17Th Century category: 857 books
The Travels of Pietro della Valle in India
From the old English Translation of 1664, by G. Havers. In Two Volumes Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Edited, with a Life of the Author, an Introduction and Notes. Letters 1-3, 1623. This and the following volume (First Series 85) have continuous main pagination. The supplementary material consists of the 1891 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1892.
Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750
Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
A substantial amount of work has been carried out to explore the military systems of Western Europe during the early modern era, but the military trajectories of the Asian states have received relatively little attention. This study provides the first comparative study of the major Asian empires'...
The English Rogue - described in the life of Meriton Latroon a witty extravagant being a complete history of the most eminent cheats of both sexes
Previously published 1665 and 1928
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
When it first appeared, The English Rogue was declared a forbidden book on account of its gross indecency. Copies were printed secretly and sold furtively at alehouses until 1665 when it was properly licensed. When requested, the author, Richard Head, declined to produce a second volume as it was...
Making home
Orphanhood, kinship and cultural memory in contemporary American novels
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Explores the figure of the orphan child in a broad selection of contemporary US novels by popular and critically acclaimed authors
by Jean Walton
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Life of the Icelander Jón Ólafsson, Traveller to India, Written by Himself and Completed about 1661 A.D.
With a Continuation, by Another Hand, up to his Death in 1679. Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Translated from the Icelandic edition of Sigfús Blöndal and edited by the translator. The volume covers his life and travels, 1593-1622, in Iceland, England, Denmark, White Sea, Faroes, Spitzbergen, Norway. Continued, with new editors, in Second Series 68. This is a new print-on-demand hardback...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Historians and literary scholars explore the rise of parliament in the historical imagination of Tudor and early Stuart England. Collectively the essays demonstrate that the evolution of historical conceptions of parliament was central to the ecclesiological and political thinking and culture of the period before the English Revolution.
Modern Historians on British History 1485-1945 (Routledge Revivals)
A Critical Bibliography 1945-1969
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2009
The twenty-five year period following the Second World War saw an enormous expansion of activity in the writing of the history of modern Britain, and with that expansion a major transformation of the state of knowledge in many parts of the area. First published in 1970, this Revivals reissue, which...
Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates
Renegade Identities in Early Modern English Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, including the mercenary Thomas Stukeley, the Barbary corsair John Ward, and the wandering adventurers the Sherley brothers, Laurie Ellinghausen sheds new light on the construction of the early modern renegade and its depiction in English...
by Sasha Handley
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society Drawing on diverse archival sources and material artifacts, Handley reveals that the way we sleep is as dependent on culture as it is on biological and environmental factors. After 1660...
by Voltaire
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Voltaire had an enormous influence on the development of historiography through his demonstration of fresh new ways to look at the past. The Age of Louis XIV...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This is an account of the expedition of royal and private ships which left Plymouth in 1595 under the command of Drake and Hawkins with the aim of capturing the city of Panama. The expedition ended in total failure, both leaders died and attempt to capture Grand Canary, Puerto Rico and Panama were...
Católicos x Protestantes
A Guerra dos Trinta Anos (1618-1648)
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 12, 2015
A Guerra dos Trinta Anos (1618-1648) foi um dos mais violentos conflitos militares da história da humanidade, que deixou 4 milhões de mortos e mudou a face da Europa. Contrapôs de um lado a hegemonia da Igreja Católica e, de outro, as novas e vibrantes igrejas protestantes, também chamadas de...
A Plague of Informers
Conspiracy and Political Trust in William III's England
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Stories of plots, sham plots, and the citizen-informers who discovered them are at the center of Rachel Weil's compelling study of the turbulent decade following the Revolution of 1688. Most studies of the Glorious Revolution focus on its causes or long-term effects, but Weil instead zeroes in on the...