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  • Curiosity and Wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

    par R.J.W. Evans ...
    'Curiosity' and 'wonder' are topics of increasing interest and importance to Renaissance and Enlightenment historians. Conspicuous in a host of disciplines from history of science and technology to history of art, literature, and society, both have assumed a prominent place in studies of the Early Modern period. This volume brings together an international group of scholars to investigate the ... En savoir plus

    $89.99 CAD

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  • Foundations of Public Law

    par Martin Loughlin ...
    Foundations of Public Law offers an account of the formation of the discipline of public law with a view to identifying its essential character, explaining its particular modes of operation, and specifying its unique task. Building on the framework first outlined in The Idea of Public Law (OUP, 2003), the book conceives public law broadly as a type of law that comes into existence as a consequence ... En savoir plus

    $56.99 CAD

  • A History of County Galway

    A comprehensive study of Galway's history, culture and people

    par Peadar O'Dowd ...
    Peadar O'Dowd's A History of County Galway is an enjoyable, accessible and informative study of Galway's history. A comprehensive book that begins with Galway's geological formation, O'Dowd's study of Ireland's second largest county progresses up to the present day and is the ideal book for anyone interested in the county of the Tribesmen. Galway is the largest county in the province of Connacht, ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Cardinal's Hat

    Money, Ambition, and Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Prince

    par Mary Hollingsworth ...
    "A riveting portrait of the day-to-day life of a wealthy, worldly Renaissance prince" as he pursues power and influence in the Catholic church ( USA Today).The second son of Alfonso d'Este and Lucretia Borgia, the Duke and Duchess of Ferrara, Ippolito d'Este was made the archbishop of Milan at the age of nine. But from the time of his father's death in 1534, he set his ambitions on acquiring the ... En savoir plus

    $1.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Anne Boleyn

    Adultery, Heresy, Desire

    par Amy Licence ...
    Anne Boleyn’s unconventional beauty inspired poets - and she so entranced Henry VIII with her wit, allure and style that he was prepared to set aside his wife of over twenty years and risk his immortal soul. Her sister had already been the king’s mistress, but the other Boleyn girl followed a different path. For years the lovers waited; did they really remain chaste? Did Anne love Henry, or was ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Foundations of Modern Terrorism

    State, Society and the Dynamics of Political Violence

    par Martin A. Miller ...
    Why is it that terrorism has become such a central factor in our lives despite all the efforts to eradicate it? Ranging from early modern Europe to the contemporary Middle East, Martin Miller reveals the foundations of modern terrorism. He argues that the French Revolution was a watershed moment as it was then that ordinary citizens first claimed the right to govern. The traditional notion of ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • A Brief History of the English Reformation

    par Mr Derek Wilson ...
    Collections series Brief Histories
    Religion, politics and fear: how England was transformed by the Tudors.The English Reformation was a unique turning point in English history. Derek Wilson retells the story of how the Tudor monarchs transformed English religion and why it still matters today. Recent scholarly research has undermined the traditional view of the Reformation as an event that occurred solely amongst the elite. Wilson ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Divided Kingdom

    Ireland 1630-1800

    par S.J. Connolly ...
    Collections series Oxford History of Early Modern Europe
    For Ireland the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were an era marked by war, economic transformation, and the making and remaking of identities. By the 1630s the era of wars of conquest seemed firmly in the past. But the British civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century fractured both Protestant and Catholic Ireland along lines defined by different combinations of religious and political ... En savoir plus

    $58.39 CAD

  • The Ephemeral History of Perfume

    Scent and Sense in Early Modern England

    par Holly Dugan ...
    In contrast to the other senses, smell has long been thought of as too elusive, too fleeting for traditional historical study. Holly Dugan disagrees, arguing that there are rich accounts documenting how men and women produced, consumed, and represented perfumes and their ephemeral effects. She delves deeply into the cultural archive of olfaction to explore what a sense of smell reveals about ... En savoir plus

    $77.99 CAD

  • Locus Amoenus

    Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance

    Modifié par Alexander Samson ...
    Collections Livre 10 - Renaissance Studies Special Issues
    Locus Amoenus provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment.A ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden historyEssays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • Bad Queen Bess?

    Libels, Secret Histories, and the Politics of Publicity in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I

    par Peter Lake ...
    Bad Queen Bess? analyses the back and forth between the Elizabethan regime and various Catholic critics, who, from the early 1570s to the early 1590s, sought to characterise that regime as a conspiracy of evil counsel. Through a genre novel - the libellous secret history - to English political discourse, various (usually anonymous) Catholic authors claimed to reveal to the public what was 'really ... En savoir plus

    $63.19 CAD

  • Speaking Spirits

    Ventriloquizing the Dead in Renaissance Italy

    par Sherry Roush ...
    Collections series Toronto Italian Studies
    In classical and early modern rhetoric, to write or speak using the voice of a dead individual is known as eidolopoeia. Whether through ghost stories, journeys to another world, or dream visions, Renaissance writers frequently used this rhetorical device not only to co-opt the authority of their predecessors but in order to express partisan or politically dangerous arguments.In Speaking Spirits, ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD