ＡＮＮＡ - Renaissance 1

Clair-Percé, avril 1501 Dégoûtée par son rôle d’espionne auprès de la comtesse de Savoie, Françoise s’échappe d’Amboise et regagne sa châtellenie de Clair-Percé. La colère de la reine est terrible :……続きを見る

This book considers some of the main adaptations of the character of Cleopatra for the Renaissance stage, travelling from Italy to England to arrive finally to Shakespeare. It shows how each reading……続きを見る

During the early modern period, objects of maritime material culture were removed from their places of origin and traded, collected and displayed worldwide. Focusing on shells and pearls exchanged w……続きを見る

From the beginning of Galileo’s career, well before the publication of the Sidereus Nuncius, his contemporaries took pains to shape his reputation and fame. They were fully aware that their efforts ……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

Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new interpretation of the development of the English East India Company between 1660 and 1720. The book explores the connections bet……続きを見る

This book explores Peter I’s same-sex relations, men’s sociability and male favoritism at the royal court in the context of the Petrine myth, scenarios of power, propaganda and othering. The first p……続きを見る

The complete correspondance between d'Isabella d'Este and Lorenzo da Pavia, who was responsible for buying works of art in Venice for Isabella's collection. There are full indices. 続きを見る

Kaum ein anderes architektonisches Ensemble wirkt in seiner Gesamterscheinung russischer als der Gebäudekomplex des Moskauer Kreml. Interessanterweise wurden seine prominentesten Bauten nicht von ei……続きを見る

Les lectures humanistes des représentations naturalistes antiques des origines de la civilisation imposent un nouveau regard sur la condition primitive de l’humanité. L’idéalisation de la vie édéniq……続きを見る

Fruit de l’admiration d’Estienne pour l’excellence des artisans dont le « génie » assurait à la foire de Francfort son rayonnement international, et surtout pour son « Académie foraine des Muses », ……続きを見る

La fama di Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535-1601) è soprattutto legata alla sua biblioteca: circa 9.500 stampati e oltre 1.000 manoscritti, che egli riunisce e mette a disposizione degli studiosi. Alle c……続きを見る

This book argues that painter Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–1479) is a formative cross-cultural figure in the practice of art history itself. Featuring new interpretations of some of his best-known ……続きを見る

This book studies the negative stereotypes around the women who worked as sick nurses in this period and contrasts them with the lived experience of both domestic and institutional nursing staff. Fu……続きを見る

In "The Later Renaissance," David Hannay embarks on an incisive exploration of the cultural, artistic, and intellectual currents that defined this dynamic period of European history. With a keen ana……続きを見る

A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of King James I saw England reach new corners of the globe **'**A majestic, brilliant account of the birth of an empire. Spectacu……続きを見る

Praise for Joanna Hickson: ‘An intriguing tale, told with confidence’ The Times ‘Rich and warm’ Sunday Express Will his ambition be her destiny or her downfall? When Isabel Williams is betrothed to ……続きを見る

This volume deals with philosophical, scientific, and ideological images of women during the French Enlightenment, examining their emergence in the reflections of the philosophes, in Catholic morali……続きを見る

The ubiquity of waste paper in early modern England has long been misunderstood. Though insults and modesty tropes that refer to waste paper are widespread, these have often been dismissed as nothin……続きを見る

The immortality of the soul is one of the oldest tropes in the history of philosophy and one that gained significant momentum in 16th-century Europe. But what came before Pietro Pomponazzi and his c……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 Renaissance Battle for Rome examines the rhetorical battle fought simultaneously between a wide variety of parties (individuals, groups, authorities) seeking prestige or legitimacy through the l……続きを見る

On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped and sealed. The will confirmed the line ……続きを見る

In early 1618, Anne Cecil (nee Lake), Lady Roos, accused Frances Cecil, countess of Exeter, of having committed adultery and incest with her husband, the countess's step grandson, William Cecil, Lor……続きを見る

Med et ønske om at udbrede kendskabet til kunsthistoriens store mestre blandt den brede befolkning udarbejdede forfatter og redaktør Anna Erslev i perioden 1915-19 trebindsværket "Billedkunstens mes……続きを見る

This entirely fresh narrative of the "British Reformations" focuses on the emotional as well as the material experience of living through the reformations in Britain during the sixteenth century. Th……続きを見る

Christianity is a hugely diverse and quarrelsome family of faiths, but most Christians have nevertheless set great store by orthodoxy - literally, 'right opinion' - even if they cannot agree what th……続きを見る

Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660 -1750 argues that armies had a profound impact on the major political events of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Britain. Beginning with th……続きを見る

Józef Boruwlaski was the most famous dwarf of the Enlightenment age. Polish-born, he travelled extensively throughout Europe, appearing and performing at royal courts and salons, before settling in……続きを見る

The spiritual status of the early modern child was often confused and uncertain, and yet in the wake of the English Reformation became an issue of urgent interest. This book explores questions surro……続きを見る