Based on original research, this book marks an important advance in our understanding not only of the fiscal resources available to the English crown but also of the broader political culture of early Tudor England. An original study of taxation under the early Tudors. Explains the significance of the parliamentary lay taxation levied on individuals at this time. Demonstrates the value of the mass…
Based on original research, this book marks an important advance in our understanding not only of the fiscal resources available to the English crown but also of the broader political culture of early Tudor England. An original study of taxation under the early Tudors. Explains the significance of the parliamentary lay taxation levied on individuals at this time. Demonstrates the value of the mass…
Based on original research, this book marks an important advance in our understanding not only of the fiscal resources available to the English crown but also of the broader political culture of early Tudor England. An original study of taxation under the early Tudors. Explains the significance of the parliamentary lay taxation levied on individuals at this time. Demonstrates the value of the mass…
Based on original research, this book marks an important advance in our understanding not only of the fiscal resources available to the English crown but also of the broader political culture of early Tudor England. An original study of taxation under the early Tudors. Explains the significance of the parliamentary lay taxation levied on individuals at this time. Demonstrates the value of the mass…
Блокадный Ленинград. В самом сердце войны встречаются два человека, разделенные столетием. Молодой аристократ из 1783 года и девочка, выживающая в аду блокады. Между ними вспыхивает любовь, но путь домой через машину времени окажется сложнее, чем они представляли. Смогут ли они преодолеть пропасть времени и войны, чтобы сохранить свою любовь?
В книге Е. Н. Никитина «Русский иностранец Владимир Даль» подробно разбираются важнейшие периоды жизни В. И. Даля: учеба в Морском кадетском корпусе, служба во флоте, учеба в Дерптском университете, служба в Оренбурге, Петербурге, Нижнем Новгороде. В Нижнем Новгороде В. И. Даль провел 10 лет жизни (с 1849 по 1859 гг.): служил в Удельной конторе, собирал материал для «Толкового словаря». Автор расс…
Книга «Дорогой папочка!» – это взгляд на жизнь великого русского артиста Ф. И. Шаляпина глазами его детей. Портрет, написанный воспоминаниями самых близких, – самый правдивый и личный: здесь нет лощёных званий и громких титулов, здесь есть только человек – живой и близкий. Восемь голосов поведают то, чего не прочитаешь в официальных биографиях: какие сказки Шаляпин рассказывал детям на ночь, как о…
This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery Provides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies around the globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Roman…
В нелегкое время выпало царствовать царю Ивану Васильевичу. В нелегкое время расцвела любовь пушкаря Андрея Чохова и красавицы Ольги. В нелегкое время жил весь русский народ, терзаемый внутренними смутами и войнами то на восточных, то на западных рубежах.Люто искоренял царь крамолу, карая виноватых, а порой задевая невиновных. С боями завоевывала себе Русь место среди других племен и народов. Гроз…
Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.
Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.
Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.
Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.
Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits o…
Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits o…