A Companion to the Spanish Scholastics
Harald Ernst Braun;Erik De Bom;Paolo Astorri;Harald Ernst Braun;Erik De Bom...
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This Companion to the Spanish Scholastics offers a much-needed survey of the entire fi...
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A Companion to the Spanish Scholastics
2022; Vol. 00102
This Companion to the Spanish Scholastics offers a much-needed survey of the entire field of early modern Spanish scholastic thought. The volume introduces main themes and contexts of scholastics inquiry (theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, economics, law, science and the senses) through close examination of a wide range of texts, debates, methods, and authors, as well as in-depth discussion of the relevant literature. Each chapter includes a useful bibliography and serves as point of departure for future research. The volume not only draws the sum of existing research, but also challenges established notions and breaks new ground. Contributors: Fernanda Alfieri, Harald Braun, Paolo Broggio, Alejandro Chafuen, Wim Decock, Fernando Domínguez Reboiras, Thomas Duve, Petr Dvořák, Giovanni Gellera, Juan Manuel Gómez Paris, Christophe Grellard, Miroslav Hanke, Ruth Hill, Harro Höpfl, Nils Jansen, Vincenzo Lavenia, Thomas Marschler, Fabio Monsalve, Thomas Pink, Rudolf Schüssler, Daniel Schwartz, Leen Spruit, Toon Van Houdt, María José Vega, and Andreas Wagner. See inside the book.
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Philosophy of Religion - ScholasticismContent provider:
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The Persistence of the Sacred : German Catholic Pilgrimage, 1832–1937
Skye Doney;Skye Doney
For millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mys...
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The Persistence of the Sacred : German Catholic Pilgrimage, 1832–1937
2022; Vol. 00046
For millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death. The Persistence of the Sacred explores the religious worldviews of Europeans who travelled to Trier and Aachen, two cities in Western Germany, to view the sacred relics in their cathedrals. The Persistence of the Sacred challenges the narrative of widespread secularization in Europe during the long nineteenth century and reveals that religious practices thrived well into the modern period. It shows both that men were more active in their faith than historians have realized and how clergy and pilgrims did not always agree about the meaning of relics. Drawing on private ephemeral and material sources including films, photographs, postcards, correspondence, and souvenirs, Skye Doney uncovers the enduring and diverse sacred worldview of German Catholics and argues that laity and clergy had very different perspectives on the meaning of pilgrimage. Recovering the history of Catholic pilgrimage, The Persistence of the Sacred aims to understand the relationship between relics and religiosity, between modernity and faith, and between humanity and God.
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Relics--Germany--Aachen--History--19th century - Relics--Germany--Trier--History--19th century - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Germany--Trier--History--19th century - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Germany--Aachen--History--19th centuryContent provider:
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Play Among Books : A Symposium on Architecture and Information Spelt in Atom-Letters
Miro Roman;Alice _ch3n81;Ludger Hovestadt;Vera Bühlmann;Miro Roman;Alice _c...
Wie verändert Codierung unser Denken über Architektur? Eine Frage, die in der Forschun...
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Play Among Books : A Symposium on Architecture and Information Spelt in Atom-Letters
2022; Vol. 00017
Wie verändert Codierung unser Denken über Architektur? Eine Frage, die in der Forschung eine wichtige Perspektive eröffnet. Miro Roman und seine KI Alice_ch3n81 entfalten in diesem Buch ein wahrhaft spielerisches Szenario, in dem sie Codierung als neue Alphabetisierung für Informationen vorschlagen. Erkenntnis vermittelt es in Form eines Projektmodells, das die Bereiche Architektur und Information durch zwei verflochtene Erzählstränge in einem „unendlichen Fluss'realer Bücher miteinander verknüpft. Mit dem Fokus auf der Schnittmenge von Informationstechnologie und architektonischer Formulierung entsteht so eine immer weiterführende intellektuelle Reflexion zu digitaler Architektur und Computerwissenschaft.
