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Lorenzo Magalotti at the court of Charles II his Relazione d'Inghilterra of 1668 / by Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712

“…Great Britain Court and courtiers Early works to 1800.…”
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Visions of the courtly body : the patronage of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, and the triumph of painting at the Stuart Court / by Hille, Christiane

“…Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.…”
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Visions of the courtly body : the patronage of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, and the triumph of painting at the Stuart Court / by Hille, Christiane

“…Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.…”
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Court culture and the origins of a royalist tradition in early Stuart England by Smuts, R. Malcolm (Robert Malcolm)

“…Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.…”
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Court culture and the origins of a royalist tradition in early Stuart England by Smuts, R. Malcolm (Robert Malcolm)

“…Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century.…”
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Renaissance inquisitors Dominican inquisitors and inquisitorial districts in Northern Italy, 1474-1527 / by Tavuzzi, Michael M.

Table of Contents: “…Inquisitors and inquisitorial districts -- Conventuals and observants -- Administrators, courtiers, and academics -- Surveillants of minorities -- Witch-hunters.…”
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Renaissance inquisitors Dominican inquisitors and inquisitorial districts in Northern Italy, 1474-1527 / by Tavuzzi, Michael M.

Table of Contents: “…Inquisitors and inquisitorial districts -- Conventuals and observants -- Administrators, courtiers, and academics -- Surveillants of minorities -- Witch-hunters.…”
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Imperial Lyric : New Poetry and New Subjects in Early Modern Spain / by Middlebrook, Leah, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Sonnetization : Acuña, Boscán, Castillejo, and the politics of form -- Otro tiempo llore y ahora canto : Juan Boscán Courtierizes song -- Imperial pastoral : Gutierre de Cetina writes the home empire -- Heroic lyric.…”
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Imperial Lyric : New Poetry and New Subjects in Early Modern Spain / by Middlebrook, Leah, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Sonnetization : Acuña, Boscán, Castillejo, and the politics of form -- Otro tiempo llore y ahora canto : Juan Boscán Courtierizes song -- Imperial pastoral : Gutierre de Cetina writes the home empire -- Heroic lyric.…”
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A fleeting empire early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada / by Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership.…”
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A fleeting empire early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada / by Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership.…”
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Heresy and the politics of community : the Jews of the Fatimid caliphate / by Rustow, Marina

Table of Contents: “…The tripartite community -- Jewish book culture in the tenth century -- The limits of communal autonomy -- Qaraites and the politics of powerlessness -- "Nothing but kindness, benefit, and loyalty" : Qaraites and the ge'onim of Baghdad -- "Under the authority of God and all Israel" : Qaraites and the ge'onim of Jerusalem -- "Glory of the two parties" : petitions to Qaraite courtiers -- The affair of the ban of excommunication in 1029 -- Rabbanite-Qaraite marriages -- In the courts : legal reciprocity -- Avignon in Ramla : the schism of 1038-42 -- The tripartite community and the First Crusade -- Epilogue : toward a history of Jewish heresy.…”
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Heresy and the politics of community : the Jews of the Fatimid caliphate / by Rustow, Marina

