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Imagine being thrust from the comforts of modern life into the raw, unpredictable world of Medieval Europe—where every decision could mean the difference between survival and disaster. How Not to Die in Medieval Europe is your essential companion for navigating this perilous era, packed with practical advice, historical insight, and actionable survival strategies. From the political intrigue of feudal courts to the daily dangers of crowded marketplaces and treacherous rural roads, this guide covers: Securing food, shelter, and health in a world where resources are scarce and disease is ...

Known as "The Scourge of Princes" by some and labeled a rogue and scoundrel by others, Pietro Aretino, a sixteenth-century figure, emerges in this new biography as a multifaceted character. He was a poet, satirist, journalist, publicist, propagandist, art critic, social climber, lothario, pornographer, and blackmailer of Kings, Popes, and Emperors. Aretino's astonishing life journey began as the penniless son of a cobbler and a town harlot, but he quickly rose to captivate Pope Leo X, provoke Pope Adrian VI with his acerbic pasquinades, and befriend Pope Clement VII. Knighted by the Knights...

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous generations. Friedrich Kramer, an intrepid German engineer, revolutionises railway and communication technologies in early 20th century China and Namibia, unknowingly setting the stage for international espionage and warfare. His son, grappling with the shadows of World War Two, seeks redemption and a new start in Australia, only for his son, Michael to confront his own battlefield in Vietnam. Each generation wrestles with the legacies of the past, forging their paths in a world that refuses to...

DEBUNKING HOLOCAUST DENIAL THEORIES: Two Non-Jews Affirm the Historicity of the Nazi Genocide, by independent researchers and filmmakers James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by Holocaust survivor Hetty E. Verolme (author of The Children's House of Belsen), aims to end the denial once and for all by tackling the bizarre phenomenon head-on. Written in close consultation with Holocaust survivors and World War Two historians, no stone is left unturned in meticulously verifying the historical facts of the genocide. The Morcans present a wide array of sources including Nazi documentation, ...

A Landmark Translation of the Original Renaissance Quadrivium Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) was the last great Renaissance polymath—and one of the first global scholars. In the mid-1600s, he published his monumental three-volume work, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, which aimed to decode the ancient world’s symbolic language. This volume contains Kircher’s exploration of the Quadrivium: Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy—the four liberal arts of classical education. Drawing on ancient sources from Pythagoras to Plato, Kircher weaves a cosmological vision in which number, form, sound...

Remembering Anne Beach pulls back the veil on the challenges of research, the problems of gaps in archives, and the long process involved in constructing historical narratives. Through the tragic tale of an ill-fated couple and their disapproving families, this microhistory explores not only forbidden love but also marriage, illness, death, disability, and scandal in eighteenth-century society.

In a contemporary world blighted by conflicts and contradictory narratives tailored to sanitize or demonize the participating countries, we need a deep but concise understanding of the essence of the belligerent parties so as to make good judgements, appropriate condemnations, or carry out justified actions. It is along those lines that the writer is taking us on a vivid journey through the seven centuries of Polish history that defined the character of the nation, forged its identity, and established its relations with its neighbors in a manner that greatly determines its foreign and ...

This book gives a general overview of the transition of Anatolia from the Byzantine Rule to the Ottoman Rule. Pivoted around the Battles of Manzikert, Kose Dag and Otlubekli, one would see a gradual slide interrupted rudely by tectonic shifts. The book is a historic chroncle of the events from the perspective of the involving kingdoms - it starts with the rule of Basil II of Byzantium and ends with the rule of Suleiman the Magnificient during whose reign Anatolia lost it's complete importance. It is no more the border province on which kingdoms fought - it's the heartland immune from all ...

This book is a general introduction to the History of Russia focussing on the events which shaped it's history from the start of it's history till it became a power of note in the 1700s. Tracing the history from Rus Khaganate till Peter the Great, the book covers the history of three major players in the area - Rus Khaganate, Kievan Rus, Vladimir, Moscow and Moscow transitioning into Russia Lithuania and later it's successor states of Polish-Lithuanian Union and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Golden Horde and it's successor Khanates - Astrakhan, Crimea, Kazan and the Nogai Horde The ...

