Category Archives: Early Modern Europe

Creating Communities through Coercion

Posted on December 7, 2011 by briansandberg

I will be chairing a session on “Creating Communities through Coercion in Seventeenth-Century France” at the American Historical Association (AHA) in Chicago in early January 2012. AHA Session 183 Saturday, January 7, 2012: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM Iowa Room (Chicago Marriott … Continue reading →

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Leonardo da Vinci Blockbuster

Posted on December 5, 2011 by briansandberg

Art lovers and historians are queuing up for a Leonardo da Vinci blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery in London. The exhibition is entitled Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan and is on view until 5 February … Continue reading →

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Book Covers and the E-Book Revolution

Posted on December 4, 2011 by briansandberg

As the ongoing e-book revolution spreads, many authors and readers lament the possible demise of printed books. Despite growing e-book sales, publishers seem to have found robust niche markets for printed books.  Well-designed book covers and aesthetic features in some … Continue reading →

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Colloque Miroirs de Charles IX

Posted on November 24, 2011 by briansandberg

I am in Paris currently, participating in an interdisciplinary conference on Miroirs de Charles IX: Images, Imaginaires, Symboliques at the Institut National de l’Histoire de l’Art. The conference is tightly focused, with presentations by historians, art historians, and literary scholars … Continue reading →

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Debate over Warrior Pursuits

Posted on November 3, 2011 by briansandberg

A new review of my book, Warrior Pursuits, has been published by Professor Jay M. Smith in H-France Review. The book review editor at H-France invited me to write a response to Smith’s review, which has now been published along … Continue reading →

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Review of Warrior Pursuits by Frederic J. Baumgartner

Posted on November 2, 2011 by briansandberg

A new review of Warrior Pursuits has just been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Military History. The table of contents of this issue of JMH may be found online.  The review itself may be accessed through … Continue reading →

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Galileo in the News

Posted on November 2, 2011 by briansandberg

A new book about Galileo Galilei’s approach to natural philosophy and mathematics has put Galileo in the news once again. Professor Mark A. Peterson’s Galileo’s Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts (Harvard University Press, 2011), reexamines Galileo’s method of using … Continue reading →

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Review of Warrior Pursuits by Robert A. Nye

Posted on October 30, 2011 by briansandberg

A new review by Professor Robert A. Nye of my book, Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France, has just appeared in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. I am pleased to read Professor Nye’s critique of … Continue reading →

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L’Histoire globale

Posted on October 19, 2011 by briansandberg

World history and global thematic perspectives have become integral parts of European history, at least as practiced in the United States. Historians in France are now increasingly grappling with how to mesh global historical interpretations with French national history, which … Continue reading →

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Braudel Revisited

Posted on October 19, 2011 by briansandberg

My latest book review, of a collective volume entitled Braudel Revisited: The Mediterranean World, 1600-1800, has been published online in H-France Review. Here is the full citation: Gabriel Piterberg, Teofilo F. Ruiz, and Geoffrey Symcox, eds., Braudel Revisited: The Mediterranean … Continue reading →

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