Silver from Early Byzantium: The Kaper Koraon and Related Treasures
Silver played an important role in establishing patterns of patronage in the Eastern Roman Empire, particularly in churches, which were endowed with large quantities of the precious metal, both as furniture revetments and as liturgical objects. This landmark publication treats one of the most impor... More info
The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume IV: The Medieval World in the West. From Cassiodoru...
Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 9781584561811). This work is the fourth part in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one... More info
The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume V: From Petrarch to Michelangelo.
In this fifth volume, the author writes about the re-evaluation of the ancient world: this set in motion a quest for the surviving works of ancient Greek and Latin literature, most of which were to be found in monastic libraries. He discusses the new schools and scholarly circles that were formed to... More info
The Ostend Story. Early Tales of the Great Siege and the mediating Role of Henrick van Haestens.
After the famous `Battle of Nieuwpoort` in West Flanders in 1600, another feat of arms was to follow in the same area: the Siege of Ostend, which lasted from 1601 to 1604. Maurits was, yet again, to play the leading role and, despite the fact that the outcome was less of a success for the young Repu... More info
The Shadow of the Crescent: the Renaissance Image of the Turk.
Can we learn from history? A timely problem in the light of the recent dramatic developments in the Middle East and the immanent threat of international terrorism.The from time to time uneasy relations between the Christian West and the Islam originate in the seventh and eighth centuries and took sh... More info
Thomas Basin (1412-1490), The History of Charles VII and Louis XI.
This `tale of two kings`, a remarkable historiographical achievement, earned Basin the characterisation of "one of the greatest historians of the fifteenth century". More info
VOC. A bibliography of publications relating to the Dutch East India Company: 1602-1800. Edited by P. van der ...
At the height of its power and influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth century the VOC - acronym for the United Netherland East India Company -was the greatest commercial concern in the world. The scope of its activities extended from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan. In some aspects, the Baltic t... More info
Western Travellers in China. Discovering the Middle Kingdom.
This book accompanied the exhibition "Western Travellers in China" held at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 28 October 2009-10 January 2010. For centuries, China has aroused considerable interest in the Western world. In this book a selection of 130 volumes from a large collection of trave... More info
Women in revolutionary debate. Female novelists from Burney to Austen.
In the later eighteenth and earlier nineteenth centuries novels were believed to have the power to shape and/or change behaviour, and, by implication, affect the political landscape of society on a large scale. The English response to the French Revolution can be traced through a reading of the nove... More info