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  • The Renaissance: A History from Beginning to End

    podle Hourly History ...
    During the Middle Ages, the nations of Europe forged new identities that moved them away from the lost glory of the Roman Empire into their own ethnicity. The experience of maturation was often clumsy and out of step, an evolutionary process that saw the nation's developing at their own pace as they struggled to replace the protection of Rome with their own home-grown strength. What the nations, ... Přečtěte si více

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  • Women and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century England

    Bodies, Identities, and Power

    podle Soile Ylivuori ...
    Série série Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
    This first in-depth study of women’s politeness examines the complex relationship individuals had with the discursive ideals of polite femininity. Contextualising women’s autobiographical writings (journals and letters) with a wide range of eighteenth-century printed didactic material, it analyses the tensions between politeness discourse which aimed to regulate acceptable feminine identities and ... Přečtěte si více

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  • Anna, Duchess of Cleves

    The King's 'Beloved Sister'

    podle Heather R. Darsie ...
    Anna was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives - and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's ‘Beloved Sister' looks at Anna from a new perspective, as a woman from the Holy Roman Empire and not as a woman living almost by accident in England. Starting with what Anna’s life as a child and young woman was like, the author ... Přečtěte si více

    167,99 Kč

  • The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art

    Materials, Power and Manipulation

    Série série Routledge Research in Art History
    This volume explores the late medieval and early modern periods from the perspective of objects. While the agency of things has been studied in anthropology and archaeology, it is an innovative approach for art historical investigations. Each contributor takes as a point of departure active things: objects that were collected, exchanged, held in hand, carried on a body, assembled, cared for or ... Přečtěte si více

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  • A Place of Greater Safety

    podle Hilary Mantel ...
    An extraordinary work of historical imagination from the double Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, now a major TV series, this is Hilary Mantel’s epic novel of the French Revolution.**Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic and debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent and terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming and handsome, ... Přečtěte si více

    226,19 Kč

  • The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici

    At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family’s huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence. Beginning in the early ... Přečtěte si více

    296,89 Kč

  • The Habsburgs

    The Rise and Fall of a World Power

    podle Martyn Rady ...
    'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students, scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to Habsburg history' Alan Sked, Times Literary SupplementIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium.From modest origins, ... Přečtěte si více

    342,59 Kč

  • Rudolf II

    The Life and Legend of the Mad Emperor

    Série Kniha 38 - Renaissance Lives
    Rudolf II: The Life and Legend of the Mad Emperor offers a fresh perspective on the Habsburg ruler, shedding new light on a reign often coloured by myths of madness. Contrary to popular belief, Rudolf was not a passive recluse but an engaged monarch, navigating the complexities of state affairs with a moderate hand amid turbulent times. By contextualizing his interests in astrology, alchemy and ... Přečtěte si více

    410,29 Kč

  • How to be a Tudor

    A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life

    podle Ruth Goodman ...
    TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMANWe know all about the dramas that played out in the Tudor court - most notably those of Henry VIII - but what was life really like for a commoner like you or me?To answer this question, the renowned "method historian" Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don't have to!She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, ... Přečtěte si více

    236,69 Kč

  • The Routledge Companion to Global Renaissance Art

    Série série Routledge Art History and Visual Studies Companions
    This companion examines the global Renaissance through object-based case studies of artistic production from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in the early modern period.The international group of contributors take an art historical approach characterized by close analysis of form and meaning as well as function, and a focus on questions of crosscultural dialogue and adaptation. Seeking to de ... Přečtěte si více

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  • La strega, ovvero, degli inganni de' demoni: dialogo

    Scopri il misterioso dialogo che ha sfidato il pensiero del suo tempo!In "La strega, ovvero, degli inganni de' demoni", Giovanni Pico della Mirandola ci guida attraverso un affascinante dialogo che esplora i confini tra il naturale e il soprannaturale, tra la ragione e l'inganno. Immergiti in un mondo dove le streghe e i demoni non sono solo creature di fantasia, ma simboli di una realtà più ... Přečtěte si více

    278,41 Kč

  • The Dynamics of the Early Reformation in their Reformed Augustinian Context

    podle Robert Christman ...
    On 1 July 1523, Johann van den Esschen and Hendrik Voes, two Augustinian friars from Antwerp, were burned on the Grand Plaza in Brussels, thereby becoming the first victims of the Reformation. Despite being well-known, the event barely registers in most Reformation histories. By tracing its origins and examining the impact of the executions on Martin Luther, on the Reformed Augustinian world, and ... Přečtěte si více

    1 281,70 Kč

  • Louis XIV and the Peace of Europe

    French Diplomacy in Northern Italy, 1659 – 1701

    podle John Condren ...
    Série série Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750
    In recent generations, the study of dynastic politics and diplomatic history has undergone a revival. This field provides invaluable context for understanding international relations and focuses on aspects of cultural exchange and intellectual currents far more than previously. The “age of Louis XIV” has not been immune from this resurrection of interest in foreign policy and the conduct of ... Přečtěte si více

