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17 hours ago · These basic facts indicate a strong relationship between geography and early modern English drama—that is, the plays performed in commercial theaters from the late-Elizabethan period until their closure at the outbreak of Civil War in 1642. English playwrights were alive to the far-reaching commercial and colonial projects contemporary with ...
1 day ago · The early modern period was the period between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution—roughly 1500 to 1800. The period was characterized by proto-globalization and the rise of centralized bureaucratic states.
5 days ago · Food in Early Modern England: Phases, Fads, Fashions 1500-1760. London, Hambledon Continuum, 2007, ISBN: 9781852855383; 416pp.; Price: £30.00. A gentleman should never tell, but Food in Early Modern England is published 50 years after the appearance of Joan Thirsk's first book, English Peasant Farming (1957).
1 day ago · Domes. Domes built in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries relied primarily on empirical techniques and oral traditions rather than the architectural treatises of the time, but the study of dome structures changed radically due to developments in mathematics and the study of statics.
17 hours ago · History of Europe. The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the ...
3 days ago · Law, Lawyers and Litigants in Early Modern England | Reviews in History. Book: Law, Lawyers and Litigants in Early Modern England. edited by: Joanne Begiato, Adrian Green, Michael Lobban. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, ISBN: 9781108491723; 384pp.; Price: £95.00. Reviewer: Laura Flannigan. University of Cambridge. Citation:
5 days ago · Overview. Ideas do not confine themselves to national borders, and thus intellectual exchange provides an invaluable lens for exploring world history. Tracing how knowledge develops and ideas spread requires a close analysis of exchange of ideas across regions — sometimes across large distances.
