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The late seventeenth century Netherlands have traditionally been viewed as the intellectual entrepot of Europe in general, and for Scotland in particular. Scott

George Buchanan (1506-82) was the most distinguished Scottish humanist of the sixteenth century with an unparalleled contemporary reputation as a Latin poet, pl

Using untapped archival sources from Britain, France and America, Talbott presents a comparative view of British relations with France over the long seventeenth

Presents an overview of early modern Dutch history in global context, focusing on themes that resonate with current concerns.

This volume provides a new and nuanced appreciation of David Hume as a historian. Gone for good are the days when one can offhandedly assert, as R. G. Collingwo