This is the era the Europeans and Eastern counterparts “woke up”, expanded, and built empires. Introduction The history...
Early Modern
Late-medieval and early modern northern European workshops operated on the principles of cooperative learning and collaboration. The...
Exploring the economic and political impacts of maritime enterprises of Europe in the Early Modern world. By...
The treatment of mental disorders in England during the Elizabethan and Jacobian periods. By Dr. Aleksandar DimitrijevicProfessor...
Colonial powers at the time constantly fought with pirates and engaged in several notable battles and other...
Topics discussed included politics and political scandals, daily gossip, fashion, current events, philosophy, science, and more. Introduction...
Exploring some myths about childhood illness and treatment in the early modern period. Introduction One morning in...
A close look at the flowers, fruits, seedpods, insects, and other small creatures in a 16th-century manuscript....
Natural events and pandemics contributed to the hysteria surrounding the witch trials of the 16th through 18th...
What is probably the first man-made armor for any animal appeared as early as 2600–2500 BCE. Introduction...
The society’s goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state...
Barruel wrote that the French Revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies. Introduction Augustin Barruel...
Syrups and electuaries were popular remedies for throat complaints from the 17th century onwards. Here are some...
Since ancient times animals have been the source of medicinal substances used in various cultures. Abstract Animals...
A new theology that came to dominate British religion after the Reformation altering the relationship between the...
Mercantilism was a political movement and an economic theory, dominant in Europe between 1600 and 1800. Introduction...
The occurrence of piracy was closely related to international trade, as those involved in piracy would have...
As the British expanded their presence in India, the Marathas represented a major threat to their territorial...
First encountered in the 17th century in the form of bhang, an intoxicating edible which had been...
The period was characterized by a fluidity of design accented by a sense of drama. Introduction The...
Economic theory today still rests in many areas upon the foundations laid by classical economists. Introduction Classical...
In the 18th Century, most travelers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded...
The history of slave rebels and resistance in the Caribbean is a rich and complicated story. Marissa:...
The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order, called the Safaviyeh. Introduction The...
The spread of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages (from the fifth to tenth centuries) marked the...
The category of ‘persons who have changed their sex’ in the wonder books cannot be exactly matched...
The Enlightenment directly involved only the educated spheres of society. After Pietism and the Moravian movement, the...
They cleverly allied themselves with European powers in order to protect themselves from the Ottomans. Introduction The...
These works represent an artistic encounter between East and West. A Controversial Auction In 2009, two eighteenth-century...
How the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Venetian empires interacted with each other and how their competition over southeastern...