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“michael s springer”

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  • Restoring Christ's Church

    John a Lasco and the Forma ac ratio

    by Michael S. Springer ...
    This book examines the struggle for Protestant consensus and unity through the work of John a Lasco (1499-1560). It is only in recent years that scholars have begun to recognize the importance of Lasco as one of the leading figures of the European Reformation, and a pivotal figure between Lutheran and Reformed theologians. The Polish reformer was among the most dynamic church organizers of the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Thomas Cromwell

    Servant to Henry VIII

    by Professor David Loades ...
    Thomas Cromwell was a self-made lawyer who served first Cardinal Wolsey and then Henry VIII. His time with Wolsey served him well in his work for the king after the cardinal’s fall from power in 1529. Cromwell’s time in office from 1530 until his execution in 1540 was one of the most crucial periods in English history. This biography explores Cromwell’s relationship with Henry VIII and why it ... Read more

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  • Basilica

    The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's

    by R. A. Scotti ...
    In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter's Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance masters—Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante—and enrage Martin Luther. By the time it was ... Read more

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  • Renaissance Architecture

    by Christy Anderson ...
    Series series Oxford History of Art
    The Renaissance was a diverse phenomenon, marked by innovation and economic expansion, the rise of powerful rulers, religious reforms, and social change. Encompassing the entire continent, Renaissance Architecture examines the rich variety of buildings that emerged during these seminal centuries of European history. Although marked by the rise of powerful individuals, both patrons and architects, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050

    Edited by MacGregor Knox, Williamson Murray ...
    The Dynamics of Military Revolution aims to bridge a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions in military affairs, suggesting that there have been two very different phenomena at work over the past centuries: 'military revolutions', which are driven by vast social and political changes; and 'revolutions in military affairs', which military institutions have directed, although usually ... Read more

    $61.49 USD

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  • The She-Apostle

    The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal

    by Glyn Redworth ...
    Before dawn one morning in June 1612, an elderly Frenchman took charge of a carriage carrying a precious cargo near Tyburn Fields, London's notorious place of execution. It was heading for a house in Spitalfields, where a wizened Spanish woman was waiting to receive the mortal remains of freshly-martyred Catholic priests. Her name was Luisa de Carvajal and this book tells her story. Born into a ... Read more

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  • The Mirror of Simple Souls

    by Margaret Porette, Edmund Colledge, O.S.A., J. C. Marler, Judith Grant ...
    Series series Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture
    When Dr. Romana Guarnieri, in a letter to Osservatore Romano (16 June 1946), announced her discovery that Margaret Porette (d. 1 June 1310) was the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, certainly a major French document of pre-Reformation spirituality, a sensation was created in the academic world. Although The Mirror is one of the few heretical documents to have survived the Middle Ages in its ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Books and Readers in Early Modern England

    Material Studies

    by Stephen Orgel ...
    Series series Material Texts
    Books and Readers in Early Modern England examines readers, reading, and publication practices from the Renaissance to the Restoration. The essays draw on an array of documentary evidence—from library catalogs, prefaces, title pages and dedications, marginalia, commonplace books, and letters to ink, paper, and bindings—to explore individual reading habits and experiences in a period of religious ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Evening's Empire

    A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe

    by Craig Koslofsky ...
    Series series New Studies in European History
    What does it mean to write a history of the night? Evening's Empire is a fascinating study of the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced, and transformed the night. Using diaries, letters, and legal records together with representations of the night in early modern religion, literature and art, Craig Koslofsky opens up an entirely new perspective on early modern Europe. ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Arma Christi in Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture

    With a Critical Edition of 'O Vernicle'

    Edited by Lisa H. Cooper, Andrea Denny-Brown ...
    The Arma Christi, the cluster of objects associated with Christ’s Passion, was one of the most familiar iconographic devices of European medieval and early modern culture. From the weapons used to torment and sacrifice the body of Christ sprang a reliquary tradition that produced active and contemplative devotional practices, complex literary narratives, intense lyric poems, striking visual images ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Prince Eugene, the Noble Knight

    A Historical Tale of a Noble Military Leader and European Politics in the 17th and 18th Centuries

    by L. Würdig ...
    Translated by George P. Upton ...
    In "Prince Eugene, the Noble Knight," L. Würdig masterfully combines historical narrative with vivid character development to illuminate the life and accomplishments of Prince Eugene of Savoy, a pivotal figure in 17th-century European military history. The prose is richly detailed, showcasing Würdig's ability to weave historical facts with dramatized anecdotes that bring to life the complexities ... Read more

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  • Making Space Public in Early Modern Europe

    Performance, Geography, Privacy

    Edited by Angela Vanhaelen, Joseph P. Ward ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
    Broadening the conversation begun in Making Publics in Early Modern Europe (2009), this book examines how the spatial dynamics of public making changed the shape of early modern society. The publics visited in this volume are voluntary groupings of diverse individuals that could coalesce through the performative uptake of shared cultural forms and practices. The contributors argue that such forms ... Read more

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