    1 281,70 Kč

  • Christendom Destroyed

    Europe 1517-1648

    podle Mark Greengrass ...
    Mark Greengrass's gripping, major, original account of Europe in an era of tumultuous changeThis latest addition to the landmark Penguin History of Europe series is a fascinating study of 16th and 17th century Europe and the fundamental changes which led to the collapse of Christendom and established the geographical and political frameworks of Western Europe as we know it.From peasants to princes ... Přečtěte si více

    388,29 Kč

  • Exceptionalism and Industrialisation

    Britain and its European Rivals, 1688–1815

    This 2004 book explores the question of British exceptionalism in the period from the Glorious Revolution to the Congress of Vienna. Leading historians examine why Great Britain emerged from years of sustained competition with its European rivals in a discernible position of hegemony in the domains of naval power, empire, global commerce, agricultural efficiency, industrial production, fiscal ... Přečtěte si více

    1 038,09 Kč

  • Gender and the Garden in Early Modern English Literature

    podle Jennifer Munroe ...
    Série série Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
    Radical reconfigurations in gardening practice in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England altered the social function of the garden, offering men and women new opportunities for social mobility. While recent work has addressed how middle class men used the garden to attain this mobility, the gendering of the garden during the period has gone largely unexamined. This new study focuses on the ... Přečtěte si více

    1 560,39 Kč

  • Københavns privilegier

    Under forfatningsforhandlingerne med stænderrepræsentanterne efter enevældens indførelse i 1660 havde Frederik 3. lovet at respektere stændernes privilegier – et løfte, der for Københavns borgere blev opfyldt med de nye privilegier af 24. juni 1661.Den danske historiker Villads Christensens "Københavns privilegier" er udgivet i anledning af 250-årsdagen for fastsættelsen af privilegierne. ... Přečtěte si více

    156,79 Kč

  • The Mamluk Sultanate

    A History

    podle Carl F. Petry ...
    The Mamluk Sultanate ruled Egypt, Syria and the Arabian hinterland along the Red Sea. Lasting from the deposition of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1250) to the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517, this regime of slave-soldiers incorporated many of the political structures and cultural traditions of its Fatimid and Ayyubid predecessors. Yet its system of governance and centralisation of authority ... Přečtěte si více

    569,29 Kč

  • The History of the Book in the West: 1455–1700

    Volume II

    Upravil: Ian Gadd ...
    Série série The History of the Book in the West: A Library of Critical Essays
    Beginning with one of the crucial technological breakthroughs of Western history - the development of moveable type by Johann Gutenberg - The History of the Book in the West 1455-1700 covers the period that saw the growth and consolidation of the printed book as a significant feature of Western European culture and society. The volume collects together seventeen key articles, written by leading ... Přečtěte si více

    1 476,78 Kč

  • Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, 1500–1700

    podle Jaroslav Miller ...
    Whilst much has been written about early modern urban history, the majority of this work has focussed on Western Europe with relatively little available in English on towns and cities in the former communist East. However, in recent years urban scholars have increasingly looked to a much more inclusive picture of Europe that compares and contrasts development across the whole continent. Dealing ... Přečtěte si více

    1 560,39 Kč

  • The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

    podle Jane Couchman ...
    Over the past three decades scholars have transformed the study of women and gender in early modern Europe. This Ashgate Research Companion presents an authoritative review of the current research on women and gender in early modern Europe from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The authors examine women’s lives, ideologies of gender, and the differences between ideology and reality through the ... Přečtěte si více

    1 393,17 Kč

  • Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation

    Upravil: Hans J. Hillerbrand ...
    The Reformation of the 16th century has always been seen as one of the pivotal events in European history. Lord Acton, the famous 19th-century British historian, compared the importance of Martin Luther's speech at the diet at Worms in 1521 with Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1813. Lord Acton's may or may not be an extravagant claim, but it is certainly true that the events of the ... Přečtěte si více

    1 281,70 Kč

  • Women's Voices in Tudor Wills, 1485–1603

    Authority, Influence and Material Culture

    podle Susan E. James ...
    Contributing an original dimension to the significant body of published scholarship on women in 16th-century England, this study examines the largest corpus of women’s private writings available to historians: their wills. In these, female voices speak out, commenting on their daily lives, on identity, gender, status, familial relationships and social engagement. Wills show women to have been ... Přečtěte si více

    1 142,35 Kč

  • Women and the Shaping of the Nation's Young

    Education and Public Doctrine in Britain 1750–1850

    podle Mary Hilton ...
    Série série Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
    Researchers have neglected the cultural history of education and as a result women's educational works have been disparaged as narrowly didactic and redundant to the history of ideas. Mary Hilton's book serves as a corrective to these biases by culturally contextualising the popular educational writings of leading women moralists and activists including Sarah Fielding, Hester Mulso Chapone, ... Přečtěte si více

    1 560,39 Kč