Renaissance category: 1000 books

“Have you read Buckle's second volume? It has interested me greatly; I do not care whether his views are right or wrong, but I should think they contained much truth. There is a noble love of advancement and truth throughout, and to my taste he is the very best writer of the English language that...

This bookexplores the role of literature as a means of mediating religious conflict in early modern England. Marking a new stage in the ‘religious turn’ that generated vigorous discussion of the changes and conflicts brought about by the Reformation, it unites new historicist readings with an...

The medieval guild is deconstructed into political theory and social commentary in this contemporary look at one of the most important social institutions of the Middle Ages. Essential principles and values underlying the guild system are discussed with a view toward applying them to current societal...

La vérité sur une femme-enfant accusée de meurtre et d'inceste Bâtarde d'un pape tout-puissant, elle est mariée à treize ans, démariée à dix-sept, remariée à dix-huit. Elle a vingt ans quand elle voit son mari assassiné par son frère Cesare. Déjà le bruit court qu'elle est trop aimée...

Fascinated by history? Wish you knew more? The Illustrated Introductions are here to help. In this lavishly illustrated, accessible guide, find out everything you need to know about the Stuarts. The Stuart era represents a century characterised by unprecedented change and turmoil, beginning with the...

Los textos "Sobre el Sol"y "Sobre el Lumen" se sitúan como una invitación del filósofo italiano a que observamos detenidamente y con una mirada nueva algo tan cotidiano como la imagen del Sol y la naturaleza de la luz, para que, de esta manera, nos asombraremos de lo que pueden decirnos acerca...

APERÇU PRÉLIMINAIRE SUR LA TOPOGRAPHIE, LA POPULATION, L’INDUSTRIE ET LE COMMERCE DE RENNES A LA FIN DU XVIe SIÈCLE.     L’objet de ce travail est de montrer quelle fut et comment fonctionna l’administration municipale de la ville de Rennes du jour où...

Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the “engineering pope” Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds. Using hundreds of archival documents and primary sources,...

Staging Marriage in Early Modern Spain examines selected dramatic works where the vicissitudes of matrimony play center stage. Various aspects of conjugal relations including courtship, divorce, and widowhood take on particular relevance in the Spanish comedia in light of the intense debates raging...

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo Les Annales de l'Empire, Annales du Royaume franc, sont des annales composées anonymement dans l'Empire carolingien du IXe siècle. Ils apparaissent d'abord paru sous Pépin le Bref en 741 et deviennent omniprésentes dans...

This book examines the varied and fascinating ways that Westminster – traditionally home to the royal court, the fashionable West End and parliament – became the seat of the successive, non-monarchical regimes of the 1640s and 1650s. It first explores the town as the venue that helped to shape...

Camerino, San Severino Marche e Castelraimondo. Gli scenari de “La Contesa” segnano un territorio e la sua storia. I tempi, tuttavia, erano quelli della spada ed i fatti narrati, inevitabilmente, affrontano il tema del conflitto in un’epoca che preparava la strada al Rinascimento e a quel Rinascimento...

Nato nel 1500 Carlo V divenne – grazie ad un’eccezionale coincidenza dinastica – il monarca con il più ampio regno mai posseduto da qualsiasi imperatore occidentale. Fu dominatore di gran parte dell’Europa e delle due Americhe («un impero su cui non tramonta mai il sole», come egli stesso...

This third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of the story of the German lands and peoples from the early middle ages to the present day. Crisply synthesising a vast array of historical material,...