An account of the Kyiv Maidan, covering the period from November 2013 to February 2014, by Oleg Balan - eyewitness and participant of those events, was addressed to his work partner in Germany.
»Infografik« ist ein zeitgemäßer Begriff – doch können ähnliche kreative Visualisierungspraktiken bereits in der Lehre und Wissenschaft des Mittelalters aufgezeigt werden.
Dieser Tagungsband untersucht Konzepte und Praktiken christlicher Mildtätigkeit sowie der Armen- und Krankenfürsorge im Zusammenhang mit der Pilgerfahrt nach Santiago de Compostela vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart.
In twelve chapters - corresponding to the themes of the signs of the zodiac - the author presents us with twelve different perspectives from which the topic of astrology at the time of the Reformation presents itself.
This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influence over the decisions they made and the actions they took.
Bruno De Nicola investigates the development of women’s status in the Mongol Empire from its original homeland in Mongolia up to the end of the Ilkhanate of Iran in 1335.
A team of University of Toronto sociologists examined Fyodor Dostoyevsky's life to determine the origins of his gambling addiction and draw interesting parallels with the experience of modern day gamblers that they interviewed and took bibliographical accounts from in their study of Toronto area residents.
Eingängig und stimmungsvoll verfolgt Andreas Wagner am Beispiel seiner eigenen Familie den Wandel von Landwirtschaft und Weinbau über fünf Generationen hinweg.
The Limits of Reform examines the institutional, social, and cultural foundations of bureaucratic power and authority in Imperial Russia using the deeply rooted and wide ranging Ministry of Internal Affairs as example.
Since prehistoric times, the Baltic Sea has functioned as a northern mare nostrum - a crucial nexus that has shaped the languages, folklore, religions, literature, technology, and identities of the Germanic, Finnic, Sami, Baltic, and Slavic peoples.
Unnoticed by the general public, after the end of the Cold War a new East-West conflict developed - NATO versus Russia - which is now threatening to escalate.
As the expanding United States grappled with the question of how to determine the boundaries of slavery, politicians proposed popular sovereignty as a means of entrusting the issue to citizens of new territories.
Weihnachtslieder sind mehr als nur festliche Melodien – sie sind das klingende Herz der schönsten Zeit des Jahres, verankert in einer reichen Tradition, die Generationen verbindet und Herzen berührt.
Fritz Bauers letztes großes Strafverfahren: die in der Ukraine begangenen Verbrechen des Sonderkommandos 4a vor GerichtAls die Ermittler der Zentralen Stelle in Ludwigsburg 1960 auf die Namen der Angehörigen des Sonderkommandos 4a der Einsatzgruppe C stießen, wurden diese von ihrer bereits vergessen geglaubten NS-Vergangenheit eingeholt.
In den Jahren 1925 bis 1944 gab das Reichsarchiv unter Mitwirkung einer großen Zahl von Offizieren und Historikern eine Serie von Monographien zur Militärgeschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs aus deutscher Sicht heraus.
From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, Hasegawa brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered.
Protocol to Manage Relationships Today explains the contemporary value of protocol, not only for monarchies or diplomatic institutes, but for any non-profit or for-profit organisation.
Presents a comprehensive guide to transforming power systems through data Data-Driven Energy Management and Tariff Optimization in Power Systems offers an authoritative examination of how data science is reshaping the energy landscape.
The Russian Empire 1450-1801 surveys early modern Russia as an “empire of difference,” that is, the government ruled the empire primarily by tolerating the great cultural, linguistic and religious diversity of its subject peoples.
