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Herbert, George
Cristina Malcolmson
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
George Herbert Introduction For George Herbert (b. 1593–d. 1633), the Renaissance and Reformation coincided in his career, but they were frequ...
Hispanic Mysticism
Hilaire Kallendorf
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Hispanic Mysticism Introduction For some time now, the “canon” of Spanish mysticism has been expanding. No longer is our picture of this sp...
Historiography
Ann Moyer
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
Historiography Introduction History was one of the main disciplines identified with the humanist movement; Renaissance humanists wrote many wo...
Hobbes, Thomas
Jeffrey Collins
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2017-08-23
Thomas HobbesIntroductionIt is indicative of the immense influence of Thomas Hobbes that he has spawned three separate bibliographies in the Oxford bi...
Holy Roman Empire 1300–1650
Duncan Hardy
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Holy Roman Empire 1300–1650IntroductionBetween the High Middle Ages and 1806, much of Central Europe was encompassed by an entity called the Holy Roma...
Homes, Foundling
Nicholas Terpstra
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Foundling Homes Introduction Institutional foundling homes first emerged in late-14th-century Italy as distinct charitable initiatives of civi...
Huguenots
David van der Linden
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2017-08-23
HuguenotsIntroductionThe Huguenots were French Reformed Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin. The term Huguenots was first coined as ...
Humanism
Paul Grendler
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
HumanismIntroductionHumanism was the major intellectual movement of the Renaissance. In the opinion of the majority of scholars, it began in late-14th...
Humanism, The Origins of
Ronald G. Witt
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
The Origins of Humanism Introduction Italian humanism began in the northern third of the Italian peninsula, which constituted the southern kin...
Hundred Years War, The
Clifford J. Rogers
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2010-05-10
The Hundred Years War Introduction “The Hundred Years War” is a term invented in the 18th century and popularized by Chrysanthe-Ovide Des M...
Hungary, The Kingdom of
Szabolcs Varga
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
The Kingdom of Hungary Introduction The age of the Renaissance and the Reformation brought significant changes in the history of the Kingdom of...
Hus, Jan
Craig D. Atwood
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Jan HusIntroductionJan Hus is the most famous leader of the Czech Reformation of the 15th century and one of the most prominent figures executed as a ...
Hutchinson, Lucy
David Norbrook
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Lucy HutchinsonIntroductionLucy Hutchinson (b. 1620–d. 1681) is best known as the author of Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, a classic biogr...
Iconology and Iconography
Paul Taylor
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Iconology and IconographyIntroductionThe words “iconology” and “iconography” are often confused, and they have never been given definitions accepted b...
Ignatius of Loyola, Saint
Robert A. Maryks
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Saint Ignatius of LoyolaIntroductionIgnatius of Loyola (b. c. 1491–d. 1556) was the cofounder of one of the most influential Catholic religious order....
Inquisition, Roman
Christopher F. Black
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Roman InquisitionIntroduction“The Roman Inquisition” is a common title given to the Holy Office of the Inquisition as reformed from 1542 under central...
Ireland
Sarah Covington, Angela Kun-Gazda
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
IrelandIntroductionThe years since the early 1980s have witnessed an efflorescence in studies of 16th- and 17th-century Ireland, which constitutes one...
Isabel I, Queen of Castile
Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Isabel I, Queen of CastileIntroductionIsabel I of Castile, also known as Isabel the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica) was born 22 April 1451 and ...
Italian Wars, 1494–1559
Stella Fletcher
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Italian Wars, 1494–1559IntroductionAccording to the Florentine historian Francesco Guicciardini, Italy enjoyed peace and plenty in the years around 14...
Ivan IV the Terrible, Tsar of Russia
Charles J. Halperin
Subject: Renaissance and Reformation »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Ivan IV the Terrible, Tsar of RussiaIntroductionIvan IV (Ivan Vasil’evich, Ivan the Terrible, Ivan Groznyi [the Awe-Inspiring]) was born in 1530 and r...
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