A volume of new essays on the dynamics of power in early modern societies.

This volume offers fifteen chapters written by leading specialists which explore the range of ways in which the book industry negotiated conflicts and controver

This sixth volume in the European Festival Studies series stems from a joint conference (Venice, 2013) between the Society for European Festivals Research and t

This is an examination of how and why medieval kings declared certain properties immune from their own power. The author argues that they were not compelled by

Why did early medieval kings declare certain properties to be immune from the judicial and fiscal encroachments of their own agents? Did weakness compel them to