Innovators Behind Leonardo
This engaging book places Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific achievements within the wider context of...
EAN: 9783319904481
Two Handed Sword History, Design and Use
Traces the development of the two-handed sword from its origins in Germany around 1300 to its...
EAN: 9781526733139
AQA GCSE (9-1) History Workbook: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
Practise and perfect the knowledge and skills that students need to achieve their best grade in...
EAN: 9781510418981
Two Walter Raleighs
Sir Walter Raleigh's many biographers have given little attention to his relationship with his...
EAN: 9781476672403
Babur
This book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia....
EAN: 9781108470070
Everyday Life in Tudor London
Life in the Tudor metropolis for both commoner and king alike.
EAN: 9781445682846
Eros and Music in Early Modern Culture and Literature
The book is the first to propose an overview of the theoretical, cultural and poetical...
EAN: 9781138579811
Precarious Identities
This book investigates the literary production of the Calvinist Fulke Greville and the Jesuit...
EAN: 9781138697607
Politics of Wine in Early Modern France
Focusing on the local wine industry, Mack Holt examines the relationship between the ruling and...
EAN: 9781108471886
Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century
Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists with a rich storehouse of...
EAN: 9780198804215
French Philosophy, 1572-1675
Desmond M. Clarke presents a thematic history of French philosophy from the middle of the...
EAN: 9780198822448
Bloody Mary
The story of Bloody Mary, the most brutal of brutal Tudors.
EAN: 9781526728654
Venetian Discovery of America
As the print capital of early modern Europe, Venice developed a unique relationship to the...
EAN: 9781107150874
Labor Before the Industrial Revolution
Many of the current debates about economic development leading to industrialization fail to...
EAN: 9780815369950
Invention of Rare Books
Explores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the...
EAN: 9781108428323
Crown of Blood
Nicola Tallis’s dramatic retelling of an often misread tale reveals the moving, human story of an...
EAN: 9781782438670
Doubting the Divine in Early Modern Europe
This book explores the hidden history of unbelief in the early modern era through the lens of...
EAN: 9781108470278
Cambridge History of South Africa
Coming fourteen years after South Africa's achievement of majority rule, this book takes a...
EAN: 9780521517942
Print Culture and the Medieval Author
Alexandra Gillespie takes a new look at hundreds of neglected old books containing works by...
EAN: 9780199262953
John Donne
John Donne's individuality has been heavily stressed in the twentieth century. This book...
EAN: 9780333422137
