A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders. Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, ... Zobraziť viac
Autoři odborné historické publikace přibližují dějinný proces vyjednávání angažovaných Romů se státními úřady ve snaze spolupodílet se na zlepšení společenského postavení romských komunit v Československu v době od závěru 40... Zobraziť viac
K výročí čtyř staletí od vymření Rožmberků, kdysi nejmocnějšího šlechtického rodu Českého království, byla uspořádána souhrnná výstava, která upozorňuje na politické, kulturní, hospodářské a zejména patronátní... Zobraziť viac
The Los Angeles Air Raid on February 24/25, 1942 opened an unprecedented chapter in the evolution of the U.S. Navy. In response to this incident, a covert research program to investigate the feasibility of exotic antigravity propulsion ... Zobraziť viac
Famed Czech Avant-garde photographer Jan Lukas snapped an offhand portrait of twelve-year-old Vendulka Vogl in March 1943. A friend of the Vogls, Lukas was saying goodbye to the family, who were soon to leave Prague for a concentration camp... Zobraziť viac
Armenian Genocide: History, Lessons, Consequences, is based upon archival documents and numerous academic publications. The book examines the background and causes of the mass exterminations of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire in the early... Zobraziť viac
Little Tibet is a name given to Ladakh, a beautiful region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir bordering Tibet to the east and bearing its influence. In the shadow of Great Himalaya, Indus Valley is inhabited by people of Tibetan descent. The book... Zobraziť viac
This is a moving true account of European society on the brink of war. A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched documentary traces and biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate cultural portrait of a world that is about to change forever... Zobraziť viac
In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the fourth and twelfth centuries, rulers had to find new justification for their power... Zobraziť viac
In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an ... Zobraziť viac
Anglická verze faksimile Jenského kodexu a komentářového svazku. Věrné barevné faksimile proslulého pozdně středověkého iluminovaného rukopisu z konce 15. století, jehož originál se nalézá ve sbírce rukopisů Knihovny... Zobraziť viac
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England... Zobraziť viac
Taschen; Taschen 25th anniversary ed edition (28 Oct 2005): TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! Famous Manuscripts... Zobraziť viac
Jacques Le Goff is a prominent figure in the tradition of French medieval scholarship, profoundly influenced by the Annales school, notably, Bloch, Febvre, and Braudel, and by the ethnographers and anthropologists Mauss, Dumezil, and Levi-Strauss... Zobraziť viac
Taschen - This book features the clash of the crusaders. It presents a rare 15th-century account of French crusades and pilgrima Zobraziť viac
'A vaulting triumph of a book' Isabella Tree, author of WildingBird migration remains perhaps the most singularly compelling natural phenomenon in the world. Nothing else combines its global sweep with its inherent ability to... Zobraziť viac
An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious-and still at large-serial killer Zobraziť viac
