Post-Medieval
Archaeology and artefacts from the sixteenth century to the present day.
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The Reinvention of Theatre in Sixteenth-Century Europe: Traditions, Texts and Performance [Hardback]
T. F. Earle (Editor); Catarina Fouto (Editor)
$89.50ISBN: 9781907975769
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
The sixteenth century was an exciting period in the history of European theatre. In the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, Germany and England, writers and actors experimented with new dramatic techniques and found new publics. The... .... Learn More -
Niebuhr in Egypt: European Science in a Biblical World [Paperback]
Roger H., Jr. Guichard (Author)
$55.00ISBN: 9780718893354
Published by : Lutterworth Press
When Roger H. Guichard Jr. discovered a French translation of the works of Carsten Niebuhr, sole survivor of the 1761–1767 Royal Danish Expedition to the Yemen, he was astounded. 'They were not just another dry account of one man’s travels, but re... .... Learn More -
Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above [Hardback]
James Crawford (Author); Katy Whittaker (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9781848022485
Published by : English Heritage
Brings together the finest imagery from the unique Aerofilms collection, and tells the fascinating story of the men and women behind the company. A joint publication between English Heritage, RCAHMS and the Royal Commission on th... .... Learn More -
John Ruskin's Continental Tour, 1835: The Written Records and Drawings [Hardback]
Keith Hanley (Editor); Caroline S. Hull (Editor)
$89.50ISBN: 9781906540852
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
John Ruskin's training as an interdisciplinary polymath started in childhood. He learned to memorise the Bible at his mother's knee and published his first poem aged ten. His lifelong fascination with geology found its earliest ex... .... Learn More -
Building for Air Power [Hardback]
Colin Dobinson (Author); Jeremy Lake (Author)
$150.00ISBN: 9781848020603
Published by : English Heritage
English Heritage has over the last decade invested considerable resources in the study of military architecture and archaeology.
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The Inquisitor's Handbook (Copilacion Instructiones Sancta Inquisicion) [Hardback]
Tyler Fisher (Author); Greg Fisher (Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9780856688904
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Hispanic Classics
The Inquisitor's Handbook , a translation of a 1537 compilation of rules for inquisitorial personnel, introduces today's reader to the Spanish Inquisition in the same way a sixteenth-century inquisitor would have been introduced to his duties. ... .... Learn More -
George Meredith [Paperback]
Jacqueline Banerjee (Author)
$19.95ISBN: 9780746312148
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
George Meredith was a lyrical yet searingly honest poet, and an influential novelist whose fiction distilled, contributed to and animated the major debates of the Victorian age. He became at once an arbiter of taste in his own times, and a trai... .... Learn More -
Civilian Uniforms and How to Date Them [Paperback]
Neil Storey (Author)
$29.95ISBN: 9781846742484
Published by : Countryside Books
Series: Genealogy
Family photos of ancestors in uniform are often mistakenly assumed to be military when they actually portray civilians such as firemen, policemen, chauffeurs and nurses. The author here explains how to make a correct identification. .... Learn More -
Early Structural Steel in London Buildings: A discreet revolution [Hardback]
Jonathan Clarke (Author)
$130.00ISBN: 9781848021037
Published by : English Heritage
In 1909, one of the world's great cities, London, finally sanctioned steel-frame architecture. For the previous quarter century, a new structural material - steel - had been discreetly changing the anatomy and physiology of the ca... .... Learn More -
Frieden und Konfliktmanagement in interkulturellen Räumen: Das Osmanische Reich und die Habsburgermonarchie in der Frühen Neuzeit [Hardback]
Arno Strohmeyer (Editor); Norbert Spannenberger (Editor)
$87.00ISBN: 9783515104340
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Mitteleuropa
Volume: 45
Die habsburgisch-osmanischen Beziehungen der Frühen Neuzeit wurden über lange Zeit einseitig als Konfliktgeschichte wahrgenommen und beschrieben. Die acht mit äußerster Grausamkeit geführten "Türkenkriege" prägten die Wahrnehmung der Zeitgenossen,... .... Learn More