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Exploring the influence of English republicanism, this book delves into its significant impact on the moral and political landscape of eighteenth-century France. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how these ideas shaped French philosophical discourse, highlighting the interplay between English and French thought during this transformative period. By examining key figures and concepts, the work sheds light on the broader implications of republicanism in shaping modern political ideologies.

Although The Malleus is recognized as an important medieval text, as a source it presents difficulties of contextual understanding and cannot be said to be representative of late medieval learned thinking. This study is an introduction to this work and to the conceptual world of its authors. schovat popis

A study of the impact of power politics on the historical reputation of Charles D'Albert, duc de Luynes, a royal favourite at the court of Louis XIII in early seventeenth-century France -- .

Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma (1553-1625) is the last major unknown statesman in modern European history. Patrick Williams brings him dramatically to life and challenges the assumptions that historians have made about him and about Spanish history at a time of profound crisis, inviting a re-evaluation of the phenomenon of government by favorites in this seminal period of European history. Lerma served Philip III as his favorite and first minister between 1598 and 1618. His power dazzled contemporaries; one petitioner telling Philip that he had come to see him "because I could not get an appointment with the Duke of Lerma." Within a decade of assuming office Lerma had raised his family from humiliating poverty to great riches and was the greatest patron of the arts in Europe. His use of power provoked intense debate about the nature of corruption in government. Yet Lerma remained deeply ambivalent about his position. Determined to follow family tradition and retire into religious life to secure the salvation of his soul, he secured a cardinalate in 1617, ending his life as a prince of the Church.

Exploring the intersection of religion and design, this study examines how the European Reformation influenced the architecture and layout of places of worship. It offers an interdisciplinary perspective, analyzing changes in aesthetic and functional aspects of religious spaces during this transformative period. The book delves into the broader implications of these alterations on community and worship practices, providing a comprehensive understanding of the Reformation's lasting impact on ecclesiastical architecture.

Presents a biography of Richelieu up to the point where he took ministerial office for the second time in 1624.

This fascinating collection of essays reflects closely the main areas of debate within gay historiography. For the last twenty years scholars have argued over the nature of early modern sodomy, responding in a number of different and contradictory ways. Questions addressed in the book include: was early modern sodomy the same as modern homosexuality? Were there homosexuals in early modern Europe? Did men who had sex with each other in this period regard their behaviour as determining their identity? What was the relationship between the grave sin of sodomy and the homoerotic images that fill Renaissance culture?. The volume includes essays on sodomy in English Protestant history writing, in Calvin’s Geneva, in early modern Venice and the trial of sodomy in Germany.