Mit der Lokal- und Regionalkartographie hatte sich seit dem späten Mittelalter ein neues Medium entwickelt, das es ermöglichte, die eigene Umgebung zu kartieren.
Discover how European colonization across the many regions in Africa dramatically altered the continent and the daily lived experiences of its peoples.
Richard Wagner wurde in Deutschland ganz unterschiedlich rezipiert: Es gab die historisch-politische Person, den genialen Tondramen-Schöpfer und Wagner, den erbitterten Antisemiten.
The volume examines translation of key German texts into the modern Indian languages as well as translation from the vernacular languages of South Asia into German.
This is the second volume of conference proceedings for the handbook of the economic history of the Alpine region in the preindustrial era, which finally provides an extensive cross-regional synopsis of the history of the Alpine economy.
Mit der vorliegenden Publikation legt die Göttinger Akademie den zweiten und abschließenden Band vor, mit dem sie den Ertrag einer Vortragsreihe über kulturelle Reichweiten im 15.
The Land of Sad Oranges draws in its various stories the multiple facets of the Palestinian tragedy, as if it wants the story to be a mirror of reality and memory, and for language to be a set of multiple bows before the human pain embodied in this mirror.
In his book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century the historian Yuval Noah Harrari wrote that man had the possibility to conquer the world precisely because he could create fictional stories and believe in them.
Queen Anne (1665-1714) was not charismatic, brilliant or beautiful, but under her rule, England rose from the chaos of regicide, civil war and revolution to the cusp of global supremacy.
Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries.
Instead of leading his people to the "e;promised land,"e; Mugabe, the first prime minister of the newly-named Zimbabwe, has amassed a fortune for himself, his family and followers and has presided over the murder, torture and starvation of those who oppose him.
Un análisis basado en un desconocido conjunto de textos de Alberto Edwards, además de otros como La fronda aristocrática, son la base de esta obra, que también considera su actividad política para identificar los antecedentes de su ideario conservador, dar a conocer su evolución hacia planteamientos reaccionarios y señalar el que consideró el régimen más adecuado para hacer frente a la modernidad democratizadora del siglo XX, es decir, el autoritarismo dictatorial.
In the early morning darkness of 19 March 1969, troops from Britain’s 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) and Royal Marines, clambered into the small landing craft and helicopters aboard HMS Minervaand HMS Rothesay.
Thirteen Discourses on the Sermon on the Mount confronts readers with Wesley's understanding of Jesus' vibrant message: true holiness in Christ, distinguished from merely external religion.
Andrew Pickens (17391817), the hard-fighting South Carolina militia commander of the American Revolution, was the hero of many victories against British and Loyalist forces.
Twenty-one selections from his major historical writings, offering the key arguments of the most influential and controversial American historian of his generation.
The term Polynesia refers to a cultural and geographical area in the Pacific Ocean, bound by what is commonly referred to as the Polynesian Triangle, which consists of Hawai'i in the north, New Zealand in the southwest, and Easter Island in the southeast.
The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents is a vivid compendium of espionage narratives, presenting celebrated figures whose clandestine labors shaped battles, diplomacy, and national destinies.
"e;Heirs of Flesh and Paper"e; tells the story of early modern dynastic politics through subjects' practical responses to royal illness, failing princely reproduction, and heirs' premature deaths.
During the early modern period, regional specified compendia - which combine information on local moral and natural history, towns and fortifications with historiography, antiquarianism, images series or maps - gain a new agency in the production of knowledge.
Es wird der unterschlagenen Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle der Elitismus der französischen Architektenschaft für Frankreichs Wandel zu einem modernen Staatsgebilde spielte.
Ferdinand Emmerichs Werk 'Streifzüge durch Celebes' entführt den Leser auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die geheimnisvollen Landschaften und Kulturen von Celebes.
How the Jewish people went from farmers to merchantsIn 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia.
Drawing on a wide variety of traditions and methods in historical studies, from the humanities and social sciences both, this volume considers the questions, methods, goals, and frameworks historians of education from a wide variety of countries use to create the study of the history of education.
Isaiah Berlin was deeply admired during his life, but his full contribution was perhaps underestimated because of his preference for the long essay form.
A fresh introduction to-and bold new interpretation of-Machiavelli's PrinceIn Redeeming "e;The Prince,"e; one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars puts forth a startling new interpretation of arguably the most influential but widely misunderstood book in the Western political tradition.
While the First, or 'Great', English Civil War of 1642-6 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians often still continue to dwell on the well-known major battles, such as Edgehill and Naseby, and the prominent national leaders.
Despite the large number of books and studies written about Metternich, there is still a period of his political career that scholars neglect to this day, the 1840s.
Das Handbuch behandelt in über 150 eigenständigen Artikeln den grundlegenden Wortschatz des französischen Ancien Régime und der Französischen Revolution.
