An account of the conflict between Galileo and the Church. It reconstructs the history of the ideas that were the principle factors in defining his struggle with the Church, and provides an objective analysis which presents the issues as seen by both sides involved in the conflict.
Representations of Domestic Crime in England, 1550-1700
Looking back at images of violence in the popular culture of early modern England, we find that the specter of the murderer loomed most vividly not in the stranger, but in the familiar; and not in the master, husband, or father, but in the servant, wife, or mother. A gripping exploration of seventeenth-century accounts of domestic murder in fact ......
Presents a detailed description of the everyday life of early Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey. Cohen gives special attention to the rise of the Dutch Reformed Church in these areas - particularly to the denomination's transformation into an American culture.
The Commonplace Books of William Byrd and Thomas Jefferson and the Gendering of Power in the Eighteenth Century
William Byrd II and Thomas Jefferson both kept journals which contained a series of observations revealing their fear and hatred of women. Lockridge leads us through these texts, exploring them in the wider historical context of gender and power, to illustrate early American patriarchal rage.
Wrested from the rule of the Venetians, the island of Cyprus took on cultural shadings of enormous complexity as a new province of the Ottoman empire. This title uncovers the island society as seen through local law courts, public works, and charitable institutions.
Seeking to move away from the stereotypical views of the Italian Jew in the early modern period as Shylockian userer or mysterious astrologer, these papers address such topics as Italian Jewish preaching, the Kabbalah, Jewish historiography, messianic expectations, and Jewish ghetto culture.
Seeking to move away from the stereotypical views of the Italian Jew in the early modern period as Shylockian userer or mysterious astrologer, these papers address such topics as Italian Jewish preaching, the Kabbalah, Jewish historiography, messianic expectations, and Jewish ghetto culture.
Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York During the Administrationof Sir Edmund Andros 1674-1680
This volume, part of the New York Historical Manuscripts series, presents the early years of the administration of New York's first governorship under Sir Edmund Andros, who, as a loyal supporter of King Charles II, was awarded succeeding governorships of most of the English North American colonies, beginning with New York.
Offers an account of the bloody, corruption-laden history of land speculation in America, from pre-colonial times to the election of President Thomas Jefferson. This work exposes the real motives influencing some of the major events in our nation's history while placing the lives and careers of America's forefathers in a disturbing light.
