The 14th and 17th centuries
List the 14th and 17th centuries
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The carpets made in the 14th and 17th centuries are comparable to persian carpets in every wayour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeorigin: turkey dimensions: 364 x 273 cm very good quality hand-spun wool rare piece, no longer produced anatolian rugs originate from turkeycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesold with certificate imported in the '80s delivery by dhl, it is possible to pick it up on siteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe oldest carpets found in turkey date back to the 13th century and were discovered in the town of konya, which used to be the main production centre of carpets in turkey
604 €
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Oxfam bookshop skipton number of discs: 1 "this cd is a one hour, beautiful rendition of the original, where purcell combines styles from lyrical ballads of the 16th and 17th centuries with masque traditions in english music, absorbing italian and french influences from such as the early opera composer, monteverdi, to produce a masterpiece of early opera (even though it was an unfinished piece)based on a play by sir robert howard with a libretto written by poet/playwright john dryden, purcell's romance is not the sentimental kind, but his music seems soar into the heavens, or maybe it's coming from heaven!" (amazon review) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe intriguing and complex plot involves a peruvian (inca) princess, orazia; a mexican queen, zempoalla; and the mexican heir to the throne, montezuma
11 €
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It was later used by royal courts during the renaissance, and contributed to the increasingly brutal prosecution of witchcraft during the 16th and 17th centuriesbook bound in black cloth with metallic red and silver design on the front, title and silver design on the spine which is barely fadedinternal pages are clean and unmarkedgrey marbled paper covered slipcase, a little wear to open corner tipsit was written by the catholic clergyman heinrich kramer and first published in the german city of speyer insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop horsham an english translation of the best known treatise on witchcraft
35 €
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This type of pestle was used in the 15th and 16th centuriesvery beautiful heavy bell-shaped bronze mortar with original pestle from the 16th or 17th centurypestle 600 grams total weight gramsit has few signs of useour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemortar is clearly cast by a master caster and has a very nice patinathe lot will be sent carefully packaged and by registered mailmortar has a beautiful elegant design where lines in the foot and edge are applied as decorationmortar is in used but very nice conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesee also the description, from the book die mörsersammlung ernst genz on the photo5 cm diameter base 9 cmweight: grams length pestle 20 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe design of the pestle shows that it is a very old versionalso see photos for the conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
138 €
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Ivan mevrcio - antwerp - friar antonio de guevara, spanish writer and clergyman, one of the most popular authors of the renaissance (it has been estimated that his works were published during the 16th and 17th centuries more than 600 times throughout europe)parchment spine with titleof index, foxed pages, marginal bookworm (see the photos, please)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefirst part [- second part] 1st part, title page, 400 ppepistolas familiares de don antonio de guevara, obispo de mondoñedo, en las cuales ay cosas notables, razonamientos muy altos y curiosos, con exposiciones de figuras, authoridades, medallas, letreros, historias, epitaphios de sepulturas, leyes y costumbres antiguas, doctrinas y exemplos para todo estado de gente al estilo de marco aurelio, porque el author es todo unocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit’s quite possible that he wrote for him the important speeches he had to give: first, before the courts of monzón in response to the challenge of francis i (june ); and then in rome before pope paul iii in , on the occasion of his coronation as emperorthis is also reflected in the work for sale here, a first-hand document of the political and social ins and outs of the time of emperor charles v2nd part, 383 ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteadviser to charles v, his influence in imperial politics was importantlarge 8vo, 19 x 13 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiof index, facsimile title page on old paper, the first 32 pages are missing, the text starts in page 33
57 €
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Gies cosyns was a painter and painted mainly flemish landscapes, inspired in the style of the masters from the 16th and 17th centuriesclassic lithography professionally framedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe work shows a beautiful landscape and was named ‘maartse buien’this concerns circulation number 17these will be professionally and carefully packed and sent by mail with a track & trace codedimensions of the image: height 48 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletotal dimensions: height 78 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe artwork can easily be mounted on the wallthe work was signed by the artist (gies cosyns) by hand and was made in issue of 100 copiesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
55 €
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemypresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period
14 €
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4 baby guinea pigs which where born the 3rd august and they will be ready the 14th september but a little earlier for boars which will be when they are 3-4 weeks at the minute there are 2 sows and 2 boars but will check again at 3 weeks they will come with change over food
30 €
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Some page edge and board wear, jacket is cutafter him calvin, with his remorseless logic, may seem an unsympathetic figure; but here he is shown in his proper light as the great statesman and doctrinarian of the young churchthe protestant tradition stems mainly from luther, calvin, and the sectarianshe speaks with conviction and vigour about issues including religious tolerance and intolerance and the conflict between church and state; he closes with a plea for unity the churchluther was the revolutionary genius; because of his acute sense of paradox his teaching is difficult to understand, but dr whale's summing-up makes it a good deal easierthe sectarian movement was steadily gaining strength in england in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; dr whale examines its teachings and tells of its later developmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle first published in , this book was intended to offer a new interpretation of early protestantism and, against this background, a searching treatment of modern religious issues
