Must a gift be given freely? How can we tell a gift from a bribe? Are gifts always a part of human relations -- or do they lose their power and importance once the market takes hold and puts a price on every exchange? These questions are central to our sense of social relations past and present, and they are at the heart of this book by one of our most interesting and renowned ...(展开全部)

The book relates to the Uzbegs and provides an account of their origin, antecedents, early exploits, conquests and finally the occupation of Central Asia in the sixteenth century. It is the first work on the history and culture of the Uzbegs in English language published in India. It is primarily based on original, contemporary and later sources though most of the available mod...(展开全部)

To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide—unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusable—a supplicant had to tell the king a story. These stories took the form of letters of remission, documents narrated to royal notaries by admitted offenders who, in effect, stated their case for pardon to the king. Thousands of su...(展开全部)

娜塔莉·泽蒙·戴维斯（Natalie Zemon Davis, 1928- )，著名历史学家，美国新文化史的代表人物，1978年起先后在布朗大学、多伦多大学、伯克利加州大学、普林斯顿大学等高校执教。曾任美国历史学会主席。现为加拿大多伦多大学历史学教授。戴维斯的专长为欧洲近代早期历史研究。曾因其杰出的史学成就，荣获霍尔堡国际纪念奖（2010）、最高等级的加拿大勋章（2012）以及美国国家人文奖章（2012）。被誉为“当今在历史写作方面最具有创造力的人之一”。

To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide—unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusable—a supplicant had to tell the king a story. These stories took the form of letters of remission, documents narrated to royal notaries by admitted offenders who, in effect, stated their case for pardon to the king. Thousands of su...(展开全部)

In the sixteenth century, the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent, resulting in the development of a number of local artistic styles in other countries. Artists were highly valued and richly compensated during this period, with many receiving lucrative commissions from pa...(展开全部)

This classic by a noted art historian focuses on French cathedrals of the 13th century as the apotheosis of the medieval style. Topics include iconography, bestiaries, illustrated calendars, the gospels, secular history, and many other aspects. "The most illuminating, the most informing, and the most penetrating book on the subject." — Bernard Berenson. 190 black-and-white illu...(展开全部)

This classic by a noted art historian focuses on French cathedrals of the 13th century as the apotheosis of the medieval style. Topics include iconography, bestiaries, illustrated calendars, the gospels, secular history, and many other aspects. "The most illuminating, the most informing, and the most penetrating book on the subject." — Bernard Berenson. 190 black-and-white illu...(展开全部)

A panorama of a whole civilization, a world on the verge of cataclysm, unfolds in this magisterial work by the foremost historian of eighteenth-century France. Since Tocqueville's account of the Old Regime, historians have struggled to understand the social, cultural, and political intricacies of this efflorescence of French society before the Revolution. France in the E...(展开全部)

Emile Male's book aids understanding of medieval art and medieval symbolism, and of the vision of the world which presided over the building of the French cathedrals. It looks at French religious art in the Middle Ages, its forms, and especially the Eastern sources of sculptural iconography used in the cathedrals of France. Fully illustrated with many footnotes it acts as a use...(展开全部)