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c 1500 to c 1600

Paperback. Takes readers to a time when both the Catholic Church and the main new Protestant denominations embraced a policy of endorsing religious persecution, coercing unity, and, with the state's help, mercilessly crushing dissent and heresy. This work shows how out of the same traditions came the beginnings of pluralism in the West. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691121420
ISBN
9780691121420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Hardback. A masterful, highly engaging analysis of how Shakespeare's plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan England Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1208.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222715
ISBN
9780300222715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.72

Paperback. What was medicine like in the time of Shakespeare and Oliver Cromwell? Documenting the use of household substances and remedies, this book looks at the emergence of modern medicine from everyday cures such as herbs, oils and foods. It also presents an investigation into the private lives of the spirited Stuarts of the 17th century. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440279
ISBN
9780752440279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Sex, greed and treachery at the heart of a Tudor regime. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Condition
New
SKU
9780753826904
ISBN
9780753826904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

hardcover. Holy Scripture Speaks reveals the rich complexity of the literary, theological, and cultural dimensions of Erasmus' Paraphrases on the New Testament and indicates future directions that research in this area should take. Editor(s): Pabel, Hilmar M.; Vessey, Mark. Series: Erasmus Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HPCB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036421
ISBN
9780802036421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.40

Paperback. Help your students achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this unique series from the leading history publisher; developed by expert educators who know how to instil deep subject knowledge and an appetite for lifelong learning. Series: Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 4KHT; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471861789
ISBN
9781471861789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.07

Paperback. Help your students achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this unique series from the leading history publisher; developed by expert educators who know how to instil deep subject knowledge and an appetite for lifelong learning. Series: Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 4KHT; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 276 x 9. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471861819
ISBN
9781471861819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802552
ISBN
9780192802552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Showing the epistemological conditions that have made modern, social and economic knowledge possible, this text explores questions such as, "how did fact become modernity's most favoured unit of knowledge?". Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBTB; HPK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226675268
ISBN
9780226675268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.25

Paperback. The second volume of "A History of Private Life" contains much colourful detail culled from a variety of sources. This "secret epic" aims to construct a vivid picture of peasant and patrician life in different places, from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16 color illustrations, 427 halftones, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400016
ISBN
9780674400016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.31
€ 49.60

Paperback. In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial role in the birth of the modern European economy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617411
ISBN
9780745617411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.89

Paperback. Highly detailed and clearly written, this book is the first full-length study of the complex system of practices, beliefs and taboos which surrounded conception and childbirth in early modern Europe. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JHBF; MQDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745618401
ISBN
9780745618401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. The author aims to bring an understanding of both the history of literature and the history of warfare to the study of the Renaissance epic. Analyzing English, Italian and Iberian epics published between 1483 and 1610, this text focuses on many aspects of warfare during this time. Num Pages: 388 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; 2ADT; 3JB; 3JD; DSBB; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226554051
ISBN
9780226554051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Hardcover. This interdisciplinary work presents essays on disease, medicine, and healing in the Indian Ocean World. It is the first work on medical history in the region. Themes include medical theory, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing, diplomacy, and colonialism, public health, slavery, migrant labour, and medicine. Editor(s): Winterbottom, Anna. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HS; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567611
ISBN
9781137567611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.14

Hardcover. This interdisciplinary work presents essays on disease and medicine in the Indian Ocean World, spanning over a millennium. It is the first work on medical history in the region. Themes include medical theory, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing, diplomacy, and colonialism, public health, slavery, migrant labour, and medicine. Editor(s): Winterbottom, Anna; Tesfaye, Facil. Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HS; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567604
ISBN
9781137567604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.28

Paperback. Bestselling royal historian David Starkey's captivating biography is a radical re-evaluation of Henry VIII, the British monarchy's most enduring icon. Num Pages: 400 pages, 60 col plates (24pp). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007247721
ISBN
9780007247721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Hardback. Reconstructs the lives of Henry VII's new men - low-born ministers with legal, financial, political, and military skills who enforced the king's will as he sought to strengthen government after the Wars of the Roses, examining how they exercised power, gained wealth, and spent it to sustain their new-found status. Num Pages: 352 pages, several black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199659838
ISBN
9780199659838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.31

Paperback. Henry VIII, one of the most famous and notorious kings of England, was flamboyant, courageous and headstrong. His life spans a fascinating, important period in history, in which he plays a crucial part. This narrative biography gets deep into the gripping and dramatic chain of events. Series: Lives in Action. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; YFY; YNH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136. The Story of the Ruthless Tudor King. Series: Lives in Action. 160 pages, Illustrations. Henry VIII, one of the most famous and notorious kings of England, was flamboyant, courageous and headstrong. His life spans a fascinating, important period in history, in which he plays a crucial part. This narrative biography gets deep into the gripping and dramatic chain of events. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; YFY; YNH. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight: 136.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408113233
ISBN
9781408113233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750960892
ISBN
9780750960892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Tells the biography of Henry VIII that is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most spectacular court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532422
ISBN
9780099532422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

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