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paperback. This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period. Well illustrated, this book is a valuable companion for enthusiasts of military history as well as early modern historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415146494
ISBN
9780415146494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

paperback. Includes tightly argued lyrics, erotic and libertine considerations of love, divine poems and elegies of lament by such great figures as John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell and John Milton, alongside pieces from many other less well known but equally poets of the age, such as Anne Bradstreet, Katherine Philips and Thomas Traherne. Editor(s): Burrow, Colin. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424447
ISBN
9780140424447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Offers a study of 16th and 17th century Europe and the fundamental changes which led to the collapse of Christendom and established the geographical and political frameworks of Western Europe as we know it. This book features a rich tapestry that fosters a deeper understanding of Europe's identity. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141978529
ISBN
9780141978529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.68

paperback. In the second half of the sixteenth century, most of the Christian states of Western Europe were on the defensive against a Muslim superpower - the Empire of the Ottoman sultans. This title describes the paths taken through the eastern Mediterranean and its European hinterland by members of a Venetian-Albanian family. Num Pages: 640 pages, 8 pp colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDT; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141978376
ISBN
9780141978376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

paperback. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. This is a collection of verses which are devoted to love and religion. Editor(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Translator(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449563
ISBN
9780140449563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Beginning with the return of the remnants of Magellan's circumnavigation in 1522 and ending with Charles' death in 1558, the author brings to life the periods of the Renaissance, revealing how the Spaniards were able to conquer Guatemala, Yucatan, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru and Chile and why Cabeza de Vaca walked from Florida to Mexico. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDH; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141034492
ISBN
9780141034492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 17.36

The second edition of this highly successful textbook analyses the structure of later medieval society in Europe, identifies its main groups and their political programmes, and examines their impact on the political, economic and social history of the major European states. Series: General History of Europe. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582491793
ISBN
9780582491793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Editor(s): Regensburger, Prof Dr Dietmar; Rudolph, Prof Dr Harriet. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472427113
ISBN
9781472427113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.29

paperback. This is the first general account of Dutch hegemony in trade, shipping, and finance between 1585 and 1740. Professor Israel, the leading historian in this field, uses a wide range of sources to explain why, despite its small size and population, the Dutch Republic functioned as the hub of world trade for nearly two centuries. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 484 pages, 4 figures, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198211396
ISBN
9780198211396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.46

paperback. Columbus undertook three voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. This book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780143122104
ISBN
9780143122104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.49

paperback. Translator(s): Starr, Mirabai. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Riverhead Books,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
9781594480058
ISBN
9781594480058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300083521
ISBN
9780300083521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. The Sengoku The Jidai, 'Age of Warring States', is the age of the samurai - the military aristocracy of Japan. This title examines the complicated nature of family and clan that governed the initial organization of the armies, how this changed and how battlefield tactics developed over a series of encounters such as Nagashino and Sekigahara. Series: Battle Orders S. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 7. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846033513
ISBN
9781846033513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.79

Paperback. In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. For the next four years, he and a team of assistants laboured over the vast ceiling. This book tells the story of those four years and paints a picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding - in the upheaval of early sixteenth-century Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 pp coloured plates, 40 integrated line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSV; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9781844139323
ISBN
9781844139323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. This text examines the influence Italian and English writers have had on each other and looks at both the similarities and the differences between the two literary traditions. The historical, social and intellectual developments between the two countries in the early Renaissance are explored. Series: Longman Mediaeval & Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582065581
ISBN
9780582065581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782977063
ISBN
9781782977063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 49.67

hardcover. The colourful story of the four very different men who created our modern world: Henry VIII, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent: popular history at its best from John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000993
ISBN
9781473632950
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Historian William J. Bouwsma here examines the conventional view of the European Renaissance as the root and foundation of modern culture, arguing instead that while it had a beginning and a climax, the Renaissance also had an ending. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097177
ISBN
9780300097177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415442329
ISBN
9780415442329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.48

Paperback. Mary Tudor is often written off as a twisted queen who tried desperately to pull England back to the Catholic Church that was so dear to her mother, and sent many to burn at the stake in the process. This biography argues that Mary, neither boring nor basically bloody, was a hard-working, 'hands on', and decisive queen than is commonly recognized. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415327213
ISBN
9780415327213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

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