Biblical Women in Early Modern Literary Culture, 1550-1700, Hardback - ***

Illustrates the complex ways in which biblical women's narratives could be reimagined for a variety of rhetorical and religious purposes -- .

This is the fourth in the series of proceedings of the interdisciplinary conferences sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies at t...

The sixteen women discussed in this collection were world-makers whose craft influenced cultural practice so incisively that their shaping authorit...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sarah (Australian Catholic University, Australia) BendallIllustration(s): 150 color and bw illusNumb...

Reducere. In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form, created using garments ...

This new edition of Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey has been thoroughly updated with significant changes designed to reflect the newest schola...

Uses court records to re-evaluate women's economic roles in early modern Scotland. -- .

Conserving Health brings together scholarship from across the disciplinary spectrum to illustrate the role of preventive culture in early modern En...

Examines sixty-eight women artists in early modern Bologna, revealing how they obtained public commissions and expanded beyond the portrait subject...

Through fifteen essays that draw on a rich array of primary sources, this collection makes the novel claim that early modern European women, like m...

This study of the intellectual culture of the women's monasteries of the Main Valley during the eighth century, based on analysis of the manuscript...

Reducere. Alfabetizare, modernizare institutionala, dezvoltarea unei literaturi nationale, formarea unui stat independent: iata citeva fenomene asociate de m...

Geneza culturii romane moderne. Institutiile scrisului si dezvoltarea identitatii nationale 1700-1900 - Alex Drace-Francis

Drawing on a wide range of archives, from Lisbon to Vienna to Berlin, this detailed comparative study shows how recorded political knowledge was un...

Alexander Des Forges reads shiwen from a literary perspective, showing how the examination essay redefined prose aesthetics, transformed the work o...

This collection of essays opens a new perspective on the interplay of religious conflict and literary culture in early modern England. Focusing on ...

Publisher: ELSPAuthor(s): Ivor SLOCOMBEIllustration(s): 1 b & w illustration; 1 b & w illustrationNumber of pages: 136Collection: Museum MonographP...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Christine M. E. GuthIllustration(s): 40 color illustrations, 11 b-w illustrationsNumber of page...

DescriptionThis anthology is a unique collection of rare women's writing written during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This collection in...

Al cincilea volum din monumentala lucrare Traditia crestina a lui Jaroslav Pelikan prezinta evolutia gindirii crestine in perioada care a urmat Ref...

This book explores the protracted interest in Spain and its culture, and it exposes the co-existent ambiguity between scorn and fascination that ch...

DescriptionBodily contrasts from the colour of hair, eyes and skin to the shape of faces and skeletons - allowed the English of the seventeenth and...

Reducere. Alfabetizare, modernizare institutionala, dezvoltarea unei literaturi nationale, formarea unui stat independent: iata citeva fenomene asociate de m...

DescriptionThis fourth edition of Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey features significant changes to every chapter, designed to reflect ...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): He BianIllustration(s): 9 b/w illus. 3 tables. 4 maps.Number of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dim...

Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe examines the important roles of women who campaigned with armies from 1500 to 1815. This included...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Kristin CelelloNumber of pages: 250Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 19Cover type: Paperb...

Reducere. Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. T...

Constructing 'Monsters' in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture argues for the crucial place of the 'monster' in the early modern imaginati...

The concept of cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical research into early modern Europe. Due in no small part ...

Witchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to th...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressNumber of pages: 304Collection: Edinburgh Studies in LawPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 165 x 239 x 29Cover ...

Analyses historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yua...

A collection of 10 original essays that explore the social context in which paintings, statues, textiles, maps, and other artifacts were produced a...

Reducere. The half century of European activity in the Caribbean that followed Columbus's first voyages brought enormous demographic, economic, and social ch...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustration(s): 2 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 2...

The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, now in its fourth edition, is the perfect resource for both students and scholars of the witch-hunts written...

Reducere. Now in paperback This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern Ch...

Reducere. Examines the almost continual efforts of British and Indian soldiers (both regular and irregular) to combat and pacify the Pashtun tribes of the No...

An investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures.Illustrations: No

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway is essential for those looking to advance their studies in magical beliefs and practices in early mo...

Reducere. The current return to spiritual values has spawned a surge of interest in the ancient goddess-based religions as a remedy to a long tradition of mi...