Call for Book Proposals 2015
New Routledge Series: Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History
Routledge are currently seeking book proposals for an exciting new series entitled ‘Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History’. The editorial team aim to attract single and multiple authors whose interests and research material straddles both medieval and early modern worlds, encouraging readers to examine historical change over time as well as promoting understanding of the historical continuity between events in the past, and to challenge perceptions of periodisation. The target audience will comprise academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students. As higher education courses in History are increasingly taught over a wide chronological span, we aim to meet the demand for conceptual or thematic topics across periodised boundaries which provide a more focused perspective than many current works allow.
The primary aim of the series is to publish investigations into overarching themes such as reform, culture, society, economics, politics and warfare. In each case, the emphasis should be on continuity as well as change, and authors should seek to demonstrate how historical processes can be cyclical, as well as linear. Another key aim is to offer scholars the opportunity to expand their research, to challenge traditional boundaries and to present a fuller understanding of how historical processes develop. The chronological extent of the series is envisaged as ranging from the sixth to eighteenth centuries. We are keen to expand the geographical scope to non-European works or those which cross territorial boundaries, and the titles of individual books should reflect chronological or periodised terminology appropriate to the subject matter.
Suggested themes include: Military Revolutions; Conquest; Religious Conflict; Kingship and/or Queenship; Revolt and revolution; Culture and society; Renaissance; Witchcraft; Death; Poverty; Science; the Environment; Gender; Family; Childhood; Food; Disease; Trade; Material Culture. We are also happy to accept proposals relating to specific geographical areas. Any scholar or scholars who wish to contribute to the series will be asked to make sure that they address broad themes which resonate across medieval, renaissance and early modern boundaries.
For more information about the series and the proposal process, please contact the series editor Dr. Natasha Hodgson at Natasha.Hodgson@ntu.ac.uk
