Of the mission of Saint Francois Xavier on the "Bay of Stinkards," or rather "Of stinking waters" / Father Allouez -- On the hunting of the Gaspesians / Father Chrestien LeClercq -- The hunting of moose, of bears, of beavers, of lynxes, and other animals according to their seasons / Father...

Wine has held its place for centuries at the heart of social and cultural life in western Europe. This book will explain how and why this came about, providing a thematic history of wine and the wine trade in Europe in the middle ages from c.1000 to c.1500. Wine was one of the earliest...

Introduction : merchant culture in the material world of eighteenth-century China -- Courting the court -- Furnishing the court -- Collecting as a "collector" -- Luxury and lineage -- Materializing morality -- Conclusion : cultured and cosmopolitan men (tongren) : objects, merchants, and the...