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  • Contesting the Renaissance

    par William Caferro ...
    Collections series Contesting the Past
    In this book, William Caferro asks if the Renaissance was really a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity.An influential investigation into the nature of the European RenaissanceSummarizes scholarly debates about the nature of the RenaissanceEngages with specific controversies concerning gender identity, economics, the emergence of the modern ... En savoir plus

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  • An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Skepticism, Causation, Induction, and the Limits of Knowledge in Enlightenment Empiricism

    par David Hume, Keira Dovewick ...
    David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a lucid, incisive condensation of the epistemological arguments first advanced in A Treatise of Human Nature. Written in elegant eighteenth-century prose, it examines the origins, limits, and reliability of human knowledge, distinguishing "relations of ideas" from "matters of fact" and famously challenging causal necessity, induction, ... En savoir plus

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  • Gainsborough

    A Portrait

    par James Hamilton ...
    ** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times**'B**rings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary ReviewThomas Gainsborough (1727-88) lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empat... ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • Liberator Daniel O'Connell

    The Life and Death of Daniel O'Connell, 1830-1847

    par Patrick M. Geoghegan ...
    In this sequel to his critically acclaimed King Dan, Patrick Geoghegan examines the latter part of O'Connell's life and career. Daniel O'Connell, often referred to as The Liberator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. One of the most remarkable historical figures in Irish history, he campaigned for Catholic Emancipation, including the right for Catholics to sit in ... En savoir plus

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  • The Politics of Place

    Montesquieu, Particularism, and the Pursuit of Liberty

    par Joshua Bandoch ...
    Many Enlightenment thinkers sought to discover the right political order for all times and all places, and scholars often view Montesquieu as working within this project. In this reassessment of Montesquieu's political thought, Joshua Bandoch finds that Montesquieu broke from this ideal and, by taking into account the variation of societies, offered a more fruitful approach to the study of ... En savoir plus

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  • British Cavalryman 1792–1815

    par Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Collections Livre 8 - Warrior
    In the campaigns of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the deserved reputation of the British infantry has tended to overshadow the contribution of the cavalry, but in fact they did form an integral part of the army, carrying out duties crucial to the success of other arms. British Cavalryman 1792-1815 recounts what these duties were and examines the men who performed them. The ... En savoir plus

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  • The Age of Improvement, 1783-1867

    par Asa Briggs ...
    Collections series Silver Library
    The Age of Improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writing. Widely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and research. This second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by Lord Briggs amongst others, since its original publication. The book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises ... En savoir plus

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  • Dispelling the Darkness

    A Jesuit’s Quest for the Soul of Tibet

    par Thupten Jinpa, Donald S. Lopez Jr. ...
    In a remote Himalayan village in 1721, the Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri awaited permission from Rome to continue his mission to convert the Tibetan people to Christianity. In the meantime, he forged ahead with an ambitious project: a treatise, written in classical Tibetan, that would refute key Buddhist doctrines. If he could convince the Buddhist monks that these doctrines were false, thought ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • The Kings of Ayutthaya

    A Creative Retelling of Siamese History

    par Robert Smith ...
    Part fact, part fiction, part myth, and part legend, this book brings to life the kingdom of Ayutthaya from its roots in the kingdom of Sukhothai to its eventual destruction by the Burmese in the year 1767. It is the turbulent story of both the kings and their kingdom, from its birth to its downfall.Robert Smith retells the history of Ayutthaya by reimagining and dramatizing the exploits of its ... En savoir plus

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  • The Spanish Resurgence, 1713-1748

    par Christopher Storrs ...
    Collections series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
    A major reassessment of Philip V's leadership and what it meant for the modern Spanish state Often dismissed as ineffective, indolent, and dominated by his second wife, Philip V of Spain (1700–1746), the first Bourbon king, was in fact the greatest threat to peace in Europe during his reign. Under his rule, Spain was a dynamic force and expansionist power, especially in the Mediterranean world. ... En savoir plus

    $45.99 CAD

  • The Ascent of John Company

    From Traders to Rulers (1756-1787)

    par G.S. Cheema ...
    The Ascent of John Company is the story of the founding of the British empire in India. The process of founding empires is rarely, if ever, edifying. It is invariably a sordid story of brutality and violence, tempered to some extent by blatant lies, corruption, skullduggery and intrigue. Robert Clive and Warren Hastings, the two names that come most readily to mind when one thinks of the founders, ... En savoir plus

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  • Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio

    par Claude-François de Lezay-Marnésia ...
    Traduit par Alan J. Singerman ...
    First published in French in 1792, Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio tells the fascinating story of French aristocrat Claude-François de Lezay-Marnésia and the utopia he attempted to create in what is now Ohio.Looking to build a perfect society based on what France might have become without the Revolution, Lezay-Marnésia bought more than twenty thousand acres of land along the banks of ... En savoir plus

    $91.99 CAD