Internationally renowned author Robert Coover returns with a major new novel set in Venice and featuring one of its most …
Catharism was a popular medieval heresy based on the belief that the creation of humankind was a disaster in which …
"The glory that was Rome" has become proverbial. But John R. Clarke, a professor of the history of art, argues …
This splendidly illustrated book brings to life the ancient Romans whom modern scholarship has largely ignored: slaves, ex-slaves, foreigners, and …
Speak the Culture: Italy offers a rich and engaging insight into the events, people and movements that have shaped Italy …
The early seventeenth century, when the first operas were written and technical advances with far-reaching consequences--such as tonal music--began to …
Charles the Bold in Italy, 1467-1477 is the definitive study of the last reigning Duke of Burgundy's relations with the …
