Renaissance 45

Oliver Cromwell, gentilhomme campagnard devenu roi sans couronne, fut-il un dictateur sanglant ou un précurseur de la démocratie moderne – ou les deux ? Un révolutionnaire puritain, qui combat tout ……続きを見る

Un jour, le dieu Quetzalcóatl reviendra de l'Est où il avait disparu. Il aura la peau blanche et une grande barbe et, avec ses fils, s'emparera de l'Empire aztèque... C'est par cette prophétie que l……続きを見る

Le 24 août 1572 reste l'un des jours les plus sanglants de l'histoire de France : c'est le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy. Aux cris de "Tuez ! Tuez ! ", des milliers de huguenots sont massacrés... ……続きを見る

Pendant trente ans, deux puissantes familles d'Angleterre, les Lancastre et les York, se disputent le trône : intrigues, crimes, batailles, combats singuliers se succèdent sans relâche dans l'Anglet……続きを見る

Jérôme Savonarole a marqué son temps en dénonçant violemment les excès des Borgia et des Médicis, mais sa chute sera aussi spectaculaire que son ascension : la prison et le supplice du feu. L'Italie……続きを見る

Guise et Condé : un duel célèbre, entre course au pouvoir et convictions religieuses. La conjuration d'Amboise ne dure pas plus de deux mois, mais elle ouvre la porte aux guerres de Religion qui von……続きを見る

Un grand gaillard roux, un couteau à la main, se précipite sur le carrosse royal. Il frappe brutalement plusieurs coups. Le bon roi Henri meurt en quelques secondes... et déjà le bruit court que Rav……続きを見る

La vie passionnée, romanesque et tumultueuse d'une héroïne qui n'hésita pas à affronter la mort pour préserver ses droits de reine. Une biographie à l'égal de celle de Stefan Zweig. La vie passionné……続きを見る

La fin du rêve bourguignon. Ascension et chute du dernier grand féodal. La fin du rêve bourguignon. Ascension et chute du dernier grand féodal. Charles le Téméraire est une des figures les plus fasc……続きを見る

À cinquante-six ans, Henri IV caresse une nouvelle fois le projet de refaire sa vie. Avec la fille d'un prince, comme dit la chanson ! Et le vieux faune n'a que faire de la différence d'âge, même si……続きを見る

During the 1640s, the kingdoms ruled by Charles I - England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland - were gripped by a series of civil wars and conflicts which were, in part, distinct to each kingdom, but ……続きを見る

In this volume, the author offers a substantial reconsideration of same-sex relations in the early modern period, and argues that early modern writers – rather than simply celebrating a classical fr……続きを見る

To understand modern science, it is essential to recognize that many of the most fundamental scientific principles are drawn from the knowledge of ancient civilizations. Taking a global yet comprehe……続きを見る

The history of the family has become the source of lively controversy and Ralph Houlbrooke's study has made a major contribution to the debate. Thorough investigations reveal the attitudes and aspir……続きを見る

First published in 1911, this pioneering and ambitious work provides a history of the evolution of republican thought and practice in Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the……続きを見る

The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World History engages with some of the most recent trends in French revolutionary scholarship by considering the Revolution in its global context.……続きを見る

King James VI and I's extensive publications and the responses they met played a key role in the literary culture of Jacobean England. This book is the first sustained study of how James's subjects ……続きを見る

Sacred Signs in Reformation Scotland is the first study of how public worship was interpreted in Renaissance Scotland and offers a radically new way of understanding the Scottish Reformation. It fir……続きを見る

The Bible was, by any measure, the most important book in early modern England. It preoccupied the scholarship of the era, and suffused the idioms of literature and speech. Political ideas rode on i……続きを見る

This book explains the emergence of the idea of a new world. The collective discoveries of Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John and Sebastian Cabot, and Giovanni da Verrazzano constitute a d……続きを見る

Seventeenth-century England has long been heralded as the birthplace of a so-called 'new' philosophy. Yet what contemporaries might have understood by 'old' philosophy has been little appreciated. I……続きを見る

Diplomacy in Renaissance Rome is an investigation of Renaissance diplomacy in practice. Presenting the first book-length study of this subject for sixty years, Catherine Fletcher substantially enhan……続きを見る

The English Civil War of 1642-6 was one of the most formative periods of British history. This book, originally published in 1974, was one of the first to explore in depth the situation of the commo……続きを見る

This book provides an historical perspective on the growth of Russian military power, studying the emergence of the Russian regular army from 1700 until the end of the eighteenth century. In the pro……続きを見る

For tactical and strategic ingenuity, for daring and ruthless determination and the capacity to inspire troops, Frederick the Great was without equal. In this detailed life of ‘Old Fritz’, Christoph……続きを見る

The later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have been acclaimed as the classic period of artillery fortification. This was an era when fortresses and fortress systems shaped the calculations of s……続きを見る

In this wide-ranging account, Robert DuPlessis examines globally sourced textiles that by dramatically altering consumer behaviour, helped create new economies and societies in the early modern worl……続きを見る

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Germany's bourgeois elites became enthralled by the civilization of Renaissance Italy. As their own country entered a phase of critical socioeconomic chang……続きを見る

For thousands of years, societies have fallen under the reign of a single leader, ruling as chief, king, or emperor. In this fascinating global history of medieval and early modern dynastic power, J……続きを見る

This book presents extensive new research findings on and new thinking about Southeast Asia in this interesting, richly diverse, but much understudied period. It examines the wide and well-developed……続きを見る