Table of Contents: “…The tripartite community -- Jewish book culture in the tenth century -- The limits of communal autonomy -- Qaraites and the politics of powerlessness -- "Nothing but kindness, benefit, and loyalty" : Qaraites and the ge'onim of Baghdad -- "Under the authority of God and all Israel" : Qaraites and the ge'onim of Jerusalem -- "Glory of the two parties" : petitions to Qaraite courtiers -- The affair of the ban of excommunication in 1029 -- Rabbanite-Qaraite marriages -- In the courts : legal reciprocity -- Avignon in Ramla : the schism of 1038-42 -- The tripartite community and the First Crusade -- Epilogue : toward a history of Jewish heresy.…”
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Empress Wu the Great Tang dynasty China / by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Wu's sponsor becomes the second emperor of the tang dynasty -- Empress Changsun and a few of the courtiers -- Miss Wu becomes an imperial concubine -- The sons vie for the succession -- Selecting the crown prince -- Introduction to the crown prince -- Sent to a nunnery -- The new emperor reigns -- Empress Wang gets Wu back to the palace -- Empress Wang and concubine Xiao unite against concubine Wu -- Concubine Wu fights back -- The courtiers take sides -- Empress Wang and her supporters take a mis-step -- Empress Wang and the crown prince are removed -- Wu becomes empress -- From empress to empress dowager -- Advancing supporters and annihilating opponents -- Taking part in politics -- The pleasures of traveling -- Relationship with her children -- The empress dowager consolidates her power -- Standing at the top -- View from the summit -- Rebellions -- The largest rebellion -- The rebellions of the Princes Li -- Other rebellions -- Abuse of power at every level -- Picking favorites -- Naming a successor -- Empress Wu's favorites -- Relations with other nations -- Tibet -- Korea -- The Tujue clan -- Japan and Arabia -- Famous legends about Empress Wu -- Face reading -- Flowers blooming in winter -- Other legends.…”
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Empress Wu the Great Tang dynasty China / by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Wu's sponsor becomes the second emperor of the tang dynasty -- Empress Changsun and a few of the courtiers -- Miss Wu becomes an imperial concubine -- The sons vie for the succession -- Selecting the crown prince -- Introduction to the crown prince -- Sent to a nunnery -- The new emperor reigns -- Empress Wang gets Wu back to the palace -- Empress Wang and concubine Xiao unite against concubine Wu -- Concubine Wu fights back -- The courtiers take sides -- Empress Wang and her supporters take a mis-step -- Empress Wang and the crown prince are removed -- Wu becomes empress -- From empress to empress dowager -- Advancing supporters and annihilating opponents -- Taking part in politics -- The pleasures of traveling -- Relationship with her children -- The empress dowager consolidates her power -- Standing at the top -- View from the summit -- Rebellions -- The largest rebellion -- The rebellions of the Princes Li -- Other rebellions -- Abuse of power at every level -- Picking favorites -- Naming a successor -- Empress Wu's favorites -- Relations with other nations -- Tibet -- Korea -- The Tujue clan -- Japan and Arabia -- Famous legends about Empress Wu -- Face reading -- Flowers blooming in winter -- Other legends.…”
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Histories of the Middle East studies in Middle Eastern society, economy and law in honor of A.L. Udovitch /

Table of Contents: “…Powers -- The view from the south : the maps of the book of curiosities and the commercial revolution of the eleventh century / Yossef Rapoport -- From artisan to courtier : sufism and social mobility in fifteenth-century Egypt / Adam Sabra -- Mini-dramas by the water : on irrigation rights and disputes in fifteenth-century Damascus / Boaz Shoshan -- Army economics : an early papyrus letter related to 'ata' payments / Petra M. …”
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Histories of the Middle East studies in Middle Eastern society, economy and law in honor of A.L. Udovitch /

Table of Contents: “…Powers -- The view from the south : the maps of the book of curiosities and the commercial revolution of the eleventh century / Yossef Rapoport -- From artisan to courtier : sufism and social mobility in fifteenth-century Egypt / Adam Sabra -- Mini-dramas by the water : on irrigation rights and disputes in fifteenth-century Damascus / Boaz Shoshan -- Army economics : an early papyrus letter related to 'ata' payments / Petra M. …”
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Contested spaces of nobility in early modern Europe

Table of Contents: “…Coolidge -- Inventing the courtier in early sixteenth century Portugal / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Sepulchral monuments as a means of communicating social and political power of nobles in early modern Russia / Cornelia Soldat -- Il monastero nuovo : cloistered women of the Medici court / Katherine L. …”
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'Triumphs of English' : Henry Parker, Lord Morley, translator to the Tudor court : new essays in interpretation /

Table of Contents: “…/ Jeremy Maule -- Morley's translations from Roman philosophers and English courtier literature / David R. Carlson -- The sacrifice of Lady Rochford : Henry Parker, Lord Morley's translation of De claris mulieribus / James Simpson -- Lord Morley's Tryumphes of Petrarcke : reading spectacles / Marie Axton -- Lord Morley's 'Ryding ryme' and the origins of modern English versification / Susanne Woods -- Epilogue. …”
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Contested spaces of nobility in early modern Europe

Table of Contents: “…Coolidge -- Inventing the courtier in early sixteenth century Portugal / Susannah Humble Ferreira -- Sepulchral monuments as a means of communicating social and political power of nobles in early modern Russia / Cornelia Soldat -- Il monastero nuovo : cloistered women of the Medici court / Katherine L. …”
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