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First published in 1988, this biography of William Turner aims to present a balanced account of his career, writings, and, above all, Turner as a person. It offers a fairly comprehensive overview of……続きを見る

Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt – this is the……続きを見る

Real Lives in the Eighteenth Century presents a global history using four sets of biographies to illustrate corresponding situations in different geographical regions. Loosely based on Plutarch’s Pa……続きを見る

This volume is broadly divided into two main sections. The first part comprises a detailed introduction to the background of "The Dialogue", written in 1594 by George Owen of Henllys, north Pembroke……続きを見る

A volume about John Penry and his contribution to the growth of Puritanism in England in the Sixteenth Century. 続きを見る

Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a cit……続きを見る

Les règnes de Corneille de Berghes et de Georges d’Autriche, par contraste avec celui d’Érard de la Marck, qui les précède, paraissent sans relief, voire sans intérêt. Cette appréciation défavorable……続きを見る

Five hundred years ago, working from hints in classical Greek and Latin poets, the young author Jacopo Sannazaro crafted the book called Arcadia, a narrative in richly descriptive Italian prose inte……続きを見る

Ce volume réunit des travaux sur la littérature de la Renaissance en l'honneur de Daniel Ménager, professeur émérite à l'Université de Paris Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense. Pour Daniel Ménager, les human……続きを見る

How to Read Paintings explores some of the finest paintings from the world of art history. Have you ever come across a painting from art history and wondered what it was about? Do you wish you knew ……続きを見る

Rhetoric, Politics and Popularity in Pre-Revolutionary England provides an account of the political thought and culture of Elizabethan and early Stuart England. It examines the centrality of humanis……続きを見る

In the early modern period, the term ‘enthusiasm’ was a smear word used to discredit the dissenters of the radical Reformation as dangerous religious fanatics. In England, the term gained prominence……続きを見る

Links early modern English drama and empire studies, exploring how staged scenes of maritime peril created a new form of economic uncertainty Imperial Ventures links early modern English drama and e……続きを見る

By the early eighteenth century, the rapid expansion of the British empire had created a technological problem: communication and networking became increasingly vital yet harder to maintain. As colo……続きを見る

Islam and Papal Power in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe traces the influential history of another book: Riccoldo da Montecroce’s Contra legem Sarracenorum. Around 1301, a Dominican missionary……続きを見る

Giorgio Vasari, nell’introduzione alla Vita di Marco Calavrese, un pittore operante «dal 1508 fino al 1542», affronta il problema, ancora oggi sentito, del condizionamento di una realtà periferica: ……続きを見る

Per rivedere criticamente il linguaggio architettonico rinascimentale in Calabria è necessario allontanarsi dalla vecchia concezione toscano-centrica. Solo così può essere compreso il contributo dat……続きを見る

Se la lettura delle opere del Rinascimento calabrese effettuate all’interno di questo volume – che si offre agli studiosi anche nella veste di un catalogo, per incuriosire ad ulteriori approfondimen……続きを見る

The Enlightenment was a laboratory of modernity that changed the history of the Western world, helping to bring about globalisation and the rise of a powerful intellectual class. It gave the scienti……続きを見る

Links early modern English drama and empire studies, exploring how staged scenes of maritime peril created a new form of economic uncertainty Imperial Ventures links early modern English drama and e……続きを見る

A fascinating book exploring the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare’s beloved plays. Shakespeare’s plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playw……続きを見る

This volume of Professor Halkin's articles forms a complement to his recent biography of Erasmus of Rotterdam. The articles published here are concerned with his activities and his behaviour, and de……続きを見る

Cardinal Bessarion was a towering figure in the fifteenth-century Renaissance. His life spanned the century. In his sixty-nine years of life, he was a stellar student, a Basilian monk, a Greek Ortho……続きを見る

Few buildings carry such a freight of historical symbolism as the Palace of Versailles. First built as a hunting lodge by Louis XIII in the early seventeenth century, then radically repurposed by hi……続きを見る

First published in 1987, Charles II argues that the conditions affecting government and political activity changed constantly through the reign creating new situations and new sets of problems for t……続きを見る

Medieval Scandinavia went through momentous changes. Regional power centres merged and gave birth to the three strong kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. At the end of the Middle Ages, they tog……続きを見る

In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversati……続きを見る

In 'The Book of the Courtier,' Baldassarre Conte Castiglione meticulously outlines the ideal qualities of a courtier in the Renaissance, serving as both a guide and a reflection of contemporary Ital……続きを見る

The history of the predominantly Muslim world is examined within the context of world history. It examines political, economic, and broad cultural developments, as well as specifically religious one……続きを見る

In the decades before the Civil War, English readers confronted an extensive and influential pamphlet literature. This literature addressed contemporary events in scathingly critical terms, was prod……続きを見る