Im Juli 1914 waren die Hauptmächte Europas mental und kriegstechnisch hochgradig kriegsbereit, da ein Klima gegenseitiger Phobien und kollektiver Ängste, die sich letztendlich aus der Bevölkerungsproblematik ableiten lassen, vorherrschte.
Focusing on the period of the Second World War, this book explores the emergence of surrealist landscape as a genre throughout the period of surrealist exile in the Americas.
Der Erfahrungsbericht des judisch-polnischen Gewerkschaftsanwalts Jerzy Gliksman aus dem Gulag der Jahre 1939-1941 stellt eines der bedeutendsten judischen Zeugnisse aus dem sowjetischen Lagersystem dar.
Dante's Emotions: Tears and Smiles between Time and Eternity reveals the centrality of tears and smiles in the development of Dante's poetics and in his theological reflection, suggesting, for the first time, the paramount role which Dante played within the history of emotions.
Dante's Emotions: Tears and Smiles between Time and Eternity reveals the centrality of tears and smiles in the development of Dante's poetics and in his theological reflection, suggesting, for the first time, the paramount role which Dante played within the history of emotions.
This is a history of the kingdom of Wessex told through its more than twenty regnal kings, from its early foundations under Cerdic circa 500 to its apogee in 886 under Alfred the Great.
Der Band versammelt die Nachdrucke von 35 Aufsatzen aus Fachzeitschriften, Sammelbanden und Ausstellungskatalogen zu Themen der mittelalterlichen osterreichischen Geschichte, besonders zur Zeit der Babenberger, zur Frauengeschichte, teils aus der Pionierzeit ihrer Erforschung, und zur Hexenforschung.
The United Kingdom Since 1945: A Post-Imperial Nation is an economic and social history providing an appraisal of seventy-five years of British and Northern Irish history.
Unter strengster Geheimhaltung begann 1939 im Rahmen des nationalsozialistischen 'Euthanasie'-Programms die Erfassung und Begutachtung aller Psychiatriepatienten und parallel dazu die von körperlich und geistig behinderten Kindern, die in sogenannte 'Kinderfachabteilungen' eingewiesen wurden.
Der Sammelband behandelt für den westeuropäischen Raum die zahlreichen Anstöße (impetus), die von den Bischöfen ausgingen und die Gesellschaft, die Kultur und auch die Wirtschaft in der Zeit vom 4.
Ordinul Mistic al Iniiailor Universali ai Epocii de Aur este un ghid cuprinztor pentru cuttorii spirituali care doresc s ptrund adanc in misterele vieii, ale creaiei i ale naturii umane.
Georg Hamann erzählt vom harten Alltag jener Menschen, die in der Geschichte oft vernachlässigt werden: Von jenen, die aufgrund von Herkunft, Beruf oder Krankheit am Rand der Gesellschaft standen und keine Möglichkeit hatten, je zu Ansehen oder Geld zu gelangen.
After the success of Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen, Sarah Jane Downing turns her attention to the hair and beauty styles of Jane Austen's era.
The 1950s and 1960s saw great change across the British Isles, but there were also huge variations in everyday life in the streets and countryside around the UK and Ireland at the time.
Edmund and Richard de la Pole were the last princes of the House of York to actively seek the English throne - their epic thirty year struggle against Henry VII and Henry VIII saw them plunged into a murderous maelstrom of international intrigue.
With full-color pages accessible to readers of any age, this how and why quick-start guide explains knighthood and nobility and royalty, what Coats of Arms mean, how to create your own, and how to assemble those of your ancestors.
The Division was created as part of the 1944 expansion of the Waffen SS and was rooted in Hitler's policy of divide and rule that he implemented even among his closest confidants.
The role of monarchy in the development of the distinctive British political nation is a subject that has commanded much interest with reference to the nineteenth century, but recent consideration of the preceding period has not been so widespread.
This book analyzes a little-known but highly significant document that played a key role in early nuclear history: the Frisch-Peierls memorandum of March 1940.
This book analyzes a little-known but highly significant document that played a key role in early nuclear history: the Frisch-Peierls memorandum of March 1940.
Of all the Allied strategic defensive campaigns in the first half of World War II, the fight to defend Malaya and Singapore provided perhaps the best chance to use special forces to wider effect.
This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influence over the decisions they made and the actions they took.
Focusing on the period of the Second World War, this book explores the emergence of surrealist landscape as a genre throughout the period of surrealist exile in the Americas.
Of all the Allied strategic defensive campaigns in the first half of World War II, the fight to defend Malaya and Singapore provided perhaps the best chance to use special forces to wider effect.
This is an international publication exploring early modern cultural exchange between Britain and Savoy, including political, diplomatic, social, religious and artistic trends.
