Customer Review: Several theses discussing the much debated cause of the crisis of the 17th Century and whether it actually existed. Views ranging from solely economic attributes to lack of governmental flexibility to change with the times is argued as the sole reasons for the crisis. Some center completely on... more info
Customer Review: I have read this book, not for enjoyment, but for a course in Baroque art. Therefore I cannot say it was enjoyable. It is a good book if you are looking to see many works. The pictures are fairly good, although I HATE a book that depicts color art work in black & white photography. About 2/3 of... more info
Customer Review: There is some doubt surrounding the authenticity of the heart-rending love notes claimed to have been written by a cloistered nun to a French officer, the lover who abandoned her. Published in the seventeenth century, the four passionate letters filled a tiny, but incomparably-popular book measuring... more info
Customer Review: I have just read Richard Archer's newly published "Fissures in the Rock: New England in the Seventeenth Century." This wonderfully informative and entertaining work details how the people of seventeenth century New England, while often differing from one another when viewed close in, were at the... more info
Customer Review: Short tome to help understand an obscure aspect of European history. It is useful help us understand certain aspects of the psychology of those involved. It makes an interesting hint at the reason that so many women were burned but does not pursue that link of enquiry.
Customer Review: I don't know Italian, so I cannot speak to the accuracy of the translation. I can, however, comment on its quality: it is excellent. Having read one or two translations Renaissance Italian texts (i.e., Machiavelli's Discourses and the Treviso Arithmetic), I was expecting this text to be similarly... more info
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