How have artists across the millennia responded to warfare? In this uniquely wide-ranging book, Theodore Rabb blends military history and the history of art to search for the answers. He draws our att
This extraordinary book of verses by Hans Sachs and engravings by Jost Ammam offers a vivid portrait of city life in Renaissance Germany. Covering 114 ranks (such as "king") and trades (including "thi
Views the violent upheaval and unrest in Europe from the early sixteenth to the late seventeenth century as a quest for political, social, and economic security
With Renaissance Lives, Theodore K. Rabb revives a tradition of writing that was often practiced by the historians of that astounding era: to tell the story of an age by examining the lives of those
The Renaissance may have emerged out of the upheavals of the fourteenth century-but when did it end? And why? The renowned historian Theodore Rabb tackles these questions in this engaging and deeply
“What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?”In this companion to I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life the Dramatic Events that C
The essays in this volume direct attention to important questions on the relationship between food and history. Throughout human history, man has had to adapt and sustain himself by varying or expandi
