The early modern era is often envisioned as one in which European genres, both narrative and visual, diverged indelibly from those of medieval times. This colle

This volume examines the practice of memory in early modern Europe, showing that this was already a multimedia affair with many political uses, and affecting pe

When Europeans first landed in Japan they encountered people they perceived as white-skinned and highly civilized, but these impressions did not endure. Gradual

Marcus Gheeraerts’s portrait of a ’Persian lady’ - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern Englis

As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world