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c 1600 to c 1700
Paperback. The memoirs of Hortense (1646-99) and Marie (1639-1715) Mancini, members of court of Louis XIV, represent earliest examples in France of memoirs published by women under their own names during their lifetimes. This title chronicles the beginnings of women's rights within the confines of an otherwise circumscribed early modern aristocratic society. Editor(s): Nelson, Sarah. Translator(s): Nelson, Sarah. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 halftones, 3 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226502793
- ISBN
- 9780226502793
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
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Paperback. "A fine treatment of this critical time in geology's history. Although it goes against our standard histories of the field, Laudan defends her views convincingly. Her style is direct, with carefully reasoned personal opinions and interpretations clearly defined." Jere H. Lipps, "The Scientist"" Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 290 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; PNV; RBGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469478
- ISBN
- 9780226469478
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries. Num Pages: 386 pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBTM; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468464
- ISBN
- 9780226468464
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. This anthology collects descriptions, poems, narratives, satires and essays written in and about the British West Indies between 1657 and 1777. It offers period commentaries on slavery, colonialism, gender relations, African and European history, natural history, agriculture and medicine. Editor(s): Krise, Thomas W. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DQ; DSBD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226453927
- ISBN
- 9780226453927
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.88
€ 35.99
€ 28.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401577
- ISBN
- 9780226401577
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Condition: New
€ 56.84€ 48.76
€ 56.84
€ 48.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Harvey, Elizabeth D.; Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226318769
- ISBN
- 9780226318769
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.56
€ 42.99
€ 33.56
Hardcover. Contrary to 20th-century criticism that cast them as misguided dabblers, English virtuosi in 17th and early 18th centuries were erudite individuals with grounding in classics, appreciation for the arts, and sincere curiosity about the natural world. This title situates this group at the intersection of period's art, medicine, and antiquarianism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 colour plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; HBJD1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315874
- ISBN
- 9780226315874
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Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 55.38
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€ 55.38
Paperback. Political theology is a distinctly modern problem, one that takes shape in some of the most important theoretical writings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book assembles scholars to examine the role played by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature and thought in modern conceptions of political theology. Editor(s): Hammill, Graham L.; Lupton, Julia Reinhard. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226314983
- ISBN
- 9780226314983
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Impression
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261485
- ISBN
- 9780226261485
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.41
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Paperback. Prominent components of Louis XIV's propaganda, the arts of spectacle also became sources of a potent resistance to the monarchy in late seventeenth-century France. The author tells the story of how the festive arts deployed an intricate network of subversive satire to undermine the rhetoric of sovereign authority. Num Pages: 324 pages, 8 colour plates, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 3 tables, 16 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; ASDL; AVGC3; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226211558
- ISBN
- 9780226211558
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
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Hardcover. Recovers the lasting significance of the radical ideas of Coleman Street Ward by exploring their wider Atlantic history and revealing how republican radicals redefined themselves against the emergent economy of empire. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226157658
- ISBN
- 9780226157658
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.03
€ 54.99
€ 43.03
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
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€ 41.27
Paperback. Examines how early modern England transformed itself into the centre of a worldwide empire. This work argues that the new study of geography played a crucial role in fuelling England's imperial ambitions, and that it helped create an ideology of empire which made imperialism possible. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTQ; JNM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226116075
- ISBN
- 9780226116075
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardcover. In late seventeenth-century London, the most provocative images were produced not by artists, but by scientists. This book reveals that these natural philosophers shaped Restoration London's emergent artistic cultures by forging collaborations with court painters, penning art theory, and designing triumphs of baroque architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 colour plates, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; ACQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226017297
- ISBN
- 9780226017297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.39€ 51.57
€ 60.39
€ 51.57
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.69
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€ 32.69
Paperback. This Companion views Puritanism from new angles and reveals the surprising diversity that fermented beneath its surface. Editor(s): Coffey, John; Lim, Paul C. H. Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRAX; HRCC2; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634. Series: Cambridge Companions to Religion. 400 pages. Editor(s): Coffey, John; Lim, Paul Chang-Ha. Views Puritanism from new angles and reveals the surprising diversity that fermented beneath its surface. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRAX; HRCC2; JFCX. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 25. Weight: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521678001
- ISBN
- 9780521678001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
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
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.16
€ 48.99
€ 47.16
Paperback. Introduces readers to a refreshing assortment of brave American women of colonial times. This title presents stories of such remarkable colonial women as Mumbet, a slave who won her freedom in a Massachusetts courtroom in the 1780s; and, more. Series: Outrageous Women. Num Pages: 128 pages, timeline, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 234 x 192 x 8. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471382997
- ISBN
- 9780471382997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.43
€ 18.99
€ 16.43