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Volume 73 - Winter 2020

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Akteure, Tiere, Dinge: Verfahrensweisen der Naturgeschichte in der Frühen Neuzeit. Silke Förschler and Anne Mariss, eds. Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2017. 260 pp. €36.
Mary Lindemann
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16 March 2020, pp. 261-263
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In difesa della “dolce libertà”: L'assedio di Firenze (1529–1530). Alessandro Cecchi. Biblioteca Storica Toscana 77. Florence: Olschki, 2018. x + 300 pp. + 32 color pls. €29.
John M. Hunt
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02 October 2020, pp. 1039-1040
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Monarchy Transformed: Princes and Their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe. Robert von Friedeburg and John Morrill, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xii + 394 pp. $120.
Alistair Malcolm
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09 July 2020, pp. 643-645
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Mathematical Disquisitions: The Booklet of Theses Immortalized by Galileo. Christopher M. Graney. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2017. xxx + 146 pp. $25.
George Ouwendijk
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22 January 2021, pp. 1376-1377
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Before Voltaire: The French Origins of “Newtonian” Mechanics, 1680–1715. J. B. Shank. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. xii + 444 pp. $55.
Arianne Margolin
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22 January 2021, pp. 1377-1379
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Disaster Narratives in Early Modern Naples: Politics, Communication and Culture. Domenico Cecere, Chiara De Caprio, Lorenza Gianfrancesco, and Pasquale Palmieri, eds. Viella Historical Research 10. Rome: Viella, 2018. 258 pp. €45.
Ronald G. Musto
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02 October 2020, pp. 1040-1042
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Making Mathematical Culture: University and Print in the Circle of Lefèvre d’Étaples. Richard J. Oosterhoff. Oxford-Warburg Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xiv + 276 pp. $85.
Jean-François Gauvin
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16 March 2020, pp. 263-264
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Terrorism before the Letter: Mythography and Political Violence in England, Scotland, and France 1559–1642. Robert Appelbaum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. xi + 270 pp. $100.
Sarah Covington
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09 July 2020, pp. 645-646
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La Farmacia Granducale di Firenze. Giovanni Piccardi. Biblioteca di “Nuncius” 78. Florence: Olschki, 2018. viii + 134 pp. + 8 color pls. €20.
Konrad Eisenbichler
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02 October 2020, pp. 1042-1043
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Del vento e delle comete: Speculazioni accademiche. Ovidio Montalbani. Ed. Linda Bisello. Istituto di Studi Italiani Università della Svizzera Italiana: Biblioteca 3. Florence: Olschki, 2017. xxvi + 130 pp. €25.
Brendan Dooley
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16 March 2020, pp. 265-266
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Women on the Edge in Early Modern Europe. Lisa Hopkins and Aidan Norrie, eds. Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World 7. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019. 252 pp. €95.
Jill Bepler
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22 January 2021, pp. 1379-1380
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Negotiating Violence: Papal Pardons and Everyday Life in East Central Europe (1450–1550). Gabriella Erdélyi. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 213. Leiden: Brill, 2018. x + 248 pp. $155.
Władysław Roczniak
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09 July 2020, pp. 647-648
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Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire: A Vitruvian Artisan at the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution. Cristiano Zanetti. Nuncius Series: Studies and Sources in the Material and Visual History of Science 2. Leiden: Brill, 2017. xii + 450 pp. $121.
Pamela O. Long
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16 March 2020, pp. 266-268
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The Battle for Central Europe: The Siege of Szigetvár and the Death of Süleyman the Magnificent and Nicholas Zrínyi (1566). Pál Fodor, ed. Leiden: Brill, 2019. x + 570 pp. $133.
Palmira Brummett
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09 July 2020, pp. 648-650
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Luxury and the Ethics of Greed in Early Modern Italy. Catherine Kovesi, ed. Early European Research 14. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018. xxx + 308 pp. €90.
Katherine A. McIver
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02 October 2020, pp. 1044-1045
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Miscellaneous Order: Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organization of Knowledge. Angus Vine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. xvi + 286 pp. $85.
Joshua Eckhardt
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22 January 2021, pp. 1380-1382
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A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492–1692. Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, eds. Brill's Companions to European History 17. Leiden: Brill, 2019. xxiv + 630 pp. $206.
Frederick J. McGinness
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02 October 2020, pp. 1045-1047
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Death, Emotion and Childhood in Premodern Europe. Katie Barclay, Kimberly Reynolds, and Ciara Rawnsley, eds. Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. xviii + 258 pp. $92.44.
Margaret B. Lewis
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16 March 2020, pp. 268-269
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Royal and Elite Households in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: More than Just a Castle. Theresa Earenfight, ed. Explorations in Medieval Culture 6. Leiden: Brill, 2018. x + 416 pp. $190.
Silvia Z. Mitchell
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09 July 2020, pp. 650-651
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The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the 15th Century. Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea.East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450 48. Leiden: Brill, 2018. x + 338 pp. $201.
Luka Špoljarić
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22 January 2021, pp. 1382-1383
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Akteure, Tiere, Dinge: Verfahrensweisen der Naturgeschichte in der Frühen Neuzeit. Silke Förschler and Anne Mariss, eds. Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2017. 260 pp. €36.

