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Edited by Takau Shimada (Senshu University, Japan) and Keiichi Matsudaira (Tokyo Denki University, Japan), this is a collection of thirty writings on the English landscape garden from the late seventeenth century through the eighteenth century, a period when the British picturesque movement flourished as a vital part of British cultural and aesthetic life.

Ordered chronologically from the time when the idea of the landscape garden was introduced, the collection offers the primary source materials on such gardens as Stowe, Kew, Blenheim and others. The set includes not only famous...

This bundle of 11 titles brings together a number of prominent medievalists who explore areas of medieval political ideology, societal convention and literary thought. The primary focus is primarily on late medieval Europe, with particular reference to fourteenth- and fifteenth-century politics, society and literature. Featuring such eminent scholars as Walter Ullman, Max Beer and Annie Abram, this comprehensive collection provides essential background and fascinating insight for any students of Medieval History.