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Hace 4 días · Happiness is researching someone with a unique name. At least, that’s the case in the research environment created by the brilliant new resource, London Lives 1690–1800 – Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis. London Lives gathers together an unparalleled array of manuscript and printed sources containing evidence that can be ...
Hace 4 días · This article's lead section may be too long. ... The Ottoman system began declining by the 17th century and at the end of the 18th had all but collapsed.
Hace 3 días · The old church house on the corner of Church Street and Long Street was rebuilt in the 17th century and remodelled in 1783, probably by Thomas Thompson, a surgeon. (fn. 31) At the east end of the market-place, in the entrance to Cirencester Street, there was a small island of buildings, including an ancient forge, (fn. 32) an inn, and a lesser market-house.
Hace 3 días · The Renaissance was a period in European civilization that immediately followed the Middle Ages and reached its height in the 15th century. It is conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents and numerous important inventions.
Hace 3 días · While men's violence had long been categorised as 'barbarous' or inhumane, these accusations took on new meanings owing to developing concepts of sensibility. At the same time, the range of behaviour categorised as 'cruel' also seems to have widened as the eighteenth century wore on, reflecting the notion that men needed to be subjected to greater control in order to prevent violence.
Hace 5 días · Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, ISBN: 9781403917652; 256pp.; Price: £53.00. Katharine Hodgkin's Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography is a welcome, thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of the cultural history of madness. It partly draws on Michael Macdonald's seminal work on the popular beliefs and social practices ...
Hace 2 días · In addition to the standard periodization, proponents of a "long Renaissance" may put its beginning in the 14th century and its end in the 17th century. [c] The traditional view focuses more on the Renaissance's early modern aspects and argues that it was a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval aspects and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages.
