Libros

Más de mil entradas con los intérpretes principales y secundarios más influyentes de la historia, desde el cine mudo hasta nuestros días.Todas las nacionalidades, todas las épocas, todas las corrientes interpretativas, los grandes mitos, figuras olvidadas a redescubrir, las nuevas promesas, (...)

Historia visual del Arte presenta la evolución del arte occidental, desde la antigüedad hasta nuestros días, en 1000 obras emble máticas de la pintura, la escultura y la arquitectura.Dentro de este museo ideal, el lector pasea par cada doble pági na como si fuese una sala dedicada a un edificio, un (...)

The book describes and analyses the early modern Swedish army during the Thirty Years War after the death in 1632 of King Gustavus Adolphus. At this time, military operations were handled by field marshals under the overall command of the Swedish Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna. The book expands our (...)

Austerlitz, Bailén, Wagram, Borodinó, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo son algunos de los nombres intrínsecamente asociados a las Guerras Napoleónicas, un conflicto que, a lo largo de más de dos décadas de lucha continuada, sacudió los cimientos de Europa, pero cuya onda expansiva se hizo sentir mucho (...)

Details the organization, arms, armor, dress, and daily life of samurai, soldiers, and commoners in Edo-period Japan.Tokugawa Ieyasu's decisive victory at Sekigahara in 1600 concluded the civil wars, confirmed his position of military supremacy as shôgun (generalissimo) of Japan, and inaugurated (...)

Tartesos ha sido, y es, uno de los temas más atrayentes y de mayor importancia histórica y cultural de Occidente y del suroeste de la península ibérica. Mencionado y discutido casi desde sus inicios, situado entre los años 1000-900 a. C. hasta hoy. No es una etapa histórica y arqueológica más en la (...)

The events which occurred within the German speaking part of the Holy Roman Empire between 1524 and 1526 have been described by historians as the most significant popular uprising on European soil of the early modern era. They took place against the backdrop of massive political, economic, (...)

The Elizabethan army has been disregarded, denigrated or derided: Shakespeare's portrayal of Falstaff and Fluellen bear more responsibility for this than any accurate assessment of its role in Elizabeth's reign. This book aims to provide a comprehensive explanation of the part that the English (...)

Castillos perdidos en la noche de los tiempos, grandes fincas de caza de la noblezafrancesa, edificios históricos cerrados al público, una fábrica abandonada, un antiguo orfanato en ruinas, una cárcel en desuso en colores pastel, un túnel oculto para proteger una colección de coches antiguos... A (...)

In autumn 1621, at a fortified camp near Khotyn (Chocim), in the Principality of Moldavia, allied Polish, Lithuanian and Cossack armies faced a large Ottoman army led by Sultan Osman II. It was the concluding act of a war that had started with the defeat of a Polish army at Cecora one year earlier. (...)

In October 1810, the Third French invasion of Portugal under Maréchal Masséna arrived at the Lines of Torres Vedras and his triumphal march into Lisbon came to an abrupt halt. Five months later a thoroughly demoralized and defeated French army retreated from Portugal and never returned.The Lines (...)

This book describes and analyses the Manchu, or Qing, army in all its aspects. The emphasis lies on the Qing army in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, because this is the time when the Manchu military system developed its own characteristics and reached maturity. Furthermore, having (...)

In November 1500, Ferdinand of Spain and Louis XII of France signed the secret Treaty of Granada. This agreement enabled Spain and France to easily conquer and divide the Kingdom of Naples in the years 1501 and 1502. The treaty divided Naples between the two nations, however disputes arose over the (...)

Este es el atlas de la Biblia más autorizado y actualizado que se puede encontrar, obra de un equipo internacional de prestigiosos académicos y estudiosos de la Sagrada Escritura. Da vida a las dramáticas historias, los carismáticos personajes y los misteriosos escenarios de la Biblia. Se (...)

The Honvéd War provides a detailed and informative account of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence from 1848 to 1849, a pivotal conflict in Central European history. Nigel Smith's work focuses on the organization, tactics, and operations of the Hungarian Honvéd Army, as well as the (...)

Confrontation of Kings presents, for the first time in English, the largest battle of the war of the Swedish Deluge (1655-1660). During three days of fighting, the Swedish-Brandenburg Alliance faced the combined Polish, Lithuanian, and Tatar armies. It was a clash between Western and Eastern styles (...)