Routledge Research in Early Modern History
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Bringing the People Back In: State Building from Below in the Nordic Countries ca. 1500-1800
1st Edition
Edited
By Knut Dørum, Mats Hallenberg, Kimmo Katajala
January 09, 2023
The formation of states in early modern Europe has long been an important topic for historical analysis. Traditionally, the political and military struggles of kings and rulers were the favoured object of study for academic historians. This book highlights new historical research from Europe’s ...
Diplomatic Cultures at the Ottoman Court, c.1500–1630
1st Edition
Edited
By Tracey A. Sowerby, Christopher Markiewicz
January 09, 2023
In the sixteenth century, the Ottoman court in Constantinople emerged as the axial centre of early modern diplomacy in Eurasia. Diplomatic Cultures at the Ottoman Court, c.1500-1630 takes a unique approach to diplomatic relations by focusing on how diplomacy was conducted and diplomatic ...
William the Silent and the Dutch Revolt: Comparative Starting Points and Triggering of Insurgencies
1st Edition
By Nick Ridley
January 09, 2023
William the Silent and the Dutch Revolt examines the first stages of the Dutch struggle against Spanish rule during the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The book analyses the causes of growing discontent in the Netherlands and the various stages of the revolt, focusing on the key ...
The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain
1st Edition
By Joseph J. Krulder
December 19, 2022
According to Voltaire's Candide, Admiral John Byng's 1757 execution went forward to 'encourage the others'. Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a macro-event presents an updated, revisionist, and detailed account of a dark chapter in British naval&...
Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes
1st Edition
By Mehmet Karabela
September 26, 2022
Early modern Protestant scholars closely engaged with Islamic thought in more ways than is usually recognized. Among Protestants, Lutheran scholars distinguished themselves as the most invested in the study of Islam and Muslim culture. Mehmet Karabela brings the neglected voices of post-Reformation...
Negotiating Exclusion in Early Modern England, 1550–1800
1st Edition
Edited
By Naomi Pullin, Kathryn Woods
September 26, 2022
This edited volume examines how individuals and communities defined and negotiated the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion in England between 1550 and 1800. It aims to uncover how men, women, and children from a wide range of social and religious backgrounds experienced and enacted exclusion...
Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice: “And Must They All Be Hanged?”
1st Edition
By Drew D. Gray
August 29, 2022
This volume uses four case studies, all with strong London connections, to analyze homicide law and the pardoning process in eighteenth-century England. Each reveals evidence of how attempts were made to negotiate a path through the justice system to avoid conviction, and so avoid a sentence of ...
The English Chartered Trading Companies, 1688-1763: Guns, Money and Lawyers
1st Edition
By Michael Wagner
August 29, 2022
This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies which were active during the period 1688-1763: The East India Company, the Royal African Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, The Levant Company, and the Russia Company. Using both archival and secondary ...
The Reformation of England's Past: John Foxe and the Revision of History in the Late Sixteenth Century
1st Edition
By Matthew Phillpott
August 29, 2022
This book is a detailed examination of the sources and protocols John Foxe used to justify the Reformation, and claim that the Church of Rome had fallen into the grip of Antichrist. The focus is on the pre-Lollard, medieval history in the first two editions of the Acts and Monuments. Comparison of ...
The Scramble for Italy: Continuity and Change in the Italian Wars, 1494-1559
1st Edition
By Idan Sherer
August 29, 2022
The Scramble for Italy offers fresh insights on the set of conflicts known as the Italian Wars of 1494-1559. The aim of this book is to explore the trends of continuity and change that characterized the sixteenth century in order to demonstrate the significance of the Italian Wars as an especially ...
From Classical to Modern Republicanism: Reflections on England, Scotland, America, and France
1st Edition
By Mark Hulliung
August 01, 2022
In 1955 Louis Hartz published a volume titled The Liberal Tradition in America, in which he argued that liberalism was the one and only American tradition. Since then scholars of New Left and neoconservative persuasion have offered an alternative account based on the notion that the civic notions ...
German Imperial Knights: Noble Misfits between Princely Authority and the Crown, 1479–1648
1st Edition
By Richard J. Ninness
August 01, 2022
The German imperial knights were branded disobedient, criminal, or treasonous, but instead of finding themselves on the wrong side of history, they resisted marginalization and adapted through a combination of conservative and progressive strategies. The knights tried to turn the elite world on its...