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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 13,50 €
ISBN 978-0-14-311449-9
EAN 9780143114499
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-83895-518-2
EAN 9781838955182
Through the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of the northern European Renaissance, which rivalled its Italian counterpart.There is no denying that many of the first developments of the Renaissance took place ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 512 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-1343-1
EAN 9781526613431
Sixteenth-century Europe: Renaissance masters paint the ceilings of Florentine churches, kings battle for control of the Continent, and the Reformation forever changes the religious organisation of society. Amidst it all, three young women come of age and into power in an era of empires and revolutions.Catherine de' Medici's story begins in a convent stormed by ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 480 páginas
PVP: 19,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-1566-4
EAN 9781526615664
A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century. 'A triumph of writing and scholarship. It is hard to imagine anyone ever bettering Das's account of this part of the story' - William Dalrymple, Financial Times ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 29,50 €
ISBN 978-1-3994-0727-4
EAN 9781399407274
The thrilling story of the Jews in Venice and the truth behind one of Shakespeare's most famous characters. Millions of visitors flood to Venice every year. Yet many are unaware of its history one of dramatic expansion but also of rapid decline.And essential to any history of Venice during its glory days is the story ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 500 páginas
PVP: 22,00 €
ISBN 978-1-83895-856-5
EAN 9781838958565
Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which saw advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics. However, all this was achieved against a background of extreme turbulence in the form ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 976 páginas
PVP: 28,00 €
ISBN 978-0-14-198888-7
EAN 9780141988887
Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book, encompassing five centuries of political, military, technological and economic change to tell the story of the German-speaking lands, from the Rhine to the Balkan frontier, from Switzerland to the North Sea. Wilson's narrative considers everything from weapons development to recruitment to battlefield strategy. Germans' military ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 480 páginas
PVP: 23,85 €
ISBN 978-0-300-27649-7
EAN 9780300276497
The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 496 páginas
PVP: 37,25 €
ISBN 978-0-241-52342-1
EAN 9780241523421
A brilliant work of intellectual interpretation by our foremost historian of Enlightenment ideas. Whatmore rescues the Enlightenment from today's circular debates and places it where it belongs: in the pulsing, chaotic era of its genesis and demise' Christopher de BellaigueThe Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-0-00-835825-9
EAN 9780008358259
A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal. A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 336 páginas
PVP: 35,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78816-666-9
EAN 9781788166669
Plunge into the intimate history of cosmetics, and discover how, for centuries, women have turned to make up as a rich source of creativity, community and resistance. The Renaissance was an era obsessed with appearances. And beauty culture from the time has left traces that give us a window into an overlooked realm of history ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 24,25 €
ISBN 978-0-316-70363-5
EAN 9780316703635
Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England-perfect for readers of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough (Douglas Preston, 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God)The ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 512 páginas
PVP: 35,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-1342-4
EAN 9781526613424
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men. 'This exceptionally brilliant book, deft of phrase and vividly realised, conveys the vitality of the past as few books do. It's an enviable tour de force ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 356 páginas
PVP: 36,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-702-5
EAN 9781789147025
Navigations re-examines the Portuguese voyages of discovery by placing them in their medieval and Renaissance settings. It shows how these voyages grew out of a crusading ethos, as well as long-distance trade with Asia and Africa and developments in map-making and ship design. The slave trade, the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews and the intercontinental ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 592 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-4059-3719-1
EAN 9781405937191
In the shadow of every Tudor monarch there was a family who were the kingmakers but were never the kings, told for the very first time, this is the true story of the family behind the throne, the Dudley family
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 480 páginas
PVP: 42,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-1564-0
EAN 9781526615640
A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century. 'Beautifully written and masterfully researched, this has the makings of a classic' Peter Frankopan'A modern masterpiece, delightful, enlightening and faultless' John Keay'A marvelous piece of detective work, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-3210-4
EAN 9781526632104
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022. 'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator'The ride is thrilling ... a work of serious scholarship' - Sunday Telegraph. For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 22,25 €
ISBN 978-1-83895-516-8
EAN 9781838955168
It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium), but its influence was soon being felt in France, the German states, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 560 páginas
PVP: 21,25 €
ISBN 978-0-241-54393-1
EAN 9780241543931
The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance: an African diplomat's guide to Africa. In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean. Brought before Pope Leo X, he was persuaded to convert to Christianity, in the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 408 páginas
PVP: 21,25 €
ISBN 978-1-63936-296-7
EAN 9781639362967
Filled with unforgettable characters and maritime adventure, the incredible story of a forgotten war that shaped the fate of the United Statesâ and the entire Western Hemisphere. In the early 18th century, the British and Spanish Empires were fighting for economic supremacy in the Americas. Tensions between the two powers were high, and wars blossomed ...
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