Early Modern History

ISBN: 9781848683334
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city (c.1580-1616), the height of Queen Elizabeth I's reign.

Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the governme... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789993272724
Published by : Midsea Books
The book includes over 90 miniature maps of Malta and Gozo, plans of Valletta and the Three Cities ranging between the 16th and early 20th century. The majority of these miniature maps have been carefully selected from the exclusive Albert Gana... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848680494
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII succeeding to throne on 22nd April 1509.

Dr. Richard Rex is an acknowledged expert on the Tudors.

The Tudor period is regarded by many as England’s golden age, and still casts ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781906540487
Published by : Legenda
Series: Italian Perspectives
Volume: 18
No other European country experienced the disruption of political and everyday life suffered by Italy in the so-called ‘years of lead’ (1969-c.1983), when there were more than 12,000 incidents of terrorist violence. Th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515085458
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Contubernium. Tübinger Beiträge zur Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Volume: 68
This volume provides a substantiated educational history of Sweden in the 16th and 17th centuries, with a focus on the educational ideals of the aristocracy and their implementation at educational institutions within and outside the kingdom. ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781901543032
Published by : fOUNDRY
There has probably never been a single volume with such extensive information on the uniforms and costumes of the European conquest of the Americas. Ian Heath has assembled 247 drawings and other illustrations to depict the native peoples of South... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782600011754
Published by : Librairie Droz S.A.
Series: Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance
Volume: 441
The first Italian and French academies helped frame the transformation of Renaissance Europe. Les Académies dans l'Europe humaniste is the first work of its kind on the subject, taking a fresh look at the academic movement in Europe until 1600... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846032523
Published by : Osprey
In his second volume on the Tudor Navy, naval expert Angus Konstam covers the extraordinary transformation of the Tudor fleet during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. This period witnessed the birth of a whole new breed of warships designed to d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846741142
Published by : Countryside Books
Series: England's Living History
Tales of Victorian man-made failures, follies and disasters which were forgotten or swept under the carpet at the time. The book explains what went wrong and how improvements were made. .... Learn More