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Computer-aided design - Architecture--Data processing - Computer architectureContent provider:
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Image, Text, Stone : Intermedial Perspectives on Graeco-Roman Sculpture
Nikolaus Dietrich;Johannes Fouquet;Nikolaus Dietrich;Johannes Fouquet
This edited volume explores the intermediality of image and text in Graeco-Roman sculp...
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Image, Text, Stone : Intermedial Perspectives on Graeco-Roman Sculpture
2022
This edited volume explores the intermediality of image and text in Graeco-Roman sculpture. Through its choice of authors, disciplinary backgrounds are deliberately merged in order to bridge the traditional gap between archaeologists, epigraphists and philologists, who for a long time studied statues, material inscriptions and literary epigrams within the closely confined borders of their individual disciplines. Through its choice of objects, privileging works of which there are significant material remains, through its inclusion of all kinds of figural-cum-inscriptional designs, ranging from grand sculpture to reliefs and ‘decorative'marble-objects, and through its methodological emphasis on ‘close viewing'(and reading!) of individual objects, this volume focuses on the materiality of both sculpture and inscription. This perspective is enriched by two comparative chapters on inscribing Greek vases and Roman walls (graffiti). The intermediality of image and inscription is envisaged from various thematic angles, including the intricacies of combining image and epigram (both materially and in literary projection), the original production and reception of inscribed sculpture in its ‘long life', the viewing and ‘reading'of sculpture in a space of movement, the issue of (re-)naming statues, and the image and inscription in its social and gender-historical context.
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Sculpture, Roman - Sculpture, Greek - Intermediality - Sculpture, ClassicalContent provider:
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Images at the Crossroads: Media and Meaning in Greek Art
Judith Barringer;François Lissarrague;Judith Barringer;François Lissarrague
New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek art.
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Images at the Crossroads: Media and Meaning in Greek Art
2022
New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek art.
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Classical antiquities - Art, GreekContent provider:
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Mosquitoes of the World
Richard C. Wilkerson;Yvonne-Marie Linton;Daniel Strickman;Richard C. Wilker...
The definitive reference on the biology, evolution, ecology, and diversity of all know...
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Mosquitoes of the World
2021
The definitive reference on the biology, evolution, ecology, and diversity of all known species of the world's mosquitoes. Critical for entomologists, public health professionals, and epidemiologists across the world.Biting multiple times on two, three, or more different hosts, it is no surprise that some species of mosquitoes have co-evolved with pathogens. For humans and other animals, the result has been some of the most challenging diseases known. It has been said that Anopheles gambiae, as the primary transmitter of malaria parasites to humans, is the most dangerous animal in the world. Certainly malaria has killed more people than all the wars that ever took place. Even now, despite drugs and mosquito control, malaria claims the lives of 405,000 per year. The vast majority of mosquito species are not involved in pathogen transmission to humans, but those that are make a huge impact on global health.In this two-volume set, three of the world's leading experts on mosquito disease, ecology, and systematics offer readers unique insights into the fascinating world of mosquitoes while illustrating their diagnostic morphological features in detail. Comprehensively addressing the natural diversity of mosquitoes, the book explains their life histories, bionomic traits, and the physiological and physical adaptations they evolved in response to ever-changing environmental conditions. Mosquitoes are one of the best-known groups of insects, making this book a great starting place for anyone who would like to understand entomology by knowing the details about a representative family.Volume One contains a review of the biology and diversity of mosquitoes. Biology is treated in the following chapters: • Evolution• Nomenclature• Distribution• Development• Dormancy• Mosquito Movement• Feeding and Nutrition• Excretion• Copulation and Insemination• Egg Development and OvipositionThe chapters on biology are followed by a well-illustrated summary of the characteristics of all 41 genera and of representative species of mosquitoes. This treatment of the morphological diversity of mosquitoes is accompanied by a glossary of all morphological terms used. Volume Two features• a long-awaited comprehensive mosquito taxonomic catalog detailing the current taxonomic and systematic status of all 3,698 valid species and subspecies, 41 genera, and 187 subgenera• a list of all taxa for definitive use of nomenclature• complete lists of species synonyms, distributions, key taxonomic works, and newly defined informal names• origins of scientific namesReaders will discover that some mosquitoes undertake courtship rituals, while others guard their eggs, feed solely on earthworms, or can survive as immatures under ice sheets or in salt-encrusted pools. Hundreds of drawings and high-resolution, close-up images illustrate the text. The most complete reference work on mosquitoes ever produced, Mosquitoes of the World is an unmatched resource for entomologists, public health professionals, epidemiologists, and reference libraries.
