Renaissance 43

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since……続きを見る

Volume 37- Literary Appropriations-examines medieval literature in a different light. This volume features six original articles, focusing on the art of appropriation, as well as fourteen reviews of……続きを見る

The Renaissance era was launched in Italy and gradually spread to the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, and other parts of Europe and the New World, with figures like Robert Campin, Jan van Eyck,……続きを見る

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since……続きを見る

In romancesーRenaissance England’s version of the fantasy novelーcharacters often discover books that turn out to be magical or prophetic, and to offer insights into their readers’ selves. The Immat……続きを見る

Garden design evolved hugely during the Georgian period – as symbols of wealth and stature, the landed aristocracy had been using gardens for decades. Yet during the eighteenth century, society bega……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's work "La Constantin". First published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839-40), it recounts the semi-fictionalised story of M……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's work "Martin Guerre". It was first published as part of his eight-volume series "Celebrated Crimes" (1839-40), and recounts the unbelievable story of……続きを見る

This is the first systematic scholarly study of the Ottoman experience of plague during the Black Death pandemic and the centuries that followed. Using a wealth of archival and narrative sources, in……続きを見る

On 30 April 1665, the diarist Samuel Pepys recorded the first rumours that the bubonic plague was spreading through London: 'Great fears of the sickness here in the City - God preserve us all!' Thou……続きを見る

Henry VIII had the most controversial love life of the Tudor period, and he remains Britain’s most famous king because of it. His pursuit of a male heir for his throne led him to cast aside five con……続きを見る

This volume examines early modern representations of women’s reproductive knowledge through new readings of plays, monstrous birth pamphlets, medical treatises, court records, histories, and more, w……続きを見る

A discussion by a broadly respected authority of the complicated relationship between theology and ordinary life in the early church. The first section of the book scrutinizes theology with a view t……続きを見る

In this original, provocative, well-reasoned, and thoroughly documented book, Frank Klaassen proposes that two principal genres of illicit learned magic occur in late medieval manuscripts: image mag……続きを見る

During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries a group of monks with occult interests donated what became a remarkable collection of more than thirty magic texts to the library of the Ben……続きを見る

First Published in 2004. During the 1640s, tens of thousands of young British men set off for the Civil Wars full of that innocent enthusiasm with which so many before and since have welcomed the pr……続きを見る

La biographie de référence de Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), le plus célèbre des penseurs italiens de la Renaissance, philosophe, théoricien de la politique, de l'histoire et de la guerre. La biog……続きを見る

A l'occasion des 500 ans de la bataille de Marignan (1515), la publication en Tempus du livre de référence sur la plus grande victoire de François Ier. Sorte de lieu commun de notre conscience colle……続きを見る

Bien plus que par la découverte du Nouveau Monde, 1492 fut marquée par nombre de mutations, d'innovations et de changements majeurs annonçant véritablement un monde nouveau. Explications de Bartolom……続きを見る

15mn d'Histoire : une nouvelle collection de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes. La mort d'Henri IV est l'un des événements de l'histoire de France qui ont le plus f……続きを見る

15mn d'Histoire : une collection numérique de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes ! Pour l'histoire, elle restera toujours associée à la pire horreur des guerres de r……続きを見る

Une souveraine exemplaire dont l'œuvre politique et administrative donnera une tout autre dimension à l'Espagne et qui sera reprise et développée par Charles Quint. Née en 1451, Isabelle la Catholiq……続きを見る

15mn d'Histoire : une nouvelle collection de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes. En ce début d'année 1589, la popularité d'Henri III auprès de ses sujets est au plus……続きを見る

15mn d'Histoire : une nouvelle collection de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes ! Gabrielle d'Estrées fut pendant plus de huit années la principale maîtresse du prem……続きを見る

Secrets. Silence. Scandal. This is the Tudors as you have never seen them before - as told through the eyes of the people who were ALWAYS watching. 'I do not live in a corner. A thousand eyes see al……続きを見る

Este libro trata de la invención literaria, que asediaré en diferentes autores desde Garcilaso a Gracián, a los que se añaden Góngora, Cervantes y Quevedo. Al elegir el término «invención» quiero da……続きを見る

The first part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer Jaan Kross's trilogy dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian Chronicler ……続きを見る

Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world’s seas. Pillaging ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur les sorcières de Salem en moins d’une heure ! Un vent de panique s’engouffre dans les demeures des habitants de Salem Village, en plein cœur du Massach……続きを見る

The religious refugee first emerged as a mass phenomenon in the late fifteenth century. Over the following two and a half centuries, millions of Jews, Muslims, and Christians were forced from their ……続きを見る