17Th Century category: 857 books
Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia by Anthony Jenkinson and other Englishmen
With some Account of the First Intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by Way of the Caspian Sea
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Edited from the manuscript writings of Jenkinson and other agents of the Muscovy Company in the second half of the sixteenth century, and including correspondence between Elizabeth I and Ivan IV, and reports to Cecil and the Council. Continued in First Series 73, with continuous pagination. This is...
Empire and Holy War in the Mediterranean
The Galley and Maritime Conflict between the Habsburgs and Ottomans
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
In the century after 1530 the empires of the Habsburgs of Spain and the Ottoman Turks fought a maritime war that seemed destined to lead nowhere:: lasting peace was as unlikely as final triumph, in part because the salient feature of this conflict was a violent form of piracy practiced by the 'corsairs'...
by Luigi Russo
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 9, 2019
La presente pubblicazione raccoglie diversi contributi alla storia di Casagiove che il sottoscritto ha scritto negli ultimi anni su Casanova e Coccagna dai primi documenti scritti fino agli inizi del XIX secolo. Il primo capitolo riguarda i cenni storici di Casanova e Coccagna a partire dal 969 d.C....
by Luigi Russo
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Questa pubblicazione raccoglie studi e ricerche realizzate negli ultimi anni sulla storia di personaggi e famiglie di Capua fra XVII e XIX secolo. Si tratta di sette contributi eterogenei pubblicati per la maggior parte su riviste o su monografie sulla storia di Capua, riguardanti personaggi e famiglie di Capua fra XVII e XIX secolo.
The Windsor Beauties
Ladies of the Court of Charles II
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
"The Duchess of York wished to have the portraits of the most beautiful women at Court," Anthony Hamilton wrote in the Memoirs of Count Grammont. "Lely painted them, and employed all his art in the execution. He could not have had more alluring sitters. Every portrait is a masterpiece."
The...
by Linda M. Heywood
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
One of history’s most multifaceted rulers but little known in the West, Queen Njinga rivaled Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great in political cunning and military prowess. Today, she is revered in Angola as a heroine and honored in folk religions. Her complex legacy forms a crucial part of the collective memory of the Afro-Atlantic world.
by Alastair Bellany, Thomas Cogswell
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
A year after the death of James I in 1625, a sensational pamphlet accused the Duke of Buckingham of murdering the king. It was an allegation that would haunt English politics for nearly forty years. In this exhaustively researched new book, two leading scholars of the era, Alastair Bellany and Thomas...
William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)
Partners in Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting...
by Louis Bertrand, Ligaran
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "Cette conscience de lui-même, — de ce qu'il était, de ce qu'il valait, de ce qu'il représentait, — Louis XIV, est-il besoin de l'ajouter ? n'y atteignit que petit à petit. Il commença par aimer comme tout le monde, c'est-à-dire à la mode du jour, car il est rare qu'un adolescent...
Das ungleiche Königspaar
Der schiefe Fritz und die allerschönste Prinzessin
Language: German
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Die sechzehnjährige Prinzessin Sophie Charlotte heiratete im Jahr 1684 den brandenburgischen Kronprinzen Friedrich. Die ersten Kinderjahre verbrachte Sophie Charlotte im Hochstift Iburg (bei Osnabrück), bis die Familie in das Schloss Osnabrück zog. Manchmal wird sie schon auf Reisen mitgenommen,...
by Kevin Sharpe
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Leonora Christina Ulfeldt's "Jammers-minde" (Illustreret)
En egenhændig skiedring of hendes fangenskab i Blaataarn i aarene 1663-1685
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
Als ich im Sommer des Jahres 1858 auf der Insel Fühnen, unweit des Schlosses Egeskov, in dem Dorfkirchlein zu Quærndrup die Gräber meiner dänischen Ahnen des Stammes Ulfeld besuchte, fasste ich den Entschluss, meiner frommen Ahnfrau Leonora Christinas Andenken — des Enkels Pflicht erfüllend...
by Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2018
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Saint-Simon, qui fut l’un des proches de Louis XIV, est célèbre pour ses Mémoires, une oeuvre monumentale en vingt volumes dans laquelle il décrit méticuleusement, tel un journaliste,...
by Bies van Ede
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Het spannende historische jeugdboek ‘Vrienden onder vuur’ van Bies van Ede vertelt het verhaal van jeugdvrienden Eva en Evert. Tijdens de Tachtigjarige Oorlog belegeren de Spanjaarden hun woonplaats: het Oranjegezinde Haarlem. Maar niet alle Haarlemmers hopen dat de legers van Willem van Oranje...