General and world history

Bekenntnisse (Konfessionen) sind öffentliche, gemeinschaftliche Stellungnahmen einer religiösen Gruppe über ihre zentralen Glaubensinhalte.

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.

The 2013 Yearbook of the Simon Dubnow Institute is centered on two focal areas: Jewish military history and the secularization of Hebrew.

Im Hören auf das Evangelium entstanden in konkreten Situationen immer neue Bekenntnisse in der internationalen Gemeinschaft reformierter Kirchen.

The Yearbook of the Simon Dubnow institute for 2011 has as one of its major themes the Jewish presence in the local governments of Central Eastern Europe, particularly during the time between World War I and World War II and especially in Poland.

The Synod of Dort was an international conference of Reformed leaders held in 1618-1619 in the Netherlands.

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;.

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.

This volume contains texts written by Karin Hausen on gender history.

This is the first work to examine Calvin's understanding of the relationship between Jews and Christians at such a fundamental level.

To mark the centenary of Gustav Mahler's death, one thematic focus of the Yearbook deals with the life, work and legacy of this musician of Jewish extraction in the context of culture and social politics.

The more radical trends in Pietism are no longer seen by researchers as a marginal part of an otherwise well-integrated religious movement, but rather as a genuine component of one of the most important reform movements in European and North American Protestantism.

Theodore Beza (1519-1605) was a talented humanist, Protestant theologian, political agitator, and prominent minister of the reformed church in Geneva during the second-half of the 16th century.

This compendium is the first systematic study of the broad spectrum of documents stored in the State Archives of Lower Saxony pertaining to matters of the environment.

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Als im Jahr 1516 die neue Ausgabe des Neuen Testaments, das Novum Instrumentum des Erasmus von Rotterdam erschien, war dies ein herausragendes Ereignis mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen und Wirkungen.

Oz Clarke is recognized the world over as one of the leading experts on wine and this new book, Oz Clarke's World of Wine, is an entertaining yet authoritative guide to the world of wine that has grown out of all recognition in the last 20 years.

In "Die Schweizer Bürgerkriege im Spiegel der Zeit" entführt Anton L.

From the author of the critically acclaimed The Phantom Atlas andThe Madman's Library(Sunday Times Literature Book of the Year) comes a magnificent new illustrated work.

Im Zentrum dieser Veröffentlichung steht ein Schulprogramm, das der damalige Rektor Bernhard Copius 1559 für das Lemgoer Gymnasium verfasste.

»Alle glücklichen Familien sind einander ähnlich, jede unglückliche Familie ist unglücklich auf ihre Weise.

Kings and Queens are monarchs and are still present in many countries around the world, thousands of years after the first rulers took over, and despite many of them holding no power.

'A brilliant and important book .

Das Thema ›Nation‹ hat die Historiker eine Zeitlang wenig beschäftigt.

From bra burning and body hair to Beyonc and body positivity, feminism has come a long way.

A fascinating portrait of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the darkest figures of Hitler's elite, featuring words with those who knew him best, including in-depth and rare interviews with his wife, Lina.

A dazzling exploration of the global intersections of beauty and power'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON'Awe-inspiring' FUNMI FETTO'A treat to read' KASSIA ST CLAIRA Sunday Times Style Barometer and New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceFor centuries, humans have been drawn to lining our eyes.

Als die NATO-Truppen im Jahr 2021 aus Afghanistan abzogen, überließen sie das Land seinem Schicksal.

Frieden ist nie selbstverständlich, er muss immer wieder gestiftet werden.

Wandlungen und Brüche sind heute zu zentralen Analyseperspektiven der Wissenschaftsgeschichte avanciert.

The historian, political scientist and constitutional historian Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785-1860) was the most prominent amongst the German "political professors" during the 19th century.

This volume endeavours to describe and comparatively discuss the formation of academic disciplines in Austria through their concrete research practice, focussing on the examples of music research, art history, geography, geology, ancient history and archaeology, oriental studies and historical research.

Diese Edition eines einzigartigen Tagebuchs aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg ermöglicht Einsichten in den Alltag der städtischen Schichten in dieser Zeit.

This historic youth movement left a remarkable legacy in the 20th century.

Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes stehen Herrschaftsumbrüche, die unter dem Blickwinkel eines veränderten Herrschafts- und Politikverständnisses auf ihre sprachliche und symbolische Vermittlung untersucht werden.

How have relations and interactions between the City of Vienna and the Viennese universities developed since 1945?

The historical-cultural change in perspective in the historical sciences has altered the way we see the social movements of the 20th century, and hence also the youth movement.

Ultimately, as a result of the regular occurrence of school performance tests, the »system« of school is constantly subjected to examination.

The relationship between the military and law has been recognised as a desideratum for quite some time, particularly with regard to the early modern period.

Poor students (pauperes) had been frequenting the universities during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times (at times in significant numbers).

This volume assembles 15 of Marina Cattaruzza's scientific articles that deal with the European history of the 19th and 20th century, some of which are published in German for the first time.

Anna Walentynowicz war eine der legendären Oppositionellen in der Volksrepublik Polen.

In diesem Band werden in 15 biografischen Studien die Protagonisten eines völkischen Protestantismus untersucht, der erhebliche Teile des protestantischen Milieus erfasst und umgeprägt hatte.

As a result of the concept of nation state the border area Sønderjylland/Schleswig became a central place of conflict between the German and the Danish claims for power national movements in the mid- 19th century, because of that the border area received a central role for the establishment und transmission of collective and identities both north and south of the border.

This volume is concerned with groups and networks for which physical violence constitutes a substantial part of their existence.

The essays of this volume explore multiple features of the archive.

The origin of economic policy in Brandenburg-Prussia and Hanover in the 18th century were requests and appeals by the subjects.

Wie ließ sich die Kirche nicht nur konfessions-, sondern auch territorialpolitisch in den Dienst des Landesherrn nehmen?

Das Thema »Geschichtslernen in biographischer Perspektive« markiert ein Forschungsfeld, das in der Geschichtsdidaktik bislang noch weitgehend unbeachtet geblieben ist.

The Oil Crisis of 1973 is considered a watershed event in the 1970's.