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this fascinating new book explores what life was like during the templars' stay in somerset during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuriesthe final chapter explores the controversy surrounding a carved wooden man's head discovered in a somerset churchit reveals the struggles over land ownership in the county, and introduces the reader to little known historical characters including william de marisco, revealing his struggle with the templars, and claim to the throne of englandrichly illustrated and compiled using original research, this book is sure to appeal to everyone interested in medieval historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author has found compelling evidence to suggest the church was not only built on templar land, but had a connection with the grand master of the order himself
6 €
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The mahabharata was probably compiled between the 3rd century bce and the 3rd century ce, the original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries bceganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishtraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasabinding slightly-loose in volume iii & ivref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kprinted calcutta - kolkata indiaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationcondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiithese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagethis is the early edition of english translation in these volumescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (chis translation published as the mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa translated into english prose between and , by protap chandra rai (), a calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project it narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the kurukshetra war and the fates of the kaurava and the pa??ava princes and their successorsthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?awith original red cloth covers, slight bumped cornersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddenapprox 500 pages each volumegenerally good condition
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36 €
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforemancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erafrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter c
18 €
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English history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries often overlooks the contribution of ireland, scotland and wales to the formation of the british stateoxfam bookshop wallingford though british history and identity in the early modern period are intensively researched areas, the role of literature in the construction of 'britishness' is under-examinedprominent historians respond to the issues raised by the volumein this volume, a team of leading renaissance literary critics read a broad range of texts from the period, including plays of shakespeare, in light of british historythis collection opened up a different kind of literary history and has pressing relevance for discussions of 'britishness' see oxfam website for delivery information read morehistorians describe 'britain' as a multiple kingdom, with a long history of conflict
22 €
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Students and exegetes of the old testament and its individual authors and books will be introduced here to antioch's distinctive approach and interpretation by commentators reading their local form of the greek bibleincluded in this ministry were homilies on the old testament by john chrysostom and written commentaries by his mentor diodore and his fellow student theodore, and later by theodoretthough the biblical text was admittedly jewish in origin, "the text and the meaning are ours," claimed chrysostom; and the great bulk of extant remains reveals the pastoral priority given to this often obscure materialsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the period between the councils of nicea and chalcedon in the fourth and fifth centuries, the faithful in the churches of the ecclesiastical district of antioch were the beneficiaries of the ministry of the word from distinguished pastorsin the course of this survey, readers will gain an insight also into antioch's worldview and its approach to the person of jesus, to soteriology, morality and spirituality
70 €
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The story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookhis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, inexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back coversoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impassenoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosain an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african societyinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai riverssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
10 €
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus by om books international the sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faithbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only £10the year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhism
10 €
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Paperback - good condition - 333 pages this is the story of the making of england in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which king alfred the great, his son and grandson defeated the danish vikings who had invaded and occupied three of england’s four kingdomsby now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wallabove all, though, he wishes to recover his father’s land, the enchanting fort of bebbanburg by the wild northern seathe story is seen through the eyes of uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the northmen begin their assault on wessex (alfred’s kingdom and the last territory in english hands) uhtred almost thinks of himself as a danethis thrilling adventure—based on existing records of bernard cornwell’s ancestors—depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on christian england, an assault that came very close to destroying englandhe certainly has no love for alfred, whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for viking savagery, yet when alfred unexpectedly defeats the danes and the danes themselves turn on uhtred, he is finally forced to choose sides
1 €
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The sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faithbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only £10 read moresikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurusthe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhism
10 €
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This is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriesoxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and control
40 €
