Routledge Research in Early Modern History
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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...
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: History, Memory, Legacy
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrzej Chwalba, Krzysztof Zamorski
August 01, 2022
This volume provides a fresh perspective of the history and legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as the often-disputed memory of it in contemporary Europe. The unions between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania have fascinated many readers ...
The Political Discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Concepts and Ideas
1st Edition
By Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz
August 01, 2022
This book makes a contribution to ongoing European research into the political discourse of the early modern era, analyzing the political discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795). The sources comprise the broadly understood political literature from the end of the sixteenth ...
Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: “The King is Listening”
1st Edition
Edited
By Nancy Christie, Michael Gauvreau, Matthew Gerber
August 01, 2022
Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: "The King is Listening" offers, through the contribution of thirteen original chapters, a sustained analysis of judicial practices and litigation during the first era of French overseas expansion. The overall goal of this volume is to ...
Frederik Hendrik and the Triumph of the Dutch Revolt: Comparative Insurgencies
1st Edition
By Nick Ridley
May 06, 2022
Frederik Hendrik and the Triumph of the Dutch Revolt describes a crucial period in European history. During the early seventeenth century the Dutch, led by Frederik Hendrik, were engaged in a struggle for independence from the mighty Spanish Empire. But Spain was allied with its fellow Hapsburg ...