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Drawing Acts: Studies in Graphic Expression and Representation by David Rosand 9781316637524
RRP: $39.98$37.77Drawing Acts is about drawing, both as art and act. Taking the study of drawings beyond the traditional agenda of connoisseurship, David Rosand explores the significance of the making of drawings, the meaning in the line of the draftsman, and the... -
A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation: Commemorating 500 years of Popes, Protestants, Reformers, Radicals and Other Assorted Irritants by Nick Page
RRP: $19.34$12.64500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that. Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world)... -
A History of Western Astrology: v. 2: Medieval and Modern Worlds by Nicholas Campion 9781441181299
$39.64Following on from "The History of Western Astrology Volume I", Nicholas Campion examines the foundation of modern astrology in the medieval and Renaissance worlds. Medieval and Renaissance Europe marked the high water mark for astrology. It was a subject... -
Virtue Politics: Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy by James Hankins
RRP: $30.90$24.69Winner of the Helen and Howard Marraro PrizeA Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year"Perhaps the greatest study ever written of Renaissance political thought."-Jeffrey Collins, Times Literary Supplement"Magisterial...Hankins shows that the humanists'... -
Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom by Erica Benner
RRP: $14.18$10.02'A ripping read ... fascinating, charming, enjoyably unorthodox' Daily TelegraphWas Niccolo Machiavelli really the cynical schemer of legend - or was he a profound ethical thinker, who tried to save the democratic freedom of Renaissance Florence as it... -
Elizabeth of York: The Forgotten Tudor Queen by Amy Licence
RRP: $14.18$10.02As Tudors go, Elizabeth of York is relatively unknown. Yet she was the mother of the dynasty, with her children becoming King of England (Henry VIII) and Queens of Scotland (Margaret) and France (Mary Rose) and her direct descendants included three Tudor... -
Catherine Parr: Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Norton
RRP: $16.76$11.73Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII. Catherine Parr was enjoying her freedom after her first two arranged marriages when she caught the attention of the elderly Henry VIII. The most reluctant of all Henry's wives, she... -
Shakespeare's London: Everyday Life in London 1580-1616 by Stephen Porter
RRP: $16.76$11.73Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its expansion... -
The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570): L'arte et prudenza d'un maestro cuoco (The Art and Craft of a Master Cook) by Terence Scully
RRP: $54.18$50.06Bartolomeo Scappi (c. 1500-1577) was arguably the most famous chef of the Italian Renaissance. He oversaw the preparation of meals for several Cardinals and was such a master of his profession that he became the personal cook for two Popes. At the... -
Blood Matters: Studies in European Literature and Thought, 1400-1700 by Bonnie Lander Johnson
RRP: $101.91$88.64In late medieval and early modern Europe, definitions of blood in medical writing were slippery and changeable: blood was at once the red fluid in human veins, a humor, a substance governing crucial Galenic models of bodily change, a waste product, a... -
The Brandon Men: In the Shadow of Kings by Sarah Bryson
RRP: $14.18$9.70Four generations of Brandon men lived and served six English kings, the most famous being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, best friend and brother-in-law to King Henry VIII. Yet his family had a long history tied closely to the kings of the Wars of the... -
Donatello by Peta Motture
RRP: $58.05$44.13Arguably the greatest sculptor of all time, Donatello (c.1386-1466) was at the vanguard of a revolution in sculptural practice in the early Renaissance. Combining ideas from classical and medieval sculpture to create innovative sculptural forms,... -
Genealogy of the Pagan Gods: v. 1, Bks. I-V by Giovanni Boccaccio
$41.36Giovanni Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods is an ambitious work of humanistic scholarship whose goal is to plunder ancient and medieval literary sources so as to create a massive synthesis of Greek and Roman mythology. The work also contains a... -
Montaigne by Stefan Zweig
RRP: $15.48$10.26'He who thinks freely for himself, honours all freedom on earth.' Stefan Zweig was already an emigre-driven from a Europe torn apart by brutality and totalitarianism-when he found, in a damp cellar, a copy of Michel de Montaigne's Essais. Montaigne... -
Renaissance Diplomacy by Garrett Mattingly 9781605204703
RRP: $29.66$25.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605204703Author Garrett MattinglyFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Henry VII: The Maligned Tudor King by Terry Breverton
RRP: $14.18$9.35Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII, has been called the most unlikely King of England. Yet his rise from obscurity was foretold by the bards, and by 1485, the familial bloodbath of the Wars of the Roses left Henry as the sole adult Lancastrian claimant to... -
The Bad Popes by E R Chamberlin 9781913518776
RRP: $16.76$14.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913518776Author E R ChamberlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Machiavelli's Effectual Truth: Creating the Modern World by Harvey C. Mansfield 9781009320122
RRP: $103.20$93.10Machiavelli is said to be a Renaissance thinker, yet in a notable phrase he invented, 'the effectual truth,' he attacked the high-sounding humanism typical of the Renaissance, while mounting a conspiracy against the classical and Christian values of his... -
The Tudor Socialite: A Social Calendar of Tudor Life by Jan-Marie Knights 9781398119567
RRP: $14.18$9.35Delivered in bite-sized diary chunks, Jan-Marie Knights takes the reader on a journey into the world of Tudor high society. This is a world of love affairs, tragedy, marriage and death; the realm of flamboyant dress, opulent jewellery and burning... -
Paracelsus: An Alchemical Life by Bruce T. Moran
RRP: $23.16$16.67Throughout his controversial life the alchemist, physician and social radical known as Paracelsus combined traditions that were magical and empirical, scholarly and folk, learned and artisanal. He read ancient texts and then burned some of them. He... -
