"This edited volume explores the development of the European book world between 1650 and 1750, concentrating on changes in publishing strategies, practices of censorship, the circulation of second-hand books and the building of libraries. Its essays discuss this critical, but much neglected...

Belgium is associated with high-quality chocolate products and Belgian companies play an important role in cocoa processing. However, in historical perspective the global success andvreputation of Belgian chocolate is a relatively recent phenomenon. Especially since the 1980s exports of...

Belgium is associated with high-quality chocolate products and Belgian companies play an important role in cocoa processing. However, in historical perspective the global success and reputation of Belgian chocolate is a relatively recent phenomenon. Especially since the 1980s exports of "Belgian...

Marriage and inheritance in Catalan Christian legal culture -- Gender, acculturation, and resistance in Catalan Jewish family law -- Christian women in notarial culture -- Jews, notaries, and the Christian city -- Working women in medieval Catalan cities -- Christian and Jewish women in the...