ＥＮＡ - Renaissance 1

This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. From the beginning, people lived in nature and discovered things about ……続きを見る

In 1791, the French femme de lettres Olympe de Gouges wrote that 'as women have the right to take their places on the scaffold, they must also have the right to take their seats in government'. This……続きを見る

The Tudors are one of history's most infamous families and the era over which they reigned still captures the public's interest without rival. 'Tudor England' in itself has become a well known phras……続きを見る

**'An enthralling account of the murky shadow-world of Elizabethan espionage' Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves 'Alford has brought a dash of le Carré to the 16th century' The Times** Elizabeth I's……続きを見る

Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further the……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Jacques Cartier et la découverte du Canada en moins d’une heure ! Le 20 avril 1534, deux navires quittent le port de Saint-Malo. À leur tête se trouve J……続きを見る

Focusing on émigrés from Baden, Württemberg and Hungary in four host societies (Switzerland, the Ottoman Empire, England and the United States), Heléna Tóth considers exile in the aftermath of the r……続きを見る

The five queens of Navarre were the largest group of female sovereigns in one European realm during the Middle Ages, but they are largely unknown beyond a regional audience. This survey fills this s……続きを見る

The Reformation period witnessed an explosion in the number of biographies of contemporary religious figures being published. Whether lives of reformers worthy of emulation, or heretics deserving co……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

Rodrigo Borgia, futuro papa Alessandro VI, racconta i suoi anni giovanili. Figlio di un fiero ma oscuro nobile di Jativa - paese a sud di Valencia - ha la fortuna di essere nipote del potente cardin……続きを見る

*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* 'Utterly enthralling - a beautifully-written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making' Deborah Moggach From the moment she hears Lev's violi……続きを見る

This interdisciplinary collection explores how the early modern pursuit of knowledge in very different spheres – from Inquisitional investigations to biblical polemics to popular healing – was condi……続きを見る

The Progresses, Processions, and Royal Entries of King Charles I, 1625-1642 is the first study to focus on the history, and the political and cultural significance, of the travels and public profile……続きを見る

On 22 August 1485, Henry Tudor emerged from the Battle of Bosworth victorious. His disparate army vanquished the forces of Richard III and, according to Shakespeare over a century later, brought ‘sm……続きを見る

From the Cloister to the State examines the French order of Fontevraud, one of the largest monastic networks under female leadership in medieval and early modern Europe. Founded in 1100 and comprise……続きを見る

En el inicio de los tiempos modernos, la nobleza catalana asumió prácticas de acumulación de la propiedad que reconfigurarían su propia representación genealógica. La intensa movilidad social que ca……続きを見る

L'epistolari de Granvela es nodreix de nombrosos personatges rellevants del cercle d'influència del poder imperial a la ciutat i regne de València. La varietat de qüestions desenvolupades a l'episto……続きを見る

LES AMOURS IMPOSSIBLES DE MONA LISA Mona Lisa, le plus célèbre portrait au monde ! Pourtant nous ne savons pratiquement rien d’elle. Léonard de Vinci, le plus célèbre des hommes de la ‘Renaissance’!……続きを見る

Early modern England was fascinated by the figure of the rogue. The rogue, who could be a beggar or vagrant but also a cutpurse, conman, card sharp, and all-round 'trickster' or even a highwayman, a……続きを見る

The first comprehensive analysis of an extensive body of rogue pamphlets published in early modern London. Early modern England was fascinated by the figure of the rogue. The rogue, who could be a b……続きを見る

As well as a highly respected poet and editor, Mick Imlah (1956–2009) was one of the finest literary critics of his generation. He spent most of his twenty-five-year career working for the Times Lit……続きを見る

From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period i……続きを見る

This book aims to rewrite the narrative of women and power in medieval society. Based on a rich corpus of sources – systematically collected for the first time – it reveals female monasteries as cen……続きを見る

The UK and the USA have historically represented opposite ends of the spectrum in their approaches to taxing corporate income. Under the British approach, corporate and shareholder income taxes have……続きを見る

A transcription and translation of Zaharje Orfelin's 1757 festival book, Festive Greeting to Mojsej Putnik, this book is one of the most comprehensive accounts of the festival life of the Orthodox h……続きを見る

George Nafziger translates a classic account of Bohdan Khmelnytsky's revolt in the Hetmanate from 1648 to 1651 続きを見る

The last few years has, within museums, witnessed nothing short of a revolution. Worried that the very institution was itself in danger of becoming a dusty, forgotten, culturally irrelevant exhibit,……続きを見る

Mona Lisa! The most famous portrait in the world, yet we do not know who she is. Leonardo da Vinci! The greatest man of the Renaissance era, yet his life is a mystery. Christopher Columbus! The grea……続きを見る

This book explores perceptions of toleration and self-identity through an analysis of otherness’ real experience of Italian travellers, Catholic missionaries and Maltese proto-journalists within Med……続きを見る