Toward a Cultural Ecology of Architectural Glass in Early Modern Northern Europe

Suicide in Early Modern and Modern Europe

Suicide in Early Modern and Modern Europe

an act and a subject of discourse, in the early and late modern periods. It argues that, while publications on the theme have increased considerably in the past two decades, the problematic character of the evidence for suicide has led to afocus on attitudes to suicide at the expense of empirical investigations. The latter have largely confirmed the link between social isolation and suicide, po...

The printing press as an agent of change: communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe

ELIZABETH L. EISENSTEIN, The printing press as an agent of change: communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe, Cambridge University Press, 1979, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxi, 794; vol. 1, £30; vol. 2, £25; or £50 the set. Bookmen have never managed to achieve an agreed definition of their field of study. Bibliography has been claimed on the one hand by mere, but useful, enumera...

Midwives in early modern Europe ( 1400 - 1800 )

This article examines the status of midwives in the early modern period (1400-1800). More particularly, it examines midwives’ practice, education, skills and competence, social background, public life and image as well as the way they were regarded by their clients, in an era prior to their decline and the increase in medical intervention during childbirth. Due to bulk of information this study...

Progress and Poverty in Early Modern Europe