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The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely shrouded in mystery. This misfortune touches even the most well-known royal woman of the time, Joan of England, the wife of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd. This first-ever account of Siwan, as she was known to the Welsh, interweaves the details of her life and relationships with a gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs, discussing events in which she may well have been involved but have gone unrecorded and her deployment of royal female agency.

On Christmas Day, 800, Charlemagne was crowned "Emperor of the Romans" by Pope Leo III. Under his guidance the Carolingian Renaissance flourished, with his capital of Aachen becoming a center of learning and artistic genius. The legacy of Charlemagne on European history and culture is monumental. Yet, within 30 years of his death, his empire had fragmented. Who was this legendary ruler? How had he managed to rule these vast domains? And why has his legacy continued to influence Europeans to this day?

Fourteenth-century Italy was chaotic: mercenaries swarmed across the land as competing city-states attempted to vie with each other for power, while pestilence and famine decimated populations. Into this cauldron was born Giangalezzo Visconti, a man who perfectly exemplified all the contradictions of his age. E. R. Chamberlin's The Count of Virtue is a remarkable study of the life and times of Giangaleazzo Visconti that provides fascinating insight into the political, social and cultural world of fourteenth-century Italy.

La conosciamo tutti. Ma la conosciamo davvero? Il suo marchio è su piatti, tazze, teiere, capi dabbigliamento, macaron e perfino bottiglie di gin. I francobolli con la sua effigie sono gli unici a non aver bisogno del paese dorigine stampato sopra. Il suo stile, borsetta al gomito e completi pastello, l'ha resa un'icona globale. Ogni suo gesto, sguardo o movimento è osservato, studiato, analizzato.

Karel IV. měl pohnutý život. Dětství strávil na pařížském dvoře, později se ocitl na italských bojištích, jeho cesta na trůn nebyla lehká a musel vzdorovat protivníkům i po dobu své vlády. Vládl v nesmírně složité době, kdy proti sobě neustále stály různé zájmy, denně musel činit nelehká, a přitom zásadní rozhodnutí. František Kožík popisuje panovníkův vztah k českým zemím, přibližuje zákulisí jeho diplomatických jednání s evropskými vládci, zabývá se i pozadím jeho čtyř sňatků.

மராத்திய மண்ணில் பிறந்து, தஞ்சை மண்ணில் ஆட்சி புரிந்து மக்களின் மனங்களை வென்றவர்! எல்லா செயல்களிலும் தன் பெயரை நிலைநாட்டி ஆளுமைத் தன்மையுடன் விளங்கியவர்! தமிழுக்குத் தொண்டாற்றியவர்!

What do George Whitefield, Elisabeth Elliot, and J. Gresham Machen have in common? They were all Evangelical Heroes. In the Evangelical Heroes series, Joel Beeke and Douglas Bond present thirty biographical sketches of faithful evangelical leaders from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.