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Shakespeare on the Record

Researching an Early Modern Life

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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019

Shakespeare on Record is a unique guide to major Shakespeare discoveries and the archival insight that made them possible. With contributions from experts at The National Archives, the Folger Shakespeare Library and leading universities, the book explores and explains the bureaucratic processes and...
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Etre femme en 1500

La vie qutidienne dans le diocèse de Troyes

by Jacques Solé
Language: French
Release Date: May 22, 2015

Ce livre est une plongée dans la vie ordinaire des Françaises au moment où le pays, sous le règne de Louis XII, bascule du Moyen Age à la Renaissance. Grâce aux milliers d'archives enregistrées par le tribunal ecclésiastique de Troyes, Jacques...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1990

'A judicious and discerning selection of large extracts from the Collected Works of Erasmus ... thoughtfully designed to include major statements of Erasmus on civility in individual morals, humanistic study and education, the Christian life, reform of the church, and the peaceful constraint of political...
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Die Borgia

Geschichte einer unheimlichen Familie

by Volker Reinhardt
Language: German
Release Date: November 18, 2011

Die Borgia sind die unheimlichste, schrecklichste und auf jeden Fall umstrittenste Familie der italienischen Renaissance. Alexander VI. Borgia gilt vielen als Inbegriff eines korrupten und verweltlichten Papsttums. Seinen Sohn Cesare Borgia feierte Machiavelli als skrupellosen Machtpolitiker, und...
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Hôtels de ville

Architecture publique à la Renaissance

by Collectif
Language: French
Release Date: July 16, 2018

Halles et hôtels de ville, parfois réunis dans un seul ensemble monumental, ont occupé, de la fin du Moyen Âge au début de l'époque moderne, une place particulière dans l'imaginaire urbain, en cristallisant l'idée d'appartenance à une communauté d'intérêts et d'origines. Si la création...
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La noblesse en liberté

XVIe-XVIIe siècles

by Jean-Marie Constant
Language: French
Release Date: July 9, 2015

La noblesse telle qu'elle apparaît dans cet ouvrage ressemble peu à celle des manuels d'histoire qui évoquent la société française de 1789. À l'époque de la Renaissance et du Baroque, la noblesse est une élite sociale, nombreuse, ouverte, dynamique et qui s'anoblit généralement toute seule....
Cover of Les États du dialogue à l'âge de l'humanisme
by Collectif
Language: French
Release Date: July 16, 2018

Durant la Renaissance, le dialogue est partout, dans tous les champs du savoir et de l'expression « littéraire » comme dans tous les pays d'Europe. Ses formes sont d'une déconcertante diversité, s'adaptant et se déployant selon des temporalités elles-mêmes très variables. L'on pourrait s'amuser...
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by Paul Signac
Language: French
Release Date: June 10, 2017

D’Eugène Delacroix au néo-impressionnisme, un livre écrit par le peintre français Paul Signac (1863 – 1935). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique....
Cover of Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Inventor and Scientist - Art History Lessons for Kids | Children's Art Books
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

Young Leonardo da Vinci was very curious. He would closely observe the world around him and pay great attention to details. If you look at his work, you will notice a keen sense of details. It’s as if he memorized and replicated every little thing he sees. This art history lesson for kids will give you a glimpse into the curious mind of Leonardo. Grab a copy today!
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by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

In this art history book, we're going to meet the famous sculptor, artist and architect named Michelangelo. You probably heard his name before but this time, you're going to learn of this achievements especially his contributions to the art society worldwide. Secure a copy of this book today!
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Sister Queens

The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile

by Julia Fox
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife...
Cover of Shakespeare's England
by Louis B. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2019

When William Shakespeare was about twenty, his life changed forever. He left Stratford and walked to London, where he became the world's greatest playwright. Here is his little-told story of Shakespeare, presented against the colorful tapestry of his England, the kingdom under Elizabeth I and James...
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by M. G. Scarsbrook
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012

The most handsome man of his era… yet also the most feared... Cesare Borgia was the most infamous member of history’s original crime family – the Borgias. Son of the scandalous Pope Alexander VI, and brother to the notorious Lucrezia Borgia, he rose above them all to become an icon of...
Cover of The Life and Times of Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012

Alexander never did what he said.Cesare never said what he did. Italian ProverbThere have been no shortage of controversial Popes who were accused by Catholics and other Christians of impropriety, but the most controversial of all was the Borgia Pope, Alexander VI. Born Rodrigo Borgia, the future Pope...
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