'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present livesthis ...

The thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in t...

All serious historical inquiry constantly encounters these major questions: what are the forces o...

This volume brings together new research into the place of witchcraft and magic in Greek and Roma...

This study surveys the growth of European intervention outside Europe between 1860 and 1914. It t...

'The Renaissance in National Context' aims to dispel the commonly held view that the great efflor...

The Industrial Revolution has been, and continues to be, the focus of massive historiographical a...

The historical impact of national movements in Europe has been dramatic and continues to be an is...

In this volume, leading scholars of early modern science argue the importance of specifically nat...

In general terms, one way of describing the world we live in is to say that it is made up of natu...

The essays in this volume provide an unusual historical perspective on the experience of illness:...

Arising out of a conference commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the death of William H...