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Galeazzo Ciano : The Fascist Pretender
Tobias Hof;Tobias Hof
Building on extensive archival research and important scholarly analysis, Galeazzo Cia...
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Galeazzo Ciano : The Fascist Pretender
2021
Building on extensive archival research and important scholarly analysis, Galeazzo Ciano: The Fascist Pretender examines the life of Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister of fascist Italy from 1936 to 1943 and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. Ciano's life serves as a lens through which to gain a better understanding of crucial issues of Italian and European fascism, including the fascistization of society and politics, foreign relations, and the problem of succession. The biography follows an innovative thematic structure that focuses on major aspects of Ciano's life, including his family, his political career, his diplomacy, and his desire to succeed Mussolini. Filling a substantial gap in the existing literature on the history of fascism, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of a key player of Italian fascism other than Mussolini; it also offers a long overdue critical assessment of Ciano's famous diary, one of the most important texts from the period. Using visual materials such as photographs and films as sources and not just as illustrative material, Tobias Hof allows us to rethink our understanding of fascism and offers a new perspective on the history of fascist Italy.
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Fascists--Italy--Biography - Foreign ministers--Italy--Biography - Diplomats--Italy--Biography - Fascism--Italy--History--20th centuryContent provider:
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Recreating the Medieval Globe : Acts of Recycling, Revision, and Relocation
Joseph Shack;Hannah Weaver;Joseph Shack;Hannah Weaver
The creative reuse of materials, texts, and ideas was a common phenomenon in the medie...
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Recreating the Medieval Globe : Acts of Recycling, Revision, and Relocation
2020
The creative reuse of materials, texts, and ideas was a common phenomenon in the medieval world. The seven chapters offer here a synchronic and diachronic consideration of the receptions and meanings of events and artifacts, analyzing the processes that allowed medieval works to remain relevant in sociocultural contexts far removed from those in which they originated. In the process, they elucidate the global valences of recycling, revision, and relocation throughout the interconnected Middle Ages, and their continued relevance for the shaping of modernity. The essays examine cases in the Arab and Muslim world, China and Mongolia, and the Prussian-Lithuanian frontier of eastern Europe.
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Intercultural communication--History--To 1500 - Literature, Medieval--History and criticism - Civilization, MedievalContent provider:
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Delphi Medieval Poetry Collection (Illustrated)
Geoffrey Chaucer;Delphi Classics;Geoffrey Chaucer;Delphi Classics
Featuring twenty major works of European poetry over a period of a thousand years, thi...
