A visual history of Russias Muscovite tsardom that reveals how, in imperial settings, images functioned as active agents for and against empire. Exploring the visual record of the Muscovite tsardom, this book demonstrates that, in impe...Lasīt vairāk
This book aims at providing scholars with a reference tool on prominent intellectual and erudite Lodovico Antonio Muratori, featuring contributions of both distinguished and young international scholars on his vast production, that spans fr...Lasīt vairāk
A study for scholars of colonial Latin American, Dutch, and economic history that explores the nature and extent of Dutch trade during an understudied period of Spanish Americas history. It raises questions about foreign contraband traders and c...Lasīt vairāk
Five centuries have passed since the Battle of Pavia, one of the most significant in history. This clash marked the culmination of the Italian Wars, which ravaged Italy for nearly 40 years. The Battle of Pavia 1525 presents a thorough examination of...Lasīt vairāk
Discover the Civitates orbis terrarum, a vintage jewel in urban cartography. Featuring town plans, birds-eye views, maps and evocative city scenes across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, this is an unrivalled panorama of city living, and mapp...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780271099255)
Examines visual and artistic representations of Japanese embassies to Europe between 1573 and 1615. Argues that these images served not only as curiosities but also as tools to promote European elites power, missionary efforts, and global influence...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783119147873)
Historically, Latin American political entities were structured by different forms of slave-labor that until the 19th century depended on transatlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas. In this volume, scholars from Brazil, Germany, and Afr...Lasīt vairāk
A study of an unexpected large-scale migration, of the many issues it gave rise to, and of its aftermath.Although Ireland is usually thought of as a place from which people emigrate, there was in the early eighteenth century a sign...Lasīt vairāk
The age of Enlightenment was also an age of development of sporting and physical activities. This book studies the forms of sociability induced and defined by such activities in the eighteenth century. By bringing together archival work and textual...Lasīt vairāk
From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl, legendary historical novelist Philippa Gregory returns to the court of Henry VIII with this dazzling and provocative tour de force about the high cost of loyalty, love, and betrayal....Lasīt vairāk
#1 New York Times bestselling author and queen of royal fiction (USA Today) Philippa Gregory returns with a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal, and survival in the court of Henry VIII.Jane Boleyn watches from...Lasīt vairāk
What does it mean to be human in an age of rapid technological advancement? Are we on the brink of transcending our biological limitations, or are we losing touch...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: September Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781914613968)
All things were believable back then wizards, alchemy, fairies, angels. This is the story of those magical times.A lyrical and highly atmospheric exploration of the lives of Tudor and Renaissance magicians, men from Dee to Kepler t...Lasīt vairāk
*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* SUBLIME A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 STUNNINGLY GOOD T...Lasīt vairāk
A comical collection of 100 paintings of dogs from the Renaissance period (1400-1650), an age when dogs were so much more than just mans best friend....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9781512828184)
Making and consuming rum created a new means of profit that transformed the Atlantic worldIt was strong. It was cheap. It was ubiquitous. Fermented and distilled from the refuse of sugar production, rum emerged in the seventeenth-ce...Lasīt vairāk
