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Connected Mobilities in the Early Modern World
This book offers a panorama of movement, mobility, and exchange in the early modern world. While the pre-modern centuries have long been portrayed as static and self-contained, it is now acknowledged that Europe from the Middle Ages onwards saw increasing flows of people and goods. Movement also connected the continent more closely to other parts of the world. The present work challenges dominant notions of the ‘fixed,’ immobile nature of pre-modern cultures through study of the inter-connected material, social, and cultural dimensions of mobility. The case studies presented here chart the technologies and practices that both facilitated and impeded movement in diverse spheres of social activity such as communication, transport, politics, religion, medicine, and architecture. The chapters underscore the importance of the movement of people and objects through space and across distance to the dynamic economic, political, and cultural life of the early modern period.
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The world from 1450 to 1700
\"Traces the interwoven changes that led from the world of Columbus, Luther, and the Mughal emperor Babur to the world of Locke, Louis XIV, and the Kangxi Emperor. Wills encourages his readers to acknowledge the special features of the European experience and achievement without presenting Europe as essentially the only source of the modern\"--Provided by publisher.
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Nationalism and Revolution in Europe, 1763-1848
Addresses enduring historiographical problems concerning the appearance of the first national movements in Europe and their role in the crises associated with the Age of Revolution.
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Culinary Texts in Context, 1500–1800
This collection represents a new and significant contribution to the study of recipe books from the early modern period (ca. 1500-1800) by situating them in a broader European context, traversing Catalonia, Finland, French and German-speaking regions, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and England. Ten essays, including a critical introduction to the genre, trace the materiality of the books and the use of the instructions therein, investigating patterns of recipe collection and their evolution over time; the international transmission of recipes, ingredients, and artisanal knowledge; and women's manuscript culture. The authors explore how localised traditions of book production and domestic record-keeping shaped the physical forms of the books, and how stains, folds, marginalia, items pressed between pages, and pasted-in additions reveal their many uses. The inclusion of new ingredients and the integration of foreign recipes point to the many ways in which people, food, ideas, and books travelled the globe.
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The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe
Over the past three decades scholars have transformed the study of women and gender in early modern Europe. This Ashgate Research Companion presents an authoritative review of the current research on women and gender in early modern Europe from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The authors examine women's lives, ideologies of gender, and the differences between ideology and reality through the recent research across many disciplines, including history, literary studies, art history, musicology, history of science and medicine, and religious studies. The book is intended as a resource for scholars and students of Europe in the early modern period, for those who are just beginning to explore these issues and this time period, as well as for scholars learning about aspects of the field in which they are not yet an expert. The companion offers not only a comprehensive examination of the current research on women in early modern Europe, but will act as a spark for new research in the field.
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Prices in Robert Estienne's booksellers' catalogues (Paris 1541-1552) : a statistical analysis
Questo articolo indaga i prezzi dei libri in nove cataloghi di vendita pubblicati dal tipografo e libraio Robert Estienne tra il 1541 ed il 1552. In totale sono state inserite un una banca dati 1801 voci, il 77% delle quali è stato identificato in bibliografie, cataloghi o altri repertori, soprattutto online (USTC). Escluse quelle dubbie o incomplete, sono state selezionate 1088 voci per una analisi statistica volta a illustrare le tendenze generali e i principali fattori che influenzano i prezzi dei libri di prima mano, non rilegati. Tali fattori includono l'anno di pubblicazione, l'età dell'edizione, il formato bibliografico e l'uso di caratteri specifici, come quelli ebraici e greci.È inoltre dimostrato che i prezzi della maggior parte delle edizioni menzionate più di una volta nei diversi cataloghi sono rimasti stabili. Nel 13% dei casi per i quali sono disponibili dati sufficienti, i prezzi sono variati. Il risultato di questa indagine aiuta a comprendere i livelli generali dei prezzi dei libri a Parigi nel periodo esaminato, il che a sua volta contribuirà ad affrontare il tema del commercio del libro su una scala più ampia sia nel tempo che nello spazio. [Testo dell'editore]This survey focuses on prices as they were advertised by the Paris printer and bookseller Robert Estienne in nine booksellers' catalogues published between 1541 and 1552. 1,801 entries in total were entered onto a database; it has been possible to identify 77% of these from references to them in bibliographies, catalogues or other, mainly online, tools (in particular the Universal Short Title Catalogue, USTC). After exclusion of incomplete or doubtful data, 1,087 entries were selected for statistical analysis, in order to attempt to reveal overall trends as well as some of the main factors influencing prices of ‘first-hand' (i.e., not second-hand), unbound books.These factors include the year of publication, the ‘age' of editions, bibliographical format and use of any specific founts, such as Hebrew and Greek. Our analysis shows that prices of the majority of the editions mentioned more than once across different catalogues remained stable. In 13% of the cases for which enough data is present, prices varied. The results of this survey help us to understand something about the general price levels of books in Paris in this period, which in turn will help us develop a deeper understanding of the book trade on a wider scale in both time and space. [Publisher's text]
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