L'Empire Portugais face aux autres Empires

XVIe-XIX siècle

Empire portugais est placé ici dans une perspective comparative, qui permet d'étudier le passé de façon objective, détaché du cadre national qui définit encore aujourd'hui le travail des historiens. L'expansion portugaise est confrontée avec les autres Empires européens (néerlandais, espagnol, français, anglais ...

La correspondance du Cardinal de Richelieu

au Faite du Pouvoir, l'annee 1632

La correspondance du cardinal de Richelieu est passionnante en ce qu'elle présente à la fois les grands événements du temps et tous leurs protagonistes. Elle dépasse largement les limites du royaume de Louis XIII pour s'inscrire en une dimension européenne, fondatrice par la ...

El príncipe del renacimiento

vida y leyenda de César Borgia

Una biografía amena, escrita casi como una novela de aventuras, que permite recorrer el Renacimiento y sus principales protagonistas.Un libro pensado para el gran público, pues sumerge al lector en una verdadera trama histórica, política y cultural. La vida de César Borgia, uno de ...

Il governo della lettura

chiesa e libri nell'Italia del Settecento

Quali strategie adottarono le gerarchie ecclesiastiche cattoliche per sorvegliare stampa e cultura nel secolo dell'Illuminismo? Come reagirono di fronte alla circolazione dei libri dei "philosophes" nella penisola italiana? Quale fu il ruolo delle istituzioni sorte nell'età della riconquista cattolica, ossia l'Inquisizione e ...

Jean-Baptiste de Secondat de Montesquieu

au Nom du Pere

Écrasé par les espérances paternelles, angoissé par le prestige d#un mythe philosophique et par le devenir d#un nom menacé de disparition, Monsieur de Secondat n#osa jamais se présenter comme Jean-Baptiste de Montesquieu. Passionné par les sciences, absorbé par les lectures et les ...

I turchi alle porte

un viaggio nell'Italia del Rinascimento, terra di confine sotto la minaccia dei turchi, ma anche terra di incontri inattesi. Riprendendo e ampliando temi già affrontati in "Ossessione turca", in cui si misurava la presenza, reale o immaginata, del

Norteamerica a finales del siglo XVIII

España y los Estados Unidos

En este volumen se analizan las sutilezas de la ayuda encubierta, los planteamientos estratégicos de la intervención militar y los aspectos financieros de la ayuda española a los rebeldes americanos; sin dejar de estudiar las relaciones personales entre los prohombres españoles y los revolucionarios americanos ...

Debating women, politics, and power in early modern Europe

The sixteenth century was an age of politically powerful women. Queens, acting in their own right, and female regents, acting on behalf of their male relatives, governed much of Western Europe. Yet even as women ruled--and ruled effectively--their right to do so was hotly contested ...

Marriage and violence

the Early Modern legacy

Marriage is often described as a melding of two people into one. But what - or who - must be lost, fragmented, or buried in that process? In "Marriage and Violence", Frances E. Dolan reveals the contradiction that lies at the very heart of modern marriage. We ...

State and market in victorian Britain

war, welfare and capitalism

In the course of the nineteenth century, the economic structure and policies of Britain were remade, as the costs of the 'fiscal-military' state which fought successful wars against France were cut, and monopolies gave way to free trade, while monetary policy was determined by the ...

The realities of witchcraft and popular magic in Early Modern Europe

culture, cognition, and everyday life

What did witchcraft and magic in early modern Europe really involve? The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe explores the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic through a detailed study of actual cases and broad-ranging interdisciplinary investigations ...

A splendid exchange

how trade shaped the world

In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein tells the extraordinary story of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today He begins in ancient Mesopotamia, where early traders floated barley, copper, and ivory up and down the Tigris and Euphrates ...

Women and the reformation

The Reformation introduced a new and expanded role for women as critical participants in Christian life. "Women and the Reformation" gathers historical materials and personal accounts to provide a comprehensive and accessible look at the causes and effects of the changing status of women in ...

Efusión y tormento

el relato de los cuerpos: historia del pueblo en el siglo XVIII

Celebrado por el notable desarrollo del pensamiento y de las artes, el Siglo de las Luces fue igualmente un período de creciente control social orientado a hacer más dóciles a los sectores populares. Conformado por una población numerosa, inestable, precaria y extremadamente pobre, el "pequeño ...

Mary Tudor

Mary Tudor is often written off as a hopeless, twisted queen who tried desperately to pull England back to the Catholic Church that was so dear to her mother, and sent many to burn at the stake in the process. In this radical re-evaluation of ...

The road to Monticello

the life and mind of Thomas Jefferson

The sheer variety of Jefferson's many pursuits-he was an inventor, horticulturist, statesman, architect, and philosopher, among many other things-almost mask the singularity of his genius. But there is little doubt that our third president was also one of America's greatest intellectuals. This superb ...

Guilds, innovation and the European Economy, 1400-1800

Since the time of the French Revolution guilds have been condemned as a major obstacle to economic progress in the pre-industrial era. However this re-examination of the role of guilds in the early modern European economy challenges that view by taking into account new research ...

La mesure d'un continent

atlas historique de l'Amérique du Nord 1492-1814

En mars 1493, Christophe Colomb rentre d'un long voyage, persuadé d'avoir atteint les Indes. Pour atteindre l'Orient et ses trésors, il a fait le pari de traverser l'Atlantique. En réalité, il s'est heurté à un obstacle de taille ; un immense ...

Henry VIII

'The author does a wonderful job of telling a gripping story that also gives a sense of the complexity of the reign and the period ...Students who read this will be well instructed about a very significant period of English history - and they will be ...

El atroz final del príncipe Guillermo "El Taciturno"

el primer asesinato de un Jefe de Estado a punta de pistola

En esta obra, Lisa Jardine explora las repercusiones históricas del primer asesinato de un jefe de Estado a punta de pistola. El disparo que recibió el príncipe Guillermo de Orange en el vestíbulo de su residencia de Delft en julio de 1584 de mano de ...