In this vividly written, politically-oriented travelogue, Tom Klvaa offers a stark narrative of his decade-long travels to Cuba, interweaving a political analysis of the country's current state with a critical assessment of the ideology that has shaped its development.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, French colonists and their Native allies participated in a slave trade that spanned half of North America, carrying thousands of Native Americans into bondage in the Great Lakes, Canada, and the Caribbean.
This fascinating volume reproduces the letters and journal of Lady Susan Ramsay (1837-1898), the elder daughter of the Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856.
The focus of this study is on Oecolampadius's 1534 commentary on the biblical book of Hebrews, which derived from his theology lectures at the University of Basel in 1529-1530.
Religionen- und konfessionenübergreifende Zusammenarbeit (RuKüZa) findet seit Jahren in unterschiedlichen Formen an Tiroler Schulen der Sekundarstufe II statt.
Das Buch versammelt zentrale Aufsätze Peter Funkes zur Geschichte griechischer Städte, Staatenbünde und Bundesstaaten von den »Dunklen Jahrhunderten« bis in die hellenistische Zeit.
This volume is one of scarce studies of religious literature of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth conducted by scholars from both Poland and Lithuania.
The 2017 edition of the Simon Dubnow Institute Yearbook encompasses two focal points: The first deals with the year 1938, an incisive year for Europe's Jews, against the background of Jewish experiences and political activities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Tobias Graßmann nimmt das dogmatische Grundproblem der verbindlichen Lehre der Kirche, ihres Umfangs und ihrer Geltung aus lutherischer Perspektive in den Blick.
In late eighteenth-century Vienna a remarkable coterie of five aristocratic women, popularly known as the "e;five princesses,"e; achieved social preeminence and acclaim as close associates of the reforming Habsburg Emperor Joseph II.
This is the story of a remarkable life and a journey, from the privileged world of Prussian aristocracy, through the horrors of World War II, to high society in the television age of postwar America.
Als die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland 2008 eine Lutherdekade als Vorbereitung auf das große Reformationsjubiläum des Jahres 2017 ausrief, hatte Hartmut Lehmann sich bereits viele Jahre mit den Lutherjubiläen der vergangenen Jahrhunderte beschäftigt.
This book offers a new edition of Henry Maydman's work Naval Speculations with a detailed commentary by two leading experts on its importance to the naval issues of the 21st century.
This book offers a new edition of Henry Maydman's work Naval Speculations with a detailed commentary by two leading experts on its importance to the naval issues of the 21st century.
Jahrzehntelang vertrat der Berliner jüdische Politiker und Diplomat Richard Lichtheim (1885–1963) die Interessen der Zionisten gegenüber den herrschenden Mächten der Zeit.
This book is about one of the most important elements of the political narratives in the history of Hungary in past and present: the Holy Crown of Hungary.
Die Arbeit untersucht das Zusammenwirken von naturwissenschaftlichen Praktiken und religiöser Lebensweise am Beispiel süddeutscher Klöster in der zweiten Hälfte des 18.
The Protestant Reformation has long had the reputation as being a movement of "e;the Book"e;, led by reformers like John Calvin who were "e;men of the Book"e;.
Closely entwined with the educational revolution of early modernity, the Reformation transformed the pedagogical landscape and culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Exactly 450 years after the solemn closure of the Council of Trent on 4 December 1563, scholars from diverse regional, disciplinary and confessional backgrounds convened in Leuven to reflect upon the impact of this Council, not only in Europe but also beyond.
In many cases, the Free State of Saxony is seen as a stronghold of right-wing extremism and right-wing populism with prominent results of far-right parties, distinct xenophobic violent scenes and brisk right street protest.
Das Buch geht der Frage nach, wann in der Reichsstadt Speyer die Reformation offiziell eingeführt wurde und der Prozess der evangelischen Konfessionsbildung einsetzte und wie bzw.
Samuel Rutherford's (1600-1661) scholastic theology has been criticized as overly deterministic and even fatalistic, a charge common to Reformed Orthodox theologians of the era.
