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A Synoptic Edition of the Log of Columbus's First Voyage (RC 6)
edited by F. Lardicci and V. Bertolucci Pizzorusso
The single most crucial document for Columbian scholarship is Christopher Columbus's log, or day-by-day account, of his first voyage to the New World. The original document has not survived, but three texts transmit versions of the log: a unique ...
Hardback. Price GB £85.00

Tirso de Molina: Jealous of Herself
translated with an introduction by Harley Erdman
Tirso de Molina's Jealous of Herself (c. 1622-23) is an ingenious comedy of disguise and deception, set in the streets, plazas and fashionable apartments of early 17th-century Madrid. Nearly forgotten for almost 400 years, the play is starting to gain attention today for its very modern perspective on male desire and the difficult situation placed on women who must live up to an ideal fantasy projected onto them. Much like another product ...
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The Histories of the Life and Deeds of the Admiral Christopher Columbus
by Luzzana Caraci
The Histories of the Life and Deeds of the Admiral Christopher Columbus, attributed to his son Fernando Colon (1488-1539), is one of the most important first-hand sources for Columbus's voyages, and for the intellectual and political context in ...
Hardback. Price GB £64.00

Tyranny under the Mantle of St Peter: Pope Paul II and Bologna (BMEMS 5)
by I. Robertson
Pope Paul II (1464-1471) stands out amongst the later fifteenth-century popes by virtue of his high concept of princely sovereignty, and his vision of the papal temporal dominions as a genuinely co-ordinated territorial state, an enduring public entity. Inevitably he clashed with the Commune of Bologna, second city of the Papal State, over which he naturally aspired to more jurisdiction. The political vision of the Bolognese regime had a narrowly ...
Hardback. Price GB £47.00

The Inventory of King Henry VIII: Volume I, The Transcript
edited by David Starkey, transcribed by Philip Ward and indexed by Alasdair Hawkyard
This vast catalogue of the possessions of the Henry VIII on his death in 1547 contains c.18,000 entries; these range from the Crown jewels to bandages for the kings ulcerated leg! The Inventory provides a huge amount of information for historians on the material success of Henry and his forebears, as well as being of practical help in identifying surviving objects as the king's or otherwise. The transcript is accompanied by a historical ...
Hardback. Price GB £98.00

Elizabeth I: Her Life in Letters
by Felix Pryor
Published to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Elizabeth I's death in 1603, this book presents sixty letters that were written either by Elizabeth (or by a third party for her to sign) or to her. The earliest letter was written by Elizabeth at the age of eleven to her father Henry VIII, the latest to James VI of Scotland, written in her 70th years. Other documents include letters to her brother Edward VI, her siste Mary, the Duke of Anjou, as ...
Hardback. Price GB £25.00

The Reception of P. P. Rubens's 'Palazzi di Genova' during the 17th Century in Europe: Questions & Problems (ARCHMOD 1)
edited by P. Lombaerde
Rubens' book 'Palazzi di Genova' was well diffused in many European countries such as England, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy thanks to the numerous contacts the famous painter and diplomat maintained in humanistic, artistic and political circles. From 1622 on this book, containing two volumes, was edited at several times during the 17th and 18th Century. But the direct influences of the numerous façades, plans, cross-sections, ...
Paperback. Price GB £73.00

Renaissance Florence in the Rhetoric of Two Popular Preachers (BMEMS 4)
by N.B.-A. Debby
The preaching of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola and the period of his dominance (1494-1498) are a well-known chapter in the history of Renaissance Florence. However, comparatively less research has been done on Savonarola's predecessors, the mendicant preachers of Florence in the first half of the fifteenth century. The Dominican Giovanni Dominici (1356-1419) and the Franciscan Bernardino da Siena (1380-1444) were the most important of ...
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Las Casas of Columbus: The Third Voyage (RC 11)
by J.M. Carillo Castillo
A translation, with a historical introduction, of La Casa's narrative on Columbus' third voyage in 1498-1500 to Trinidad, the Gulf of Paria and Hispaniola. La Casa comments in particular on the moral and political issues of Columbus' actions, criticisng ...
Hardback. Price GB £34.00

Italian Reports on America 1493-1520: Letters, Dispatches and Papal Bulls (RC 10)
edited by G. Smycox, G. Rabitti & P.D. Diehl
News of Columbus' explorations in the Americas reached Europe through many different channels. This book presents sixty documents, in the original Italian and in English translation, that describe the reactions of Italian merchants, diplomats and the ...
Hardback. Price GB £64.00