Routledge Research in Early Modern History
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James VI and Noble Power in Scotland 1578-1603
1st Edition
Edited
By Miles Kerr-Peterson, Steven J. Reid
December 12, 2019
James VI and Noble Power in Scotland explores how Scotland was governed in the late sixteenth century by examining the dynamic between King James and his nobles from the end of his formal minority in 1578 until his accession to the English throne in 1603. The collection assesses James’ ...
London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recovery
1st Edition
By Jacob F. Field
December 12, 2019
The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to befall London in its long history. While its impact on London and its built environment has been studied and documented, its impact on Londoners has been overlooked. This book makes full and systematic use of the wealth of manuscript ...
Penury into Plenty: Dearth and the Making of Knowledge in Early Modern England
1st Edition
By Ayesha Mukherjee
December 12, 2019
Penury into Plenty: Dearth and the Making of Knowledge in Early Modern England is an original examination of cultural meanings of dearth and famine in England at the turn of the sixteenth century. It focuses on the socio-economic and ecological crises of the 1590s, investigating the effects of ...
Plural Pasts: Power, Identity and the Ottoman Sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle
1st Edition
By Claire Norton
December 12, 2019
Through a study of a variety of Ottoman and modern Turkish accounts of the Ottoman-Habsburg sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle (1600-01) including official documents, correspondence, histories, and more literary genres such as gazavatnames [campaign narratives], Plural Pasts explores Ottoman literacy ...
Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World c.1410-1800
1st Edition
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By Tracey A. Sowerby, Jan Hennings
December 12, 2019
Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World offers a new contribution to the ongoing reassessment of early modern international relations and diplomatic history. Divided into three parts, it provides an examination of diplomatic culture from the Renaissance into the eighteenth century and ...
The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin's Livre des Martyrs: All The True Christians
1st Edition
By Jameson Tucker
December 12, 2019
Between 1554 and 1570, the Genevan printer Jean Crespin compiled seven French-language editions of his martyrology. In The Construction of Reformed Identity in Jean Crespin’s Livre des Martyrs, Jameson Tucker explores how this martyrology helped to shape a distinct Reformed identity for its ...
The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663
1st Edition
By Kirsteen M. Mackenzie
December 12, 2019
This book provides the first major analysis of the covenanted interest from an integrated three kingdoms perspective. It examines the reaction of the covenanted interest to the actions and policies of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, drawing particular attention to links, similarities and ...
Violence and Emotions in Early Modern Europe
1st Edition
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By Susan Broomhall, Sarah Finn
December 12, 2019
Violence and Emotions in Early Modern Europe examines the purposes for which specific forms of violence and particular emotional states functioned, how they operated in relation to each other, or indeed how one provoked, sustained or diminished the other.These twelve original essays demonstrate the...
Church and Censorship in Eighteenth-Century Italy: Governing Reading in the Age of Enlightenment
1st Edition
By Patrizia Delpiano
December 10, 2019
Dealing with the issue of ecclesiastical censorship and control over reading and readers, this study challenges the traditional view that during the eighteenth century the Catholic Church in Italy underwent an inexorable decline. It reconstructs the strategies used by the ecclesiastical leadership ...
The Discourse of Exile in Early Modern English Literature
1st Edition
By J. Seth Lee
December 10, 2019
This volume examines the literary works of English exiles seeking to navigate what Edward Said calls "the perilous territory of not-belonging." The study opens by asking, "How did exile impact the way an early modern writer defined and constructed their personal and national identity?" In seeking ...
Murder, Justice, and Harmony in an Eighteenth-Century French Village
1st Edition
By Nancy Locklin
October 08, 2019
In 1718, a young woman named Moricette Nayl fought with her brother’s mother-in-law and accidentally killed her. Ruled a homicide, the incident set in motion an investigation, a trial, Moricette's flight from justice, an execution in effigy and, ultimately, the pardon of the killer and her ...
Edwin Sandys and the Reform of English Religion
1st Edition
By Sarah L. Bastow
August 29, 2019
This book examines the complexities of reformed religion in early-modern England, through an examination of the experiences of Edwin Sandys, a prominent member of the Elizabethan Church hierarchy. Sandys was an ardent evangelical in the Edwardian era forced into exile under Mary I, but on his ...