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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “william caferro”
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  • Mercenaries and Their Masters

    Warfare in Renaissance Italy

    by Michael Mallett, William Caferro ...
    The eminent Renaissance historian's classic study of warfare between Italian city-states between the 13th and 16th centuries.Michael Mallett's lucid account of the age of the condottieri—or mercenary captains of fortune—and of the soldiers who fought under them is set in the wider context of the Italian society of the time and of the warring city-states who employed them. Mallett presents a ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cultures of Exchange

    Mercantile Mentalities between Italy & the World (XII–XVI c.)

    Edited by Susanna Barsella, William Caferro, Germano Maifreda ...
    Series series Toronto Italian Studies
    Cultures of Exchange examines the mercantile culture of the Italian peninsula, whose wealth and geographic location made it a focal point of cultural exchange in the Mediterranean. The volume explores the integration of the peninsula into international and global networks, the effect on societal structures and attitudes, and the role in the transfer and reception of knowledge, goods, and peoples ... Read more

    $86.39 USD

  • Contesting the Renaissance

    by William Caferro ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $95.00 USD

  • Rebel Economies

    Warlords, Insurgents, Humanitarians

    by Clémence Pinaud, Jonathan Benthall, William Caferro, Gilles Carbonnier, Christopher Cramer, Zachariah Mampilly, Edward McCord, Didier Fassin, Nicola Di Cosmo0, Philippe Le Billon2 ...
    As a pervasive occurrence in the contemporary world, wars and their economic sources are defining social and political processes in a variety of national and transnational contexts. Rebel Economies: Warlords, Insurgents, Humanitarians explores historical, anthropological and political dimensions of war economies by non-state actors across different periods and regions, while presenting their ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • John Hawkwood

    An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy

    by William Caferro ...
    Winner, 2008 Otto Gründler Book Prize, The Medieval InstituteWinner, 2008 Otto Gründler Book Prize, The Medieval InstituteNotorious for his cleverness and daring, John Hawkwood was the most feared mercenary in early Renaissance Italy. Born in England, Hawkwood began his career in France during the Hundred Years' War and crossed into Italy with the famed White Company in 1361. From that time until ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Teaching History

    by William Caferro ...
    A practical and engaging guide to the art of teaching historyWell-grounded in scholarly literature and practical experience, Teaching History offers an instructors’ guide for developing and teaching classroom history. Written in the author’s engaging (and often humorous) style, the book discusses the challenges teachers encounter, explores effective teaching strategies, and offers insight for ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Broken Lights and Mended Lives

    Theology and Common Life in the Early Church

    by William Caferro ...
    A discussion by a broadly respected authority of the complicated relationship between theology and ordinary life in the early church. The first section of the book scrutinizes theology with a view to understanding its bearing upon Christian understandings of life (the theological “stories” of Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine). The second section examines aspects of ordinary life and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Petrarch's War

    Florence and the Black Death in Context

    by William Caferro ...
    This revisionist account of the economic, literary and social history of Florence in the immediate aftermath of the Black Death connects warfare with the plague narrative. Organised around Petrarch's 'war' against the Ubaldini clan of 1349–1350, which formed the prelude to his meeting and friendship with Boccaccio, William Caferro's work examines the institutional and economic effects of the war, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Routledge History of the Renaissance

    Edited by William Caferro ...
    Series series Routledge Histories
    Drawing together the latest research in the field, The Routledge History of the Renaissance treats the Renaissance not as a static concept, but as one of ongoing change within an international framework. It takes as its unifying theme the idea of exchange and interchange through the movement of goods, ideas, disease and people, across social, religious, political and physical boundaries.Covering a ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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    The Rise and Fall of Rome's Saviour

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  • Medieval Maritime Warfare

    by Charles D. Stanton ...
    This sweeping history of maritime warfare through the Middle Ages ranges from the 8th century to the 14th, covering the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.After the fall of Rome, the sea becomes the center of conflict for Western Civilization. In a world of few roads and great disorder, it is where power is projected and wealth is sought. Yet, since this turbulent period in the history of maritime ... Read more

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  • Eager for Glory

    The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Conqueror of Germania

    by Lindsay Powell ...
    "The first biography of an important personality from the beginnings of Rome's empire" (Graham Sumner, coauthor of Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier).Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (Drusus the Elder) was the first conqueror of Germania (the Netherlands and Germany) and one of ancient Rome's most beloved military heroes. Yet there has never been a full volume dedicated to his ... Read more

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