by Tyr | Apr 27, 2021 | Religious Books
The names of Gustave Dore and Edouard Manet are often mentioned together in art history books. They both were born in 1832; they both died in 1883 – Dore even died on Manet’s 51st birthday; and they both had to endure their shares of negative criticism through life....
by Tyr | Apr 27, 2021 | Travel Exploration
Arguably the most famous travel book of all time, The Travels of Marco Polo might not even come to be were it not for Rustichello da Pisa, a romance writer and Polo’s cellmate during their imprisonment in Genoa after their fellow Venetians suffered a defeat in a naval...
by Tyr | Apr 27, 2021 | Religious Books
At the beginning of the 15th century, we find Europe in one of the least stable periods in its history. England and France were in the midst of their Hundred Years’ War; many local conflicts were also simmering, bringing along death, poverty and famine; and the trail...
by Tyr | Apr 27, 2021 | Religious Books
The Apocalypse of 1313 was made for Isabella of France, the wife and queen of Edward II, king of England. This volume belongs to a broader genre of Apocalypse manuscripts – the popularity of which peaked in the 12th century – and also to a class of so-called...
by Tyr | Apr 27, 2021 | Military War
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne The Essays Or, Morall, Politike, and Militarie Discourses of Lord Michael De Montaigne (1580; first English translation 1603) Montaigne’s Essays (Essais) are unique and even revolutionary in so many ways. In a single book, the author...
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