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Employing a rigorous methodological approach and analysing a vast body of sources from towns and regions in Italy, France and England over 300 years, this book hints at the extent of 'routine' infanticide of newborns by married parents in early modern Europe, ignored by contemporary tribunals.

Employing a rigorous methodological approach and analysing a vast body of sources from towns and regions in Italy, France and England over 300 years, this book hints at the extent of 'routine' infanticide of newborns by married parents in early modern Europe, ignored by contemporary tribunals.

Relates the misadventure of a minor Italian state whose prince led it into a major war against the principal European power of the time.

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Il libro è incentrato su quella che, per gli standard europei, fu una battaglia minore su un fronte secondario della Guerra dei Trent'Anni, ma il suo fine ultimo è molto più ampio. Di solito il teatro italiano rimane escluso dai racconti generali sulla Guerra dei Trent'Anni, esso invece fu ben più che un dettaglio minore nel quadro piu generale della guerra. La Battaglia di Tornavento (1636), qui esaminata, fu lo scontro più vasto nel periodo ...

One of the most closely-researched and detailed books on the operation of early modern armies anywhere ~Offers a neo-Darwinian interpretation of war and violence as inherent in human nature ~Explores many practical aspects of early modern warfare, including personalities, weapons, and tactics ~Richly illustrated with woodcuts, paintings, and maps

Relates the misadventure of a minor Italian state whose prince led it into a major war against the principal European power of the time

Examines the tolerance between Catholics and Protestants in a period when vicious sectarian strife was the rule of the day. Tolerance here means more than mere coexistence but a daily interaction between people without regard for their faith.

Italy 1636 uses the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 to explore the operation of early modern armies through a neo-Darwinian lens, emphasizing the universal features of human behaviour and psychology as they relate to violence and war.

This book is a comprehensive introductory survey of the political, social, cultural and economic history of early modern Italy. It covers all aspects of life during this long, widely-neglected period: the family, the Republics, the economy, the plague, philosophy, justice and much more, giving a vivid picture of the so-called 'forgotten centuries' of Italian history. A major achievement in compression alone, Gregory Hanlon's masterly study wil...