Family Firms and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe 9780367137106

Family Firms and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe: The Business, Bankruptcy and Resilience of the Hoechstetters of Augsburg 0367137100, 9780367137106

This fascinating study follows the fortunes of the Höchstetter family, merchant-manufacturers and financiers of Augsburg

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Queenship in Early Modern Europe 9781137005083, 9781137005076

Offering a fascinating survey of European queenship from 1500-1800, with each chapter beginning with a discussion of the

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Freedom and Capitalism in Early Modern Europe: Mercantilism and the Making of the Modern Economic Mind 9783030533083

This book hinges upon ideas and discourses variously known under labels such as “Mercantilism” and “Cameralism”. Often v

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Print Culture and Peripheries in Early Modern Europe 9789004235748

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Power and Image in Early Modern Europe 1847184456, 9781847184450

Are images and spectacles fundamental mediators of power relationships in the West? This book draws upon the language of

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Magic, Science, and Religion in Early Modern Europe 1108441653, 9781108441650

From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the d

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Ideographia: The Chinese Cipher in Early Modern Europe 0804732035, 9780804732031

From the first successful Jesuit mission to China in 1583, China's cultural practices transfixed the attention of W

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Secret Conversions to Judaism in Early Modern Europe 9004128832, 9789004128835

This volume deals with conversions to Judaism from the 16th to the 18th century. It provides six case studies by leading

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Everyday Magic in Early Modern Europe 1472433505, 9781472433503, 9781315581330

First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing. While pre-modern Europe is often seen as having an 'enchanted' or

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Europe observed_ Multiple gazes in early modern encounters 161148295X, 9781611482959

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