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  • The French Wars 1667–1714

    The Sun King at war

    par John A Lynn ...
    Collections series Guide to...
    Campaigns fought by Louis XIV, the Sun King, shaped the borders of European states, the destinies of royal dynasties, and even the patterns of absolutist government.This compact e-guide book presents an authoritative yet accessible and succinct account of these all-important struggles available today, covering every aspect of the wars from decisions made by the king at his palace at Versailles to ... En savoir plus

    $13.29 CAD

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  • 1688

    A Global History

    par John E. Wills Jr., Ph.D. ...
    "A totally absorbing book…imaginative and erudite, full of startling juxtapositions and flashes of real perception." —Jonathan D. SpenceJohn E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds of 1688, from the suicidal exaltation of Russian Old Believers to the ravishing voice of the haiku poet Basho. Witness the splendor of the Chinese imperial court as the Kangxi emperor publicly mourns the ... En savoir plus

    $17.19 CAD

  • The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068–1945

    par Darren Fa, Prof. Clive Finlayson ...
    Collections Livre 52 - Fortress
    Gibraltar, located at the meeting points of Europe and Africa, preserves within its fortifications a rich testament to human conflict spanning 600 years.In 1068 the ruling Spanish Muslims built a large fort there. Between 1309 and 1374 Gibraltar underwent a period of intensive building and fortification, and following the Spanish reconquest of 1462 the inhabitants carried out further works. In ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Thirty Years' War 1618–1648

    par Richard Bonney ...
    Collections series Guide to...
    More than three and a half centuries have passed since the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), but this most devastating of wars in the early modern period continues to capture the imagination of readers. This book reveals why.In this accessible, concise guide, Richard Bonney explains one of the first wars where contemporaries stressed the importance of atrocities, the ... En savoir plus

    $13.29 CAD

  • The English Civil Wars 1642–1651

    par Peter Gaunt ...
    Collections series Guide to...
    The period 1642-1651, one of the most turbulent in the history of mainland Britain, saw the country torn by civil wars.Focusing on the English and Welsh wars this book examines the causes, course and consequences of the conflicts. While offering a concise military account that assesses the wars in their national, regional and local contexts, Dr Gaunt provides a full appraisal of the severity of ... En savoir plus

    $13.29 CAD

  • The Ascendancy of France 1598-1715

    par Henry Offley Wakeman ...
    At the dawn of the seventeenth century, France stood at a turning point. Emerging from decades of religious conflict and civil war, the kingdom began its ascent under Henry IV, whose Edict of Nantes sought to heal the wounds of a fractured nation. From this foundation of reconciliation and reform, France embarked on a century of dominance, reaching the height of its power under Louis XIV. First ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The English Conquest of Jamaica

    Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire

    par Carla Gardina Pestana ...
    In 1654, England’s Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition: the conquest of Spain’s vast American empire. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expedition sailed to the West Indies, under secret orders to take Spanish colonies. The English Conquest of Jamaica presents entrenched imperial fantasies confronting Caribbean realities. It captures the moment ... En savoir plus

    $46.19 CAD

  • Cromwell Hath the Honour, but . . .

    Major-General Lambert's Campaigns in the North 1648

    par P. R. Hill, J. M. Watkinson, David Breeze ...
    Cromwell hath the honor, but Lamberts discreet, humble, ingenious, sweet and civil deportment gains him more hugs and ingenious respect.Much has been written about the first Civil War and the triumphs of Oliver Cromwell. Less is known, however, of the skirmishes of the second Civil War, especially in the north, or of the role and military prowess of the excellent young Parliamentarian commander ... En savoir plus

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  • Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and the British Isles

    Modifié par Kate Buchanan, Lucinda H.S. Dean ...
    What use is it to be given authority over men and lands if others do not know about it? Furthermore, what use is that authority if those who know about it do not respect it or recognise its jurisdiction? And what strategies and 'language' -written and spoken, visual and auditory, material, cultural and political - did those in authority throughout the medieval and early modern era use to project ... En savoir plus

    $89.31 CAD

  • European Contexts for English Republicanism

    Modifié par Gaby Mahlberg, Dirk Wiemann ...
    Collections series Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750
    European Contexts for English Republicanism offers new perspectives on early modern English republicanism through its focus on the Continental reception of and engagement with seventeenth-century English thinkers and political events. Looking both at political ideas and at the people that shaped them, the collection examines English republican thought in its wider European context during the later ... En savoir plus

    $107.17 CAD

  • The Changing English Countryside, 1400-1700

    par Leonard Cantor ...
    Collections series Routledge Library Editions: Rural History
    The period covered by this book, first published in 1987, was an important one for the rural landscape in England. The author describes and analyses the evolution of the countryside during the years which witnessed the gradual disappearance of the medieval landscape and the introduction of new farming methods and industrial techniques, thus laying the foundation for the radical changes that were ... En savoir plus

    $71.44 CAD

  • The British Fiscal-Military States, 1660-c.1783

    Modifié par Aaron Graham, Patrick Walsh ...
    The concept of the 'fiscal-military state', popularised by John Brewer in 1989, has become familiar, even commonplace, to many historians of eighteenth-century England. Yet even at the time of its publication the book caused controversy, and the essays in this volume demonstrate how recent work on fiscal structures, military and naval contractors, on parallel developments in Scotland and Ireland, ... En savoir plus

    $89.31 CAD