Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (Bartlett Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (Bartlett Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in most countries. This meant power was in the hands of a family - a dynasty; that politics was family politics; and political life was shaped by the births, marriages and deaths of the ruling family. How

Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (Bartlett Robert)(Paperback)

This engaging history of dynastic power in medieval Europe explores the role of family dynamics and family consciousness in the politics of royal and imperial dynasties. From royal marriages and the birth of sons, to female sovereigns, mistresses and wicked uncles, Robert Bartlett casts fresh light

Dynastic Politics and the British Reformations, 1558-1630 (Questier Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Dynastic Politics and the British Reformations, 1558-1630 revisits what used to be regarded as an entirely 'mainstream' topic in the historiography of the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries - namely, the link between royal dynastic politics and the outcome of the process usually

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe (Siklodi Nora)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU mobility. Scholars have often addressed these models from separate disciplinary standpoints. National citizenship has been studied through the prism

Fashion and Politics (Bartlett Djurdja)(Pevná vazba)

In this incisive book, leaders from international fashion research and artistic practices probe the nuanced relationship between fashion and

Twenty Battles That Shaped Medieval Europe (Theotokis Georgios)(Pevná vazba)

Robert Frank: Valencia (Frank Robert)(Pevná vazba)

In 1950, Robert Frank left his job as a photographer in New York to travel through Europe with his family. That summer he arrived in Valencia, Spain, which was at the time a humble, bleak place enduring the austere conditions of the postwar period like the rest of the country. The pictures Frank

Dissimilar Similitudes: Devotional Objects in Late Medieval Europe (Bynum Caroline Walker)(Pevná vazba)

From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objectsBetween the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, European Christians used in worship a plethora of objects, not only prayer books, statues, and paintings but also

Medieval Bruges: C. 850-1550 (Brown Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

This 'total' history of one of the most important cities in medieval Europe traces Bruges' astonishing growth and subsequent decline. By placing the city within a wider network of urban and rural development and in a comparative framework, the authors offer new insights into the nature of a

Living Proud! Engaging with Politics (Rodi Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Romanesque Tomb Effigies: Death and Redemption in Medieval Europe, 1000-1200 (Fozi Shirin)(Pevná vazba)

Studies Romanesque effigies as a distinctive form of medieval sculpture, emphasizing the early twelfth century as a time of rapid change in the art, culture, and politics of northern Europe

Making of Europe - Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950 - 1350 (Bartlett Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth in Europe during High Middle Ages transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms. This book shows how Europe was itself a product of colonization, as much as it was later a colonizer, and what

Gods and Humans in Medieval Scandinavia: Retying the Bonds (Wellendorf Jonas)(Pevná vazba)

The coming of Christianity to Northern Europe resulted in profound cultural changes. In the course of a few generations, new answers were given to fundamental existential questions and older notions were invalidated. Jonas Wellendorf's study, the first monograph in English on this subject, explores

Royal Books and Holy Bones: Essays in Medieval Christianity (Duffy Eamon)(Pevná vazba)

In 1992, Eamon Duffy created a sensation in Reformation studies by publishing his groundbreaking book The Stripping of the Altars. In it he demonstrated the health of late medieval religion in England and that the thesis hitherto accepted that the Reformation came to wipe away a corrupt and rotten

Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts (Page Sophie)(Pevná vazba)

Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts explores the dazzling complexity of western medieval astrology and its place in society, as revealed by a wealth of illustrated manuscripts from the British Library's rich medieval

The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages (Bartlett Robert)(Paperback)

How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores the ways in which medieval people

Leprosy and Identity in the Middle Ages: From England to the Mediterranean (Brenner Elma)(Pevná vazba)

This book presents new, cross-disciplinary research on leprosy in medieval Europe, focusing on questions of identity. It reveals complex responses to the disease, challenging earlier views that medieval sufferers were uniformly stigmatised. The social, religious and cultural impacts are explored,

Harry and Meghan Our Royal Baby - Our Royal Baby (Jobson Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Bob Reid's Railway Revolution - Sir Robert Reid, how he transformed Britain's railways to be the best in Europe (Muir George)(Pevná vazba)

The Craft of Gin (Knoll Aaron J.)(Pevná vazba)

The Craft of Gin explores the history of Gin production from its crude origins in medieval Europe to the finely honed spirits of twenty-first century craft distillers. The book describes how gin is made, the primary botanicals used in its production, tasting notes for fifty craft gins from around

Bad Blood in Kansas (Wade Tom R.)(Pevná vazba)

Troubled Blood (Galbraith Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough--who went

Cats in Medieval Manuscripts (Walker-Meikle Kathleen)(Pevná vazba)

Cats were illustrated in medieval manuscripts throughout the Middle Ages, often in exquisite detail and frequently accompanied by their natural prey, mice. Medieval cats were viewed as treasured pets, as fearsome mousers, as canny characters in fables, as associates of the Devil, and as magical

Painted in Blood (Tuti Ilaria)(Pevná vazba)

THE SECOND INSPECTOR TERESA BATTAGLIA NOVELA portrait painted in blood. A valley shrouded in secrecy. A woman fighting for her