Hakutulokset: modern history
Etsimme kuitenkin kirjoja hakusanalla modern history , mikä antoiyhteensä 102 hakutulosta
Swedish and Finnish Historiographies of the Swedish Realm, c. 1520–1809
In the early modern era, two Nordic countries that are neighbours today, Sweden and Finland, formed one realm. Yet, modern history writing has largely ignored this unity, instead …
Remarriage and Stepfamilies in East Central Europe, 1600-1900
Due to high adult mortality and the custom of remarriage, stepfamilies were a common phenomenon in pre-industrial Europe. Focusing on East Central Europe, a neglected area of …
Spain, Rumor, and Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Jacobean England
Geoffrey Parker has remarked that the Spanish Armada, though a disastrous defeat, was a considerable psychological success. Deep into the seventeenth century the specter of a …
Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice
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 …
Languages of Reform in the Eighteenth Century
Societies perceive "Reform" or "Reforms" as substantial changes and significant breaks which must be well-justified. The Enlightenment brought forth the idea that the future was …
Criminal Justice During the Long Eighteenth Century
This book applies three overlapping bodies of work to generate fresh approaches to the study of criminal justice in England and Ireland between 1660 and 1850. First, crime and …
Violence and Emotions in Early Modern Europe
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 …
Roots of Sustainability in the Iberian Empires
This book sheds light on the roots of sustainability in the Iberian Peninsula that lie in the interrelations between shipbuilding and forestry from the 14th to the 19th centuries, …
Anti-Jacobitism and the English People, 1714–1746
In both 1715 and 1745 there was a major military challenge in Britain to the thrones of George I and George II, posed by Jacobite supporters of the exiled Stuart claimant. This …
Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England
Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England explores the remarkable life and career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. Pembroke was one of the most …