European history: Renaissance

"e;The Story of Perugia"e; presents the fascinating history of the beautiful Italian city, exploring it's architecture, people, traditions, notable events, and more.

John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442-1492) was a major magnate in fifteenth-century England.

Hanif Qadir is recognised as one of the world's leading specialists in positively transforming violent extremists.

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How could early modern Venice, a city renowned for its political freedom and social harmony, also have become a center of religious dissent and inquisitorial repression?

Eine Definition von mystischer Erfahrung bildet den Angelpunkt dieser Studie, die das kontemplative Gebet des Centering Prayer von Thomas Keating OCSO kritisch würdigt und weiterentwickelt.

Der Songwriter Leonard Cohen sang "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in".

Nach "Der Seher" der zweite Teil von Lars Muhls Reise hin zu Heilung und Erwachen.

Maulana Dschelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) war Sufi-Mystiker, Drehwirbeltänzer und ekstatischer Dichter des islamischen Mittelalters.

Dieses Buch soll als Arbeitsbuch dienen - es sieht sich als einführender und einfacher Beitrag zum Verständnis der 99 Göttlichen Namen des Sufismus.

Dieses Buch soll als Arbeitsbuch dienen - es sieht sich als einführender und einfacher Beitrag zum Verständnis der 99 Göttlichen Namen des Sufismus.

VERSAILLES VOM SEHNSUCHTSORT ZU STEINGEWORDENER GESCHICHTEDer Aufstieg und Niedergang des Prachtschlosses bei Paris vom Bau bis ins 20.

Praca z energi jest prawdziw nauk i sztuk.

Rescatamos los pensamientos que Francesco Guicciardini, el gran padre de la historiografía moderna, escribió bajo el título de Ricordi.

Or, why you might think people not like you are strange, and why they might not be.

From the bestselling authors of The Rise of Babylon and The ISIS Crisis, the essential guide for Christians about what Bible prophecy foretells concerning current events in the Middle Eastespecially the rise of ISIS and the resurgence of Russiawhile providing a way to find peace and hope in the face of end times concerns.

Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures.

The close links between forgery and criticism throughout historyIn Forgers and Critics, Anthony Grafton provides a wide-ranging exploration of the links between forgery and scholarship.

Many make the mistake of thinking because a thing is common, it is probably harmless.

The Burley manuscript is a miscellany compiled in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, unique in size and variety.

An interdisciplinary study of hair through the art, philosophy, and science of fifteenth-century Florence.

"Para Jacob Burckhardt es en la Italia renacentista cuando y donde florecen tanto el individualismo como la competición por conquistar la fama, elementos que transformaron radicalmente la ciencia, las artes y la política.

Die Welt erlebt eine Zeitenwende.

Durante los siglos XVI y XVII, la Monarquía Hispánica erigió, a lo largo y ancho del globo, el mayor imperio habido hasta la fecha sobre la faz de la tierra.

Education during the Tudor era was a privilege and took many forms including schools, colleges and apprenticeships.

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In 2002, armed Hindu mobs attacked Muslims in broad daylight in the west Indian state of Gujarat.

In the twenty-first century, humanity faces both unprecedented existential threats and remarkable possibilities for development.

Cuando Felipe II encomendó en 1567 el gobierno de los Países Bajos a Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, III duque de Alba, el experimentado militar, de sesenta años de edad, se puso en camino hacia Bruselas con un cometido claro: castigar a los rebeldes que se habían alzado contra el rey el año anterior, perseguir la herejía protestante y modernizar las finanzas del país.

A magisterial history of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern worldThe cultural epoch we know as the Renaissance emerged at a certain time and in a certain place.

Léon geht von einem streng materialistischen Standpunkt an die jüdische Frage heran: Nicht die jüdische Religion und Kultur erklärt seiner Ansicht nach, weshalb sich die Juden als gesonderte gesellschaftliche Gruppe erhalten haben, sondern ihre Rolle in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

Léon geht von einem streng materialistischen Standpunkt an die jüdische Frage heran: Nicht die jüdische Religion und Kultur erklärt seiner Ansicht nach, weshalb sich die Juden als gesonderte gesellschaftliche Gruppe erhalten haben, sondern ihre Rolle in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures.

'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESDANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREEFrom the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer.

On September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden declared "e;global jihad"e; on the West.

On September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden declared "e;global jihad"e; on the West.

Im Schatten mächtiger Kaiser und heldenhafter Krieger verborgen, übten die Frauen des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation eine unverzichtbare Macht aus.

The volume focuses on violence during the breakdown of East Central European states brought by one of the most violent periods in modern European history: from the start of the Great War in 1914 until 1923 when Europe, finally, achieved peace after a series of civil conflicts and interstate wars.

Sir,-The enclosed ancient manuscript I found some years ago in a grocer's shop in this town, of whom I obtained it with a view of saving what remained from destruction.

Through sections containing overview essays and reference entries related to particular religions, this resource explores the rise of religious violence, hate crime, and persecution around the world.

In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most popular empires in history.

The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom offers theoretical, historical, and legal perspectives on religious freedom, while examining its meaning as an experience, value, and right.

Twenty-first-century Christians in the West crave comfort, affluence, freedom from pain, and even power.

Working from the original Persian sources, translators and scholars David and Sabrineh Fideler offer faithful, elegant translations that represent the full scope of Sufi poetry.

Drawing on experience as an interreligious monk, Brother Wayne Teasdale reveals the power of spirituality and its practical elements.

Before a great discovery, the Renaissance scientists had to endure long days of working in sometimes unhygienic places.