Are images and spectacles fundamental mediators of power relationships in the West? This book draws upon the language of cultural studies to investigate a conte

Monarchy is an enduring institution that still makes headlines today. It has always been preoccupied with image and perception, never more so than in the period

The first in-depth analysis of how early modern people produced and consumed images of revolts and political violence, drawing on evidence from Russia, China, H

Print, in the early modern period, could make or break power. This volume addresses one of the most urgent and topical questions in early modern history: how di

Secrets in all their variety permeated early modern Europe, from the whispers of ambassadors at court to the emphatically publicized books of home remedies that