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Genre/Form: | uppslagsverk |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gordon Campbell |
ISBN: | 0198601751 9780198601753 |
OCLC Number: | 186336253 |
Description: | xlvi, 862 s. : illustrations |
Contents: | INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITORIAL TEAM; THEMATIC INDEX; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE TO THE READER; A-Z ENTRIES; APPENDIX 1 (TABLES OF RULING HOUSES); APPENDIX 2 (PLACE-NAMES IN IMPRINTS); APPENDIX 3 (DATES AT WHICH STATES, CITIES, AND TERRITORIES IN EUROPE ADOPTED THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR); APPENDIX 4 (LIGATURES AND CONTRACTIONS IN RENAISSANCE GREEK); PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
Responsibility: | Gordon Campbell. |
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'Campbell's phenomenal achievement' is 'a mighty new reference work' and 'a major scholarly achievement'. Bulletin of the Society for Renaissance Studies 'Campbell has written this dictionary with three audiences in mind: the academic specialist, the student, and the general reader. All three will find much to value in this highly recommended work'. The Library Journal The book is a tour de force...the contents reflect an astonishing breadth of interests and competencies...again and again, topics that are either unexpected or far from the beaten track come to life in cogent, crystalline and instructive summaries. Times Literary Supplement Read more...