Renaissance Monarchy: The Reigns of Henry VIII, Francis I and Charles V by Glenn Richardson 9780340731437
$49.20What determined success or failure in Renaissance monarchy? Why was warfare endemic in Europe in the early sixteenth century and how did the great cultural and artistic changes of the period flourish amid this conflict? How did rival kings relate to each... -
Machiavelli: From Radical to Reactionary by Robert Black 9781789146158
RRP: $23.16$16.67'Machiavellian' can signify duplicity and amorality in politics, but Machiavelli himself is far more complex than this cliche. A high-ranking Florentine government official and prolific writer of hugely influential political, military and historical... -
Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450-1750 by Noel Malcolm
RRP: $40.62$28.82From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the eighteenth century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. Typically they reacted to it with fear and distrust; and such feelings were reinforced by the... -
Tudor Wales: Full-Colour Guide to the Many Places in Wales Associated with This Famous Dynasty by Nathen Amin
RRP: $20.63$14.00The Tudors are one of history's most infamous families and the era over which they reigned still captures the public's interest without rival. 'Tudor England' in itself has become a well known phrase that covers many aspects of the era, particularly... -
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man who sent Charles I to the Scaffold by Geoffrey Robertson
RRP: $19.34$14.13Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister,... -
Florence: A Traveller's Reader by Edward Chaney
RRP: $16.76$11.09'The best conceivable guide to the city' - an essential cultural history for all visitors of FlorenceThe rich and glorious past of one of the best loved cities in the world, Florence, is brought vividly to life for today's visitor in this collection... -
Tudor Roses: From Margaret Beaufort to Elizabeth I by Amy Licence
RRP: $32.25$21.71A dynasty is defined by its men: by their personalities, their wars and reigns, their laws and decisions. Their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are often depicted as mere foils, shadowy figures whose value lies in the inheritance they brought, or... -
Biographical and Autobiographical Writings by Leon Battista Alberti 9780674292680
RRP: $38.64$30.52A fresh English translation of five Alberti works that illuminate new aspects of the literary aims and development of the first "Renaissance man."Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was one of the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance. His... -
Four Queens and a Countess: Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I, Mary I, Lady Jane Grey and Bess of Hardwick: The Struggle for the Crown by Jill Armitage
RRP: $12.89$9.17When Mary Stuart was forced off the Scottish throne she fled to England, a move that made her cousin Queen Elizabeth very uneasy. Elizabeth had continued the religious changes made by her father and England was a Protestant country, yet ardent Catholics... -
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library by Edward Wilson-Lee
RRP: $16.76$10.94WINNER OF THE 2019 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The fascinating history of Christopher Columbus's illegitimate son Hernando, guardian of his father's flame, courtier, bibliophile and catalogue supreme, whose travels took him to the... -
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts by Ruth Goodman 9781631496240
RRP: $19.34$15.67With this "impeccable" (BBC History) chronicle, acclaimed popular historian Ruth Goodman reveals a Renaissance Britain particularly rank with troublemakers. From snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee," to lowbrow drunkards with revolting... -
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World by Patrick Wyman
RRP: $32.25$24.78In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, THE VERGE tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world history. Here, author Patrick Wyman examines two complementary and contradictory sides... -
Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain by Nadine Akkerman
RRP: $19.34$17.20It would be easy for the modern reader to conclude that women had no place in the world of early modern espionage, with a few seventeenth-century women spies identified and then relegated to the footnotes of history. If even the espionage carried out by... -
The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague by Peter Marshall
RRP: $21.92$15.84In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his... -
Landsknecht Woodcuts: Kriegsvolker Im Zeitalter Der Landsknechte by Marion McNealy 9780615919942
$17.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615919942Author Marion McNealyFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Nadel Und Faden PressPublisher Nadel Und Faden PressWeight(grams) 449g -
The Portable Machiavelli by Niccolo Machiavelli
RRP: $16.76$11.73Edited and translated by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa, "The Portable Machiavelli" not only gives the casual reader a chance to read different personal and professional works of Machiavelli, but also strives to do away with many of the myths that have... -
Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614 by Matt Carr
RRP: $19.34$17.60In 1609, the entire Muslim population of Spain was given three days to leave Spanish territory or else be killed. In a brutal and traumatic exodus, entire families were forced to abandon the homes and villages where they had lived for generations. In... -
Tudor Fashion by Eleri Lynn
RRP: $35.48$30.82The paperback edition of this captivating story of Tudor dress, and the people who made and wore it The Tudors are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our curiosity and imagination. Their enduring popularity is... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell
RRP: $30.30$22.72The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views... -
The Death of Lorenzo De' Medici: Two Letters & Vital Impulses by Leon Roger Hunt 9781090848949
RRP: $12.90$10.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781090848949Author Leon Roger HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...