16th Century

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

The Inquisition

Christopher Fletcher
June 14, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Searching for Ophelia in the Archive

What does the archive offer for the exploration of Shakespeare in the digital age?

Paul Hecht
May 17, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

The European Discovery of Chocolate

Sarah Peters Kernan
April 13, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

Michael R. Lynn
February 27, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Crossing Borders Across Venetian, Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, 1500-1800

How did the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Venetian empires interact with each other? How did their competition over southeastern Europe shape these borderlands and their inhabitants?

Edin Hajdarpasic, Loyola University
February 13, 2018

16th Century, Collection Essays

The English Reformation: Tradition and Change

What is the English Reformation? When does the English Reformation begin? When does England become Protestant? Why and how was it accomplished? How is the English church different at the beginning of the sixteenth century and at the century’s end?

Ann Kuzdale
August 1, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Thinking about World History: Historic Maps as Sources

Blue, green, and orange map, centering on a projection from of the globe oriented around the North Pole

What can old maps teach us about world history? What sorts of evidence do they offer, and is displaying evidence the main purpose of these maps, or can they do other things?

Peter Nekola
August 1, 2017

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

The Medieval Spice Trade

How were spices used by medieval Europeans, and why were spices so valuable in medieval Europe?

Sarah Peters Kernan
March 28, 2017

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Change and the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1750

What did the rise and expansion of the Ottoman Empire look like in the eyes of European observers? How did the Ottomans shape the political and religious history of early modern Europe?

Edin Hajdarpasic, Loyola University
March 15, 2017

16th Century, Collection Essays

Tudor Visual Culture

How does studying visual culture help us to understand history better?

Libby Karlinger Escobedo, Ph.D.
January 12, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Change and Print Culture in the Reformation

How did the changes in religion during the Reformation shape the medium of print? How did religious leaders and thinkers attempt to interact with their audience(s)? How did the ways in which religious figures used print pave the way for modern mass media?