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  • Franciscan Spirituality and Mission in New Spain, 1524-1599

    Conflict Beneath the Sycamore Tree (Luke 19:1-10)

    by Steven E. Turley ...
    Series series Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
    Franciscans in sixteenth-century New Spain were deeply ambivalent about their mission work. Fray Juan de Zumárraga, the first archbishop of Mexico, begged the king to find someone else to do his job so that he could go home. Fray Juan de Ribas, one of the original twelve 'apostles of Mexico' and a founding pillar of the church in New Spain, later fled with eleven other friars into the wilderness ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

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    The New Model Army, 1645–1660

    by Keith Roberts ...
    A historian of the English Civil Wars shares a fascinating study of the seventeenth century New Model Army, examining its formation, tactics, and significance.The New Model Army was one of the best-known and most effective armies ever raised in England. Oliver Cromwell was both its greatest battlefield commander and the political leader whose position depended on its support. In this meticulously ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Thirty Years' War 1618–1648

    by Richard Bonney ...
    Series series Guide to...
    More than three and a half centuries have passed since the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), but this most devastating of wars in the early modern period continues to capture the imagination of readers. This book reveals why.In this accessible, concise guide, Richard Bonney explains one of the first wars where contemporaries stressed the importance of atrocities, the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England

    by Darren Oldridge ...
    The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England reflects upon the boundaries between the natural and the otherworldly in early modern England as they were understood by the people of the time. The book places supernatural beliefs and events in the context of the English Reformation to show how early modern people reacted to the world of unseen spirits and magical influences. It sets out the ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Affectionate Authorities

    Fathers and Fatherly Roles in Late Medieval Basel

    by Philip Grace ...
    In one of his sermons, the medieval preacher Bernardino of Siena listed seven ’fathers’ to whom one owed obedience: God, one’s natural father, godfather, confessor, benefactor, a government official, and any elderly man. This book seeks to answer the question of why medieval Europeans saw the need for so many ’fathers.’ Why was fatherhood so appealing as a metaphor? Situated at the intersection of ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Treasure, Treason and the Tower

    El Dorado and the Murder of Sir Walter Raleigh

    by Paul R. Sellin ...
    In this remarkable book, the oft-told narrative of Sir Walter Raleigh is blown apart through the chance discovery of hitherto neglected Dutch correspondence found in a Swedish archive. Following an exciting paper-trail through Jacobean history to modern-day Venezuela, Professor Sellin makes a convincing case for Raleigh's innocence of the charges that led him to the block in 1618. Spurred on by ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • The Maligned Militia

    The West Country Militia of the Monmouth Rebellion, 1685

    by Christopher L. Scott ...
    Despite its failure to unseat King James II, the Monmouth Rebellion had a profound influence upon English politics. In particular, it reignited the debate about whether the country should rely on a professional army under direct royal control or local country militias made up of part-time soldiers. King James favoured the former, and used criticism of the militia’s performance during the rebellion ... Read more

    $82.44 CAD

  • Siamese White

    by Maurice Collis ...
    Foremost among the biographies that Maurice Collis wrote during his wide-ranging literary career is Siamese White - an account of the career of Samuel White of Bath who, during the reign of James II, was appointed by the King of Siam as a mandarin of that country. The book superbly embodies that old adage - truth is stranger than fiction.'A magnificent story, full of interest and excitement, but ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • James VI and Noble Power in Scotland 1578-1603

    Edited by Miles Kerr-Peterson, Steven J. Reid ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Early Modern History
    James VI and Noble Power in Scotland explores how Scotland was governed in the late sixteenth century by examining the dynamic between King James and his nobles from the end of his formal minority in 1578 until his accession to the English throne in 1603.The collection assesses James’ relationship with his nobility, detailing how he interacted with them, and how they fought, co-operated with and ... Read more

    $92.99 CAD

  • Servants in Rural Europe

    1400-1900

    by Jane Whittle, Raffaella Sarti, Richard Paping, Sarah Holland, Thijs Lambrecht, Carolina Uppenberg, Charmian Mansell, Christina Prytz, Hanne Osthus, Jeremy Hayhoe0, Lies Vervaet1, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christine Fertig2 ...
    This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Live-in servants were a distinctive element of early modern society. They were typically young adults aged between 16 and 24 who lived and worked in other people's households before marriage. Servants tended to be employed for long periods, several months to years at a time, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Women in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

    Intimate, Intellectual and Public Lives

    by Deborah Simonton ...
    The eighteenth century looms large in the Scottish imagination. It is a century that saw the doubling of the population, rapid urbanisation, industrial growth, the political Union of 1707, the Jacobite Rebellions and the Enlightenment - events that were intrinsic to the creation of the modern nation and to putting Scotland on the international map. The impact of the era on modern Scotland can be ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640

    Turning the World Upside Down

    by Beat Kümin, Professor Susan D. Amussen, Late Professor David E. Underdown, Professor Brian Cowan ...
    Series series Cultures of Early Modern Europe
    Gender, Culture and Politics in England, 1560-1640integrates social history, politics and literary culture as part of a ground-breaking study that provides revealing insights into early modern English society.Susan D. Amussen and David E. Underdown examine political scandals and familiar characters-including scolds, cuckolds and witches-to show how their behaviour turned the ordered world around ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD