Concepts of the World in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period This volume offers Ingrid Baumgärtner's central articles on the medieval and early modern history of cartography for the first time ...

She also has expertise on the popularity of poetry in print during the early modern period. Mary works on the continuities between the medieval and the early modern, especially in relation to the ...

Together the essays present a clear picture of what we know about deviant speech in medieval culture, a picture that has begun to achieve the depth and richness of scholarship on slander in the early ...

Explore the history and culture of the early modern period. What was life like in the age of da Vinci? What is the basis of our understanding of concepts such as nature, romance, freedom, and ...

The Modern period in Japanese literature overlaps the reigns of three Emperors: Meiji (1868-1912), Taishō (1912-1926), and early Shōwa (1926-1945 ... The seven lessons in this collection are ...

Sancho I, ruler of the kingdom of Léon in the north of modern-day Spain ... Photograph by AKG/Album Early Muslim medicine drew on traditional practices from the region, some dating back to ...

The period between c.1250 and c.1750 saw changes in attitudes, fears and circumstances. This resulted in the emergence of new crimes and changes towards punishment. This case study summarises the ...

There were more limited changes to people’s health in medieval and early modern Britain in comparison ... the main changes that took place in this period and examines the reasons for them.