The Wars of the Roses raged from 1455 to 1485 - the longest period of civil war in English history. They barely affected the daily routine of the civilian population, yet for the leaders of the opposi
The Wars of the Roses raged from 1455 to 1485 - the longest period of civil war in English history. They barely affected the daily routine of the civilian population, yet for the leaders of the opposi
This is the first biography of Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522) in English, based upon the new critical edition of his correspondence. Reuchlin became most famous as the Catholic defender of Jewish books a
In these books, Peter Dennis sets the paper soldiers of the 19th century marching again across the war games tables of the 21st. All the troop types of the wars are represented in full color in a form
The law of energy and natural resources has always had a strong focus on property as one of its components, but there are relatively few comparative, book-length treatments of both property law and en
This selection of papers by major scholars introduces students to the history of the book in the West from late Antiquity to the publication of the Gutenberg Bible and the beginning of the print revol
In commemoration of the five hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the death of Fra Angelico (about 1395-1455), one of the foremost artists of the Italian Renaissance, The Metropolitan Museum of Art set
The great Venetian sculptors of the High Renaissance, led by Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455?1532), explored a poetic and nostalgic approach to classical antiquity in their work. Their expression shares much
Roughly fifteen years after Gutenburg printed the first book in Maintz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized as among the most beautiful typefaces ever create
England, 1455: a kingdom on the brink of civil war. The Red Rose: King Henry of Lancaster's days are numbered. Deemed unfit for rule, even by his own mother, he surely cannot last on the throne for l
The important contribution of Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1455-1517) to polyphonic settings of the proper of the mass has long been recognised. The monumental posthumously published collection of his work in
The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were a major turning point in English history. But the underlying causes for the successive upheavals have been hotly contested by historians ever since. In this origi
Much myth and fantasy surrounds the events of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485): a bloody and prolonged dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster. Terence Wise's fascinating text lays
A Florentine painter who took Dominican vows, Fra Angelico (1400-1455) approached his work as a largely theological project. For him, the problems of representing the unrepresentable, of portraying th
A guide to the historical sites associated with the Wars of the Roses?The Wars of the Roses (1455?85) saw the end of Plantagenet rule in England & Wales, and the accession of the Tudor dynasty to
The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485, four kings, including Richard III, lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield, and thousa
The battle of Bosworth effectively put an end to the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485). Guiding the reader from the campaign’s origins to its aftermath, and covering the com
Accompanying the exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, this catalog explores one of the most important artists of the Renaissance. Fra Angelico (c. 1395–1455) transformed painting
1455～1485年的英格蘭內戰，史無前例地激發了作家們的創作靈感，從威廉·莎士比亞的一系列歷史劇，到喬治·R.R.馬丁的《冰與火之歌》。這場長達30年的王室權力之爭被後世稱為“玫瑰戰爭”，而這一確切名稱是1829年歷史小說家沃爾特·斯科特爵士（Sir Walter Scott）提出的。衝突雙方均為國王愛德華三世的後裔——以紅玫瑰為紋章的蘭開斯特家族和以白玫瑰為紋章的約克家族。雖然玫瑰戰爭這個名字
Art historian Spike provides fresh insights into the life and work of the Dominican friar Fra Angelico (1400?-1455) who succeeded Masaccio as the foremost painter of the early Renaissance in Italy. Th
