This collective volume takes up the subject of ethnicity in Prussia between the 13th and 16th centuries and shows several other aspects of this phenomenon in a region on the outskirts of late medieval Europe....Loe edasi...
Three Empires and Persian Historiography: The Thought of Muli al-dn Lr uncovers the underexplored historical vision of sixteenth-century scholar whose work spanned the Safavid, Timurid, and Ottoman worlds....Loe edasi...
European Falconry in Qing China: The Treatise on Falcons (Jincheng yinglun ) by Ludovico Buglio S.J. (16061682), translated, edited, and introduced by Paolo De Troia, offers a fascinating glimpse into a little-known aspect of Sino-European cultural...Loe edasi...
Theater and Revolution explores the dynamic and complex relationship between theatrical expression and revolutionary movements across diverse historical and cultural landscapes....Loe edasi...
Infanticide in Tudor and Stuart England explores one of societys darkest crimes using archival sources and discussing its representation in the drama, pamphlets and broadside ballads of the early modern period....Loe edasi...
This book explores the low-quality end of the seventeenth-century art market and outlines the significance of that production in the genre of history paintings, which in traditional art historical studies, is usually linked to high prices, famous pa...Loe edasi...
In presenting and analyzing the stories of five previously unnamed animals, Beusterien enriches our understanding of the role of animals in the development of commercial theater in Spain and in the modern bullfight....Loe edasi...
This book provides the first account of how the reputation of King Edward II (1307-1327) of having engaged in sexual and romantic relationships with his male favourites, developed, providing new insights into the processes and priorities that shaped...Loe edasi...
This book brings together studies from Georgia, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, and the UK which explore links between policy and practice in language teaching in the twentieth century....Loe edasi...
This ground-breaking collection of essays examines the evolving taste for Bolognese art during the seventeenth century, both within and outside Bologna itself, based on new archival research and also exploring issues of gender, class, and regional p...Loe edasi...
This volume examines, among others, the emotional language of the court, around public execution, religious practices and during outbreaks of disease....Loe edasi...
Centered on moral critiques of wealth and the unequal distribution of risks and rewards in the lengthy voyages required by the East Indies trade, this book examines the debates surrounding Englands earliest global trading ventures....Loe edasi...
This book addresses the ways in which authorities across Western Europe attempted to control urban space for the common good and how the wider population responded to these initiatives....Loe edasi...
The importance of place as a unique spatial identity has been recognized since antiquity. This volume examines the concept of place as it relates to architectural production and building knowledge in early modern Europe (1400-1800)....Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1954, this work is a history of university representation in England from its beginning in 1604, when King James first gave the two universities the right to send two members each to the House of Commons, to the close of the...Loe edasi...
This book offers a panorama of movement, mobility, and exchange in the early modern world. The case studies presented here chart the technologies and practices that both facilitated and impeded movement in diverse spheres of social activity such as...Loe edasi...
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is best known for his natural philosophical and mathematical works. This volume provides the first analysis of the genesis and evolution of Newtons studies of ancient history and demonstrates how these emerged from that othe...Loe edasi...
Water and cognition seem unrelated things, the one a physical environment and the other an intellectual process. The essays in this book show how bringing these two modes together revitalizes our understanding of both....Loe edasi...
This study of ludic literary society in sixteenth-century France addresses Italianate practices of philosophical and literary sociability as they took root there. It asserts that entertainment activities of women-led circles illustrate the richly co...Loe edasi...
