R.R. - Renaissance 1

Djem, fils cadet du conquérant de Constantinople Mehmet II, fut à la mort de son père au centre d'une féroce querelle de succession. Vaincu par ses frères, il est recueilli par les Chevaliers de Rho……続きを見る

In this radical and wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine examine the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically in the ……続きを見る

This book reveals the importance of personal letters in the history of European women between the year 1000 and the advent of the telephone. It explores the changing ways that women used corresponde……続きを見る

Oliver Cromwell is one of the most significant figures in British history – and one of the most misinterpreted. In this major new biography, John Morrill argues that Cromwell has been seriously misi……続きを見る

The role played by women in the evolution of religious art and architecture has been largely neglected. This study of upper-class women in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries corrects that oversig……続きを見る

Many people know about the dramatic rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s controversial second wife, but this is the first book to look at her life from a Continental perspective. Her role mode……続きを見る

Children of the House of Cleves describes and analyses the lives of Sybylla, Anna, Wilhelm and Amalia, the children of Johann III, Duke of Cleves. Though their parents were staunch Catholics, Wilhel……続きを見る

Serving Aristocracy is the history of social negotiation and mobility in an early modern knowledge community, centred on the aristocratic De la Gardie family and their sphere of manors and estates i……続きを見る

This book provides a fresh perspective on the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives by embarking on a journey through the manors, castles and palaces in which their lives were played out. This journey tra……続きを見る

This volume centres on Colonel Philip Jones but touches on others – most notably, Griffith Lloyd and Rowland Dawkins – who were part of his political network. These three men, all from Glamorgan and……続きを見る

Les Vies des dames galantes rassemblent des récits où Brantôme peint, avec verve ironique, les amours, ruses et libertés des femmes de la Renaissance ー reines, courtisanes, bourgeoises. En portrait……続きを見る

Die wissenschaftliche Revolution der Renaissance war kein plötzlicher Durchbruch einzelner Genies – sie entstand aus jahrzehntelanger Arbeit von Astronomen, Anatomen, Mathematikern, Handwerkern und ……続きを見る

The Great Fire of London which destroyed much of England's capital city in the autumn of 1666 was one of those seminal events that stand out in history, enthralling, fascinating and yet repulsive in……続きを見る

El Renacimiento, que cronológicamente abarca desde mediados del siglo XIV hasta principios del siglo XVII, representa todo un programa de renovación cultural y política, que pretende instaurar una n……続きを見る

Nacido en Alcalá de Henares, en 1547, aquel que andando el tiempo fue nuestro escritor universal padeció y gozó como soldado curtido, cautivo mental y físico y accidentado comisario de la Corona, es……続きを見る

Horrible Histories finally turns its attention to the most popular sport on Earth, football. Read all about football's beginnings in the Middle Ages, which involved not rules, except maybe not inten……続きを見る

Viewers in the Middle Ages and Renaissance were encouraged to forge connections between their physical and affective states when they experienced works of art. They believed that their bodies served……続きを見る

Scopri il fascino di un'epoca tumultuosa e avvincente con "La battaglia di Benevento: Storia del secolo XIII" di Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi. In questo capolavoro storico, Guerrazzi ci trasporta ne……続きを見る

Ontdek de Onbekende Wereld van de 17e Eeuw! Reize van Maarten Gerritsz. Vries in 1643 naar het Noorden en Oosten van Japan van Philipp Franz von Siebold neemt je mee op een fascinerende reis door ti……続きを見る

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To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governme……続きを見る

Embárcate en un viaje fascinante por la España del siglo XIX con "La Biblia en España, Tomo III" de George Borrow. En esta obra cautivadora, Borrow nos sumerge en un relato lleno de aventuras, encue……続きを見る

Descubre el fascinante mundo colonial a través de los ojos de un cronista del siglo XVI. En "Descripción colonial, libro primero (1/2)", Reginaldo de Lizárraga nos transporta a una época de explorac……続きを見る

Embárcate en un viaje fascinante por la España del siglo XIX con "La Biblia en España, Tomo II" de George Borrow, una obra que desafía las convenciones y te sumerge en un mundo de aventuras y descub……続きを見る

The Global Lives of Things considers the ways in which ‘things’, ranging from commodities to works of art and precious materials, participated in the shaping of global connections in the period 1400……続きを見る

This book examines the varied and fascinating ways that Westminster – traditionally home to the royal court, the fashionable West End and parliament – became the seat of the successive, non-monarchi……続きを見る

eBook Interactivo. Hemos querido presentar en esta serie las primeras obras que van a sentar las bases del Renacimiento y que, como es bien sabido, se produjeron en Italia a finales de la Baja Edad ……続きを見る

Chaucer and Religious Controversies in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras adopts a comparative, boundary-crossing approach to consider one of the most canonical of literary figures, Geoffrey Chaucer……続きを見る

More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics and even humanity itself emer……続きを見る

This book is a biographical study of unprecedented scope and detail of the celebrated Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland, whose magnificent repertory of old Scottish ballads attracted the fascinate……続きを見る