Cromwell accepted Jews for several reasons. He thought they might be a source of revenue and help him fight against his Catholic enemies. He was also persuaded by Dutch rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel ...

Together the essays present a clear picture of what we know about deviant speech in medieval culture, a picture that has begun to achieve the depth and richness of scholarship on slander in the early ...

She also has expertise on the popularity of poetry in print during the early modern period. Mary works on the continuities between the medieval and the early modern, especially in relation to the ...

The Modern period in Japanese literature overlaps the reigns of three Emperors: Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926), and early Shōwa (1926-1945). Similar to American writers, Japanese writers of the ...

Explore the history and culture of the early modern period. What was life like in the age of da Vinci? What is the basis of our understanding of concepts such as nature, romance, freedom, and ...

John O'Malley, a distinguished scholar of the Renaissance and Reformation, has decisively challenged this interpretation, emphasizing the variety, vitality, and complexity of Catholicism in the early ...

This was a time of glaring contradictions in the way Europeans, in Britain especially, came to see humanity. However, at the very same time, the Royal African Company was building its slave ...

Concepts of the World in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period This volume offers Ingrid Baumgärtner's central articles on the medieval and early modern history of cartography for the first time ...