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The Politics of Piety
A history of the role played by the Franciscans during the contentious Wars of Religion (1562-1594). In this paperback reissue of The Politics of Piety, author Megan Armstrong …
Violence and Honor in Prerevolutionary Périgord
Drawing on rich archival sources, explores the relationship between honor and violence in the Périgord region in prerevolutionary France. Historians and scholars across other …
Reformation and the German Territorial State
A richly documented study of the interrelation between religious reformation and territorial state-building in the German region of upper Franconia from the later Middle Ages …
Expansion and Crisis in Louis XIV's France
New insights on the growth of the territorial state in early modern Europe, the nature of the French absolute monarchy, and the political legacy of the Sun King. Driven by a desire …
Consuls and Captives
Analyzes how negotiations between Dutch consuls and North African rulers over the liberation of Dutch sailors helped create a new diplomatic order in the western Mediterranean. …
Noble Strategies in an Early Modern Small State
Noble Strategies in an Early Modern Small State addresses a subject few other scholars of early modern Europe attempt: the hundreds of small states that made up the overwhelming …
The Scourge of Demons
A fascinating examination of alleged demon possession and witchcraft in a seventeenth-century convent in Carpi, Italy. In 1636, residents at the convent of Santa Chiara in Carpi in …
State Formation in Early Modern Alsace, 1648-1789
A richly documented study of early modern state formation, sovereignty, legitimacy, and comparative political culture in Alsace between the Peace of Westphalia and the French …
Transforming the Republic of Letters
A multi-faceted study of intellectual transformation in early modern Europe as seen through the eyes of a leading French scholar and cleric, Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721). Early …
Pragmatic Toleration
Using the case of early-sixteenth-century Antwerp, argues that practices of religious toleration in the Christian West first emerged not as the outgrowth of beliefs about human …
Private Ambition and Political Alliances in Louis XIV's Government
An exploration of the personal and professional networks of political power during the reign of Louis XIV, focusing on the influence of his minister Louis Phélypeaux de …
A Show of Hands for the Republic
A fresh perspective on rural responses to the French Revolution, using sedition investigations to reveal how villagers took their place on the political stage. In the French …