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Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe by Margaret C. Jacob
RRP: €28.55€25.18The mingling of aristocrats and commoners in a southern French city, the jostling of foreigners in stock markets across northern and western Europe, the club gatherings in Paris and London of genteel naturalists busily distilling plants or making air... -
Monstrous Bodies/Political Monstrosities in Early Modern Europe by Laura Lunger Knoppers
RRP: €41.65€36.87Multi-disciplinary in approach and cross-European in scope, this richly illustrated book features new links between the political and the monstrous in the early modern period. Emphasizing the importance of the visual in the culture of the monstrous, the... -
Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire by Ray Laurence 9780415241496
RRP: €45.21€39.72This provocative and often controversial volume examines concepts of ethnicity, citizenship and nationhood, to determine what constituted cultural identity in the Roman Empire. The contributors draw together the most recent research and use diverse... -
Politics and the Parlement of Paris under Louis XV, 1754-1774 by Julian Swann 9780521483629
RRP: €52.35€44.70Politics in eighteenth-century France was dominated by the relationship between the crown and the magistrates of the Parlement of Paris. The Parlement provided a traditional check upon the King's authority, but after 1750 it entered a period of prolonged... -
A Political History of Western Europe Since 1945 by Derek W. Urwin 9780582253742 [USED COPY]
RRP: €91.62€3.02Taking a thematic approach, Derek Urwin addresses the major political and economic developments in western Europe since World War II, right up to the present day. The book covers issues and developments in national politics, and the movement towards... -
A Political History of Western Europe Since 1945 by Derek W. Urwin 9780582253742
RRP: €91.62€88.27Taking a thematic approach, Derek Urwin addresses the major political and economic developments in western Europe since World War II, right up to the present day. The book covers issues and developments in national politics, and the movement towards... -
The Ploesti Raid Through the Lens by Roger A. Freeman
RRP: €29.69€22.54The Ploesti Raid took place on Sunday, August 1, 1943 and, but for a navigational error which put the leading formation on a course away from the target, the operation might have resulted in the destruction of the seven chosen targets. However, by the... -
Marxism and Modernism: An Historical Study of Lukacs, Brecht, Benjamin, and Adorno by Eugene Lunn 9780520053304
RRP: €34.51€26.82"At a time when modernism and Marxism are both under attack as outmoded, Eugene Lunn's rich and detailed study of the years of their most creative interaction reminds us of the still potent energies unleashed by each. We could ask for no more reliable... -
Conflict and Enlightenment: Print and Political Culture in Europe, 1635-1795 by Thomas Munck 9780521701808
RRP: €29.74€25.68New approaches to the history of print have allowed historians of early modern Europe to re-evaluate major shifts in religious, intellectual, cultural and political life across Europe. Drawing on precise and detailed study of the contexts of different... -
Medieval European Coinage: Volume 1, The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries) by Philip Grierson 9780521031776
RRP: €118.99€101.11This, the first volume of Medieval European Coinage, surveys the coinage of Western Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West in the fifth century to the emergence of recognizable 'national' political units in the tenth. It starts with the... -
Cold War Cultures: Perspectives on Eastern and Western European Societies by Annette Vowinckel 9781782383888
RRP: €33.26€26.87The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term... -
A Concise History of Romania by Keith Hitchins 9780521872386
RRP: €89.25€69.09Spanning a period of 2000 years from the Roman conquest of Dacia to the present day, A Concise History of Romania traces the development of a unique nation situated on the border between East and West. In this illuminating new history, Keith Hitchins... -
Alexander the Great: A Reader by Ian Worthington
RRP: €54.73€48.23This exciting new edition is an indispensable guide for undergraduates to the study of Alexander the Great, showing the problems of the ancient source material, and making it clear that there is no single approach to be taken.The twelve thematic chapters... -
The "Domostroi": Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the Terrible by Carolyn Johnston Pouncy
RRP: €23.79€21.97A manual on household management, the Domostroi is one of the few sources on the social history and secular life of Russia in the time of Ivan the Terrible. It depicts a society that prized religious orthodoxy, reliance on tradition, and absolute... -
Europe in the Sixteenth Century by David Maland
€52.82This highly successful text book is ideal for a wide range of A-level syllabuses.Book InformationISBN 9780333327128Author David MalandFormat PaperbackPage Count 443Imprint Red Globe PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 586g -
Benedetto Accolti and the Florentine Renaissance by Robert Black 9780521522274
RRP: €44.02€33.77This is the first biography of one of the outstanding humanists of the fifteenth-century Renaissance. Benedetto Accolti's interests ranged from rhetoric, humanism and Italian poetry to Roman law, from historical thought and medieval antiquarianism to the... -
The Swedish Imperial Experience 1560-1718 by Michael Roberts
RRP: €34.50€29.06In his Wiles Lectures for 1977 Professor Roberts examines some of the problems raised by Sweden's brief career as a great power, and seeks to answer some of the questions that flow from them. Were the underlying considerations which prompted the... -
Russia: Revolution and Counter-Revolution 1917-1924 by John Daborn 9780521367905
RRP: €24.40€19.22The Revolution of 1917 briefly opened up the possibility of a new world of freedom and equality. It ended, however, in totalitarian dictatorship and the establishment of a new ruling class in Russia.;This selection of documents will allow readers to... -
The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914: Social Policies Compared by E.P. Hennock 9780521597708
RRP: €45.21€37.73This book is a comparative study of the origin of the welfare state in England and Germany, from 1850 to 1914. It presents original conclusions about the differences between British and German approaches. Peter Hennock analyses policies on social... -
Born to Rule by Julia P. Gelardi 9780312324247
€20.36"Born to Rule" tells the fascinating stories of five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria: Alexandra, whose faith in Rasputin and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and... -
Mussolini Unleashed, 1939-1941: Politics and Strategy in Fascist Italy's Last War by MacGregor Knox
