European history: Renaissance

Over the course of several centuries, Venice fashioned and refined a portrait of itself that responded to and exploited historical circumstance.

Queen of Scots at six days old; married at fifteen in Paris to the Dauphin of France; Queen of France at sixteen; widowed at eighteen; dead at forty-four.

What accounts for Shakespeares transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived?

'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects.

Nationalisms global resurgence has upended societies.

Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so.

An impressively researched and surprisingly accessible portrait of Jewish life in the mid-19th century.

A study of the performance of queenship by two Tudor monarchs, showing the strategies they used to assert their power.

Published in four editions between 1907 and 1916, this book is a passionate statement on behalf of the Protestant farmers of Quebec -- particularly those of the Eastern Townships -- and remains to this day one of the most controversial politico-religious tracts ever circulated in Canada.

A groundbreaking new account of the author of The Spanish Tragedy that establishes him as a major Elizabethan dramatistThomas Kyd (15581594) was a highly regarded dramatist and the author of The Spanish Tragedy, the first revenge tragedy and the most influential Elizabethan play.

The Conflict over the Conflict chronicles one of the most divisive and toxic issues on today's college and university campuses: Israel/Palestine.

Why "e;the Muslim question"e; is really about the West and its own anxieties-not IslamIn the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe.

Inmitten der prächtigen Höfe Frankreichs diente eine Gruppe tapferer Männer, die zu einem unverwechselbaren Symbol für Treue und Stärke wurde: die Schweizergarde.

The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion.

Barbara Newman reintroduces English-speaking readers to an extraordinary and gifted figure of the twelfth-century renaissance.

To what extent was Machiavelli a "e;Machiavellian"e;?

Edición a cargo de Eduardo Álvarez del Palacio y Ángel Ruiz Pérez de la obra La conservación de la salud del cuerpo y del alma, escrita por el médico humanista y profesor de la Universidad de Salamanca Blas Álvarez Miraval, que vivió a caballo de los siglos XVI y XVII.

Just how improbable can one man's survival story be?

This book describes the theory and practice of interreligious dialogue, education and action in Israel and Palestine in the context of the political peace process as well as the peace-building processes and programs, by drawing on personal experiences and encounters of more than twenty-five years.

This new study examines the relationship of atheism to religious tolerance from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment in a broad array of literary texts and political and religious controversies written in Latin and the vernacular primarily in France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

We don't really consider Henry VIII to have had friends, rather subjects, cronies and dutiful wives and ministers of state.

Over the course of several centuries, Venice fashioned and refined a portrait of itself that responded to and exploited historical circumstance.

In Becoming a New Self, Moshe Sluhovsky examines the diffusion of spiritual practices among lay Catholics in early modern Europe.

An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period.

In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life.

Gampel investigates the anti-Jewish riots in 1391–2 in the lands of Castile and Aragon.

Die Urkunden des Klosters Oldenstadt, von der Umwandlung in ein Benediktinerkloster 1133 / 37 bis zu seiner Auflösung 1529 durch die Einführung der Reformation.

Exploring Irish-Scottish connections in the period 1603-60, this book brings important new perspectives to the study of the early Stuart state.

Solar thermal is now a proven technology in terms of reliability, cost-benefit, and low environmental impact.

In 'Confronting Religious Violence', twelve international experts from a variety of theological, philosophical, and scientific fields address the issue of religious violence in today's world.

Die städtische Reformation wird meist mit Verabschiedung einer gesetzlichen Kirchenordnung als abgeschlossen angesehen.

The definitive history of conversion and assimilation of Jews in Europe and America from the eighteenth century to the presentBetween the French Revolution and World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jews left the Jewish fold-by becoming Christians or, in liberal states, by intermarrying.

Grootenboer considers painting as a form of thinking in itself, rather than a subject of philosophical and interpretive thought.

The Burley manuscript is a miscellany compiled in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, unique in size and variety.

This is the first study to bring space into conversation with religious competition, conflict and violence in the contemporary world.

Volume 37- Literary Appropriations-examines medieval literature in a different light.

Don Matzat here provides a new perspective on the life of Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of the infamous Henry VIII.