This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies.
This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies.
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.
This book addresses Naples' relationship with Italy, since the introduction of direct mayoral election in 1993 and as articulated in cultural production.
This book considers the historical and spatial dimensions of civil society in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region, an area suffering from severe development and democratic deficits over many decades.
This book addresses Naples' relationship with Italy, since the introduction of direct mayoral election in 1993 and as articulated in cultural production.
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.
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 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.
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.
Generations after war and violence the experiences are engraved in memories and influence individual and collective attitudes toward political and social conflicts.
Die SS verstand sich als weltanschauliche Elite des Nationalsozialismus und betrieb deshalb mit großem Aufwand ein System der weltanschaulichen Schulung und Erziehung, das hier erstmals in seinem Gesamtzusammenhang dargestellt wird.
