Dans "Le roman du grand Condé", Marcel Dhanys propose une exploration vivante et riche de l'une des figures les plus emblématiques du XVIIe siècle français, le prince de Condé. À travers un style na……続きを見る
Between the years 1560 and 1721, the Swedes endeavored to turn the Baltic Sea into a Swedish lake. Generations of young men perished in a seemingly endless series of wars. How was it possible for an……続きを見る
This volume of primary sources focuses on the history of emotions in Europe and its empires between 1517 and 1602. The Reformation in 1517 was a key transformative moment in European history that re……続きを見る
This volume of primary sources focuses on the history of emotions in Europe and its empires between 1602 and 1714. The study examines the subjects of the self, family and community, religion, politi……続きを見る
著者:Ōgimachi Machiko
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2021年06月15日
In the early eighteenth century, the noblewoman Ōgimachi Machiko composed a memoir of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the powerful samurai for whom she had served as a concubine for twenty years. Machiko assi……続きを見る
Russia and the Dutch Republic, 1566–1725: A Forgotten Friendship outlines how the Netherlands had an outsized impact on the early development of Russia into a Great Power in the course of the sevent……続きを見る
This volume offers 18 studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft.
The chapters traverse a broad ……続きを見る
"Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates" by E. Keble Chatterton offers a riveting journey into the world of piracy, capturing the imagination with tales of adventure and defiance on the high seas. The antho……続きを見る
著者:Leïla Temime Blili
出版社: The American University in Cairo Press
発売日: 2021年05月25日
A new history of Ottoman Tunis
The first Ottoman conquest of Tunis took place in 1534 under the command of Kheireddine Barbarossa. However, it was not until 1574 that the Ottomans finally wrested co……続きを見る
This is a cultural and intellectual biography of a neglected but important figure, Thomas Morgan (1671/2–1743). Educated at Bridgewater Academy, he was active as Presbyterian preacher, medical pract……続きを見る
Questo è un libro singolare sull'arte dolciaria alla corte di papa Alessandro VII (1655-1667). Vi si invita a un affascinante viaggio storico-culturale intorno al credenziere Girolamo Mei e al suo m……続きを見る
Ansia di verità, paura della pena, desiderio di rivalsa, senso di giustizia. Sentimenti ed emozioni in contrasto che trapelano dalla viva voce dei protagonisti. Storie inedite, vere, vissute, altrim……続きを見る
Significant Others explores the transformative possibilities of alterity or otherness and offers concrete case studies that provide a greater understanding and nuance with regard to aspects of devia……続きを見る
The term trauma refers to a wound or rupture that disorients, causing suffering and fear. Trauma theory has been heavily shaped by responses to modern catastrophes, and as such trauma is often seen ……続きを見る
Highly Commended, Society for Renaissance Studies Biennial Book Prize 2022
In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form,……続きを見る
著者:Elliot Vernon
出版社: Manchester University Press
発売日: 2021年09月28日
This is the first book-length exploration of presbyterians and presbyterianism in London during the crisis period of the mid-seventeenth century. It charts the emergence of a movement of clergy and ……続きを見る
National Bestseller
"A landmark and long-overdue cultural history." ーVogue
The stylish, wild story of the marriage of Dennis Hopper and Brooke Haywardーa tale of love, art, Hollywood, and heartbrea……続きを見る
Dans "La cour du Roi Soleil", André Parmentier nous plonge au cœur des intrigues, des splendeurs et des rivalités de la cour de Louis XIV. L'auteur dépeint avec une plume vivante et subtile les fast……続きを見る
Dans 'La Conspiration de Compesières : 1695', Jean Mussard plonge le lecteur dans la toile complexe du politique et du social au tournant du XVIIe siècle. Ce roman historique s'articule autour d'une……続きを見る
Dans "Histoire des missions des pères capucins de Savoie", Charles de Genève propose un récit captivant et minutieux des activités missionnaires menées par l'ordre des Capucins en Savoie. À travers ……続きを見る
著者:Keith Thomson
出版社: Little, Brown and Company
発売日: 2022年05月10日
Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in Englandーperfect for ……続きを見る
I saggi che compongono questo volume offrono uno spaccato vivo ed eloquente della Calabria novecentesca, scossa da plurisecolari conflitti sociali e solcata da movimenti e lotte dotati di una diromp……続きを見る
著者:Paul Hughes
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2021年09月29日
This exciting Greenvill Collins biography is about seventeenth century navigation, focusing for the first time on mathematics practised at sea. This monograph argues the Restoration kings’, Charles ……続きを見る
- Ever wonder if there was light after Dark Ages?
- This history of the Church from the 15th to the 18th centuries is explored with insight and inquisition
- Starting with the aftermath of the Refor……続きを見る
'Compelling reading' - Alison Weir
'A fresh and admirably unsentimental account' - Peter Marshall
The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 has come to typify those qualities that many believe represent t……続きを見る
Global Perspectives in Modern Italian Culturepresents a series of unexplored case studies from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, each demonstrating how travellers, scientists, Catholic mission……続きを見る
****A TIMES, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, THE CRITIC, MAIL ON SUNDAY, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR**
'A gifted narrative historian, eloquent, graceful and witty; the stories she tells ……続きを見る
Mai apparsi prima d’ora in Italia, i cinque testi che compongono questo libro riguardano tre temi particolarmente cari a Philippe Ariès. Il primo è una lettura quasi autobiografica del suo incontro ……続きを見る
In "Charles I and Cromwell," G. M. Young intricately examines the tumultuous relationship between the monarch and the revolutionary leader during one of England's most transformative eras. In his ma……続きを見る
In "Nova Scotia: The Royal Charter of 1621 to Sir William Alexander," Alexander Fraser meticulously explores the historical significance and implications of the royal charter granted to Sir William ……続きを見る