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c 1600 to c 1700

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c 1600 to c 1700

Hardback. Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067097
ISBN
9780674067097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.38
€ 57.31

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226319445
ISBN
9780226319445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.55
€ 48.47

Paperback. Rembrandt's life coincided with what the Dutch refer to as their "golden age". This study explores a society that had torn itself away from the mediocrity of its past, a stagnant nation of peasants and fishermen, to pursue an overseas empire that led to wealth and a cultivation of the arts. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722018
ISBN
9780804722018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Dalkeith and its surrounding villages have changed and developed over the last century. Series: Through Time. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JD; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 234 x 8. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445652573
ISBN
9781445652573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.56

Paperback. An engaging overview of dance from the Medieval era through the Baroque Editor(s): Nevile, Jennifer. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 b&w illus., 15 music exx. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ASD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219855
ISBN
9780253219855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.15

Hardback. Challenges several traditional assumptions about the development of the French novel, notably that the novel is a bourgeois art form that rose and flourished along with the rise of the bourgeoisie. This book offers an account of the rise of the French novel. Num Pages: 412 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719995
ISBN
9780804719995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.63

Hardback. The first English language in-depth study of a footsoldier of the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters. Its subject, the German polymath and schoolteacher Christian Daum, left behind one of the largest private archives of any early modern European scholar. Series Editor(s): Bergin, Joseph; Roberts, Penny; Naphy, Bill. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090899
ISBN
9780719090899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.19

Hardcover. When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers Series: History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HP; JHM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789089644381
ISBN
9789089644381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.82

Hardcover. Death and Tenses explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous survival have led to different tense usage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; CFF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754039
ISBN
9780198754039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HRCC92; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781481301046
ISBN
9781481301046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.47

paperback. But why did Descartes think we should take these exaggerated doubts seriously? And if we do take them seriously, how did he think any of our beliefs could ever escape them? This work undertakes a study of Descartes's first three meditations to answer these questions and to present a fresh way of understanding precisely what Descartes was up to. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691117324
ISBN
9780691117324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.64

Hardback. Examines the mechanisms through which 17th-century musicians simulated extreme affective states - desire, divine rapture, and ecstatic pleasure. This book demonstrates how major genres of the period, from opera to religious music to instrumental pieces based on dances, were part of this striving for heightened passions by performers and listeners. Num Pages: 360 pages, 75 music examples. BIC Classification: 3JD; AVGC3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247345
ISBN
9780520247345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.65
€ 64.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 49, 16 colour illustrations, 29 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451461
ISBN
9780801451461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 49, 16 colour illustrations, 29 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479168
ISBN
9780801479168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651668
ISBN
9780691651668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.27

hardcover. No serious student of Canada's past can function without access to this thorough, balanced and reliable source." R. Hall, Globe and Mail. Editor(s): Halpenny, Francess G.; Hamelin, Jean. Series: Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Num Pages: 755 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 190 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Presumed First Edition
Number of pages
755
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802031426
ISBN
9780802031426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Hardback. Why did a practice that had been considered a duty stop being a duty, or, conversely, why did daughters lose the right they had previously enjoyed of receiving from their parents the wherewithal to contribute to the support of their marriage? Despite the many anthropological studies about dowry, this book offers an analysis of its disappearance. Num Pages: 268 pages, tables, figures, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719285
ISBN
9780804719285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.63

Paperback. This study examines 17th-century mathematical sciences - astronomy, optics and mechanics - not as abstract ideas, but as vital enterprises that involved practices related to both experience and experiment. Mersenne, Descartes, Pascal, Barrow, Newton, Boyle and the Jesuits are discussed. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFCX; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226139449
ISBN
9780226139449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.92

paperback. Offers a groundbreaking reassessment of Scottish politics and society in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, Appendix: Marx and Engels on Scotland,bibliographical essay, notes, references. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
SKU
V9780745320533
ISBN
9780745320533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

hardcover. Offers a reassessment of the haphazard and regionally diverse process of state formation and market integration in early modern Spain, showing how local and regional agency paradoxically led to legitimate governance but economic backwardness. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 line illus. 16 tables. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; 3JF; KCG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691144849
ISBN
9780691144849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.99
€ 19.95

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