The Witchcraft Reader

Edited by Darren Oldridge

The Witchcraft Reader draws together the best historical writing on the subject, exploring the origins and consequences of the fear of witches. The Reader traces...

Published March 27th 2008 by Routledge.

News Networks in Seventeenth Century Britain and Europe

Edited by Joad Raymond

Examining new research, this excellent volume presents a series of case-studies exemplifying the new newspaper history. Using cross-cultural comparisons, Joad Raymond establishes an agenda for...

Published December 24th 2007 by Routledge.

The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe

Edited by Kenneth Borris, George S. Rousseau

The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe investigates early modern scientific accounts of same-sex desires and the shapes they assumed in everyday life. It...

Published November 30th 2007 by Routledge.

The Appearance of Witchcraft

By Charles Zika

For centuries the witch has been a powerful figure in the European imagination; but the creation of this figure has been hidden from our view....

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

Engines of the Imagination

Renaissance Culture and the Rise of the Machine

By Jonathan Sawday

At what point did machines and technology begin to have an impact on the cultural consciousness and imagination of Europe? How was this reflected through...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

Witch-Hunting in Scotland

Law, Politics and Religion

By Brian P. Levack

Witch-Hunting in Scotland presents a fresh perspective on the trial and execution of the hundreds of women and men prosecuted for the crime of witchcraft,...

Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge.

The Reign of Elizabeth I

1558–1603

By Stephen J. Lee

Covering the period from 1558–1603, The Reign of Elizabeth I looks at all the important aspects of the reign of the last of the Tudor...

Published October 29th 2007 by Routledge.

Science and Empire in the Atlantic World

Edited by James Delbourgo, Nicholas Dew

Science and Empire in the Atlantic World is the first book in the growing field of Atlantic Studies to examine the production of scientific knowledge in...

Published October 26th 2007 by Routledge.

By Frances Yates

Published September 26th 2007 by Routledge.

Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe, 1500–1700

By Brian Davies

This crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but here Brian L. Davies' study provides an essential insight into the...

Published April 30th 2007 by Routledge.