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Delphi Medieval Poetry Collection (Illustrated)
2020
Featuring twenty major works of European poetry over a period of a thousand years, this collection charts the development of verse from the fall of the Roman Empire to the birth of the Renaissance. Contrary to popular belief, the poetry of the Dark Ages enjoyed a pioneering development, exploring new metres and complex imagery. Throughout the Middle Ages, poetry adopted numerous forms across the continent, from the epic greatness of the ‘chanson de geste'to the sublime lyrical qualities of love poetry. This eBook provides a rich sample of medieval poetry; from the earliest dawn of English literature to the unparalleled brilliance of Dante; from the courtly adventures of Arthurian legend to the stirring lays of the Vikings; from the Eastern magic of Georgia to the ribald genius of Chaucer; this collection will immerse you in the perilous, amusing and tantalising world of the Middle Ages. (Version 1) • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to the poets'lives and works• Concise introductions to the works• Most of the poems appear with their original medieval texts, as well as an English translation — ideal for students• Images of how the original manuscripts first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the medieval texts• Excellent formatting of the poems• Easily locate the sections you want to read• Features three critical works on the development of medieval literature• Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: Medieval PoetryHymn by Cædmon (7th century)Christ II by Cynewulf (8th century) (Tr. Raymond Wilson Chambers)Beowulf (c.1000) (Tr. William Morris)The Song of Roland (c. 1050) (Tr. C. K. Moncreiff)The Poem of the Cid (c. 1140) (Tr. Robert Southey)Chronicle of the Norman Conquest from ‘Roman de Rou'by Wace (c. 1170) (Tr. Edgar Taylor)Yvain, the Knight of the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1180) (Tr. William Wistar Comfort)Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1210) (Tr. Jessie Weston)The Troubadours (1100-1350) by H. J. ChaytorThe Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveli (c. 1190) (Tr. Marjory Wardrop)The Song of the Nibelungs (c. 1200) (Tr. Daniel Bussier Shumway)Lays of Marie de France (c. 1210) (Tr. Eugene Mason)The Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de Lorris [PARTIAL TRANSLATION] (c. 1230) (Tr. Geoffrey Chaucer)Poetic Edda (c. 13th century) (Tr. Benjamin Thorpe)Wine, Women and Song: Mediæval Latin Students'Songs (c. 13th century) (Tr. John Addington Symonds)The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1320) (Tr. H. F. Cary)Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1375) (Tr. Jessie Weston)Sonnets by Francesco Petrarca (c. 1374) (Tr. Thomas Campbell)Piers Plowman by William Langland (c. 1380) Edited by Thomas WrightThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1400) The CriticismThe Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory by George SaintsburyMedieval English Literature by W. P. KerEpic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
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Poetry, MedievalContent provider:
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Africa in the Twenty-First Century : The Promise of Development and Democratization
Gashawbeza Bekele;Adebayo Oyebade;Gashawbeza Bekele;Adebayo Oyebade
This book interrogates contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, ...
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Africa in the Twenty-First Century : The Promise of Development and Democratization
2019
This book interrogates contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African development and democratization from varied theoretical perspectives. The diverse issues and sub-themes addressed in this volume include tenets of democracy such as democratization, democratic institutions, good governance, term limits, minority rights, and women's political participation; and dynamics of development such as economic growth, liberalization, development strategies and models, Millennium Development Goals, uneven regional development, sustainable development challenges, transport development and management, and health and development. Featuring established and emerging scholars, this book is a vital resource for scholars, policy makers, and students interested in African politics and development.
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'Was Deutsch Und Echt...' : Richard Wagner and the Articulation of a German Opera, 1798-1876
Kasper Bastiaan van Kooten;Kasper Bastiaan van Kooten
By examining theoretical debates about the nature of nineteenth-century German opera a...
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'Was Deutsch Und Echt...' : Richard Wagner and the Articulation of a German Opera, 1798-1876
2019; Vol. 00017
By examining theoretical debates about the nature of nineteenth-century German opera and analyzing the genre's development and its international dissemination, this book shows German opera's entanglement with national identity formation. The thorough study of German opera debates in the first half of the nineteenth century highlights the esthetic and ideological significance of this relatively neglected repertoire, and helps to contextualize Richard Wagner's attempts to define German opera and to gain a reputation as the German opera composer par excellence. By interpreting Wagner's esthetic endeavors as a continuation of previous campaigns for the emancipation of German opera, this book adds an original and significant perspective to discussions about Wagner's relation to German nationalism.
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Opera--Germany--19th centuryContent provider:
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Ornamented Lives
Jaan Valsiner;Jaan Valsiner
Ornamented Lives is a theoretical synthesis of cultural psychology, aesthetics, and ph...
