Medieval and Early Modern History

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Between Sahara and Sea

Africa in the Roman Empire

By David J. Mattingly
Subjects: Archaeology, Roman, African Studies, History, Medieval and Early Modern History, Classical Studies, Roman
Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures

David Mattingly’s long-awaited book on North Africa and the Romans

Kingship and Justice in the Ottonian Empire

By Laura Wangerin
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, History, Medieval and Early Modern History

What makes a successful government?

Women’s Bookscapes in Early Modern Britain

Reading, Ownership, Circulation

By Leah Knight, Micheline White, and Elizabeth Sauer
Subjects: Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Literary Studies, History, Medieval and Early Modern History

Rediscovering and reframing the rich and multifaceted history of early modern British women’s book ownership and library compilation

The Birth of the Archive

A History of Knowledge

By Markus Friedrich
Translated by John Dillon
Subjects: History, Medieval and Early Modern History, Intellectual History, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Series: Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World

The dynamic but little-known story of how archives came to shape and be shaped by European culture and society

Virtuous Necessity

Conduct Literature and the Making of the Virtuous Woman in Early Modern England

By Jessica Murphy
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, History, Medieval and Early Modern History

A new way of looking at behavioral expectations for women in early modern England

Epiphanius of Cyprus

Imagining an Orthodox World

By Young Richard Kim
Subjects: Classical Studies, Greek, Religion, History, Medieval and Early Modern History

Brings a balanced perspective to a controversial scholar of heresies

The Media Players

Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News

By Stephen Wittek
Subjects: Literary Studies, 16th and 17th Century Literature, History, Medieval and Early Modern History, Media Studies, Theater and Performance

News culture in England grew—not coincidentally—as a spectacular era of theatrical production and innovation reigned

The Strange and Terrible Visions of Wilhelm Friess

The Paths of Prophecy in Reformation Europe

By Jonathan Green
Subjects: History, Medieval and Early Modern History, German History, German Studies
Series: Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World

Studying the prophecies of Wilhelm Friess and the interconnectedness of textual and print history

The Age of Attila

Fifth-Century Byzantium and the Barbarians

Revised Edition

By C.D. Gordon
Contributions by David Stone Potter
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, History, Medieval and Early Modern History, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

A classic brought back in print with an introduction and notes by David S. Potter

Printing and Prophecy

Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550

By Jonathan Green
Subjects: German Studies, History, German History, Medieval and Early Modern History
Series: Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World

Examining possible connections between prophecy and changes in media in the century after Gutenberg

The Information Master

Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System

By Jacob Soll
Subjects: History, European History, Intellectual History, Political Science, Political History, Medieval and Early Modern History
Series: Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World

A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge

History, Medicine, and the Traditions of Renaissance Learning

By Nancy G. Siraisi
Subjects: Health & Medicine, Classical Studies, History, Intellectual History, Medieval and Early Modern History
Series: Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World

The first book in a new series and a groundbreaking study of connections, parallels, and mutual interaction between two critical disciplines—medicine and history—in 15th- to 17th-century Europe

The Afterlife of Pope Joan

Deploying the Popess Legend in Early Modern England

By Craig Rustici
Subjects: Gender Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, History, Medieval and Early Modern History, Literary Studies, 16th and 17th Century Literature

Investigates representations of the legend of Pope Joan in Early Modern England and their implications on social, political, and religious thought

Classics of Social Choice

Edited by Iain McLean & Arnold Urken
Subjects: Political Science, Political History, Economics, History, Medieval and Early Modern History
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