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  • Melancholy of Power

    Perception of Tyranny in European Political Culture of the 16th Century

    Series Book 41 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
    The book discusses how the most severe abuses of political power, traditionally termed from the ancient times as ‘tyranny’, were presented in 16th century political philosophy, propaganda, and literature in Italy, France, England, Scotland, German countries, and Poland-Lithuania. Using a unique interdisciplinary methodology, the book is both timeless and timely as it demonstrates various ... Read more

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  • Die Hofordnungen der Herzoege von Burgund

    Band 2: Die Hofordnungen Herzog Karls des Kuehnen 1467–1477

    Series Book 19 - Kieler Werkstuecke
    In wenigen Texten tritt die Figur Herzog Karls des Kühnen von Burgund (reg. 1467-1477) in seinem Ehrgeiz und seinem Organisationsvertrauen so deutlich hervor wie in diesen seinen Hofordnungen. Hier werden sie erstmals ediert, zunächst die Ordnung für seine (3.) Frau Margarete von York von 1468, dann das umfangreiche Hofordnungswerk von 1469, dessen Prachthandschriften (deren eine abgebildet wird) ... Read more

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  • Anna Vreizh. L’interview

    by Hervé Cariou ...
    Essai historique sous la forme d'une interview fictive d'Anna Vreizh (Anne de Bretagne) ou la France de la fin du 15e sous un autre angle.Fille du duc de Bretagne François II et de Marguerite de Foix, elle devint la seule femme couronnée deux fois reine de France. Elle soutint la culture bretonne et promut l’art et l’architecture. Enfin, elle s’affirma comme l’une des femmes les plus influentes de ... Read more

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  • The Polish Reason of State in Austria

    The Poles in the Political Life of Austria in the Period of the Dual Monarchy (1867–1918)

    Series Book 34 - Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives
    The monograph describes the history of the Polish diaspora in the Habsburg monarchy in the historical, institutional, legal, political, and organizational context. In the period of the Dual Monarchy (1867–1918), the Poles who lived under the Austro-Hungarian regime sought to influence the fate of their nation and state primarily through an active involvement in parliamentary life and state ... Read more

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  • Tolerated Evil

    Prostitution in the Kingdom of Poland in the Nineteenth Century

    Series Book 30 - Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives
    In the nineteenth century, state policy towards prostitution was primarily shaped by an assessment of its role in spreading venereal diseases. In this book, the author traces normative and organisational efforts of the authorities of the Kingdom of Poland, which sought to maintain control over prostitution and the health of women who offered paid sexual services. The author uses data collected by ... Read more

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  • History Education and (Post-)Colonialism

    International Case Studies

    This book deals with the challenges for history education arising from the centrality of colonialism in shaping the modern world. It breaks new ground by bringing together an international range of national studies on the legacies of colonialism that permeate the way how colonial history is thought and taught at schools. The case studies examine the representation, understanding and use of ... Read more

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  • Interactions Between Rivals: The Christian Mission and Buddhist Sects in Japan (c.1549-c.1647)

    Series Book 17 - passagem
    This volume presents comprehensive research on how southern European Catholics and the Japanese confronted each other, interacted and mutually experienced religious otherness in early modern times.In their highly variable and asymmetric relations, during which the politi¬cal-military elites of Japan at times not only favoured, but also opposed and strictly controlled the European presence, ... Read more

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  • A Heroine of France

    the story of Saint Joan of Arc

    The story of Saint Joan of Arc. From CatholicSaints.Info / CatholicSaints.Mobi. ... Read more

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  • Discerning Movements of Social Atheism Box Set

    This is the complete box set containing the four preliminary works of the author Erik Angus MacRae. Contained within are the four titles: Observational Commentaries on Social Atheism: Volume 1: How Social Atheism Dethroned Christianity and Seized Power in the West, and the Caustic Effects of Darwinian Theory in the World, Volume 2: Scientific Arguments Against Darwin and Documentation of the ... Read more

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  • Ich-Diskurse in Maxim Billers Prosa

    Series Book 10 - Pegisha – Begegnung / Pegisha – Encounters
    Das Buch hat die Darstellung deutsch-jüdischer Identität in ausgewählten Prosatexten des zeitgenössischen, deutsch-jüdischen Autors Maxim Biller zum Thema. Seit 1989 ist jüdisches Leben in Deutschland «sichtbarer» und heterogener geworden. Das liegt maßgeblich an der veränderten Selbstrepräsentation vieler jüngerer Juden. In und mit seinen Texten Der gebrauchte Jude (2009), Esra (2003), Die ... Read more

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  • Ukraine's Search for Justice in the Shadow of the Donbas Conflict

    Strategic Reforms or Crisis Management?

