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c 1500 to c 1600

Hardcover. Explores how Shakespeare's plays were produced both in his own time and in succeeding centuries. This book explains how the Elizabethan playhouse conveyed a sense of place using minimal scenery, from the Forest of Arden in "As You Like It" to the tavern in "Henry IV, Part I". Num Pages: 256 pages, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSGS; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044781
ISBN
9780226044781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the ideas of Elias, Foucault and Bourdieu, as well as through analysing courtesy manuals and etiquette books of the times, he examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over the centuries. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226025841
ISBN
9780226025841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Transatlantic Encounters examines the diverse origins and experiences of approximately 175 American Indians and Inuits who traveled to the British Isles before the American Revolution. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521738170
ISBN
9780521738170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.94

Paperback. John A. Lynn II examines the important roles of women who campaigned with armies from 1500 to 1815. Num Pages: 252 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBW; JFSJ1; JWD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521722377
ISBN
9780521722377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.33

Paperback. This 1999 book studies and compares the famous sixteenth-century libraries of Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; GL; WCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 299 x 20. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521126175
ISBN
9780521126175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.66

Paperback. Reading Material in Early Modern England rediscovers the practices and representations of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English readers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521104159
ISBN
9780521104159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.66

Paperback. This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 72 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521008846
ISBN
9780521008846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.83

Hardcover. This study explains how major events in the last years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, such as Spain's renewed ambitions in Northern Europe and the outbreak of rebellion in Ireland, had a lasting impact on the policies of the English government. Num Pages: 466 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 42. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198204435
ISBN
9780198204435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 282.77

Paperback. Aims to guide A-level students and undergraduates through the area of religious separatism in the century before the English Civil War. It also attempts to show where the religious tensions that came to the fore during the Civil War and Interregnum had their roots. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582355156
ISBN
9780582355156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 3JB; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with some shelf wear, nicks and tears and some edgewear to DW
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University Massachusetts Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002512
ISBN
9780870234705
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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
€ 10.66

Paperback. This study examines selected aspects of John Donne's life and work in an historical context, emphasizing the relationship between his circumstances and his individuality. Thus his poetry and prose are examined as products of difficult times as opposed to mere aesthetic forms. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; BG; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Some sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000823
ISBN
9780333422137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Explores life-writing forms - almanacs, financial accounts, commonplace books and parish registers - which emerged during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Num Pages: 234 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521761727
ISBN
9780521761727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.14

Paperback. Warlords, Popes, Poisoners - the true story of the Borgias, the first family of the Italian Renaissance Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear and previous owner's inscription
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000260
ISBN
9781849019941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence offers the first synthetic interpretation of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence in more than fifty years. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 46.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107619647
ISBN
9781107619647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.34

Hardback. A revisionist 1999 account of the career of Elizabeth I's 'favourite', the 2nd Earl of Essex. Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History. Num Pages: 468 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521434850
ISBN
9780521434850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.15

Paperback. This book studies the connections between the political reform of the Holy Roman Empire and the German lands around 1500 and the sixteenth-century religious reformations. Num Pages: 496 pages, 17 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521717786
ISBN
9780521717786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.52

Hardback. This book examines the important themes of sexuality, gender, love, and marriage in stage, literary, and film treatments of Shakespeare's plays. Series: The Age of Shakespeare. Num Pages: 215 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313343759
ISBN
9780313343759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 64.51

Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571230310
ISBN
9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.09

Paperback. What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time say about performance? How have printed plays been read and interpreted? This collection, now available in paperback, considers the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception, from early performance to the psychology of Hamlet. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230210134
ISBN
9780230210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.10

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842179697
ISBN
9781842179697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.66

Paperback. Provides important background for the continued scholarly and popular interest in witches and witchcraft today Editor(s): Breslaw, Elaine G. Num Pages: 550 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 26. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798515
ISBN
9780814798515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.65

Paperback. * Written from the perspective of people living at the time* Covers a broad range of issues, from individual concerns to high politics. . Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631199328
ISBN
9780631199328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.73

Paperback. The scandalous true story of Mary Boleyn, infamous sister of Anne, and mistress of Henry VIII. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302. The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress. 224 pages, 22 illustrations, 10 in colour. The scandalous true story of Mary Boleyn, infamous sister of Anne, and mistress of Henry VIII. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Amberley
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848685253
ISBN
9781848685253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.27

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