Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

This is the first biography of Thomas Harris.

Edmund Spenser and the romance of space advances the exploration of literary space into new areas, firstly by taking advantage of recent interdisciplinary interests in the spatial qualities of early modern thought and culture, and secondly by reading literature concerning the art of cosmography and navigation alongside imaginative literature with the purpose of identifying shared modes and preoccupations.

In this study, Kathryn Walls challenges the standard identification of Una with the post-Reformation English Church, arguing that she is, rather, Augustine's City of God - the invisible Church, whose membership is known only to God.

This collection of essays by experts in Renaissance and Gothic studies tracks the lines of connection between Gothic sensibilities and the discursive network of the Renaissance.

This volume explores the transnationality and interculturality of early modern performance in multiple languages, cultures, countries and genres.

John Fletcher's Rome is the first book to explore John Fletcher's engagement with classical antiquity.

Ralph Knevet's Supplement of the Faery Queene (1635) is a narrative and allegorical work, which weaves together a complex collection of tales and episodes, featuring knights, ladies, sorcerers, monsters, vertiginous fortresses and deadly battles - a chivalric romp in Spenser's cod medieval style.

In this study, Kathryn Walls challenges the standard identification of Una with the post-Reformation English Church, arguing that she is, rather, Augustine's City of God - the invisible Church, whose membership is known only to God.

Edmund Spenser and the romance of space advances the exploration of literary space into new areas, firstly by taking advantage of recent interdisciplinary interests in the spatial qualities of early modern thought and culture, and secondly by reading literature concerning the art of cosmography and navigation alongside imaginative literature with the purpose of identifying shared modes and preoccupations.

This is the first full-scale study of the political radicalism of Iolo Morganwg, the renowned Welsh romantic whose colourful life as a Glamorgan stonemason, poet, writer, political activist and humanitarian made him one of the founders of modern Wales.

'Like nothing else you will read' Hilary MantelTop 25 History Books of the Year, The Times - the perfect gift for book lovers this Christmas!

'Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days' queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography' Philippa GregoryThe dramatic untold story of the three tragic Grey sisters, all heirs to the Tudor throne, all victims to their royal blood.

What if Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to the Continent and went on to write the works we now attribute to Shakespeare?

(This ebook does not include illustrations.

This ebook does not include illustrations.

A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth's conjuror - the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527-1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next 'Longitude'.

From the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted 'The Book of Fires', an extraordinary tale of love and science.

The era between the accession of Henry VIII and the crisis of the English republic in 1659 formed one of the most fertile epochs in world literature.

From the author of the famous 'Flashman Papers' and the 'Private McAuslan' stories.

International bestseller Bill Bryson brings us this brilliantly readable biography of the world's greatest playwright, William Shakespeare.

The new novel from the bestselling author of THE SIXTH WIFE.

Der zum Protestantismus konvertierte Jude Paul Joachimsen studierte an den Universitäten Heidelberg, Leipzig und München.

A tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of Henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the Tudor court.

A vivid, evocative, page-turning read that leaps off the page, with a dazzling recreation of the Renaissance diamond and gem trade.

Royal history as you've never seen it before - in limericks!

Sie beherrsche die Welt, lässt Erasmus von Rotterdam die Torheit höchstpersönlich verkünden – man brauche sich nur umzusehen!

Welche Menschen und Ideen prägten das Zeitalter der Renaissance, und wie prägten diese die nachfolgenden Epochen?

A gripping novel of love, passion, betrayal and heartbreak.

Los libros tal como los conocemos no serían lo mismo sin Aldo Manucio.

Everything you see and experience these days started from small beginnings.

Everything you see and experience these days started from small beginnings.

Before a great discovery, the Renaissance scientists had to endure long days of working in sometimes unhygienic places.

This book must be one of the best references in the science's invention department of the renaissance.

Religion and politics during the Renaissance period could be complex topics for young learners to digest, don't you think?

The Elizabethans took from the Middle Ages the modified view of the universe which, Platonic and biblical in origin, radically differed from our own.