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Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre(2001)This is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the history of theatre, ranging from Ancient Egyptian festivals to contemporary performance arts. Lavishly illustrated in black and white and colour throughout, this is the perfect book for theatre goerVezava: Mehka42,05 € -
Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings(2001)Were the Vikings, as contemporary description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? Or were they unusually successful merchants, extortionists, and pioneer explorers? This book, byVezava: Mehka35,04 € -
Anglo-Saxon Age(2000) BLAIR, JOHN (FELLOW AND PRELECTOR IN MODERN HISTORY, FELLOW AND PRELECTOR IN MODERN HISTORY, THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory at Hastings in 1066. This booVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Medieval Britain(2000) GILLINGHAM, JOHN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, EMERITUS PROFESSOR, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS),GRIFFITHS, RALPH A. (PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF WALES, SWANSEA)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in the early Middle Ages, throVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Stations of the Sun(2001) HUTTON, RONALD (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL)From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home, and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. This comprehensive and engaging study covers the whole sweep ofVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Eighteenth-Century Britain(2000) LANGFORD, PAUL (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Britain spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Nineteenth-Century Britain(2000) HARVIE, CHRISTOPHER (PROFESSOR OF BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES, PROFESSOR OF BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES, UNIVERSITAT TUBINGEN),MATTHEW, COLIN (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change andVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Oxford History of Modern Europe(2000)Combining readability with authority, this book covers Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the present day. It provides a better understanding of modern Europe, how it came to be what it is, and where itVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
History(2000) ARNOLD, JOHN H. (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, SCHOOL OF HISTORY, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY,, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, SCHOOL OF HISTORY, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY,, BIRKBECK, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)An essay about how we study and understand history, this book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history. It explores the ways these questions have been answered in the past. It also introduces the concVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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: Trda145,92 € -
Interpreting Difficult History at Museums and Historic Sites(2016) ROSE, JULIAVezava: Mehka60,93 € -
Cambridge History of Modern European Thought 2 Volume Paperback Set(2022)This two-volume history offers a comprehensive survey of the major themes, thinkers, and movements that shaped our intellectual world from the late eighteenth century to the present. It explores not only individual figures, but also the political, social,133,00 € -
Anglo-Saxon Farms and Farming(2020) BANHAM, DEBBY (AFFILIATED LECTURER, AFFILIATED LECTURER, DEPT OF ANGLO-SAXON, NORSE AND CELTIC, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE),FAITH, ROSAMOND (VISITING FELLOW, VISITING FELLOW, KELLOGG COLLEGE, OXFORD)A study of farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.Vezava: Mehka81,80 €
