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Paperback. A comparative portrait of Richelieu and Olivares, as personalities and as statesmen, drawn through study of their policies and their mutual struggle. This book also offers insights into 17th-century Europe and the nature of power and statesmanship. Series: Canto Original Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 half-tones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521406741
- ISBN
- 9780521406741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. A comprehensive survey of Iberian international trade from the tenth to the fifteenth century. Series Editor(s): McKitterick, Rosamond; Carpenter, Christine; Shepard, Jonathan. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521565035
- ISBN
- 9780521565035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.60
€ 62.60
Paperback. Murchison's authoritative study of 1849 which transformed contemporary understanding of European geology. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 41 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; 1DS; 3JH; RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108072564
- ISBN
- 9781108072564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Paperback. Conquered in 1492 and colonized by invading Castilians, the city and kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers throughout the first half of the sixteenth century. This title provides scholars in a range of fields with an example of resistance in the face of oppression. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR2; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103037
- ISBN
- 9780226103037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.27
€ 25.99
€ 21.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112589
- ISBN
- 9780226112589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.40
€ 51.99
€ 40.40
Paperback. Guevara's writings call on Spanish women to bear responsibility equally with men for restoring Spain's power in Europe. This collection includes examples of Guevara's shorter writings on matters of state, network with dignitaries, and govern family affairs. It provides a perspective on the possibilities for women in the public sphere in Spain. Editor(s): Romero-Diaz, Nieves. Translator(s): Romero-Diaz, Nieves. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226140810
- ISBN
- 9780226140810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.94
€ 36.99
€ 28.94
Hardcover. A practical guide for tourists and armchair travelers. It features Siena's artistic and architectural past, hidden behind centuries of painting and rebuilding. It takes the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-traveled roads and alleys of a town both medieval and modern. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 colour plates, 3 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207827
- ISBN
- 9780226207827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. Features a treatise on polite behavior. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, this title deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212197
- ISBN
- 9780226212197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.62
€ 16.99
€ 14.62
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.48
€ 49.99
€ 38.48
Paperback. Gratuitous sex. Graphic violence. Lies, revenge, and murder. This title retells six piquant episodes from the Italian court just after 1550, as the Renaissance gave way to an era of Catholic reformation. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226269719
- ISBN
- 9780226269719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.81
€ 32.99
€ 25.81
Hardcover. Gives an account of how opera comes to the stage. This work reveals the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of our favorite operas. It also traces the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. Num Pages: 704 pages, 92 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 186 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304823
- ISBN
- 9780226304823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.38€ 45.18
€ 52.38
€ 45.18
Paperback. Focusing on scenes as broad as a citywide arts festival and as small as a single paving stone in a cobbled walk, this title renders Lisbon from a perspective that varies between wide-eyed and knowing. It reveals the author's struggles with (and love of) the Portuguese language as well as an awkward meeting with Nobel laureate Jose Saramago. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305158
- ISBN
- 9780226305158
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.47
€ 19.99
€ 17.47
Hardcover. Outside of Italy, the country's culture and its food appear to be essentially synonymous. This book elucidates the guiding principle of the Italian table - a delicate balance between the structure of tradition and the joy of improvisation. It presents the history of food in Italy, including the 500-old story of the country's cookbooks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 160 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 263 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317243
- ISBN
- 9780226317243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.70
€ 41.99
€ 32.70
Paperback. Examines the relationship between religion and society in late medieval Florence through the vehicle of the religious confraternity. This book also provides an account of the development of confraternities in relation to other communal and ecclesiastical institutions in Florence. Num Pages: 552 pages, 29 halftones, 7 line drawings, 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; HRCR; HRCX8; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326887
- ISBN
- 9780226326887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 50.90
€ 59.52
€ 50.90
Hardcover. Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), the religious reformer, preacher, and Florentine civic leader, was burned at the stake as a false prophet by the order of Pope Alexander VI. This book explores the networks of Savonarola's female followers that proliferated in the two generations following his death. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226329154
- ISBN
- 9780226329154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.49
€ 49.99
€ 38.49
Hardcover. Some nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life. In this book, the author resurrects forgotten tales and restores to life the long-silent voices of these cloistered heroines. The nuns of early modern Italy, it shows, set the standard for religious transgression in their own age - and beyond. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534619
- ISBN
- 9780226534619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.51
€ 53.99
€ 41.51
Paperback. A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, "Tosca" is one of the most popular operas ever written. In "Tosca's Rome," Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that lie behind Giacomo Puccini's opera and the play by Victorien Sardou on which it is based. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 table, 14 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226579726
- ISBN
- 9780226579726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 23.17
€ 25.00
€ 23.17
Paperback. In 1798 the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, this work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 54 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226579733
- ISBN
- 9780226579733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.31
€ 25.99
€ 21.31
Hardcover. Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 colour plates, 14 halftones, 5 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675343
- ISBN
- 9780226675343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.40
€ 95.24
€ 79.40
Paperback. Art historian Conrad Rudolph follows the ancient pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. With anecdotes, travel tips and scholarly descriptions of medieval art, he offers a thoughtful guide to a remarkable journey across northern Spain one undertaken by thousands of pilgrims each year. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731278
- ISBN
- 9780226731278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.40
€ 23.99
€ 19.40