    Series Book 15 - Studies in Political Transition
    Should we punish wrongdoers? Should we take care of the ones who suffered from wrongdoings? Although we may believe answers to these questions are obvious, they become less so when similar questions are asked under exceptional circumstances, such as armed conflicts. These answers may decide about the continuation of hostilities or their end. The stakes are high, while we can hardly ignore the need ... Read more

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  • (teaser) Eén koers, één strijd, de vrijheid

    Velsense verzetslieden geëerd met straatnamen

    Series series voorbeeldhoofdstuk + inhoudsopgave
    'Eén koers, één strijd, de vrijheid' is ontleend aan één van de teksten die op het Monument der Gevallenen op Plein 1945 in IJmuiden staan.Na de bevrijding in 1945 is een aantal gesneuvelde Velsense verzetslieden en of oorlogsslachtoffers in Velsen blijvend geëerd door straatnamen naar ze te noemen, met een korte toevoeging over de naamgever. Guus Hartendorf sprak met een aantal nabestaanden van ... Read more

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  • dMAC Digest Vol 4 No 6 ~ Waterloo

    The Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium on 18 June 1815. The French Armee du Nord, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, was pitted against an Allied army, comprising British, Belgians, Dutch and Germans, under the command of the Duke of Wellington and Prince Willem of Orange, combined with a Prussian army led by Gebhard von Blucher. This Digest examines the battle, and the lead up to the event, through ... Read more

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  • Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages

    During the Middle Ages, rulers from different regions aspired to an idea of imperial hegemony. On the other hand, there were rulers who deliberately refused to be «emperors», although their reign showed characteristics of imperial rule. The contributions in this volume ask for the reasons why some rulers such as Charlemagne strove for imperial titles, whereas others voluntarily shrank from them. ... Read more

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  • The King and the Crown of Thorns

    Kingship and the Cult of Relics in Capetian France

    Translated by Sylwia Twardo ...
    In 1239, king Louis IX of France performed the translation of the Crown of Thorns from Constantinople to Paris. The translation celebrations became a splendid religious festivity showing sacral foundations of Saint Louis’s authority and the Capetian kingship. However, the translation of the Crown of Thorns to France had already a history under Louis’s reign: French hagiographers and chroniclers ... Read more

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  • On the Threshold of the Holocaust

    Anti-Jewish Riots and Pogroms in Occupied Europe: Warsaw – Paris – The Hague – Amsterdam – Antwerp – Kaunas

    Series Book 11 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
    In the early months of the German occupation during WWII, many of Europe’s major cities witnessed anti-Jewish riots, anti-Semitic incidents, and even pogroms carried out by the local population. Who took part in these excesses, and what was their attitude towards the Germans? Were they guided or spontaneous? What part did the Germans play in these events and how did they manipulate them for their ... Read more

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  • Veterans, Victims, and Memory

    The Politics of the Second World War in Communist Poland

    Translated by Simon Lewis ...
    Series Book 4 - Studies in Contemporary History
    In the vast literature on how the Second World War has been remembered in Europe, research into what happened in communist Poland, a country most affected by the war, is surprisingly scarce. The long gestation of Polish narratives of heroism and sacrifice, explored in this book, might help to understand why the country still finds itself in a «mnemonic standoff» with Western Europe, which tends to ... Read more

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  • The Discourse of Modernism

    Timothy J. Reiss perceives a new mode of discourse emerging in early seventeenth-century Europe; he believes that this form of thought, still our own, may itself soon be giving way. In The Discourse of Modernism, Reiss sets up a theoretical model to describe the process by which one dominant class of discourse is replaced by another. He seeks to demonstrate that each new mode does not constitute a ... Read more

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  • Janet Stewart: Royal Daughter & Mistress

    As I was researching the Fleming branch of my family tree, I learned that Janet Stewart (my 15th great-grandmother) was the daughter of King James IV of Scotland and wife of Lord Malcolm Fleming. I also learned that she was the governess of Mary Queen of Scots, the royal mistress of King Henry II of France, and the 13th great-grandmother of Bill Clinton (42nd President of the United States). ... Read more

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  • The Forgotten Women Heroes: Second World War Untold Stories - The Women Heroes in the Extraordinary World War Two[Military, History,War,World War]

    *** This is a short and Untold Stories of the Women Heroes in the Extraordinary World War Two ***These women have been footnotes in history and at least one of them was a model for women in James Bond books and movies. The women however have remained in the shadows of the stories of the Second World War. These women fade into history even though their actions were crucial in changing the outcome ... Read more

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  • The History of the Knights Templar

    The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as The Knights Templar, were among the wealthiest and most powerful of the Western Christian military orders. The organisation existed for nearly two centuries during the Middle Ages. Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades.In 1307 ... Read more

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  • Les bibliothèques à Genève | Essai de chronologie | 1478 > 2013

    Series series Bibliothéchos
    Le destin singulier de Genève se mesure également à l’aune de ses bibliothèques. Au fil du temps, l'accès au savoir imprimé s'est largement accru, en parallèle à l'évolution de la société qui a permis l'expansion de la lecture. Aujourd'hui l'importance de la documentation et les avancées technologiques ont généré de nouvelles manières d'aborder l'écrit. Cette chronologie rassemble des centaines de ... Read more

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  • L'Europa in Senato

    Conferenza straordinaria dei presidenti dei parlamenti dell'Unione europea, 17 marzo 2017

    Series series Biblioteca Europa
    L'Europa in Senato contiene i discorsi pronunciati nell'Aula del Senato in occasione della Conferenza straordinaria dei Presidenti dei Parlamenti dell'Unione europea del 17 marzo 2017, tratti dal Resoconto stenografico.«Multilateralismo, solidarietà, diplomazia e pluralismo sono i fondamenti del metodo che ci ha condotto fin qui, l'unico che ci porterà avanti. L'Europa ha una responsabilità che ... Read more

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  • Poles in Kaiser’s Army On the Front of the First World War

    Series Book 33 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
    The book describes the fate of Poles in the German Imperial Army during the First World War. Poland did not exist for over a hundred years on the political map of Europe at that time, and the Poles had to fight for the opposite sides of the conflict: Germany, Austria, and Russia. In the German army, regiments recruited in Poznań, Upper Silesia, Masuria, and Eastern Pomerania were considered as ... Read more

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