Reference for History

Interface and content in Italian.
"Con i suoi oltre trentamila profili, tutti pubblicati in rete, traccia una biografia collettiva degli italiani che hanno contribuito alla storia artistica e politica, scientifica, religiosa, letteraria ed economica dalla caduta dell’impero romano d’occidente ad oggi. Concepito nel 1925, ha iniziato le pubblicazioni nel 1961 e senza interruzioni è giunto al volume 99° sui cento previsti. È oggi diretto da Raffaele Romanelli e da un comitato composto da Lorenzo Bianconi, Francesco Caglioti, Michele Ciliberto, Alberto Melloni, Pietro Corsi, Amedeo Quondam, Gian Maria Varanini, Maria Antonietta Visceglia."

The English edition of the German-language Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit, a 15-volume reference work. The perspective of this work is European. This is not to say that the rest of the World is ignored – on the contrary, the interaction between European and other cultures receives extensive attention. With a personal account, users can annotate and mark text.

Winner of the 2010 Dartmouth Medal, this major five-volume encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history.

Covering the “long” Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses.

First taking shape during the seventeenth century, the European encyclopedia was an alphabetical book of knowledge. For the next three centuries, printed encyclopedias in the European tradition were an element of culture and peoples' lives, initially just among Europe's educated elite but ultimately through much of the literate world.

Informative articles by an array of leading scholars offer an unprecedented breadth of information relating to the modern world.

A definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.