Leitao Henrique Leitao & dos Santos Lopes Marilia dos Santos Lopes 
Renaissance Craftsmen and Humanistic Scholars [PDF ebook] 
Circulation of Knowledge between Portugal and Germany

Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? W …

The fifteen articles republished here exemplify the many directions Robert Black“s research in Renaissance studies has taken. The first five studies look at Renaissance humanism, in particular at it …

The fourth edition of the acclaimed full-colour annual focusing on all facets of “scratch-built“ model shipbuilding, as well as related articles on restoration, archaeology, historical research and …

Originally published in 1971, this book gives the real substance of Scotland at the time of Mary Queen of Scots. It describes in extensive and colourful detail the way people of all ranks of society …

Debates about military influence on civilian government tend to be partisan and rarely pay sufficient attention to specific contexts. This paper analyses, without condemnation or justification, why a …

First Published in 2005. The book covers four periods, each with a different focus. From 300 to 750 Canning examines Christian ideas of rulership. The often neglected centuries from 750 to 1050, the …

This book discusses the development of the English Church during a rich and turbulent two centuries of European history. It provides a comprehensive survey covering the late Anglo-Saxon period throug …

The ‘revolution in science’ of this book concerns the natural sciences, that is, knowledge of the external world which we now presume to exist independently of man. …

The Hippocratic Corpus comprises some sixty medical works of varying length, style and content. Collectively, this is the largest surviving body of early Greek prose. As such, it is an invaluable res …

This collection of essays, all published for the first time in English, provide a fresh look at the critical years of 1917-1920 when revolutionary activity and working-class unrest was rife in Europe …