What does it mean to carry a culture in song? From mythic bards and medieval harpers to rebellious ballads, bodhrán beats, and Beyoncé-backed fiddles, A History of Irish Music: Bardds to Bono tells the story of Irish music like never before. This sweeping, lyrical history explores how music shaped—and was shaped by—the Irish people across centuries of joy, sorrow, migration, resistance, and reinvention. Travel from candlelit sessions in County Clare to sold-out stadiums, from sean-nós singers to TikTok trad stars. Learn how the humble fiddle survived famine, how Riverdance took the ...

Failed by tradition. Awake to new possibilities. When they lose their innocence, will these young women become fierce warriors for future generations? The Netherlands, 17th Century. The Maid knows fortune is a harsh mistress. When her father’s sudden death reveals the family’s supposed wealth is a lie, she puts on a brave face when her impoverished status turns her suitor’s eyes elsewhere. And despite her yearning to study herbalism, she volunteers to go into service as a maid to make ends meet. The Inspector’s Daughter feels safe in her insulated world. But after she meets her new ...

The dramatic untold story of Eugénie de Montijo, the woman who created haute couture, fought for women’s rights, opened France’s schools to girls and ruled the country as its last empress, yet today remains almost unknown.

The Roma illuminates the overlooked history of Romani individuals and communities throughout the world. By reflecting on her own experiences as a Romani woman, and the stereotyping, marginalization, and racism she has endured, Potter creates a full-bodied, far-reaching history of a people often maligned and misunderstood, and pays tribute to a culture and its traditions.

Discover the Real Viking History That Will Forever Change How You See Medieval Europe Forget everything you think you know about Vikings. This groundbreaking viking history book reveals the sophisticated civilization that existed centuries before the famous raids—a culture so advanced it shaped the foundation of modern democracy, technology, and law. The True Viking History Behind the Myths While Hollywood portrays Vikings as savage barbarians, archaeological evidence tells a dramatically different story. This meticulously researched norse history book uncovers: • Advanced democratic ...

A seaside scandal. A hidden smuggler. A Regency romance too dangerous to deny. Brighton, 1813. Elizabeth Bennet expected seashells and sunshine, not a brooding stranger who knows every hidden cove. Fitzwilliam Darcy is rumored a reclusive gentleman, yet Elizabeth spies him guiding moonlit boats through smuggler tunnels. When Crown agents recruit her to expose a seaside smuggling ring, she must choose: betray the man she loathes, or trust him with her life and her heart. Together they navigate ballroom gossip, treacherous tides, and a tension that sparks hotter than midsummer sand—yet one ...

Voici le livre de Loïc Prigent que tout le monde attendait : son histoire de la mode. Dans ce récit savant, personnel et aussi irrésistible que l'achat d'un vêtement superflu et donc indispensable, il dévoile la couture, du XIXe siècle à l'ouverture de la première boutique de Gabrielle Chanel en 1913. Des premiers grands couturiers (Worth) et des premières acheteuses stars (l'impératrice Eugénie) à l'industrie qui s'en mêle et aux débuts de la commercialisation de masse, nous découvrons les dessus et les dessous de cette folie française.

How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? Was the idea handed down from the ancient Greeks, or coined by nineteenth-century imperialists? Neither, writes Georgios Varouxakis in The West, his ambitious and fascinating genealogy of the idea. "The West" was not used by Plato, Cicero, Locke, Mill, or other canonized figures of what we today call the Western tradition. It was not first wielded by empire-builders.

After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend's apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt less like a risk than a necessity. What follows is a decadent, joyful, unexpected journey into one woman's pursuit of radical enjoyment.

A record of life in Poland before, during and after World War II. The memoir not only conveys personal experiences, but also explores momentous happenings of the time throughout Europe.

Más de un siglo después del hundimiento del Titanic, su historia sigue siendo un espejo de los desafíos y dilemas de la sociedad contemporánea. A través de un análisis profundo y accesible, este libro explora cómo la tragedia del Titanic se relaciona con temas actuales como la desigualdad social, la corrupción, la crisis climática, la influencia de las redes sociales y la lucha entre la cooperación y la supervivencia individual en tiempos de crisis.