After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, central authority fell to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the Shogunate began....
Early Modern
Analyzing the role that the Safavid economy played within the rapidly developing global economic system. By Connor...
The empire established Shi’a Islam as Iran’s official religion and united its provinces under a single Iranian...
Actual divorce allowing remarriage could only be granted by parliament. The government’s current consultation (closing on 10 December)...
Analyzing how three maps of Barbados promoted a flattering image of British colonialism in the Caribbean. To...
A lot of what is known about pirates is not true, and a lot of what is...
Almost everything we know about Dr. Lionel Wafer comes from his own pen. He enters the historical...
A history of the expansion of Europe overseas and the multiple forms of encounters between Europeans and...
How to get away with smuggling in the Early Modern world? Be someone else! By Alexis Harasemovitch-TruaxPhD...
Alcohol played a central role in early modern life, occupying much of the time of both law...
Early modern women were subjected to multiple realms of authority in both the private and public spheres....
The law’s “brooding presence” was very real to political actors in early modern France. Old Regime France,...
The Kangxi emperor created a villa with gardens to the northwest of Beijing which was named the...
A vivid picture of the emergence of the global market and the beginnings of global competition. Introduction...
Examining historic economic links with Portugal and its relationships abroad. By Dr. Ana Cardoso de Matos (left),...
We’re still far from being able to devise a truly world-centered historical framework for the nineteenth century....
Globalization began when all heavily-populated land masses began interacting in a sustained manner with deep consequences for...
The search for a commodity that the Chinese wanted to buy led the British to develop opium...
From early times China engaged in extensive trade relations with other countries, From early times China engaged...
Analyzing the communication space and social construct of early modern Europe from the perspective of environmental history....
Combating malaria through travel, diet, natural remedies, and architecture in early modern England. From standing PoolesFrom boggs;...
The origins of the theory are rooted in the medieval idea that God had bestowed earthly power...
The late Qing (Manchu) dynasty to the fall of Imperial China. Mongolian Interlude By the mid-thirteenth century,...