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Ornamented Lives
2019
Ornamented Lives is a theoretical synthesis of cultural psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy of meaning construction. It is an extension of the author's theory of Semiotic Dynamics (Culture in Minds and Societies, 2007) to the field of ornaments. Ornaments are not merely “decorations” but play the important role of guiding the affective depths of the human minds. This is done by capturing the whole fields of perceivable peripheral spaces and filling them with highly recursive forms. The book concentrates on the visual ornaments of various kinds, indicating in them the tensions between basic forms—linear and curvilinear. This tension is present in human construction of environments—natural growth involves curvilinear forms while human constructions introduce linearity. The basic tension between linear and curvilinear infinities is expressed in the use of spiral forms in art and architecture. The book builds a theoretical account of human beings constantly creating sublime life occasions that give them affective charge for dramatizations of ordinary living. Episodically the sublime acquires new quality—becomes aesthetic. The coverage in this book links the aesthetic, the sublime, and the mundane into one theoretical scheme within cultural psychology.
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Ethnopsychology - Sublime, The - Culture--PhilosophyContent provider:
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The Last Years of the Teutonic Knights : Lithuania, Poland and the Teutonic Order
William Urban;William Urban
“The most comprehensive account available of the final years of the crusading military...
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The Last Years of the Teutonic Knights : Lithuania, Poland and the Teutonic Order
2019
“The most comprehensive account available of the final years of the crusading military order” from the acclaimed author of Medieval Mercenaries (Baltische Historiche Kommission).The Battle of Grunwald was one of the largest battles in Medieval Europe and was the most important in the histories of Poland and Lithuania.It was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish-Lithuania-Teutonic War between the alliance of the Kingdom of Poland (led by King Jagiello) and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (led by Grand Duke Vytautas) against the German-Prussian Teutonic Knights (led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen) and with the assistance of Sigismund, then King of Hungary and Croatia.The Teutonic Knights, a crusading military order, were defeated and most of their leaders were killed or taken prisoner. This defeat would mark the beginning of their decline and they would never again regain their former power.Following the battle, the balance of power shifted in Central and Eastern Europe and so came the rise of the Polish-Lithuanian union as the dominant political and military force.In this compelling account the action takes place in Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia and Germany. There are bloody battles; fascinating characters; intrigue; betrayals; sex; unexpected twists of fate; religious heresy and a smattering of saints. There is also the monumental end of one era making way for the beginning of another.While there has long been interest on the crusades outside of the Holy Land, this book is unique in the sheer breadth and depth of its research.“A must-read for those seeking scholarly work on this pivotal period of European history.” —Journal of Military History
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Military religious orders--Europe--History--To 1500 - Tannenberg, Battle of, Poland, 1410 - Teutonic Knights--History--To 1500Content provider:
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Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome : Between Art and Social Reality
Tonio Hölscher;Tonio Hölscher
Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life....
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Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome : Between Art and Social Reality
2018; Vol. 00073
Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramount importance. In Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome, Tonio Hölscher explores the fundamental phenomena of Greek and Roman visual culture and their enormous impact on the ancient world, considering memory over time, personal appearance, conceptualization and representation of reality, and significant decoration as fundamental categories of art as well as of social practice. With an emphasis on public spaces such as sanctuaries, agora and forum, Hölscher investigates the ways in which these spaces were used, viewed, and experienced in religious rituals, political manifestations, and social interaction.
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Visual perception--Social aspects--Rome--History - Vision--Social aspects--Greece--History - Visual perception--Social aspects--Greece--History - Vision--Social aspects--Rome--HistoryContent provider:
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Pandora’s Box : A History of the First World War
Jörn Leonhard;Jörn Leonhard
Winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize“The best large-scale synthesis in any lan...
