European history: Renaissance Books
Legare Street Press The bog of Stars and Other Stories and Sketches of Elizabethan Ireland
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Legare Street Press Briefe Des Claudius Cantiuncula Und Ulrich Zasius
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Legare Street Press The Elizabeth Question
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Legare Street Press Gossip From a MunimentRoom
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Legare Street Press Memoires Pour Servir À LHistoire De La Calotte Volume 2
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Legare Street Press Chippinge Borough
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Legare Street Press Die Reformation Und Die Älteren Reformparteien
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Legare Street Press Le Livre Terrible...
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Legare Street Press Istoria Novellamente Ritrovata Di Due Nobili Amanti c. ed. By W.h. Carr....
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Legare Street Press Le Le Duc De Nemours Et Mademoiselle De Rohan 15511592...
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Picador USA The Mirror the Light
Book SynopsisThe brilliant #1 New York Times bestsellerNamed a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian, and many more With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage. The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to conti
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Digireads.com The Book of the Courtier
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Ephemeral History of Perfume
Book SynopsisDugan's inspired analysis of a wide range of underexplored sources makes available to scholars a remarkable wealth of information on the topic.Trade Review"A wonderful piece of work that will engage a wide readership. The subject of scent is central to so many attitudes and opinions in early modern culture, and Dugan does a splendid job of reminding us of its importance to canonical and noncanonical works. I know of nothing quite like this book." (Michael Schoenfeldt, University of Michigan)"Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Strange, Invisible Perfumes1. Censing God: Frankincense, Censers, Churches2. Casting Selves: Rosewater, Casting Bottles, Court3. Discovering Sassafras: Sassafras, Noses, New World Environments4. Smelling Disease: Rosemary, Pomanders, Shut-in Households5. Oiled in Ambergris: Ambergris, Gloves, London's Luxury Markets6. Bowers of Bliss: Jasmine, Potpourri Vases, Pleasure GardensConclusion: Ephemeral RemainsNotesIndex
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Wipf & Stock Publishers The French Huguenots and Wars of Religion
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Italica Press The Life of Henry VII
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Italica Press Love Poems for Lucrezia Bendidio
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Italica Press On Famous Women
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Italica Press The Deeds of Commander Pietro Mocenigo in Three Books
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Wilder Publications Bradford: Of Plymouth Plantation
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SMK Books Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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Captivating History The Medicis and Borgias: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Medici Family and House of Borgia
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Ninestar Press, LLC The Ballot Boy
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Michelangelo the Florentine
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Must Have Books The Waning of the Middle Ages
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Benediction Classics The Prince
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Vintage Publishing Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix
Book Synopsis***A Best Book of 2022, The Times******Book of the Year, Spectator***A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspectiveHenrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most reviled consort to have worn the crown of Britain's three kingdoms. Condemned as that 'Popish brat of France', a 'notorious whore' and traitor, she remains in popular memory the wife who wore the breeches and turned her husband Catholic - so causing a civil war - and a cruel and bigoted mother.Leanda de Lisle's White King was hailed as 'the definitive modern biography about Charles I' (Observer). Here she considers Henrietta Maria's point of view, unpicking the myths to reveal a very different queen. We meet a new bride who enjoyed annoying her uptight husband, a leader of fashion in clothes and cultural matters, an innovative builder and gardener and an advocate of the female voice in public affairs. No bigot, her closest friends included 'Puritans' as well as Catholics, and she led the anti-Spanish faction at court linked to the Protestant cause in the Thirty Years' War. When civil war came, the strategic planning and fundraising of his 'She Generalissimo' proved crucial to Charles's campaign.The story takes us to courts across Europe, and looks at the fate of Henrietta Maria's mother and sisters, who also faced civil wars. Her estrangement from her son Henry is explained, and the image of the Restoration queen as an irrelevant crone is replaced with Henrietta Maria as an influential 'phoenix queen', presiding over a court with 'more mirth' even than that of the Merry Monarch, Charles II.It is time to look again at this despised queen and judge if she is not in fact one of our most remarkable.'this is revisionist history at its absolute best' ANDREW ROBERTS'beautifully written and endlessly fascinating' ALEXANDER LARMAN'popular history of the finest kind' RONALD HUTTONTrade ReviewA thrilling biography -- DANIEL BROOKS * The Daily Telegraph *Competent, intelligent, fun... de Lisle...has a visceral understanding of the complex emotions that swirled inside Henrietta Maria * The Times, *Books of the Year* *A shrewd and elegant reassessment of Charles's I consort and widow... She was certainly a fighter -- Clare Mulley * Spectator, *Books of the Year* *Brilliantly written, mesmerising, superb scholarship and totally immersive . . . a total game changer -- KATE WILLIAMS, author of Rival Queens: the Betrayal