By Rachel Weil (NHC Fellow, 2006–07) Stories of plots, sham plots, and the citizen-informers who discovered them are at the center of Rachel Weil's compelling study of the turbulent decade following the Revolution of 1688. Most studies of the Glorious Revolution focus on its causes or long-term effects, but Weil instead zeroes in on the … Continued
By William E. Leuchtenburg (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1978–79; 1979–80; 1980–81)
By Paul Strohm (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) After the dethronement and subsequent murder of Richard II, the usurping Lancastrian dynasty faced an exceptional challenge. Interrupting a long period of Plantagenet rule, Henry IV and Henry V needed not only to establish physical possession of the English throne, but to occupy it symbolically as well. In this … Continued
By Harold G. Marcus (NHC Fellow, 1985–86) Always controversial during his lifetime (1892-1975), Haile Selassie became, after his dethronement in 1974, a political icon to some, a monster to others, and to all a legend. There is no understanding modern Ethiopia without a grasp of the Emperor's life. This first volume of a projected three-volume … Continued
By Nicholas Canny (NHC Fellow, 1986–87)
By Perez Zagorin (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) Rebels and Rulers, 1500–1660 is a comparative historical study of revolution in the greatest royal states of Western Europe during the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth centuries. Revolution as a general problem and the causes and character of revolution in early modern Europe have been among … Continued
By Perez Zagorin (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) Rebels and Rulers, 1500-1660 is a comparative historical study of revolution in the greatest royal states of Western Europe during the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth centuries. Revolution as a general problem and the causes and character of revolution in early modern Europe have been among … Continued
By Francis Oakley (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1990–91) Francis Oakley continues his magisterial three-part history of the emergence of Western political thought during the Middle Ages with this second volume in the series. Here, Oakley explores kingship from the tenth century to the beginning of the fourteenth, showing how, under the stresses of religious and cultural development, … Continued
By Timothy Tackett (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a small group of citizens a few miles from the Belgian border and forced to return to Paris. Two years … Continued
By John C. G. Röhl (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) The internationally renowned historian John Röhl presents here the continuation of his "… infinitely knowledgeable and readable" (Gustav Seibt, FAZ) biography of Wilhelm II. The new volume describes that decisive phase of rule known as the building of the personal monarchy. Characteristics of this government phase are … Continued