Bücher der Reihe Studies In Modern History

This is the first study to focus on the idea of virtue and its place in political thought in eighteenth-century France. There is also consideration of the ways in which numerous popular writers of the day, including clerics, eulogists, journalists, novelists and lawyers, employed the idea of virtue in polemical discussions in their writings.

Exploring an issue that is key to early modern political, religious and cultural history, and covering the period from 1558 to 1689, this work examines what tolerant means now and meant then, within a European context. It explores the development of the liberal tradition and the modern conscience.

Provides a synthesis of Irish-American history starting from the beginnings of emigration in the early eighteenth century. This work incorporates the Ulster Protestant emigration of the eighteenth century and includes coverage of the twentieth century. It offers an analysis of the conditions in Ireland that led to mass migration.

This book examines the range of meanings attributed to the concept of empire in the medieval and early modern world, demonstrating how the concepts of empire and state developed in parallel, not sequentially.