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c 1500 to c 1600

Hardcover. England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, had a reputation for proficiency in foreign languages, repeatedly demonstrated in multilingual exchanges with foreign emissaries at court and in the Latin she spoke on formal visits to Cambridge and Oxford. This title offers a collection of Elizabeth's translations from and into Latin, French, and Italian. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel; Scodel, Joshua. Num Pages: 452 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DN; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226201313
ISBN
9780226201313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.69
€ 54.27

Hardback. The advent of relatively cheap editions of poetry in the mid-16th century produced an explosion of verse, much of which represented the first person speaker as a version of the author. This work examines ways in which writers harnessed verse for self-promotional purposes. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333773970
ISBN
9780333773970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.27

Hardcover. Hailed as early Christian texts as important as the Dead Sea Scrolls, yet condemned by the Vatican as Islamic heresies, the Lead books of Granada, written on discs of lead and unearthed on a Granadan hillside, weave a mysterious tale of duplicity and daring set in the religious crucible of sixteenth-century Spain. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBLH; HBTB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358844
ISBN
9781137358844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.90

Paperback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137581778
ISBN
9781137581778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.26

Paperback. As well as illustrations, this new edition includes photographs of Mary Queen of Scots-related objects from the collections of National Museums Scotland. It also has a photocopiable 8-page activity section with games, puzzles and drawings for colouring in - suitable for home or classroom use. Series: Scotties. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (cheifly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; 5AH; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 238 x 191 x 6. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267262
ISBN
9781905267262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.19

Hardback. Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 56 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052543
ISBN
9780674052543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.28

Hardback. Explores the changing piety of townspeople and villagers before, during, and after the Reformation. This work brings together scholars from England and the Netherlands to present research on a subject of importance to historians of society and religion in late medieval and early modern Europe. Editor(s): Lutton, Robert. Num Pages: 254 pages, Includes 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754656166
ISBN
9780754656166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 492 pages, 100 color + 180 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 240 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2382.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205626
ISBN
9780300205626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.69
€ 53.72

Hardback. Two systems of timekeeping were in concurrent use in Venice between 1582 and 1797. This work defines the many ways in which time was discussed, resolving a long-standing fuzziness imposed on studies of personnel, institutions, and cultural dynamics by dating conflicts. Series: The Calendar of Venetian Opera. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AVGC9; AVGM; PGZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757652
ISBN
9780804757652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

hardcover. Through a rich foray into popular literary culture and medical history, this book investigates representations of regular and irregular medical practice in early modern England, exploring what it meant to the early modern population for a group of practitioners to be associated with both the trade guilds and an emerging professional medical world. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137471550
ISBN
9781137471550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.19

Paperback. But the carnival massacre marked a crossroads: the old mentality of vendetta was soon supplanted by the emerging sense that the direct expression of anger should be suppressed-to be replaced by duels. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JPH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801858499
ISBN
9780801858499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Opportunity has struck for theatre company Lord Westfield's Men. Invited to perform at the wedding celebrations of Sophia Magdalena, the fair maid of Bohemia, the company's book holder Nicholas Bracewell and his acting troupe begin the journey across Europe. But treacherous seas are the least of Nicholas's worries when an actor is killed. Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries. Num Pages: 349 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749015060
ISBN
9780749015060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.39

paperback. After a calamitous performance and the death of one of their own, Lord Westfield's Men are more than despondent. So when Nicholas Bracewell is offered a new play, anonymously penned, his proposal seems too good to refuse. It is the story of a simple death used to conceal a greater treachery, perhaps even treason. Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries. BIC Classification: 3JB; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749015855
ISBN
9780749015855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.39

Paperback. In the mid-sixteenth century, Jesuit missionaries working in what is now Brazil were struck by what they called the inconstancy of the people they met, the indigenous Tupi-speaking tribes of the Atlantic coast. This title situates the Jesuit missionaries' accounts of the Tupi people in historical perspective. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 181 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984201013
ISBN
9780984201013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.25

Hardcover. Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what ways skin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBLH; JFCD; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230282858
ISBN
9780230282858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Paperback. An authoritative history of Russia from early Rus' to the reign of Peter the Great. Editor(s): Perrie, Maureen. Series: The Cambridge History of Russia. Num Pages: 824 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107639423
ISBN
9781107639423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.03

hardcover. A 1992 account of the development of European political thinking through the Renaissance to the political upheavals of the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Burns, J. H. Series: The Cambridge History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 810 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; JFCX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1267.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
810
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521247160
ISBN
9780521247160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.87

hardcover. The Court Cities of Northern Italy examines painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and architecture produced within the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Series: Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance. Num Pages: 468 pages, 263 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACK; ACN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521792486
ISBN
9780521792486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 239.26
€ 226.91

hardcover. A comprehensive guide to the literary, religious and political contexts that shape Edmund Spenser's poetry. Editor(s): Escobedo, Andrew. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 786.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107094536
ISBN
9781107094536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.12

paperback. In the 50 years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being a lavishly Catholic country to a Protestant nation. Exploring Morebath, a remote and tiny sheep-farming village on the edge of Exmoor, this work offers a window into a rural world in crisis as the Reformation progressed. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 col pls, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRCC2; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300098259
ISBN
9780300098259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

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