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Oxfam bookshop preston the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries witnessed the transformation of the old rural order to the modern class societywhile historians have studied this transition as it occurred in individual countries, jerome blum offers the first view of it as a european experience that transcended political frontiersthis book is in very good condition for its age, with clean, white pages throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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Oxfam shop clitheroe the only book of its kind in any language, travel in the ancient world offers a lively, comprehensive history of ancient travel, from the first egyptian voyages recorded in old kingdom inscriptions through greek and roman times to the christian pilgrimages of the fourth and sixth centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morerich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the author
15 €
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth this book is about the homes of the rural poor during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in particular the materials, techniques and processes used to build themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is based on evidence derived from the buildings themselves,documents and contemporary descriptions
35 €
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The oxford handbook of modern and contemporary american poetry provides a comprehensive approach to the debates that have defined the study of american verse of the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesboards and dust wrapper in very good conditiontopics include: the influence of jazz on beat poetry; surrealist influences on american verse; disability poetics; asian american poetry; and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, first edition, oxford university press
25 €
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock twenty-four italian songs and arias of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries arranged for the medium high voice and piano very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreslight damage from label at top right corner of cover and very slight marking on back coverschirmer's library of musical classics volumecover and pages clean and tightly bound
6 €
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Very good dark impression printed on laid 17th century paper with a watermarkpublished by blaise de vigenore in paristhe nile with his many children and in the back neptune riding on a shell with seahorsesthe rivergod the nile and neptuneour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedelivered in a museum passepartoutcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableon the back an ornamental woodcut with angels, sun and stars, allegory of fireplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefrom "les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux philostrates sophistes grecs"engraved by leonard gaulthier (), who worked in parisin perfect condition, complete sheet with a text in poemare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
58 €
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Ultra rare albums by famous dutch bands shocking blue, the motions and earth & fire the albums: shocking blue ?– at home label: penny farthing ?– pels 500, penny farthing ?– pelsearth & fire were able to make some great albums in the processplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetheir biggest international hit was "weekend", a number one single in the netherlands, switzerland, germany, denmark and portugalare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitheir first single hit the dutch top 40 inpink labels with bicycle logomanufactured by philips records ltdformed in the netherlands by twin brothers chris and gerard koerts, and most popular in the s when fronted by singer jerney kaagman, earth and fire had many chart topping hits in the netherlands and elsewhere in europe, though they never gained much popularity in the united kingdom or the americasthe early atlantis () and song of the marching children (), are recommendedformed in by former the motions guitarist robbie van leeuwen500 format: vinyl, lp, album country: uk released:v genre: rock, pop, folk, world, & country style: pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock notes comes in a front-laminated flipback coverthey were formed out of the remnants of ritchie clark and the ricochets in and went on to become hitmakers for the next several years in the '60sshortly thereafter, mariska veres came as lead vocalistcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe pictures are part and supplement to the description and condition of the offered objectthe motions ?– terug in de tijd label: negram ?– hjn 205 format: vinyl, lp, compilation country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: beat quality: vinyl: vg+ (some hairlines) cover: vg+ (name written on backside) the motions profile: the motions from the hague were one of the bigger groups of the s dutch beat explosionin and , the group enjoyed a worldwide chart success with “venus”, followed by several other hit singlesearth and fire ?– atlantis label: polydor ?– format: vinyl, lp, album, gatefold, first press country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: prog rock, symphonic rock notes all songs published by new dayglow music, hilversumon cover, second on labelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storequality: vinyl: vg++ cover: vg++ (small sticker damage) earth & fire profile: earth and fire were a dutch progressive and symphonic rock band who over time evolved into a pop groupsee pictures for detailsprinted and made by garrod & lofthouse ltdmanufactured and distributed by philips records quality: vinyl: vg+ (some hairlines) cover: vg+ (name written on backside) shocking blue profile: dutch rock group? includes insert with lyrics, etc
43 €
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This is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warwrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedthe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economyendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point eresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablebut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerthe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economy
22 €
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History of the world kids book the americas and the pacific, new, very good condition, free postage
3 €
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The best of the mamas and the papas cd good condition read more
3 €
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This is a stunningly beautiful coffee table bookif the love the pacific islands, you will love this bookstill a gorgeous bookcovers hawaii, the cook islands, samoa, tonga, fiji, easter island, aotearoa (new zealand) and on across polynesiathe book is newpolynesia: the mark and carolyn blackburn collection of polynesian arthigh quality paper and printinglavishly produced, richly colour illustrated/photographsbut without the paper cover sleeve, reason for it being is incredibly reasonably priced
75 €