Books in the The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History series

Richly illustrated with photographs of Medici landmarks by Ralph Lieberman, Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence offers a masterful portrait of Lorenzo as a man whose achievements might have rivaled his grandfather's had he not died so young.

This strong stand did much to rationalize the institution of marriage and establish guidelines for the legitimacy of heirs.

In Port Cities and Intruders, historian Michael Pearson explores the role of port cities and their orientation, relations between the coast and the interior, the place of the coast in the world economy, and the impact of the Portuguese in the early modern period.

The task was to canvass current knowledge and pinpoint areas of needed research regarding two topics: first, the experience of the free colored as a measure of the character of slavery and race relations; second, the fundamental roles of this group in the evolution of the respective societies."-American Historical Review

Boxer finds that "the mere survival of these Christian minorities through the vicissitudes of over three centuries is a tribute to the work of the dedicated missionaries of the Church Militant in times past."

She analyzes the construction of boundaries between private and public spheres and examines the American political system's failure to accommodate difference within democratice order.

This volume underscores the particularities of each case and underscores the differences between cases.