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Music at the Gonzaga Court in Mantua
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 64.99In Music at the Gonzaga Court in Mantua , Donald C. Sanders examines the history of musical composition and performance at the northern Italian court of Mantua from the fifteenth century to the seventeenth century. Music is discussed in the context of the visual art, poetry, and theater that graced the court and of the Gonzaga family's interaction... more...
The Fifteenth Century Illustrations of Christine De Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies
The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 199.95Christine de Pizan was one of the few authors of late medieval France involved with all aspects of her manuscripts production. Her work has received enormous scholarly attention as their subject is nothing less than the history and education of women. This book fills a gap in the scholarship by shifting the attention from their literary content... more...
Essays on the Literary Baroque in Spain and Spanish America
Boydell & Brewer 2008; US$ 90.00The Hispanic Baroque is a Janus-faced phenomenon, one of its faces peering at the sunset of feudalism, the other at the dawn of European modernity. This collection of essays seeks to engage with this paradox and its consequences for understanding Spanish more...
Isabel la Católica en la producción teatral española del siglo XVII
Boydell & Brewer 2000; US$ 90.00Este estudio analiza la representación de Isabel la Católica en obras escogidas de tres notables dramaturgos del Siglo de Oro español (Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina y Luis Vélez de Guevara). more...
Alchemy in Europe
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 100.00This comprehensive annotated bibliography, first published in 1990, guides the user helpfully through where to find information on various elements on alchemy when researching. Divided into categories to aid finding the right area of interest, this book forms a unique reference tool. more...
Rewriting the Self
Routledge 1996; US$ 42.95A lively and controversial exploration of ideas of the self in the Western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the present. Highly esteemed contributors analyse differing models of personal identity from a variety of perspectives. more...
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 15.95Jacob Burckhardt was born in 1818 in Basel, Switzerland. He studied history at the University of Berlin and taught art history and the Italian Renaissance in Berlin and Basel. His essay, as he called The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, was first published in 1860. Rich in its detailed account of the arts, fashions, manners, and thought... more...
Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 48.00Challenging conventional Western wisdom, Marks examines the relationship between economic and environmental changes in the imperial Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (a region historically known as Lingnan, 'South of the Mountains') from 1400 to 1850. more...
The Renaissance
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 26.95The Renaissance presents the panorama of Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, exploring such themes as: the origins and causes of humanism Renaissance monarchies the Reformation geographical exploration science artistic movements. The book includes narrative introductions to each issue, views of major historians, interpretations,... more...
The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Helicon Publishing 2005; US$ 62.95Authoritative companion to the Renaissance, covering not only Italy but developments in the arts, sciences, and ideas across Europe. more...









