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World history continues to evolve as one of the most popular and widely discussed approaches to the study of history. The second edition of World History: The Basics offers an updated introduction o……続きを見る

Spain's Legacy: The History of a Nation invites readers on an epic journey across time to uncover the forces that shaped one of Europe's most vibrant cultures. From prehistoric cave painters in Iber……続きを見る

Conçue pour accompagner sa grande sœur des « Travaux d’Humanisme et Renaissance », la collection des « Cahiers d’Humanisme et Renaissance » rassemble une grande variété d’études, historiques, philol……続きを見る

The articles in The World of the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800 describe the activities of people living on the coasts of the Indian Ocean, generously defined, during the early modern period. Most are base……続きを見る

Piechocki calls for an examination of the idea of Europe as a geographical concept, tracing its development in the 15th and 16th centuries. What is "Europe," and when did it come to be? In the Renai……続きを見る

This thoroughly original work of art history presents a provocative theory about Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa, and Theological Gender Equality. The famous Mona Lisa smile has mystified viewers a……続きを見る

The articles collected here (two appearing for the first time in English) cover a number of topics central to naval history and illustrate the author's contention that this is not only, or even chie……続きを見る

The ten essays published in this volume were written over the space of a decade, but they were conceived from the start as a coherent whole, presenting Peiresc's study of discrete languages and lite……続きを見る

Which famous poet treasured his copy of Homer, but could never learn Greek? What prompted diplomats to circulate a speech by Demosthenes – in Latin translation – when the Turks threatened to invade ……続きを見る

Anne Askew (1521-1546) was accused of heresy because of her denial of the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation and ritual of mass. These two works provide an extremely rare autobiographical accou……続きを見る

The life story of Marie-Madeleine Jodin opens an exciting new perspective on the world of 18th-century women, European court theatres, and, most strikingly, entails the remarkable discovery of a pre……続きを見る

Interest in John Foxe and his hugely influential text Acts and Monuments is particularly vibrant at present. This volume, the third to arise from a series of international colloquia on Foxe, collect……続きを見る

Throughout the sixteenth century, political and intellectual developments in Britain and The Netherlands were closely intertwined. At different times religious refugees from one or other country fou……続きを見る

Kinship and Incestuous Crime in Colonial Guatemala examines social relations in colonial Guatemala through the lens of incest. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses of incest ……続きを見る

Frem mod 1864 besøgte de danske konger Slesvig og Holsten hyppigere end de andre dele af riget. For hele tre konger i træk var Sydslesvig den foretrukne feriedestination. Denne tradition for kongebe……続きを見る

Classical mechanics is a part of physics that deals with the motion of point masses (very small things) and rigid bodies (large things that can rotate as a whole but cannot change their shape). This……続きを見る

Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Brita……続きを見る