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This book is addressed to researchers interested in the analysis of the mechanisms of political representation, parliamentary institutions and practices in early modern Europe. The main objective consists in offering a connected and comparative view through a range of rarely analysed case studies in a global perspective.

Silent Teachers considers for the first time the influence of Ottoman scholarly practices and reference tools on oriental learning in early modern Europe.

Anglo-Dutch Connections in the Early Modern World aims to be both accessible and innovative. It will be essential to students and researchers interested in European politics, intellectual history, and shared Anglo-Dutch society, while showcasing current research in multiple facets of the Early Modern World.

Confessional Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe examines the role of religion in early modern European diplomacy. In the period following the Reformations, Europe became divided: all over the continent, princes and their peoples split over theological, liturgical, and spiritual matters. At the same time, diplomacy rose as a means of communication and policy, and all powers established long- or short-term embassies and sent envoys to other courts and capitals. The book addresses three critical areas where questions of religion or confession played a role: papal diplomacy, priests and other clerics as diplomatic agents, and religion as a question for diplomatic debate, especially concerning embassy chapels.

The essays in this volume highlight the agency, intentionality, and creativity of individuals and groups in the making of sensory knowledge across the early modern period, from approximately 1500 to 1700.

The essays in this volume highlight the agency, intentionality, and creativity of individuals and groups in the making of sensory knowledge across the early modern period, from approximately 1500 to 1700.

Under Peter Leopold (r. 1765-90), Tuscany became the most important laboratory of Enlightened reform in all of Europe. Few societies underwent as many reforms in such a short period or were transformed as dramatically. Tuscany illustrates the possibilities and the limits of Enlightenment.

This book is addressed to researchers interested in the analysis of the mechanisms of political representation, parliamentary institutions and practices in early modern Europe. The main objective consists in offering a connected and comparative view through a range of rarely analysed case studies in a global perspective.

This edited volume examines the role of religion in diplomacy in early modern Europe since the Reformations. It addresses three main areas where questions of religion or confession played a role for monarchies: Papal diplomacy, priests and other clerics as diplomatic agents, and religion as a question for diplomatic debate.