Results for 'jane stevens'

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  1. A Deafening Silence
    1. Simon Farquhar

    A Deafening Silence

    CWA-shortlisted author Simon Farquhar reveals the stories behind some of Britain’s most extraordinary (yet somehow forgotten) murders

    € 27,50
  2. Siena
    1. Jane Stevenson

    Siena

    The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City

    I loved this book. Its narrative is rich, tasty, dramatic and full of surprises, exactly like the astonishing Tuscan city it evokes. Jane Stevenson is not content to stand back and admire Siena's manifold beauties but dwells fascinatingly on its various contexts and after-lives, endlessly alert to the place's singularity within the wider world of Italian history, culture and experience. The whole work, lavishly illustrated, does honour to its theme

    € 20,95
  3. Chicago's 50 Years of Powwows
    1. American Indian Center of Chicago
    2. Warren Perlstein
    3. Joseph Podlasek

    Chicago's 50 Years of Powwows

    € 27,50
  4. Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period
    1. Jane Stevenson

    Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period

    The first women Latinists lived in renaissance Italy. The new learning spread from there to the rest of Europe. The original purpose of teaching women Latin was diplomacy, but later women used the language in many ways.

    € 92,95
  5. The Light of Italy
    1. Jane Stevenson

    The Light of Italy

    The Life and Times of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino

    Sumptuous illustrations... Jane Stevenson's loving biography [is] the perfect tour guide to the past'

    € 20,95
  6. A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792
    1. Kelsey Jackson Williams
    2. Jane Stevenson
    3. William Zachs

    A History and Catalogue of the Lindsay Library, 1570–1792

    The Story of 'Some bonie litle bookes'

    This is the first study of Jacobean Scotland's largest library: the collection assembled over several generations by the Lindsays of Balcarres.

    € 247,50
  7. The 'Laterculus Malalianus' and the School of Archbishop Theodore
    1. Jane Stevenson

    The 'Laterculus Malalianus' and the School of Archbishop Theodore

    "This text, part of the recent discovered collection of texts, provides the bases of a complete reconsideration of the religious bases of Anglo-Saxon Christianity....Highly recommended." The Reader's Review

    € 44,50
  8. The 'Laterculus Malalianus' and the School of Archbishop Theodore
    1. Jane Stevenson

    The 'Laterculus Malalianus' and the School of Archbishop Theodore

    This is an edition, with introduction, translation and commentary, of the 'Laterculus Malalianus', a historical exegesis of the life of Christ, which appears to be the only complete text to survive from the hand of Archbishop Theodore at Canterbury, the first school of Anglo-Saxon England.

    € 130,50
  9. The Register of Edward Story, bishop of Chichester 1478-1503

    The Register of Edward Story, bishop of Chichester 1478-1503

    Edition of the register of a late-medieval bishop's register sheds fascinating light on life at the time.

    € 48,50
  10. The Fifteenth Century XII

    The Fifteenth Century XII

    Society in an Age of Plague

    Essays address plague and disease in the fifteenth century, as manifested throughout Europe.

    € 117,95
  11. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened
    1. Kenelm Digby

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened

    € 24,95
  12. The Railroader's Wife
    1. Bernice Medbury Martin
    2. Jane Stevenson

    The Railroader's Wife

    Letters from the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
    € 21,95