Kinderen van de minne? (Verhandelingen van de KVAB voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten. Nieuwe reeks, Volume 3)
by M. Carlier
Gazetteer of Historic Lincolnshire for Family and Local Historians
by S.J. Branson
My Sojourn through the Storms of Life!
by Nathan Francis Hodge and Vickie Hodge Holt
The Dutch Golden Age, the age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and a host of other renowned artists and writers was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. It was in fact one of the most spectacularly creative episodes in the history of the world. Jonathan Israel gives the definitive account of the emergence of the United Provinces as a great power, and explains the subsequent decline in the eighteenth century. He places the t...
Heritage of Kent
Documents the story of the violent revolution that signaled the end of the political power of the popes and resulted in the emergence of modern Europe. Days after his prime minister was assassinated in the middle of Rome in November 1848, Pope Pius IX found himself a virtual prisoner in his own palace. Only two years earlier Pius's election had triggered a wave of optimism across Italy: he was seen as a youthful, benevolent new pope who would at last bring the Papal States into modern times and...
Longtemps meprisee ou declassee dans l'historiographie universitaire francophone, la biographie a progressivement retrouve ses lettres de noblesse a partir des annees 1970-1980. Ce retour de l'individu sur le devant de la scene s'est appuye sur l'experience acquise dans d'autres champs historiographiques, particulierement dans les pays anglo-saxons, et sur les avancees de l'histoire culturelle et des representations. En matiere de relations internationales, les biographies de diplomates - en nom...
Muslim Spain Reconsidered (New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys)
by Emeritus Professor Richard Hitchcock
What made Muslim Spain a unique and successful society? Richard Hitchcock explores the background to its powerful legacy in the formation of modern Spain, using a chronological framework while constantly keeping in view the shifting social patterns caused by the changing balance between town and country, major and minor dynasties, foreign groupings and repeated invasions from North Africa. You'll learn about the main historical developments in depth, such as the self-defeating independence of th...
Nelson's History of the War - Volume X - The Russian Stand, and the Allied Offensive in the West
by John Buchan
Clan, King and Covenant explores the turbulent history of the Highlands during the seventeenth century. The signing of the National Covenant in 1638 first challenged the powers of Charles I in Scotland, but it was only when Alisdair MacDonald joined Montrose in raising the Royalist clans that the country erupted into civil war. Central to the conflict was the ancient enmity between the MacDonalds and the Campbells, Earls of Argyll, as clan Donald attempted to reclaim their ancestral lands in A...
The Middle Years of Marriage (Lifespan Communication, #13)
by Beverley Driver Eddy
Midlife can be a time of great change for individuals and a "make or break" period for marriages. Couples navigate a relationship landscape defined by such lifecourse landmarks as "the empty nest," changing roles at home and at work, aging bodies, and the need to care for family elders. Some partnerships are resilient through this period, adopting practices that help them cope, bounce back, and even thrive in the face of adversity. Others sputter, wither, and burn out. What makes a midlife marri...