William - Western Europe 1

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Hugely ambitious in its historical focus and vast geographical scope, Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakesp……続きを見る

A Primer in Theatre History covers productions, personalities, theories, innovations, and plays from ancient Greece to the Spanish Golden Age. Grange discusses theatre from 534 BC in Athens to 1681 ……続きを見る

Though I will promise thee no such voluminous discourse, as many have made upon a scanter subject, (though they have travailed no further than the smoake of their owne native chimnies) yet dare I pr……続きを見る

Extrait :  Voici comment. On a trouvé en certains endroits des armes, des instruments en pierre ou en métal, enfouis dans le sol. Des restes du même genre ont ét&eacu……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る

For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a new translation of Martin Luther's most famous works by leading Luther scholar and pastor William Russell This volume contains selections from Martin ……続きを見る

Among the numerous and varied methods which the Catholic Church has adopted, to maintain its usurped sway over the minds and bodies of men, none has been more effectual than the erection of the Inqu……続きを見る

By the end of the sixteenth century, stories about the Revolt in the Low Countries (c. 1567–1648) had begun to spread throughout Europe. These stories had very different authors with very different ……続きを見る

This accessible text offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to European socialism, which arose in the maelstrom of the industrial and democratic revolutions launched in the eighteenth centu……続きを見る

The first mainstream history of humour. Hilarious and well-researched, this book from household name William Hartston, a presenter, author and journalist, makes a perfect gift. Of all human qualitie……続きを見る

William Edward Hartpole Lecky's 'History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne' is a monumental work that delves into the evolution of moral philosophies and ethics in Europe during the pi……続きを見る

"Seventy Years of Irish Life: Being Anecdotes and Reminiscences" by William Richard Le Fanu is a charming and vivid memoir that captures the essence of life in Ireland during the 19th century. Throu……続きを見る

A new account of playgoing in Elizabethan England, in which audiences participated as much as performers. What if going to a play in Elizabethan England was more like attending a football match than……続きを見る

An extensive and authoritative study that examines the economic, social and political crises of France during the revolution of 1848. Using analysis of original sources and recent research, Fortescu……続きを見る

Examining such issues as the welfare state, the politics of unemployment and government-industry relations, this work looks at the developments in western European politics up to and during the 1980……続きを見る

Lying Supernaturalism is going; robbing Capitalism is falling; saving Laborism is rising, and leveling Unionism is coming.This booklet, Communism and Christianism, is a contribution by Bishop and Mr……続きを見る

The southern and eastern parts of Yucatan, from Tuluum in the north to the Rio Hondo in the south, are occupied to-day by two tribes of Maya Indians, the Santa Cruz and Icaichè or Chichanha. The num……続きを見る

"The Penguin History of Europe series... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects."--New Statesman It was an age of hope and possibility, of accomplishment and expansion. Europe's High Mid……続きを見る

Extrait : Voici comment. On a trouvé en certains endroits des armes, des instruments en pierre ou en métal, enfouis dans le sol. Des restes du même genre ont ét&eacu……続きを見る

Since time immemorial Europe had been dominated by nobles and nobilities. In the eighteenth century their power seemed better entrenched than ever. But in 1790 the French revolutionaries made a dete……続きを見る

William Putnam's book chronicles the history of two important routes through the Alps, which are devoted to treasuring the history of Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard passages. Both of these p……続きを見る

George III. was in his twenty-third year when he succeeded his grandfather, George II., on October 25, 1760. His accession caused general satisfaction. The jacobite schism had come to an end; no one……続きを見る

IT is not surprising that the Venerable Bede, being a Northumbrian, in his Ecclesiastical History completed about 731, just one hundred years after the conversion of Northumbria to Christianity, sho……続きを見る

During the Great War, composers and performers created music that expressed common sentiments like patriotism, grief, and anxiety. Yet music also revealed the complexities of the partnership between……続きを見る

“A big picture view of how changes in the way war was waged between 1500 and 1700 affected the world at large . . . an exemplary book.” ーWar in History In the early modern world three dominant cult……続きを見る

This highly original study brings together the disparate histories of murder and enlightenment, prostitution and the cult of nature, sodomy and sentimentalism in order to retell the story of the mak……続きを見る

The second volume of William Manchester's masterful account of Winston Churchill's life. Alone is the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In ……続きを見る

As I shall embark in a business, within a few days, the event of which is uncertain, I take the opportunity of a vacant hour to throw on paper a few memorandums relative to myself and my family …’ S……続きを見る

"Every chancellery in Europe, every court in Europe, was ruled by these learned, trained and accomplished men the priesthood of that great and dominant body." ー President Woodrow Wilson, The New Fr……続きを見る

In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the fri……続きを見る