In un secolo quale fu il Settecento, secolo dei lumi, l’Europa attraversata da una nuova cultura, si volgeva verso l’Oriente islamico con una rinnovata attenzione; non più terra di misteri, luogo d……続きを見る
Il Sacro Macello di Valtellina del luglio 1620 fu quel tragico evento un evento che provocò la strage di centinaia di persone (si stima fra le 300 e le 600) , tutti appartenenti alla minoranza rifor……続きを見る
After more than half-a-century of wars in Hungary, the conflict between the Habsburgs and the Sublime Porte explodes in 1593, after a series of border incidents. The confrontation was soon regarded ……続きを見る
The Battle of EdgeHill of 22 October 1642 was the first great engagement of the English Civil War. It was fought in the open fields between the villages of Radway and Kineton in Warwickshire. At the……続きを見る
著者:Randy Robertson
出版社: Penn State University Press
発売日: 2015年10月20日
Censorship profoundly affected early modern writing. Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England offers a detailed picture of early modern censorship and investigates the pressures that c……続きを見る
著者:Harry Stone
出版社: Memoirs Publishing
発売日: 2015年06月29日
Here, for the first time, are outlined the subterfuges and wiles of the six queens who largely ruled Europe during the second half of the sixteenth century, as well as the complex relationships betw……続きを見る
著者:Clare Jackson
出版社: Penguin Books Ltd
発売日: 2016年03月31日
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers
Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appear……続きを見る
"A totally absorbing book…imaginative and erudite, full of startling juxtapositions and flashes of real perception." ーJonathan D. Spence
John E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds ……続きを見る
A história de Cristo, transmitida desde Jerusalém, chegou a todo o mundo conhecido na época. As mais longínquas distâncias foram percorridas em direção a leste, sendo a primeira viagem realizada pel……続きを見る
The remarkable story of one English family during the tumultuous seventeenth century, as revealed through their original letters and documents.
"To know the Verneys is to know the seventeenth centur……続きを見る
Finalmente disponibile l'edizione digitale di un libro di successo. Ideale anche per conoscere la natura e i costumi dell'esercito veneto nel periodo! Correva l'Anno del Signore 1590. Così sc……続きを見る
Dieses eBook: "Else von der Tanne (Historischer Roman für die Weihnachtszeit)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Else von……続きを見る
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur John Locke en moins d’une heure !
Éminent philosophe anglais du XVIIe siècle, John Locke développe tout au long de sa vie une pensée d’une rare modernit……続きを見る
The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask triumphantly solves an enduring puzzle that has stumped historians for centuries and seduced novelists and filmmakers to this day. Who was the man who was rum……続きを見る
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY and THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY
'A thrilling account' The Times
'As heroic as Digby himself, Moshenska has defied t……続きを見る
In the early seventeenth century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. It was the story of a poor nobleman, his brain addled fro……続きを見る
Popular belief holds that throwing the contents of a chamber pot into the street was a common occurrence during the early modern period. This book challenges this deeply entrenched stereotypical ima……続きを見る
著者:G.R. Elton
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2009年12月10日
The twenty-five year period following the Second World War saw an enormous expansion of activity in the writing of the history of modern Britain, and with that expansion a major transformation of th……続きを見る
著者:Jane McLeod
出版社: Penn State University Press
発売日: 2015年12月21日
In Licensing Loyalty, historian Jane McLeod explores the evolution of the idea that the royal government of eighteenth-century France had much to fear from the rise of print culture. She argues that……続きを見る
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Oliver Cromwell en moins d’une heure !
Olivier Cromwell est l’une des personnalités les plus complexes de l’histoire britannique. Persuadé d’être guidé ……続きを見る
Early modern globalization was built on a highly labour intensive infrastructure. This book looks at the millions of workers who were needed to operate the ships, ports, store houses, forts and fact……続きを見る
'A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject' Daily Telegraph
'Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately tragic' Simon Sebag Montefiore
**'**It is the b……続きを見る
The study is an intellectual and comparative history of French, Spanish, and English missions to the native peoples of America in the seventeenth century, c. 1610–1690. It shows that missions are id……続きを見る
Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect's tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary. Quakerism has produced an astonishing and disproportionate number……続きを見る
Witchcraft haunts the Western imagination to this day, from Central Europe to Britain to North America. This book explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it (stressing the differ……続きを見る
Ludwig XIV. war 72 Jahre lang König von Frankreich und ist in dieser Zeit zum Inbegriff einer absolutistischen Herrschaft und Hofkultur geworden. Mark Hengerer erzählt das Leben des Königs von der R……続きを見る
Auch Niedersachsen hatte seinen Märchenkönig – zwar „nur“ einen Herzog, aber der, Herzog Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1633–1714), dessen 300. Todestag wir in diesem Jahr begehen und d……続きを見る
Von der Erfindung des Buchdrucks und der Entdeckung Amerikas schlägt Thomas Maissen den Bogen bis zur Industriellen und Französischen Revolution. In jeweils wechselnden Perspektiven erläutert er die……続きを見る
Von 1643 bis 1648 tagte in Münster und Osnabrück ein völlig neuartiger Friedenskongress. Es gelang, drei der vier eng miteinander verzahnten langjährigen Kriege zu beenden, was bereits von den Zeitz……続きを見る
William Shakespeare ist der wohl größte englische Dichter. Hans-Dieter Gelfert gibt in diesem Buch eine Einführung in Leben und Werk. Er skizziert das gesellschaftliche Bewußtsein der Shakespearezei……続きを見る