The Journal of Early Modern History, 1994–2010: Some Personal Recollections

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-487
Author(s):  
Jim Tracy
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Modern History ◽  
Early Modern History ◽  
Anniversary Issue ◽  
Origin Story ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Right

Abstract When Simon Ditchfield asked me for a contribution to the anniversary issue, it seemed the right occasion for a brief origin story, with reference to some of the many colleagues who had a hand in launching The Journal of Early Modern History.

scholarly journals Introduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 475-480
Author(s):  
Simon Ditchfield
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Modern History ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Early Modern History ◽  
Anniversary Issue ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Twentieth Anniversary ◽  
The University

Abstract After a discussion of the twentieth anniversary issue, the author of the book which is the subject of our “round table” review of this twenty-fifth anniversary issue: Merry Wiesner Hanks’ What is Early Modern History (2021) is introduced. This is followed by a brief account of the rationale behind the foundation of the JEMH in the 1990s and how, from the very first issue, the journal has tried to decolonize our understanding of the period 1300–1800, as exemplified by Antony Black’s warning that: “we should stop selling off second-hand concepts to unsuspecting non-European cultures.” Passing comment is made on the chronological (as well as geographical) breadth of the coverage of the JEMH which accords well with the recent merger of the Centers for Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Minnesota (to form the Center for Premodern Studies). At a time when the advocacy of the study of pre-modern history is vital as never before, this situates the JEMH very well. The introduction closes with a series of acknowledgements and thanks not only directed to the editorial team both in Minnesota and Leiden for the support they have given me, as editor-in-chief, since July 2010, but also to the numerous authors and readers of manuscripts who have made the journal what it is today.

Le tante cittŕ di una capitale: Napoli nella prima etŕ moderna

STORIA URBANA ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 19-54
Author(s):  
Giovanni Muto
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Modern History ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Early Modern History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
Demographic Growth

- The many cities of a capital: Naples in early modern history History of Naples (16th-17th cent.) Spanish presence in Naples (16th-17th cent.) Neapolitan civic administration Neapolitan aristocracy Spanish viceroys in Naples Naples represents an interesting case study within the context of Spanish territories in Italy. More than elsewhere, in Naples the orders issued in Madrid, and carried by the viceroys, needed to be negotiated with the prerogative of the local authorities, aristocracy in particular. During Spanish domination important works were made not only to improve city conditions, but also to ensure security and visibility to Spanish power. The demographic growth, the afflux of nobles from the rest of the Kingdom, the increasing number of ecclesiastics were all factors that concurred to increase in Naples conflicts and tensions, in which local institutions, both civic and ecclesiastical, played an important role.

What is Early Modern History?: An Origin Story

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 560-572
Author(s):  
Merry Wiesner-Hanks
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Atlantic World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Modern History ◽  
Early Modern History ◽  
Multiple Modernities ◽  
Origin Story

Abstract What Is Early Modern History?, a volume in the Polity Press “What Is History?” series, is an origin story of the ways historians and those in other fields have seen – and contested – the roots of the modern world and have seen – and contested – whether the period between 1450 and 1800 forms some sort of coherent whole. This essay explains the book’s conceptualization and organization into various subfields, including economic, social, intellectual, cultural, gender, Atlantic world, and environmental history, and responds to the other essays in this forum. The essay and the book discuss the marks of an emerging modernity that have been advanced in different subfields, and ways these have been questioned, nuanced, and rethought. No matter what aspect of life historians investigate, they are likely to see the roots of modernity there, or of multiple modernities, varied and contingent on culture and historical circumstances.

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