In difesa della “dolce libertà”: L'assedio di Firenze (1529–1530). Alessandro Cecchi. Biblioteca Storica Toscana 77. Florence: Olschki, 2018. x + 300 pp. + 32 color pls. €29.

Monarchy Transformed: Princes and Their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe. Robert von Friedeburg and John Morrill, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xii + 394 pp. $120.

Mathematical Disquisitions: The Booklet of Theses Immortalized by Galileo. Christopher M. Graney. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2017. xxx + 146 pp. $25.

Before Voltaire: The French Origins of “Newtonian” Mechanics, 1680–1715. J. B. Shank. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. xii + 444 pp. $55.

Disaster Narratives in Early Modern Naples: Politics, Communication and Culture. Domenico Cecere, Chiara De Caprio, Lorenza Gianfrancesco, and Pasquale Palmieri, eds. Viella Historical Research 10. Rome: Viella, 2018. 258 pp. €45.

Making Mathematical Culture: University and Print in the Circle of Lefèvre d’Étaples. Richard J. Oosterhoff. Oxford-Warburg Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xiv + 276 pp. $85.

Terrorism before the Letter: Mythography and Political Violence in England, Scotland, and France 1559–1642. Robert Appelbaum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. xi + 270 pp. $100.

La Farmacia Granducale di Firenze. Giovanni Piccardi. Biblioteca di “Nuncius” 78. Florence: Olschki, 2018. viii + 134 pp. + 8 color pls. €20.

Del vento e delle comete: Speculazioni accademiche. Ovidio Montalbani. Ed. Linda Bisello. Istituto di Studi Italiani Università della Svizzera Italiana: Biblioteca 3. Florence: Olschki, 2017. xxvi + 130 pp. €25.

Women on the Edge in Early Modern Europe. Lisa Hopkins and Aidan Norrie, eds. Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World 7. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019. 252 pp. €95.

Negotiating Violence: Papal Pardons and Everyday Life in East Central Europe (1450–1550). Gabriella Erdélyi. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions 213. Leiden: Brill, 2018. x + 248 pp. $155.

Janello Torriani and the Spanish Empire: A Vitruvian Artisan at the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution. Cristiano Zanetti. Nuncius Series: Studies and Sources in the Material and Visual History of Science 2. Leiden: Brill, 2017. xii + 450 pp. $121.

The Battle for Central Europe: The Siege of Szigetvár and the Death of Süleyman the Magnificent and Nicholas Zrínyi (1566). Pál Fodor, ed. Leiden: Brill, 2019. x + 570 pp. $133.

Luxury and the Ethics of Greed in Early Modern Italy. Catherine Kovesi, ed. Early European Research 14. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018. xxx + 308 pp. €90.

Miscellaneous Order: Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organization of Knowledge. Angus Vine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. xvi + 286 pp. $85.

A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492–1692. Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, eds. Brill's Companions to European History 17. Leiden: Brill, 2019. xxiv + 630 pp. $206.

Death, Emotion and Childhood in Premodern Europe. Katie Barclay, Kimberly Reynolds, and Ciara Rawnsley, eds. Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. xviii + 258 pp. $92.44.

Royal and Elite Households in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: More than Just a Castle. Theresa Earenfight, ed. Explorations in Medieval Culture 6. Leiden: Brill, 2018. x + 416 pp. $190.

The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the 15th Century. Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea.East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450 48. Leiden: Brill, 2018. x + 338 pp. $201.

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