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Product Description: Two Tudor historians here provide some of the first evidence of the reassessment of this period, a reassessment started by G.R. Elton some 30 years ago. They consider Thomas Cromwell's role in the Reformation; changes in the theory and practice of justice; the functions of the King's Council; the problematic nature of contemporary interpretation of scripture as authority for action; and the intellectual origins and influence of English Humanism...read more

Product Description: Glazed ceramics, through their physical resilience and social relevance, have become a persistent indicator of cultural contact in Southeast Asia for over a millennium of the region's history. This lavishly illustrated historical survey includes introductions to technical and stylistic aspects of the ceramic traditions of China, Vietnam, and Thailand, over two hundred illustrations of stoneware and porcelain ceramics, and an extensive biography...read more

Product Description: The achievements of the potters of South-East Asia have not been widely acknowledged in the history of the region, and were rarely seen by early writers as having a clear cultural identity of their own. This book provides an introduction to the histories of the glazed ceramic traditions of South-East Asia...read more

Shows and describes drawings, textiles, furniture, weapons, jewelry, and sculpture, and discusses the influence of European contact

Product Description: A collection of twenty-five essays by international scholars written to celebrate the contribution to the study of Indian art of Douglas Barrett, former keeper of Indian art at the British Museum. The essays are organized in five sections: Part 1: Early India; Part 2: North Indian sculpture; Part 3: South Indian sculpture; Part 4: Indian painting; Part 5: Islamic art...read more

Product Description: This book is about the politics and political culture of the "last decade" of the reign of Elizabeth I, in effect the years 1585 to 1603. It takes a critical and provocative look at the declining Virgin Queen. Many teachers and their students have failed to consider the "last decade" in its own right, or have ignored it, having begun their accounts in 1558 and struggled on to the defeat of the Armada in 1588...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Vietnamese potters combined their own native genius with elements derived from neighboring cultures, including Cambodia, Champa, India, and especially China. Yet their decorative motifs, glaze types, production methods, and perhaps even attitudes toward potting differed distinctly from those of China...read more

Here is a visual record of one of the great untold stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. For over 1000 years Indian cloths were traded for spices and the forest and mineral wealth of the East by Asian, Arab and European merchants. Including dazzling chintzes and expensive tie-die silk that was reserved for the nobility, these textiles served as diplomatic gifts, displays on festive occasions and as clothing for the populace at rites of passage and other ceremonies. John Guy draws on first-hand descriptions by travellers and merchants, on historic images of people and places, and on related arts to tell the story of the trade. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A short history of life in the 16th and 17th centuries under the Tudor and Stuart monarchs. This book covers events that changed the course of history, including Henry VIII's divorce and establishment of the Church of England, the colonisation of America and the Civil War between Roundheads and Cavaliers...read more

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Discusses daily life in ancient Egypt and examines the art, architecture, medicine, weaponry, laws, and religion of the Egyptians.

Examines daily life in ancient Greece and discusses the mythology, art, medicine, and philosophy of the Greeks.

Product Description: Magnum photographer Steve McCurry has beautifully and evocatively photographed the temples of Angkor in Cambodia, among the world's most impressive monuments. Published for the first time in paperback ,over one hundred of his images of the site are collected in this stunning book, which documents a magical world of carved gods, weathered masonry, tangled vegetation and orange-robed monks...read more