The Jewish population of early modern Italy was characterised by its inner diversity, which found its expression in the coexistence of various linguistic, cultural and liturgical traditions, as well as social and economic patterns.
Town and Country in Roman Britain (1964) is a study of the effects of Roman rule on the lowland zone of Britain and of the relationship between town and country.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (Voices From The Past Series)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
In this overview, Michael Burger's pedagogical goal is to provide a brief historical narrative of Western civilization to enable students to engage more fully with primary sources.
Lozano se unió oficialmente a la Expedición Botánica el 23 de enero de 1803 como zoólogo agregado, pero su vínculo con el círculo de los ilustrados neogranadinos comenzó en sus años de formación en filosofía en el Colegio del Rosario.
The Ionians and Hellenism (1980) presents an assessment of the art, literature and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks - the Ionians - in the eighth to sixth centuries B.
Greeks, Romans and Barbarians (1988) explores a number of themes that bind the regional cultural developments of mainland Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.
Two Years in the Forbidden City is the memoir by Princess Der Ling about her life in the service of Empress Dowager Cixi, where she was the First lady-in-waiting, as well as interpreter for her when she received foreign visitors.
Challenging the conception that only men shaped the Holy Roman Empire, this book provides students and general readers with biographies of preachers, nuns, princesses, businesswomen, artists, scientists, writers, and social movers who exercised agency in the Holy Roman Empire.
This book seeks to reframe debates on the conflicting scientific and spiritual traditions that underpinned the Nazi worldview, showing how despite the multitude of tensions and rivals among its adherents, it provided a coherent conceptual grid and possessed its own philosophical consistency.
Im digitalen Zeitalter wird Kommunikation zu einer zentralen Ressource der Kriegsführung, wie der Russland-Ukraine-Konflikt zeigt: Die Kriegsparteien bedienen sich modernster Methoden strategischer Kommunikation, um den politischen und öffentlichen Diskurs in ihrem Sinne zu beeinflussen.
Este libro es una reconstrucción vibrante de historias y sujetos olvidados que eligieron la intemperie vagabunda de los márgenes de la sociedad sobre la comodidad del hogar, la aventura sobre la seguridad.
El enfrentamiento en Cannas entre cartagineses y romanos, las batallas de Jena-Auerstedt en las guerras napoleónicas, el valle de Shenandoah en la guerra de Secesión estadounidense, la ofensiva de Cambrai en la Primera Guerra Mundial, el fuerte Eben-Emael y Kursk en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, entre otros, son ejemplos de las tácticas más efectivas de la historia.
A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the YearFive hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey endowed in Oxford a foundation he called Cardinal's College.
Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length study to examine the Elizabethan and Jacobean children's drama, not only from a musicological perspective, but also drawing on the histories of literature, culture, and the theater.
This volume explores the dream cultures of the European long sixteenth century, with a focus on Italian sources, reflections and debates on the nature and value of dreams, and frameworks of interpretation.
'Punctuated by the stories of a host of interesting and extraordinary characters, Crossland has produced a fascinating exploration of the long nineteenth century's development of terrorism and counterterrorism, highlighting the role of fear and the paranoia, repression, and overreaction it engendered.
Wie keine andere Familie verkörpern die Fugger wirtschaftlichen Erfolg und soziale Aufstiegschancen des süddeutschen Bürgertums an der Wende vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit.
The story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life of its own Every child in Regency London knew Billy Waters, the celebrated "e;King of the Beggars.
Over the last decade or more, classical music programming has expanded to an unprecedented extent, now including works by less familiar composers and underappreciated works by familiar names.
