Early Modern History 1500-1750 Books

New and Published Books

1. The History of Bankruptcy

   Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe

   Edited by Thomas Max Safley

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   This volume takes up bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but a personal tragedy and a social evil. Using legal, business and personal records, the essays in this volume examine the impact of failure on business organizations and practices,...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
2. Giordano Bruno & Hermetic Trad

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Patrons and Patron Saints in Early Modern English Literature

   By Alison Chapman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

   This book visits the fact that, in the pre-modern world, saints and lords served structurally similar roles, acting as patrons to those beneath them on the spiritual or social ladder with the word "patron" used to designate both types of elite sponsor. Chapman argues that this elision of patron...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

   Edited by Marianna Muravyeva, Raisa Maria Toivo

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

   This project is an attempt to challenge the canonical gender concept while trying to specify what gender was in the medieval and early modern world. Despite the emphasis on individual, identity and difference that past research claims, much of this history still focuses on hierarchical or...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
5. World History

   Journeys from Past to Present - VOLUME 2: From 1500 CE to the Present, 2nd Edition

   By Candice Goucher, Linda Walton

   World History: Journeys from Past to Present uses common themes to present an integrated and comprehensive survey of human history from its origins to the present day. By weaving together thematic and regional perspectives in coherent chronological narratives, Goucher and Walton transform the...

   Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. World History

   Journeys from Past to Present - VOLUME 1: From Human Origins to 1500 CE, 2nd Edition

   By Candice Goucher, Linda Walton

   World History: Journeys from Past to Present uses common themes to present an integrated and comprehensive survey of human history from its origins to the present day. By weaving together thematic and regional perspectives in coherent chronological narratives, Goucher and Walton transform the...

   Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. World History

   Journeys from Past to Present, 2nd Edition

   By Candice Goucher, Linda Walton

   World History: Journeys from Past to Present uses common themes to present an integrated and comprehensive survey of human history from its origins to the present day. By weaving together thematic and regional perspectives in coherent chronological narratives, Goucher and Walton transform the...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
8. Women and Work in Pre-industrial England

   Edited by Lindsey Charles, Lorna Duffin

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   This book surveys women and work in English society before its transition to industrial capitalism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The time span of the book from 1300 to 1800 allows comparison of women’s work patterns across various phases of economic and social organisation. It was...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. Death Comes to the Maiden

   Sex and Execution 1431-1933

   By Camille Naish

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   In 1791, the French femme de lettres Olympe de Gouges wrote that 'as women have the right to take their places on the scaffold, they must also have the right to take their seats in government'. This book explores the issues of female emancipation through the history of female execution, from the...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
10. Women in Stuart England and America

    A Comparative Study

    By Roger Thompson

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

    Originally published in 1974, this study offers valuable perspectives on the status and roles of women in Stuart England and in the newly settled colonies of North America, particularly Massachusetts and Virginia. Incorporating both new research on the subject, and the findings of other scholars on...

    Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge