Cultural Studies
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A Description of Moldavia [Hardback]
Dimitrie Cantemir(Author)
$39.99ISBN: 9781592110254
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Written by one of the country’s most renowned rulers, A Description of Moldavia provides unique insight into the geography, history, economy, ethnography, culture, and traditions of the principality. Born to a noble family, the author, Dimit... .... Learn More -
Proceedings of the Privy Council of Queen Elizabeth I, 1582-83: Two Volume Set [Hardback]
David Crankshaw(Editor)
$325.00ISBN: 9781843836537
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Proceedings of the Privy Council of Elizabeth I
By 1540, the Privy Council had been established as the Crown's principal policy-making and executive arm. Under the later Tudors, it governed England on the sovereign's behalf, functioning as an elite corporate board, and imbued with a sense of co... .... Learn More -
Robin Hood: Legend and Reality [Hardback]
David Crook(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275434
Published by : Boydell Press
For over a century and a half scholars have debated whether or not the legend of Robin Hood was based on an actual outlaw and, if so, when and where he lived. One view is that he was not a legend as such but a myth: an idea, rather than a person w... .... Learn More -
Material Cultures in Public Engagement: Re-inventing Public Archaeology within Museum collections [Paperback]
Anastasia Christophilopoulou(Editor)
Regular Price: $35.00
Special Price: $26.25
ISBN: 9781789253689
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Material Cultures in Public Engagement volume seeks to document and explore the significant change in the relationship of Museums with collections of the Ancient World and their audiences. The volume establishes a new approach to the study of ... .... Learn More -
The Shepherd, the Volk, and the Middle Class: Transformations of Pastoral in German-Language Writing, 1750-1850 [Hardback]
Elystan Griffiths(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781640140646
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 210
European pastoral tradition traces its roots to Theocritus's Idylls and Virgil's Eclogues/I>, which portrayed herdsmen pursuing love and art. While the lives of shepherds, or of country folk generally, remain the ostensible subject of... .... Learn More -
Silver and Frankincense: Scent and personal adornment in the Arab world [Paperback]
Sigrid van Roode(Author)
$23.00ISBN: 9789492940100
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Although scent has always played a major role in personal adornment in the Arab world, its evanescent quality leaves very few or no traces at all over time. This book presents an introduction into this lesser known aspect of person... .... Learn More -
The Fight for Greek Sicily: Society, Politics, and Landscape [Paperback]
Melanie Jonasch(Editor)
Regular Price: $70.00
Special Price: $52.50
ISBN: 9781789253566
Published by : Oxbow Books
The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of ... .... Learn More -
Art in the Archaeological Imagination [Paperback]
Dragos Gheorghiu(Editor)
$49.99ISBN: 9781789253528
Published by : Oxbow Books
The present volume shows the archaeological thinking as a form of art, revealing the poetics of the archaeological imagination. It shows that, in their work, archaeologists, without being inspired by contemporary artists, use creative methods, and... .... Learn More -
Metier International 2019 [Paperback]
Jolanda Bos(Editor)
$27.00ISBN: 9789492940124
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Métier Magazine is devoted to engaging its readers in art, craft, material and techniques. This annual English edition combines a series of articles and amazing stories of crafts, objects and artisans from around the world and from differen... .... Learn More -
Travelling Ideas in the Long Nineteenth Century [Paperback]
Petra Broomans(Editor); Janke Klok(Editor)
$49.95ISBN: 9789492444936
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: Studies in Cultural Transfer and Transmission
Volume: 8
Travelling Ideas in the Long Nineteenth Century is about how ideas travel on the waves of cultural transfer. The volume focuses in particular on the exchange of ideas, knowledge and culture between the Nordic countries and continental Europ... .... Learn More
