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Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, c. 1100-1707: Volume 3: Readings, c. 1100 - c. 1500 by Bob Harris
RRP: €22.60€20.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845860059Author Bob HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Discovery PressPublisher Dundee University Press Ltd -
All Things Made New: Writings on the Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: €15.46€9.90The Reformation which engulfed England and Europe in the sixteenth century was one of the most highly-charged, bloody and transformative periods in their history, and has remained one of the most contested. In this dazzling book, Diarmaid MacCulloch... -
A Sourcebook of Early Modern European History: Life, Death, and Everything in Between by Ute Lotz-Heumann
RRP: €47.59€41.72A Sourcebook of Early Modern European History not only provides instructors with primary sources of a manageable length and translated into English, it also offers students a concise explanation of their context and meaning.By covering different areas of... -
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Angela Royston
RRP: €7.14€5.28Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. For over four centuries, popular imagination has been gripped by the story of King Henry VIII and his six wives - and by the tangled web of passion and intrigue that lies behind it. Henry's... -
The Reformation as Renewal: Retrieving the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church by Matthew Barrett
RRP: €54.74€40.57A holistic, eye-opening history of one of the most significant turning points in Christianity, The Reformation as Renewal demonstrates that the Reformation was at its core a renewal of evangelical catholicity.In the sixteenth century Rome charged the... -
Sea Monsters on Medieval by Chet van Duzer 9780712357715
RRP: €17.84€12.14The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they... -
Henry VII's New Men and the Making of Tudor England by Steven Gunn
€40.14The reign of Henry VII is important but mysterious. He ended the Wars of the Roses and laid the foundations for the strong governments of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Yet his style of rule was unconventional and at times oppressive. At the heart of his... -
The Anne Boleyn Papers by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: €17.84€11.54Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, caused comment wherever she went. Through the chronicles, letters and dispatches written by both Anne and her contemporaries, it is possible to see her life and thoughts as she struggled to become queen of... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The English Revolution 1625-1660 by J Daniels 9780198354727
€44.43Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining all the well-loved features from the previous editions, The English Revolution... -
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by George Saliba 9780262516150
€42.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262516150Author George SalibaFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm -
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
RRP: €17.84€13.03Winner of THE HW FISHER BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZESPECTATOR, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TLS, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL and SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Imagine Wolf Hall rewritten by John le Carre ... gripping ... a rare... -
Anti-Calvinists: The Rise of English Arminianism c.1590-1640 by Nicholas Tyacke 9780198201847
€137.45This is a study of the rise of English Arminianism and the growing religious division in the Church of England during the decades before the Civil War of the 1640s. The widely accepted view has been that the rise of puritanism was a major cause of the... -
In Bed with the Tudors: The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I by Amy Licence 9781445614755 [USED COPY]
RRP: €14.27€2.82Learn what went on behind closed doors in the Tudor court. Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Sex and childbirth were quite literally a matter of life or death for the Tudors - ... -
In Bed with the Tudors: The Sex Lives of a Dynasty from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I by Amy Licence
RRP: €14.27€9.35Learn what went on behind closed doors in the Tudor court. Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Sex and childbirth were quite literally a matter of life or death for the Tudors - ... -
Venetian Rapier: Nicoletto Giganti's 1606 Rapier Fencing Curriculum by Tom Leoni
RRP: €23.80€22.38Perhaps no other weapon represents Renaissance Italian fencing like the rapier. But do we know how it was used and how it was taught? This book takes you to the fencing School, or Salle, of celebrated renaissance rapier Master Nicoletto Giganti of... -
Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man by Peter K. Andersson 9780691250168
RRP: €26.18€20.66The first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor ageIn some portraits of Henry VIII there appears another, striking figure—a gaunt and morose-looking man with a... -
Aldus Manutius: The Invention of the Publisher by Oren Margolis 9781789147797
RRP: €21.36€15.37Aldus Manutius is perhaps the greatest figure in the history of the printed book: in Venice, Europe's capital of printing, he invented the italic type and issued more first editions of the classics than anyone before or since, as well as Hypnerotomachia... -
Sacred Symbol of Oneness by John Dee of London: An English translation of John Dee's 1564 Monas Hieroglyphica, which was written in Latin by James Alan Egan 9781501050602
RRP: €11.84€9.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501050602Author James Alan EganFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Raphael, Painter in Rome: A Novel by Stephanie Storey
RRP: €15.46€10.82Another Fabulous Art History Thriller by the Bestselling Author of Oil and Marble, Featuring the Master of Renaissance Perfection: Raphael! Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance. Here, in Raphael,... -
The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg by Ulinka Rublack
