Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation. Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam, Paperback - Miriam Bodian

Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how P...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Helen PfeiferIllustration(s): 18 b/w illus.Number of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 16...

Deza and Its Moriscos addresses an incongruity in early modern Spanish historiography: a growing awareness of the importance played by Moriscos in ...

Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Gary FergusonIllustration(s): 5 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2021D...

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 first comprehensive account of Daniel Defoe's Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain explores the content, sources, form, and historical...

Traditional Javanese law of the pre- and early-colonial period does not draw upon the contents of recognized texts, but -- as preserved and often e...

The Talk of the Town explores everyday communication in a sixteenth-century small town and the role it played in the circulation of information acr...

This book argues that the interwar classroom shaped twentieth-century Britain. It recreates and analyses life in London's elementary schools in the...

This richly illustrated study is the first consider the manifold functions and meanings of Hals's distinctive handling of paint. Atkins explores th...

Reducere. Kofi Dᴐnkᴐ was a blacksmith and farmer, as well as an important healer, intellectual, spiritual leader, settler of disputes, and custodian of share...

Reducere. Award NameNational Jewish Book AwardAward categoryYiddishDescriptionAbout a thousand years ago, European Jews began speaking a language that was qu...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 22Cover type: Pap...

This book is a collection of papers originally presented at a conference of the same name in the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden ...

Demonstrates the importance of textual production to understanding the place of drama in the early modern public sphere. This collection of essays ...

Sophisticated and compelling, the book of Hebrews challenges its readers to an unwavering commitment to Christ. The anonymous writer of this intrig...

Reducere. Hebrews was written to encourage 1st-century Christians facing difficult times, and it is just as applicable in the 21st century. Engaging with thi...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Michael A. VerneyIllustration(s): 16 halftonesNumber of pages: 320Collection: American Beginni...

Reducere. Movements tell stories of oppression and liberation. They critique the power relations that exist. They offer alternative visions of the homeland t...

Some of the most innovative art over the years has been created far outside conventional galleries and museums. This title discusses a disparate ne...

Reducere. 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 ...

Reducere. "Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cult...

DescriptionThis study analyses concepts and representations of the soul in the poetry of William Shakespeare and John Donne. During the early moder...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressAuthor(s): Ethan Doyle WhiteNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 159 x 233 x 31Cover type: Paperba...

Examines the relationships forged between police officers and the diverse urban and rural communities in which they have lived and worked in Scotla...

In Colonizing Madness Jacqueline Leckie tells a forgotten story of silence, suffering, and transgressions in the colonial Pacific. It offers new in...

DescriptionIn Making Uzbekistan, Adeeb Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. He explores t...

Reducere. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the legacy of the historian, ethnographer, and geographer Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev (1912-1992) has attracted...

The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England - Ethan H. Shagan

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 ...