RRP: €36.88€31.45This book explores the motives, preparation, objectives, contact and consequences of Italy's war of 1940, which ended the country's role as a great power and reduced it to the status of first among Germany's satellites. What Professor Knox demonstrates... -
The Waldensian Dissent: Persecution and Survival, c.1170-c.1570 by Gabriel Audisio 9780521559843
RRP: €39.26€34.78The Poor of Lyons, whom their detractors called 'Waldensians' - after the name of their founder Waldo (or Vaudes) - first emerged around 1170 and formed in common with other groups of the period a sect which embraced evangelism, prophecy and poverty. By... -
The Outsiders: Refugees in Europe since 1492 by Philipp Ther 9780691179520
RRP: €29.75€23.68The history of Europe as a continent of refugeesEuropean history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major refugee movement since 1492, when the Catholic rulers of Spain set in motion the first mass flight and expulsion in... -
Horses, Oxen and Technological Innovation: The Use of Draught Animals in English Farming from 1066-1500 by John Langdon 9780521525084
RRP: €60.68€51.19The introduction of the horse brought many advantages to medieval English farming, particularly as an improvement to ploughing and hauling. But the replacement of oxen by horses was by no means inevitable, as the situation often depended upon a number of... -
Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies by Les Woodland 9780985963644
RRP: €14.88€13.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985963644Author Les WoodlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint McGann Publishing LLCPublisher McGann Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 152g -
Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation Anthony Grafton 9780674015975
€33.39The work of the Renaissance humanists comes to life in Anthony Grafton's exploration of the primary sources and modern scholarship, classical and modern elements in the world of European letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Tracing the... -
The French Peasantry in the Seventeenth Century by Pierre Goubert
RRP: €27.36€23.28Pierre Goubert is perhaps the foremost contemporary historian of the French peasantry, and in this book he synthesises the work of a lifetime to produce a vivid, readable, and uniquely accessible account of rural life in seventeenth-century France. Much... -
A History of the University in Europe: Volume 2, Universities in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800) by Hilde de Ridder-Symoens 9780521541145
RRP: €90.43€77.70This is the second volume of a four-part history of the university in Europe, written by an international team of authors, which covers the development of the university in Europe (east and west) from its origins up until more recent years. It focuses... -
The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806 by Peter H. Wilson 9780230239784
€31.45The Holy Roman Empire has always caused tremendous confusion for students of European history, and this book sets out to provide a clear account of this remarkable organisation - comparable in many ways only to the modern European Union - and its... -
Kings and Philosophers, 1689-1789 by Leonard Krieger 9780393099058
RRP: €40.46€33.53These years also encompassed the birth, maturation, and waning of the Enlightenment. Leonard Krieger shows how the monarchical tradition and the new intellectual developments were reflected in the latter half of the period during the rule of "philosopher... -
The Revolution of 1688-89: Changing Perspectives by Lois G. Schwoerer 9780521526142
RRP: €47.59€39.58This volume of novel and interdisciplinary essays offers a new interpretation of the Revolution and of the late Stuart and early Hanoverian world. By dealing with little-explored issues from the perspectives of British, Dutch, and colonial American... -
Stormtrooper Families - Homosexuality and Community in the Early Nazi Movement by Andrew Wackerfuss 9781939594051
RRP: €35.70€28.63Based on extensive archival work, Stormtrooper Families combines stormtrooper personnel records, Nazi Party autobiographies, published and unpublished memoirs, personal letters, court records, and police-surveillance records to paint a picture of the... -
The Wild and the Sown: Botany and Agriculture in Western Europe, 1350-1850 by Mauro Ambrosoli 9780521465090
RRP: €142.80€110.94This 1997 book describes the spread of new agricultural practice in the half millennium after 1350, and reconstructs a neglected part of Europe's agricultural past: the introduction of fodder crops, and the continuous reorganisation of traditional... -
The History of Finland by Jason Lavery 9780313328374
€71.82Finland has occupied the political, religious, cultural and economic border between eastern and western Europe since prehistoric times. Despite its peripheral location, the country has found itself in the mainstream of developments that created modern... -
Armenian History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Armenia and the Armenian Genocide by Captivating History 9781647482220
RRP: €35.69€23.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647482220Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 152g -
Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe by Jon R. Snyder 9780520274631
RRP: €29.75€26.69"Larvatus prodeo," announced Rene Descartes at the beginning of the seventeenth century: "I come forward, masked." Deliberately disguising or silencing their most intimate thoughts and emotions, many early modern Europeans besides Descartes-princes,... -
The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775 by Steven Laurence Kaplan 9780822317067
RRP: €94.01€82.95In preindustrial Europe, dependence on grain shaped every phase of life from economic development to spiritual expression, and the problem of subsistence dominated the everyday order of things in a merciless and unremitting way. Steven Laurence Kaplan's... -
Romanticism in National Context by Roy Porter 9780521339131
RRP: €45.21€37.26The main literary and artistic currents of Romanticism are well known. This volume aims uniquely to set them in their wider contexts. Thirteen distinguished contributors examine the particular configurations of the Romantic movement within individual... -
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt by Jacob Burckhardt 9780865971233
RRP: €13.03€11.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971233Author Jacob BurkhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 547g -
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady by Bonnie Wheeler 9780230602366
€107.42Eleanor's patrilineal descent, from a lineage already prestigious enough to have produced an empress in the eleventh century, gave her the lordship of Aquitaine. But marriage re-emphasized her sex which, in the medieval scheme of gender-power relations...