This is the first study to focus specifically on destitute children who became part of the early British Empire, uniting separate historiographies on poverty, childhood, global expansion, forced migration, bound labor, and law.

Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England explores the remarkable life and career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. It will appeal to scholars and students of early modern British history, as well as those interested in politics and patronage during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

William the Silent and the Dutch Revolt examines the first stages of the Dutch struggle against Spanish rule during late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It is a key resource for scholars and students of early modern European history, as well as those interested in the history of revolts.

This book highlights new historical research from Europe’s northern frontier, bringing ‘the people’ back into the discussion of state politics, presenting alternative views of political and social relations in the Nordic countries before industrialization.

This volume uncovers the diplomatic cultures of the Ottoman court in Constantinople as it emerged as the axial centre of early modern diplomacy in Eurasia by examining ceremonial protocol, diplomatic sociability, gift-giving, cultural exchange, information gathering, and para-diplomatic actors.

According to Voltaire, Admiral John Byng was executed to "encourage the others." Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a macro event presents an updated, revisionist, and detailed account of a dark chapter in British naval, social, and cultural history.

This book aims to shed light on the roots of sustainability in the Iberian Peninsula that lie in the interrelations between shipbuilding and forestry from the 14th　to the 19th　centuries, combining various geographical scales (local, regional and national) and different timespans (short-term and long-term studies).

In surveying the authorised doctrinal works of the English church through the Reformation period, the progress of eschatological thinking is traced from the earliest days of change to the solidification of the formularies which remain binding across the worldwide Anglican Church today.

Suitable for specialists in the area and students taking courses on early modern English, European and American history as well as those with a more general interest in the period.

This book explores the intersection between geographic, material, and ideological marketplaces through the lens of religious belief and practice. It presents religion as a driving force in the formulation and everyday workings of the socioeconomic markets of England, Scotland, and Wales.