European history: Renaissance

EIGHT GENERATIONS OF BOLEYN WOMEN FROM THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY TO 1603The Boleyn family appeared from nowhere at the end of the fourteenth century, moving from peasant to princess in only a few generations.

Henry's fifth queen is best known to history as the stupid adolescent who got herself fatally entangled with lovers and ended up on the block.

During the late 1980s, a collection of sixteenth-century merchant letters appeared for sale.

'A paradise - tall, slender, grey-eyed, possessing an extreme pallor.

The complete letters, dispatches and chronicles that tell the real story of Anne Boleyn.

Ever since she first appeared in the Tudor court, Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen, has been a mystery and a source of controversy.

On 26th April 1564, William Shakespeare was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon.

From an obscure family in a small provincial town, Shakespeare had no formal education after the age of thirteen.

Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city.

A startling new history of the Campbell massacre of the McDonald Clan, one the most emotive episodes in Scottish history.

Anne Boleyn entered Henry's life just as he was seeking to discard his wife, Catherine of Aragon, for failing to give him a son.

Bessie Blount was the longest-lasting mistress of Henry VIII, and one of the earliest known.

Anne Boleyn is perhaps the most engaging of Henry VIII's Queens.

An intimate biography of the public and private life of Elizabeth I.

An accessible biography of Henry VIII by one of the country's leading Tudor experts.

A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court.

Mary Tudor was the first female English sovereign - a ruling queen who was not simply the consort of the king.

The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'.

The marital ups and downs of England's most infamous king.

Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII.

A major new biography of the most infamous king of England.

Babies are born every day, but only once or twice in a lifetime, a child arrives who will inherit the throne.

The Tudor Age began in August 1485 when Henry Tudor landed with a small force at Milford Haven intent on snatching the English throne from Richard III.

The Henry VIII of popular legend and historical fiction is a bacchanalian figure of gargantuan proportions.

Thomas Cromwell was a self-made lawyer who served first Cardinal Wolsey and then Henry VIII.

Learn what went on behind closed doors in the Tudor court.

The Dramatic Rise & Fall of Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell, chief architect of the English Reformation, served as principal minister of Henry VIII from 1532 to 1540, the most tumultuous period in Henry's thirty-seven year reign.

She is a mystery without a name.

Plague has been the most feared disease across Europe since the Black Death in the 1340s.

'I know there are but few steps between the prisons and graves of princes' Charles IThe experience of exile and captivity, usually in war, was not uncommon for medieval kings and princes.

What happens when a Muslim, born and brought up in a Muslim family in an Islamic country, converts to Christianity?

This edition has been repackages and resized to coincide with the B format publication of Brother Andrew's latest best-seller SECRET BELIEVERS.

Christians and Muslims together make up about 57% of the world's population today, and by the end of the century they will constitute about 66% of the world's population.

Speaker, journalist and bestselling author Philip Yancey has travelled the world tackling the most challenging questions: Can God truly bring solace to the terrorised people of Mumbai, or the students who witnessed the murder of their classmates?

The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence.

The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence.

Misuse of the Bible has made hatred holy.

Nearly four decades after a revolution, experiencing one of the longest wars in contemporary history, facing political and ideological threats by regional radicals such as ISIS and the Taliban, and having succeeded in negotiations with six world powers over her nuclear program, Iran appears as an experienced Muslim country seeking to build bridges with its Sunni neighbours as well as with the West.

Nearly four decades after a revolution, experiencing one of the longest wars in contemporary history, facing political and ideological threats by regional radicals such as ISIS and the Taliban, and having succeeded in negotiations with six world powers over her nuclear program, Iran appears as an experienced Muslim country seeking to build bridges with its Sunni neighbours as well as with the West.

In The Genocide Contagion, Israel W.

Islam and America argues that the current animosity between the U.

Volume 37 Literary Appropriationsexamines medieval literature in a different light.

Looking at topics across the spectrum of America's wars, religious groups, personalities, and ideas, this volume shows that even in an increasingly secular society, religious roots and values run deep throughout American society and are elevated in times of war.

Through sections containing overview essays and reference entries related to particular religions, this resource explores the rise of religious violence, hate crime, and persecution around the world.

With respect to the countries of the world, this work addresses two basic questions: "e;How does religion affect politics in this country?

Extremism, antisemitism and intolerance are thriving on campus.

Volume 37 Literary Appropriationsexamines medieval literature in a different light.

Wise Sheep Among the WolvesAll Christian disciples have one thing in common: as they carry the gospel across the ocean and across the street, persecution will become the norm for those who choose to follow Jesus.

How grace shaped the Renaissance in Italy"e;Grace"e; emerges as a keyword in the culture and society of sixteenth-century Italy.