of Mary Queen of ScottsWith grace and sensitivity, de Lisle cuts through the misogyny to reveal a different Henrietta Maria . . . De Lisle understands that history is a story of people; she possesses a visceral understanding of the emotions that swirled inside Henrietta Maria . . . she was not England's greatest queen, but she was probably the most remarkable -- GERARD DEGROOT * The Times * Book of the Week * *De Lisle has made a speciality of bringing Tudors and Stuarts back to blazing life... The result is deeply satisfying and makes an excellent companion to her earlier much-admired biography of Charles I, White King -- Kathryn Hughes * Sunday Times *A captivating, richly detailed historical tale that shines a light on the hidden genius of an extraordinary woman * Literary Review *de Lisle turns her attention to [Charles I's] wife, Henrietta Maria, similarly shading with nuance a character who can sometimes be reduced to primary-colour simplicity * History Today *A glorious resurrection of one of the most misrepresented queens of England . . . finally, thanks to Leanda de Lisle's meticulous research, she has a biography worthy of her fascinating life -- AMANDA FOREMAN, author of A World on FireHenrietta Maria's remarkable life is recounted with gusto in this sharp, sparky book... it makes vivid use of recent work on her court and queenship, brings people and personalities to the fore and will be a particular delight to those new to the period -- ANNA KEAY * Spectator *
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Pantianos Classics The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy
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Benediction Classics Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Commonly Presumed Truths (1672) (Hardback)
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Benediction Classics Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Commonly Presumed Truths (1672)
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Benediction Classics Hydriotaphia (Urn Burial) and The Garden of Cyrus
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Sophia Centre Press Culture and Cosmos: Kepler's Astrology
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Hobnob Press The Parish Waywarden
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Allium Books Mawde of Roseland: An unfortunate child. A determined adult. A lie that rocks the throne.
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Bloomtree Press The Huguenot Chronicles Trilogy
Book Synopsis3 books of epic historical adventure now in one volume. A family torn apart. A king with an iron fist. Will their love, faith and loyalty be strong enough to help them survive war, persecution and a cruel separation?France, 1685. Jeanne is the wife of a wealthy merchant, but now she risks losing everything. Louis XIV''s soldiers will stop at nothing to convert the country''s Huguenot heretics to the true faith, yet Jeanne and Jacob hold fast to their Protestant principals of liberty of conscience.But will the punishment for their defiance be more than they can bear?If Jeanne and Jacob can''t find a way to evade the soldiers'' clutches, their family will face a fate worse than poverty and imprisonment. They may never see each other again...As Jacob becomes an indentured servant in the New World and Jeanne earns a meager living in Switzerland, a sudden disruption in European politics leaves their chance of a bittersweet homecoming more doubtful than ever...Will the Delpech family survive the years of war, piracy and persecution to reunite at last?You''ll adore this brilliantly researched historical saga, because everyone loves heart-warming tales of family loyalty and a fight for survival against the odds.Read The Huguenot Chronicles trilogy to start a journey through history today!
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DatASIA, Inc. Cambodian Dancers - Ancient and Modern
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Literati Editions The Galileo Gambit
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De Gruyter Maximilians Ruhmeswerk
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De Gruyter Sabers Per ALS Laics: Vernacularització, Formació, Transmissió (Corona d'Aragó, 1250-1600)
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Helsinki University Press Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648: Aspects of Institutional Change and Decline
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Spada Press The Duellist's Companion, 2nd Edition: The classic guide to the rapier fencing of Ridolfo Capoferro
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W. W. Norton & Company To Wake the Dead A Renaissance Merchant and the Birth of Archaeology
Book SynopsisHow Cyriacus of Ancona—merchant, spy, and amateur classicist—traveled the world, fighting to save ancient monuments for posterity.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Marriage in the Renaissance
Book SynopsisJoanne M. Ferraro is Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at San Diego State University, USA. She is the author of Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice (2001), which won both the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Book Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies and the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women Book Prize. She is also the author of Venice: History of the Floating City (2012), Nefarious Crimes, Contested Justice: Illicit Sex and Infanticide in the Republic of Venice, 1557- 1789 (2008) and Family and Public Life in Brescia, 1580-1650 (1993).Table of ContentsList of Illustrations General Editor’s Preface, Joanne M. Ferraro (San Diego State University, USA) Introduction, Joanne M. Ferraro (San Diego State University, USA) 1. Courtship and Ritual, Debra Kaplan (Bar Ilan University, Israel) 2. Religion, Cecilia Cristellon (Max Planck Institute, Germany) 3. State and Law, Elizabeth Marjorie Plummer (University of Arizona, USA) 4. The Ties That Bind, Anna Bellavitis (Rouen University, France) 5. The Family Economy, Jutta Sperling (Hampshire College, USA) 6. Love, Sex, and Sexuality, Sara F. Matthews-Grieco (Syracuse University in Florence, Italy) 7. Breaking Vows, Martin Ingram (University of Oxford, UK) 8. Representation, Andrea Bayer (Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA) Notes Bibliography Contributors Index
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