RRP: €44.02€38.34"Quite simply the most fascinating record of a '[fashion] victim' one could hope for." The Spectator This captivating study reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history. Providing a revealing window onto the... -
The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God by Lynn Picknett
RRP: €13.08€8.81Were the first scientists hermetic philosophers? What do these occult origins of modern science tell us about the universe today? The Forbidden Universe reveals the secret brotherhood that defined the world, and perhaps discovered the mind of God.All... -
Venice's Secret Service: Organizing Intelligence in the Renaissance by Ioanna Iordanou
RRP: €48.18€46.45Venice's Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world's earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the inception of SIS and the CIA, in the period of the Renaissance, the Republic of Venice had masterminded a... -
The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare by Paul Strathern 9781838955182
RRP: €15.46€10.19'Enlightening and fascinating' John Banville, Wall Street JournalThrough the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul... -
The Border Reivers by Godfrey Watson 9780957286054
RRP: €14.27€11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957286054Author Godfrey WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Northern HeritagePublisher Northern Heritage ServicesWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm)... -
The Pensive Image: Art as a Form of Thinking by Hanneke Grootenboer 9780226829449
RRP: €23.80€23.09Grootenboer considers painting as a form of thinking in itself, rather than a subject of philosophical and interpretive thought. While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual... -
Conquest and Union: Fashioning a British State 1485-1725 by Steven G. Ellis 9781138152441
RRP: €160.65€140.04The British Isles is a multi-national arena, but its history has traditionally been studied from a distinctively English -- often, indeed, London -- perspective. Now, however, the interweaving of the distinct but mutually-dependent histories of the four... -
Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: €15.46€10.82A BBC History magazine Book of the Year and an amazon.com Best Book of the Month As religion divided sixteenth-century Europe, an extraordinary group of women rose to power. They governed nations while kings fought in foreign lands. They ruled on... -
The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior by Paul Strathern
RRP: €20.22€14.61In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - set out on one of the most treacherous military campaigns of the period. Cesare Borgia was a ferocious military leader whose name... -
Renaissance and Reformation France: 1500-1648 by Professor Mack P. Holt 9780198731658
RRP: €44.02€33.93This volume makes accessible some of the most recent research of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in France. Using a topical approach to provide broad thematic coverage of the period from 1500 to 1648, each chapter focuses on a specific area... -
Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and Her Siblings by Heather R. Darsie
RRP: €27.36€18.06Children of the House of Cleves describes and analyses the lives of Sybylla, Anna, Wilhelm and Amalia, the children of Johann III, Duke of Cleves. Though their parents were staunch Catholics, Wilhelm of Julich-Cleves-Berg was a Lutheran - when it suited... -
The King's Henchman: Henry Jermyn by Anthony Adolph 9781908096654
RRP: €11.89€11.44Charles II's succession to the throne came at a time of national turbulence: his father had been beheaded, Oliver Cromwell had usurped his right to reign. England was at sea among Europe's constantly shifting allegiances. But Henry Jermyn, a Suffolk... -
Tudor Power and Glory: Henry VIII and the Field of Cloth of Gold by Keith Dowen 9781913013004
RRP: €11.89€8.40The Field of Cloth of Gold was one of the greatest courtly spectacles of the sixteenth century. A carefully-orchestrated meeting outside Calais between Henry VIII and Francis I, it encapsulated Henry's imperial ambitions and confirmed the role of the... -
The Tudor Cookbook: From Gilded Peacock to Calves' Feet Pie by Terry Breverton
RRP: €11.89€9.25Have you ever wondered what the Tudors ate? What was served at the courtly feasts of Henry VIII, or what kept peasants alive through the harsh winters of the sixteenth century? The Tudor Cookbook provides over 250 recipes from authentic period manuals... -
Chapter On Love by Miklos Szenkuthy 9781940625409
RRP: €24.99€18.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625409Author Miklos SzenkuthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 152g -
The Borgias: The Hidden History by G. J. Meyer
RRP: €24.99€16.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345526922Author G. J. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA... -
The Spanish Armada: A Ladybird Expert Book by Sam Willis
RRP: €9.51€6.89Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why did the Spanish launch their Armada on England?How did Francis Drake counter the Spanish threat?And why were so many ships lost at sea?In 1585 Spain was the most POWERFUL Empire in the known... -
Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty by Elizabeth Norton 9781445605784 [USED COPY]
RRP: €13.08€9.62The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'. Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time. She survived a turbulent life, marrying four times and enduring imprisonment before passing her claim... -
Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: €13.08€8.63The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'. Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time. She survived a turbulent life, marrying four times and enduring imprisonment before passing her claim... -
The Lord Stewartby Collection of Scottish Coins at the Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Part I. James IV - James VI, 1488-1625 by William A. MacKay 9780197266878
€105.99This latest volume from the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles publishes the first portion of the Lord Stewartby Collection, the most important assemblage of Scottish coins ever put together by a private individual. The collection has a depth and... -
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy
RRP: €15.46€10.82History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers -- and still to come is the Spanish...