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The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West 1500-1800
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The Military Revolution

By Geoffrey Parker ,

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Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the 16th Century
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Gunpowder and Galleys

By John Francis Guilmartin ,

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Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660
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Siege Warfare

By Christopher Duffy ,

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The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th Century Central Asia
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The Bukharan Crisis

By Scott C. Levi ,

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Africa's Discovery of Europe, 1450-1850
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Africa's Discovery of Europe, 1450-1850

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Entrepreneurial Families: Business, Marriage and Life in the Early Nineteenth Century
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Entrepreneurial Families

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'Merely for Money'?: Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815
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'Merely for Money'?

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Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England
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Ill Composed

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Physick and the Family: Health, Medicine and Care in Wales, 1600-1750
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Physick and the Family

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England and the Discovery of America, 1481-1620
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England and the Discovery of America, 1481-1620

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The Death of Anglo-Saxon England
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The Death of Anglo-Saxon England

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Women Talk Back to Shakespeare: Contemporary Adaptations and Appropriations
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Women Talk Back to Shakespeare

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Amphibious Warfare 1000-1700: Commerce, State Formation and European Expansion
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Amphibious Warfare 1000-1700

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The Environmental Legacy of War on the Hungarian-Ottoman Frontier, c. 1540-1690
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The Environmental Legacy of War on the Hungarian-Ottoman Frontier, c. 1540-1690

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Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720
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Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720

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Never Married: Singlewomen in Early Modern England
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Never Married

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A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600
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A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600

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Montaigne: A Life
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Montaigne

By Philippe Desan , Steven Rendall (translator) , Lisa Neal (translator)

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The Familiarity of Strangers: The Sephardic Diaspora, Livorno, and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern Period
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The Familiarity of Strangers

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Shakespeare's Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's Book

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