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Michelangelo's Sculpture(2018) STEINBERG, LEOMichelangelo's Sculpture is the first in a series of volumes of Steinberg's selected writings and unpublished lectures, edited by his longtime associate Sheila Schwartz.Vezava: Trda91,88 €
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Creation of the French Royal Mistress(2021) ADAMS, TRACY (PROFESSOR OF FRENCH, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND),ADAMS, CHRISTINE (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND)Explores the sociogenesis and development of the French royal mistress, examining the careers of nine of the most significant holders of that title between 1444 and the final years of the ancien régime.Vezava: Mehka44,54 €
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Man Who Drew London(2003) TINDALL, GILLIANYet its populous river, its timbered streets, fashionable ladies, old St Paul's, the devestation of the Fire, the palace of Whitehall and the meadows of Islington live on for us in his etchings. Drawing on numerous sources, Gillian Tindall creates a monVezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation(2017)The Oxford Illustrated History of the Reformation is the story of one of the truly epochal events in world history -- and how it helped create the world we live in todayVezava: Mehka32,93 €
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Later ... With Jools Holland(2022) COOPER, MARK’You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later…’ Nick Cave ‘Later… is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers’ Dave GrohlVezava: Trda35,05 €
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Oxford History of the Reformation(2022)The Oxford History of the Reformation is the story of one of the truly epochal events in world history, and how it helped create the world we live in todayVezava: Mehka21,71 €
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Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea(2022) CRESSY, DAVID (GEORGE III PROFESSOR OF BRITISH HISTORY AND HUMANITIES DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS, GEORGE III PROFESSOR OF BRITISH HISTORY AND HUMANITIES DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period, exploring the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of 'wreck of the sea'Vezava: Trda68,42 €
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Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Early Modern England(2022) ULLYOT, MICHAEL (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY)This book investigates the role of exemplarity as a rhetorical device in late Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and culture. Ullyot argues that exemplarity is driven by both reader and author, and that positive moral examples were presented as aspiratioVezava: Trda139,43 €
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Courtier, Scholar, and Man of the Sword(2021) JACKSON, CHRISTINE (EMERITUS FELLOW, AND FORMERLY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EARLY MODERN HISTORY, EMERITUS FELLOW, AND FORMERLY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EARLY MODERN HISTORY, KELLOGG COLLEGE, OXFORD AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION)Lord Herbert of Cherbury was a flamboyant Stuart courtier, soldier, and diplomat, known for his duelling and extravagance but also for his great intellect. His life and writings offer a unique window into the aristocratic world and culture of the early seVezava: Trda187,37 €
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Invisible Agents(2020) AKKERMAN, NADINE (READER IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE, READER IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE, LEIDEN UNIVERSITY)A compelling history of women in seventeenth century espionage, telling the forgotten tales of women from all walks of life who acted as spies in early modern Britain. Nadine Akkerman has immersed herself in archives and letter collections, acting as a moVezava: Mehka21,71 €
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Charles I's Killers in America(2019) JENKINSON, MATTHEW (MEMBER OF THE SENIOR COMMON ROOM, NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD)After the Restoration the men who signed Charles I's death warrant fled to New England, becoming folk heroes for America's earliest historians and novelists. This is the story of the lives and afterlives of these regicides, and the truth behind the attempVezava: Trda38,54 €
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Voices of Nimes(2022) LIPSCOMB, SUZANNAH (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON)Most of the women who ever lived left no trace of their existence on the record of history. In this book, Suzannah Lipscomb recovers the lives and aspirations of ordinary sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French women, using rich source material to showVezava: Mehka31,34 €
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Babur(2018) DALE, STEPHEN F. (OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)This book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia. It is based primarily on his autobiography and existential verse. It offers a revealing portrait of Babur's Perso-Islamic culture, Timurid imperial ambition anVezava: Mehka38,02 €
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Astronomer and the Witch(2015) RUBLACK, ULINKA (PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.Vezava: Trda33,63 €
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Habeas Corpus(2021) TYLER, AMANDA L. (SHANNON CECIL TURNER PROFESSOR OF LAW, SHANNON CECIL TURNER PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY)Vezava: Mehka14,01 €