Atlas de las exploraciones y los imperios

Una elocuente visión de cómo era el mundo durante la gran era de los descubrimientos. Los magníficos mapas y la riqueza de datos sobre los países y los imperios de la época lo convierten en una guía ilustrada del mundo entre 1450 y 1800. Con ...

European warfare in a global context, 1660-1815

This original book presents a global approach to eighteenth century warfare. Emphasis is made on the importance of conflict in the period and the capacity for decisiveness in impact and development in method. Through this Jeremy Black extends the view beyond land to naval conflict ...

Reason of State, propaganda, and the Thirty Years' War

an unknown translation by Thomas Hobbes

Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679): a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, translated by Hobbes from a Latin original. Malcolm's book explores a fascinating ...

European sexualities, 1400-1800

This is a major new survey of the social and cultural history of sexuality in early modern Europe. Within a frame that includes the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment, it weaves together statistical findings, discussions of changing sexual ideology, and evidence ...

The noble revolt

the overthrow of Charles I

John Adamson's book traces the careers and fortunes of the small group of English noblemen who risked their lives and fortunes to challenge the king's attempt to create an authoritarian monarchy in the Stuart kingdoms during the 1630s. Beginning with a core of ...

Benjamin Disraeli

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based ...

Elizabeth I

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based ...

Louis XIV

This up-to-date, lively and accessible biography focuses on Louis' personal life while keeping the needs of the history student at the forefront, featuring analysis of Louis' wider significance in history and the surrounding historiography. A narrative account of Louis' life, this study proposes that the ...

Warfare, State and society on the Black Sea steppe, 1500-1700

This crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but here Brian L. Davies's study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power. For nearly three centuries, Russia vied with the Crimean Khanate ...

Epistolario florentino

Fascinante odisea la del florentino Lucas Carduccio, quien entre 1640 y 1680 vivió la intimidad de Felipe IV de España, la del Califa de Tremecén en el Magreb y bajo tutela del todopoderoso visir turco, en el reinado de Memmed IV en Constantinopla.

Soldats

un laboratoire disciplinaire: l'armée piémontaise au XVIIIe siècle

Au XVIIIe siècle, la discipline militaire visait un objectif très précis : briser la lenteur des rythmes sur le champ de bataille. Alors que les militaires de l'Europe entière s'interrogeaient sur " l'art d'une bonne instruction ", les victoires de Frédéric II démontraient qu ...

Técnicas bélicas del mundo moderno, 1500-1763

equipamiento, técnicas y tácticas de combate

Esta obra es una guía ilustrada que detalla y explica todo tipo de tácticas de combate, armas y equipamiento utilizados a lo largo de la Edad Moderna.

Louis XIV

le roi de gloire

" Le métier de roi est grand, noble et délicieux "... affirme le jeune Louis XIV qui, pendant un demi-siècle, régnera en monarque " absolu " sur vingt millions de Français. Héritier d'un royaume pacifié, il mène une politique hégémonique en Europe, part en guerre contre les Provinces-Unies ...

Cultural exchange in early modern Europe

At a time when the enlarged European Community asserts the humanist values uniting its members, this series of four volumes, featuring leading scholars from twelve countries, seeks to uncover the deep but hidden unities shaping a common European past. These volumes examine the domains of ...

Il baluardo della corona

guerra, esercito, finanze e società nella Lombardia seicentesca (1630- 1660)

Sin dalla sua costituzione, all'indomani dell'ingresso nei domini asburgici, l'esercito di Lombardia ha costituito uno dei pilastri su cui si è fondato il potere dei sovrani spagnoli, come massa di manovra nella politica della Monarchia non solo all'interno della penisola italiana ...

The making of the British Isles

the State of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660

The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of state building that was as much about far- sighted planning and vision as coincidence, accident and failure. It is a history of revolts and reversal, familial bonds ...

The early modern ottomans

remapping the Empire

A groundbreaking reinterpretation of the middle years of the Ottoman Empire, from the conquest of Byzantium in 1453 to the establishment of the Tanzimat in 1839. This period saw the evolution of the Empire from the height of its powers to- as the traditional view ...

Mazarin

le maître du jeu

Défiant un monde qui ne prévoyait pas de place pour lui, Mazarin, un étranger sans naissance ni fortune, a gagné sur tous les tableaux. A sa mort, il se trouvait maître de la France et arbitre de l'Europe, plus puissant que ne le fut ...

Flibustiers aux Antilles

de l'origine au déclin

Dès le début du XVIe jusqu'au XVIIe siècle, des hommes ont traversé l'océan pour aller chercher richesses et aventures dans la mer des Caraïbes. Ces navigateurs, colons et marchands, à leur retour en Europe, exaltaient l'enchantement de ces nouvelles terres. De nouveaux ...

La Europa del siglo XVI

expansión y conflicto

La Parte I se ocupa de las realidades económicas y sociales de la época. Se abre con el estudio de una de las raras constantes que es posible hallar en el XVI: la preeminencia social de que disfrutan los nobles (cap. 1). Después, esto se ...