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  • The Republic of Arabic Letters

    Islam and the European Enlightenment

    A Longman–History Today Book Prize FinalistWinner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year“Deeply thoughtful…A delight.”—The Economist“[A] tour de force…Bevilacqua’s extraordinary book provides the first true glimpse into this story…He, like the tradition he describes, is a rarity.”—New RepublicIn the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a pion... ... Leer más

    $20.49 USD

  • Thinking in the Past Tense

    Eight Conversations

    If the vibrancy on display in Thinking in the Past Tense is any indication, the study of intellectual history is enjoying an unusually fertile period in both Europe and North America. This collection of conversations with leading scholars brims with insights from such diverse fields as the history of science, the reception of classical antiquity, book history, global philology, and the study of ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • La Biblioteca Orientale

    Illuminismo e Islam

    Tra Sei e Settecento, una comunità pionieristica di studiosi europei realizzò la prima traduzione accurata del Corano in una lingua europea, ricostruì l'evoluzione delle arti e delle scienze islamiche e scrisse la storia dei popoli musulmani attingendo a fonti arabe: nasceva così la visione contemporanea della civiltà islamica in Occidente. Alexander Bevilacqua racconta una complessa storia ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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  • Pepyss London: Everyday Life in London 1650-1703

    Everyday Life in London 1650-1703

    Samuel Pepyss London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, yet growing and prospering. The Restoration in 1660 brought the reopening of the theatres, with women appearing on the stage for the first time, and the period saw the development of English opera and the first public concerts. Pepys lived through a time of ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Qur'an

    A Biography

    Series series Books That Changed the World
    A "timely and provocative" biography of Islam's foundational text: "The history of the book is a map of the world we live in today" ( Tribune-Review).Few books in history have been as poorly understood as the Qur'an. Sent down in a series of revelations to the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur'an is the unmediated word of Allah: a ritual, political, and legal authority; an ethical and spiritual guide; ... Leer más

    $11.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A History of County Galway

    A comprehensive study of Galway's history, culture and people

    de Peadar O'Dowd ...
    Peadar O'Dowd's A History of County Galway is an enjoyable, accessible and informative study of Galway's history. A comprehensive book that begins with Galway's geological formation, O'Dowd's study of Ireland's second largest county progresses up to the present day and is the ideal book for anyone interested in the county of the Tribesmen. Galway is the largest county in the province of Connacht, ... Leer más

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  • Priest of Nature

    The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton

    de Rob Iliffe ...
    He was the dominant intellectual figure of his age. His published works, including the Principia Mathematica and Opticks, reached across the scientific spectrum, revealing the degree of his interdisciplinary genius. His renown opened doors throughout his career, securing him prestigious positions at Cambridge, the Royal Mint, and the Royal Society. Yet alongside his public success, Sir Isaac ... Leer más

    $21.89 USD

  • A History of County Wexford

    A comprehensive study of Wexford's history, culture and people

    Brimming with vitality and information, Nicholas Furlong's comprehensive A History of County Wexford is an indispensable guide to Wexford's history, culture and people. Furlong starts with Wexford's first settlement and tells the story of Wexford up to the present day, looking at its Gaelic origins, its turbulence during Cromwellian times and its pivotal role in 1798. County Wexford lies in the ... Leer más

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  • Pirates 1660–1730

    de Angus Konstam ...
    Series Libro 67 - Elite
    This book gives an accurate picture of the pirates who sailed in the waters of the Caribbean and off the American coastline during the 'golden age' of piracy between 1660 and 1730.It traces the origins of piratical activity in the 16th century and examines the Boucaneer (Buccaneer) culture in Jamaica and Hispaniola. It details what drove individuals to a life of piracy, how they dressed, their ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Women, Education, and Agency, 1600-2000

    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
    This collection of essays brings together an international roster of contributors to provide historical insight into women’s agency and activism in education throughout from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Topics discussed range from the strategies adopted by individual women to achieve a personal education and the influence of educated women upon their social environment, to the ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

  • Cultures of Voting in Pre-modern Europe

    Cultures of Voting in Pre-modern Europe examines the norms and practices of collective decision-making across pre-modern European history, east and west, and their influence in shaping both intra- and inter-communal relationships.Bringing together the work of twenty specialist contributors, this volume offers a unique range of case studies from Ancient Greece to the eighteenth century, and ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • The Limits of Matter

    Chemistry, Mining & Enlightenment

    de Hjalmar Fors ...
    During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Europeans raised a number of questions about the nature of reality and found their answers to be different from those that had satisfied their forebears. They discounted tales of witches, trolls, magic, and miraculous transformations and instead began looking elsewhere to explain the world around them. In The Limits of Matter, Hjalmar Fors ... Leer más

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