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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Mazarin en moins d'une heure ! D'origine modeste, Jules Mazarin a réussi à se hisser dans les hautes sphères du pouvoir et à préparer le jeune Louis XIV……続きを見る

India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Indian shipwrights and the labour force associated with various aspec……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le règne d'Henri IV en moins d'une heure ! S'il est bien un roi de France qui a marqué l'Histoire, c'est bien Henri IV. Prince protestant et roi de Nava……続きを見る

For early modern Europeans, the past was a measure of most things, good and bad. For that reason it was also hotly contested, manipulated, and far too important to be left to historians alone. Memor……続きを見る

The mingling of aristocrats and commoners in a southern French city, the jostling of foreigners in stock markets across northern and western Europe, the club gatherings in Paris and London of gentee……続きを見る

Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 1700–1830 offers a detailed study of elite women’s relationships with landed property, specifically as they were mediated through the lens of their estate……続きを見る

This decisive contribution to the long-running debate about the dynamics of state formation and elite transformation in early modern Europe examines the new monarchies that emerged during the course……続きを見る

A history of walking over the British countryside. Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Ramblers’ Association, ‘Ramble On’ tells the story of how country walks were transformed fro……続きを見る

The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre places the Revels Office and Elizabeth I's court theatre in a pre-modern, patronage and gift-exchange driven-world of centralized power in w……続きを見る

Have you ever been to museums? If you enjoy looking at paintings there, then you will also enjoy this book filled with the most wondrous arts from the Renaissance era. Just think of this book as you……続きを見る

The Renaissance was a time of beautiful transformations - from art to science and everything else in between. Learn about the events that marked the beginning of the Renaissance. The great thing abo……続きを見る

The Times for over 150 years has been providing the most respected and perceptive verdicts on the lives of outstanding individuals. The Times Great Military Lives is an authoritative and fascinating……続きを見る

In Stendhals Werk 'Die Brüder Massimi und andere Geschichten aus italienischen Chroniken' taucht der Leser tief in die Atmosphäre des 19. Jahrhunderts ein und erlebt historische Ereignisse und mensc……続きを見る

Ferdinand Gregorovius' Werk 'Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter vom V. bis zum XVI. Jahrhundert' präsentiert eine umfassende Darstellung Roms während des Mittelalters. In einem detaillierten un……続きを見る

*** Danish Historical Society Award Winner (2018) “Historical research result of the year” *** Mutiny in the Danish Atlantic World discusses how the storytelling of the lower classes shaped antagoni……続きを見る

You may have heard about the Renaissance. You might have discussed it in class, or you've seen movies about them. You read facts and data but what should be the core take away from the Renaissance P……続きを見る

The Wars of the Roses saw family fight family over the greatest prize – the throne of England. But what gave the eventual victor of these brutal and complex wars, Henry Tudor, the right to claim the……続きを見る

The first scholarly edition of the complete works of Jane Cavendish, this volume presents as complete a collection as possible of works and historical documents pertaining to a particularly compelli……続きを見る

Mary Wroth (1587-1653?) was niece and god-daughter of Mary Sidney Herbert. She was married in 1604 to Sir Robert Wroth with whom she joined the Court circle of James I. In 1618 she began work on her……続きを見る

During the period 1500-1750 a general shift in gardening practice took place, from which emerged three distinct types of gardens: (traditional) subsistence or kitchen gardens, aesthetic gardens, and……続きを見る

At a time when England was an officially Protestant country to translate Catholic works, thereby helping to propagate the faith, was a brave act and to actually identify oneself in print, as did Car……続きを見る

As writers strongly committed to the Reformation, Anne Lock Prowse and Elizabeth Russell translated works which they believed were doctrinally useful for their Protestant readers. Lock translated Ca……続きを見る

Seeking a more natural and balanced life for their two young children, in 2010 Eamon and Tanya O’Hara set out on a journey to begin a new life. Rural France seemed to be the answer to all their drea……続きを見る

Previously published as The Great Grisby ‘You cannot help but fall in love with Grisby’ Jeffrey Masson In this charming bestiary of exceptional dogs, Mikita Brottman reflects on the role dogs play i……続きを見る

A tale of decadence and excess, great houses and wild parties, love and sexual intrigue, this biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, casts an astonishing new light on the nobility of eightee……続きを見る

Katherine Manners was the richest girl in England, a Catholic, and wife to the notorious George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham. George's reputation spiralled until his bloody assassination. Kate's……続きを見る

In Becoming a New Self, Moshe Sluhovsky examines the diffusion of spiritual practices among lay Catholics in early modern Europe. By offering a close examination of early modern Catholic penitential……続きを見る

The Convent of Wesel was long believed to be a clandestine assembly of Protestant leaders in 1568 that helped establish foundations for Reformed churches in the Dutch Republic and northwest Germany.……続きを見る

This is the first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present. In case studies ranging from Scandinavia and Italy to Ireland and Russia, leading scholars……続きを見る

This is the first volume to explore the reception of the Pythagorean doctrine of cosmic harmony within a variety of contexts, ranging chronologically from Plato to 18th-century England. This origina……続きを見る