and queer desire. While critics such as James M. Saslow and Leonard Barkan have emphasized the (homo)erotic readings of this mythological figure, they have largely ...
Anglo-Prussian Relations 1701–1713: The Reciprocal Production of Status through Ceremony, Diplomacy, and War
1st Edition
By Crawford Matthews
September 29, 2025
In 1701, Frederick I crowned himself the first King in Prussia. This title required a process of royal status construction in conjunction with other European rulers, and Frederick found his most willing partners in the English monarchy. This volume examines their ceremonial and military cooperation...
Early Jesuits and the Rhetorical Tradition
1st Edition
By Jaska Kainulainen
September 29, 2025
This book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Jesuit contributions to the rhetorical tradition established by Isocrates, Aristotle, Cicero and Quintilian. It analyses the writings of those Jesuits who taught rhetoric at the College of Rome, including Pedro Juan Perpiña, (1530–66), Carlo ...
Academic Households in Early Modern Northern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Mari Välimäki
August 08, 2025
This volume explores academic households in early modern (c. sixteenth to eighteenth century) Northern Europe, examining changing dynamics of family and gender. During the Middle Ages, Christian scholars were expected to spend their lives unwed and instead focus on educating the young. However, a ...