Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Spross eines alten fränkischen Adelsgeschlechts, war eine der schillerndsten und zugleich umstrittensten Figuren des Dreißigjährigen Krieges.
Grace aux recherches effectuees dans des archives et des documents references, ce second ouvrage dresse un portrait de chacun des membres des deux branches de la Maison de Bourbon-Montpensier, que ce soit en genealogie ou en heraldique.
Un bon auteur, le sieur Stoupe, nous assure que les catholiques comme les protestants se servent du commerce comme d'un moyen pour attirer les peuples paiens a la foi veridique et les attacher a la religion chretienne ; si l'on excepte cependant les opulents Hollandais, qui negligent absolument les interets de la religion chretienne partout ou ils ont des comptoirs ou des colonies.
In den deutschen Streitkräften waren von 1939 bis 1945 mehrere Hundert katholische Seelsorger für die religiöse Betreuung der deutschen Soldaten im Eroberungs- und Vernichtungskrieg verantwortlich.
Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), 'Righteous Among the Nations', saved German Jews by facilitating their emigration to Brazil in the late 1930s, while working at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg.
The Citizen Soldiers explores the military reform movement that took its name from the famous Business Men's Military Training Camps at Plattsburg, New York.
Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), 'Righteous Among the Nations', saved German Jews by facilitating their emigration to Brazil in the late 1930s, while working at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg.
This book offers the first in-depth account of the United Kingdom's contribution to the rapprochement between East and West that culminated in the successful negotiation of the Helsinki Final Act of 1975.
This book examines the cultural legacies of the fifteen years that Mary Queen of Scots spent as a prisoner in the household of Bess of Hardwick and her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury.
This book examines the cultural legacies of the fifteen years that Mary Queen of Scots spent as a prisoner in the household of Bess of Hardwick and her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Theodor Eicke, gescheiterter Unterzahlmeister des Ersten Weltkriegs, wurde erst zum Kommandanten des KZ Dachau, dann zu einem der fanatischsten SS-Generale, ehe er 1943 den Tod an der Ostfront fand.
This book offers an autoethnographic exploration of the interplay of art, memory, and resilience in Eastern Europe, weaving together the personal and collective histories of Belarusians - those who survived two World Wars and their contemporaries, who are now looking for a way out of a political crisis in the region.
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.
This book presents corresponding images and essays of fifty early modern artefacts of encounters between European explorers and indigenous peoples, addressing relationships and material exchanges that extend beyond this framework to encompass diverse interactions across early modern societies.
This book examines the leadership of Gerardo Salvador Merino, the chief director of the Sindicatos, fascist-controlled unions under the Franco Regime, and his plan to send 100,000 volunteer Spanish workers to Nazi Germany.
Providing an inclusive history of the entire territory and people of medieval Europe from 250 to1450, this volume examines not just the political history but the rich social and cultural history, too.
En los siglos XVI y XVII vieron la luz una amplia galería de mujeres que se abrieron paso en el mundo de los negocios y la empresa, contrariando la norma, pero no la ley, configurándose en pioneras.
Der Berliner Historiker Wolfgang Neugebauer schildert, wie vom Mittelalter bis heute das Wissen von der preußischen Geschichte und unser Bild von Preußen entstanden ist.
How was it possible that, in a rather peaceful and, to all intents and purposes, not particularly antisemitic Dutch society, more than 75% of the Jewish population were arrested, deported or murdered in concentration camps during the Shoah?
This book uncovers the extent to which the Gehlen Organization, the intelligence organization created by the United States at the end of World War Two, recruited and used controversial individuals who had been heavily involved in the atrocities committed by the Nazis.
Un bandit d'honneur ou bien social est un hors la loi que le Seigneur et l'Etat considerent comme un criminel, contrairement a la societe paysanne a laquelle il appartient, pour qui il est plutot un heros, un champion, un vengeur, un justicier, qui vole les riches pour donner aux pauvres.
Die Biographie eines unangepassten Soldaten: Vom Kadett im Kaiserreich zum Offizier in der Weimarer Republik, vom General im Nationalsozialismus zum Politikberater und Rüstungslobbyisten in der Bundesrepublik.
"In ihrem Rundtempel auf dem Forum Romanum hüteten die sechs jungfräulichen Priesterinnen der Vesta Tag und Nacht das ewige Feuer sowie weitere Heil(ig)tümer, die Roms Existenz sichern sollten.
Over the past two decades, Romanian immigration to the Italian Peninsula has grown to nearly a quarter of the country’s foreign population, making it the largest Romanian diaspora in the world.
Die Autorin vergleicht die Handlungsmöglichkeiten und Sprechweisen im ländlich geprägten Umfeld der drei Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen, Esterwegen und Moringen.
Over the past two decades, Romanian immigration to the Italian Peninsula has grown to nearly a quarter of the country’s foreign population, making it the largest Romanian diaspora in the world.
