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How to be a Renaissance Woman
*A Waterstones Best Book of 2023**A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week**A New York Times Editor's Pick*'Terrific' SARAH DUNANT'Lively and intriguing ... You'll never look at Renaissance portraits in the same way' MAGGIE O'FARRELL'Highlights a rich tapestry of female experience that encompasses everyone from artisans to aristocrats ...' THE TIMESThis is the story of the Renaissance, but not as you know it. Discover overlooked and silenced women from this extraordinary moment in history and how they forged opportunities for creativity, community and resistance. From the bedchamber to the court, they give us an intimate window into what life was really like - and hold a mirror up to our contemporary obsession with how we look.'A witty and engaging history of cosmetics and beauty ... lavishly illustrated and hugely entertaining' IRISH TIMES'A total eye-opener, I loved it' NUALA McGOVERN
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Crescent Dawn
The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern AgeAn impressive account of one of the great contests in world history.
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The Notebook
A History Of Thinking On Paper: A New Statesman And Spectator Book Of The YearDiaries, sketchbooks, common-places, notebooks, ledgers and ships' logs: how the blank book changed the way we think, and helped us change the world.
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The Prince
A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithWorld-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political, and psychological thought are absolute must-haves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts.As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. The Prince, his tough-minded, pragmatic handbook on how power really works, made his name notorious and has remained controversial ever since. How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? When is it necessary to break the rules? Is it better to be feared than loved? Examining regimes and their rulers the world over and throughout history, from Roman Emperors to renaissance Popes, from Hannibal to Cesare di Borgia, Machievalli answers all these questions in a work of realpolitik that still has shrewd political lessons for modern times. Tim Parks's acclaimed contemporary translation renders Machiavelli's pointed original into language that feels as alarming and enlightening as when it was first written. His introduction discusses Machiavelli's life and reputation, and explores the historical background to the work.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Spycraft
A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination
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The Book of Eve
A beguiling historical feminist tale – inspired by the undeciphered Voynich manuscriptTHE BOOK OF EVE is a dark and twisting tale about a beguiling book - inspired by the Voynich manuscript - which has the power to transform the lives of women.
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Seks in de Renaissance
Standjes en standpunten in de tijd van Da Vinci (en wat we daar nu van kunnen leren)Liefde, instemming en genot: we hebben het er dagelijks over. Ook tijdens de Renaissance raakte men niet uitgepraat over seksualiteit. Sommige ideeën klinken ons nu vreemd in de oren, zoals de absurde leeftijdsverschillen tussen huwelijkspartners en het wijdverbreide geloof dat de baarmoeder zonder seks verstopt kon raken. Maar iemand uit de Renaissance had ook mee kunnen praten over slutshaming, of kunnen lachen om iemands ‘small dick energy’. In dit sprankelende boek laat Marlisa den Hartog zien wat de seksuele gedragscodes waren in de tijd van Michelangelo en Da Vinci. En hoe modern zijn onze eigen seksuele opvattingen eigenlijk? 'Seks in de Renaissance' biedt een uniek perspectief op een culturele bloeitijd uit de Europese geschiedenis. Den Hartog neemt de lezer mee op een tocht vol vervreemding én herkenbaarheid, en laat zien hoe geschiedenis uiterst relevant is om onze eigen tijd én seksualiteit beter te begrijpen.
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Fair Rosaline
The extraordinary feminist retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the point of view of Rosaline, the woman Romeo loved first.
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The Book of Miracles. 45th Ed.
A full, faithful reproduction of the German 16th-century manuscript of supernatural phenomena, and one of the most spectacular discoveries in Renaissance art. Blending Bible stories, folklore, and apocalyptic visions in rich, luminous detail, this is a mesmerizing document of religious belief, mystery, foreboding, and visual imagination.
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Spaces for Diplomacy
Prague, the Court of Emperor Rudolf II (1576-1612) and DiplomatsTomáš Černušák, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno; Jiří Hrbek and Štěpán Vácha, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.
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Ästhetische Akte Der Weltordnung
Maarten Van Heemskercks "Kreislauf Des Menschlichen Daseins" Und Die Antwerpener Festkultur Im 16. Jahrhundert€ 157,50 -
Unbewusstes aus Bildern der Renaissance
Unbewusstes aus Hauptbildern der Renaissance um 1500-1600 wird hier bei Carpaccio in Venedig, Dürer in Nürnberg, Michelangelo und Caravaggio in Rom experimentell beim Künstler, Auftraggeber sowie Betrachtenden untersucht und Psychoanalyse als Methode in der Geschichte kritisch reflektiert. Menschen zeigen sich dabei in ihren sozialen Beziehungen mit Liebe, Macht, Gewalt, Angst, Inszenierung in individuellen und gesellschaftlichen Situationen konfrontiert. Im Aufdecken hintergründiger Realitäten wird eine Selbsterkenntnis angestrebt, die Mechanismen von Scheinheiligkeit und Selbsttäuschung entlarvt, ohne damit ein Heilsversprechen abzugeben. Ein abschließendes Fazit lässt sich nicht finden, vielmehr werden unterschiedliche methodische Zugänge und Deutungen angeboten. Totalitäre moralische Positionen im Jüngsten Gericht bis zur heutigen Nachhaltigkeit werden kritisiert und eine offene Komposition einer Philosophie des Unbewussten als Klärung des Menschen im Universum angeboten.»Unter dem Strich bietet die ungewöhnlich angelegte Dissertation von Michael Barben ein beachtliches Quantum an wissenschaftlicher Einarbeitung, geschärftem Methodenbewusstsein und scharfsinniger Reflexion« - Prof. Volker Reinhardt
€ 48,00