Die wissenschaftliche Revolution der Renaissance war kein plötzlicher Durchbruch einzelner Genies – sie entstand aus jahrzehntelanger Arbeit von Astronomen, Anatomen, Mathematikern, Handwerkern und Druckern, die gemeinsam tradierte Gewissheiten in Frage stellten.
Terrifying, compulsive, wonderful Daily Mail, Book of the Week An immensely knowledgeable and engaging guide The TimesA remarkable feat of scholarship and empathy Shelley Puhak, author of The Blood CountessAstounding .
The fundamental aims of this book are two: to explore the interaction between religion and secular society in the formation as well as the dissolution of just war doctrine; and to investigate just war doctrine as an ideological pattern of thought, expressive of a greater ideology.
In comprehensive detail Margaret King analyzes the activities of the patricians who were predominant in the ranks of the humanists and who made humanist thought a powerful tool in the service of their class and of the city itself.
Focusing on the work of Lorenzo Valla, the Spanish Complutensian scholars, and Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book examines the New Testament studies of the Renaissance humanists rather than their more frequently studied religious, moral, and political thought.
Professor Kent is concerned with one of the major questions posed by historical research on the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance: did these periods witness the nuclearization of the aristocratic family?
In this colorful depiction of daily political life in Baroque Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer argues that the lay persons managed to sustain a civic government under the increased papal absolutism of Urban VIII (1623-1644), who oversaw both sacred and secular life.
Between Friends offers the first extended close reading of the most famous epistolary dialogue of the Renaissance, the letters exchanged from 1513 to 1515 by Niccolo Machiavelli and Francesco Vettori.
Peter Godman presents the first intellectual history of Florentine humanism from the lifetime of Angelo Poliziano in the later fifteenth century to the death of Niccolo Machiavelli in 1527.
A vivid and visceral portrayal of the most famous naval battle in history, focusing on the human cost of war, by a brilliant military historian'A striking success' The Times'Fresh, original and brilliantly vivid' Telegraph'The best all-round book on the subject yet' SpectatorAt about 1.
Die Renaissance ist eine wirtschaftliche, wissenschaftliche, technische, gesellschaftliche, religiöse, soziale und kulturelle Entwicklung, die einzigartig in der Geschichte ist.
Discover a story 400 years in the making - the definitive biography of the man who dominated England in the first half of the sixteenth century'Engrossing' THE TIMES'In this excellent study, Thomas More is reborn as a complex, absorbing man' DAILY TELEGRAPH'[A] immersive, richly told account of life, death, faith and politics at the early Tudor court' SPECTATOR'THE definitive biography of one of history's most complex and often inscrutable characters' NATHEN AMIN'Significant.
An extraordinary work of historical imagination from the double Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, now a major TV series, this is Hilary Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution.
No disponíamos hasta ahora de un libro que explicase de manera completa la historia de la esclavitud de los moriscos granadinos, un vacío que llena el presente volumen, que relata la caída en esclavitud de gran parte de ellos, ricos y pobres, ancianos y niños, hombres y mujeres, arrastrados por el torbellino de una guerra declarada a sangre y fuego.
From Florence's baptistery doors to the Vatican's frescoed ceilings, Renaissance Italy transformed art through rediscovered classical ideals and technical innovation.
Schon kurz nach seinem Tod sind erste gedruckte Nachrichten über das Leben und Wirken des Sebastian Castellio (1515–1563) erschienen: Mehrere Einträge in Theodor Zwingers Theatrvm vitæ hvmanæ und die Gedichte des Paulus Cherler stellen die Armut Castllios einseitig in den Vordergrund.
[…] Como tiempo, el Renacimiento va desde (las bisagras) Dante Alighieri y Giotto di Bondone hasta el siglo xviii, aunque esto, todavía, es motivo de discusión.
Este libro rastrea la articulación de esa nueva identidad profesional: el "nuevo filósofo" o "astrónomo filosófico", dentro del ámbito de la Corte y analiza la relación entre esa identidad y la obra de Galileo.
Step into the brilliant mind of Sir Thomas More as he imagines a perfect world in Utopia - a timeless exploration of justice, equality, governance, and human dignity.
Praise for Joanna Hickson:'An intriguing tale, told with confidence' The Times'Rich and warm' Sunday ExpressWill his ambition be her destiny or her downfall?
Ricarda Huchs "Die Romantik", 1899 und 1902 in zwei Bänden erschienen, hier vorliegend in einer Gesamtausgabe gehört zu den anregendsten und interessantesten literarhistorischen Schriften des frühen 20.
