Early Modern Archaeology

ISBN: 9789993272977
Published by : Midsea Books
Series: Maltas Living Heritage Series
Volume: 4
The urban, cultural and political profile of the Maltese islands is deeply marked by the presence for 268 years of the Knights of St John. The Order has left its mark decisively in the collective memory of the Maltese. Malta: The Order of St J... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503510118
Published by : Brepols
Series: Imago Figurata. Editions
Volume: 4
The anthology Pieux Desirs , published simultaneously in Antwerp and Paris in 1627, is the French adaptation of the Pia Desideria from 1624, a collection of Latin meditational emblems. The initial collation was done by the Jesuit Herman Hugo an... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905375042
Published by : Brepols
The Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens is probably the most important foreign artist to have worked in England. The story of how this came to be, of what he did when he was in England and what he painted for King Charles I, is the story of this book... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905375424
Published by : Brepols
The Inventory is not only a catalogue of magnificence but also a key text for evaluating the successes and failures of the Tudor monarchy. Henry VIII had extravagant ideas of image and authority and loved his possessions, amongst which where over ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905375332
Published by : Brepols
Series: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN EARLY MODERN ITALY
Volume: 2
Although recent studies in early modern architecture have illuminated the palace culture of the families associated with Rome's papal court, the complex social and architectural history of the city's feudal nobility has remained largely unexamined... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503532288
Published by : Brepols
Series: RURAL HISTORY IN EUROPE
Volume: 6
The most commonly accepted idea is that specialization is a step forward because it allows farmers to become market-orientated and to escape from the discredited principle of autarky. This book intends to return to this question. Is specialization... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409400523
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This volume addresses the fundamental notion of improvement in the development of the British landscape from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Contributors present a variety of cases of how improvement, custom and resistance impacted on ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843836711
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Commune, Country and Commonwealth suggests that towns like Cirencester are a missing link connecting local and national history, in the immensely formative centuries from Magna Carta to the English Revolution. Focused on a town that made highly... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905223138
Published by : Heritage Publications
This book presents the story of the construction of the 17th century historical landscape used in the BBC2 television series 'Tales from the Green Valley'. On one level it is the tale of a bizarre social project carried out by some 400 muscular... .... Learn More