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Pandora’s Box : A History of the First World War
2018
Winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize“The best large-scale synthesis in any language of what we currently know and understand about this multidimensional, cataclysmic conflict.”—Richard J. Evans, Times Literary SupplementIn this monumental history of the First World War, Germany's leading historian of the period offers a dramatic account of its origins, course, and consequences. Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy. He captures the slow attrition, the race for ever more destructive technologies, and the grim experiences of frontline soldiers. But the war was more than a military conflict and he also gives us the perspectives of leaders, intellectuals, artists, and ordinary men and women around the world as they grappled with the urgency of the moment and the rise of unprecedented political and social pressures. With an unrivaled combination of depth and global reach, Pandora's Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come.“[An] epic and magnificent work—unquestionably, for me, the best single-volume history of the war I have ever read…It is the most formidable attempt to make the war to end all wars comprehensible as a whole.”—Simon Heffer, The Spectator“[A] great book on the Great War…Leonhard succeeds in being comprehensive without falling prey to the temptation of being encyclopedic. He writes fluently and judiciously.”—Adam Tooze, Die Zeit“Extremely readable, lucidly structured, focused, and dynamic…Leonhard's analysis is enlivened by a sharp eye for concrete situations and an ear for the voices that best convey the meaning of change for the people and societies undergoing it.”—Christopher Clark, author of The Sleepwalkers
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World War, 1914-1918--HistoryContent provider:
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Les Récollets en Nouvelle-France. Traces et mémoire
Dubois, Paul-André;Dubois, Paul-André
Les Récollets ou Franciscains de la Stricte observance figurent parmi les pionniers de...
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Les Récollets en Nouvelle-France. Traces et mémoire
2018
Les Récollets ou Franciscains de la Stricte observance figurent parmi les pionniers de la présence française au Canada. Missionnaires, écrivains, architectes, artistes ou simples moines, ces religieux ont laissé une trace visible dans l'histoire et le paysage québécois.
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Immigrants--North America--History--17th centuryContent provider:
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Aicardi’s Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood, 4th Edition
Alexis Arzimanoglou;Anne O’Hare;Michael Johnston;Robert Ouvrier;Alexis Arzi...
This classic text on paediatric neurology is now in its fourth edition. Leading academ...
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Aicardi’s Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood, 4th Edition
2018
This classic text on paediatric neurology is now in its fourth edition. Leading academics from around the world present evidence from their various areas of expertise, placing it firmly in the clinical context. Each chapter covers the basic science of the disorder and relevant genetic advances. New to this edition are chapters on fetal neurology, movement disorders, basal ganglia disease and psychogenic disorders. References at the end of each chapter are thorough, guiding the clinician to relevant further reading. The international team of editors has maintained the clinical approach of the late Jean Aicardi, which distinguishes this book from others in the field. Succinctly given, patient-focused information makes Aicardi's Diseases of Nervous System in Childhood a comprehensive yet readable resource for busy clinicians in paediatric neurology, general paediatrics, neurodisability and all the related medical disciplines.
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Children--Diseases - Pediatric neurologyContent provider:
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The Naval War in the Baltic, 1939–1945
Poul Grooss;Poul Grooss
A military historian and naval warfare expert delivers a revealing history of the Balt...
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The Naval War in the Baltic, 1939–1945
2017
A military historian and naval warfare expert delivers a revealing history of the Baltic Sea Campaigns and their significance throughout WWII. From the Battle of Westerplatte on the Polish coast in 1939 to the thousands of German refugees lost at sea in 1945, the Baltic witnessed continuous fighting throughout the Second World War. This chronicle of naval warfare in the region merges such major events as the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet campaign against Sweden, the three wars in Finland, the Soviet liberation of the Baltic states, the German evacuation of two million people from the East, and the Soviet race westwards in 1945. Naval historian Poul Grooss explains the political and military backgrounds of the war in this theatre while also detailing the ships, radar, artillery, mines and aircraft employed there. He also offers fascinating insights into Swedish cooperation with Nazi Germany, the Germans'use of the Baltic as a training ground for the Battle of the Atlantic, the secret weapons trials in the remote area of Peenemunde, and the Royal Air Force mining campaign that reduced the threat of German submarine technology. A major contribution to the naval history of this era, Naval War in the Baltic demonstrates the extent to which the Baltic Sea Campaigns shaped the Second World War
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World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations - World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Baltic SeaContent provider:
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The Bible in Music
Robert Ignatius Letellier, Author;Robert Ignatius Letellier, Author
This book explores the relationship between the Bible and the world of music, an assoc...
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The Bible in Music
2017
This book explores the relationship between the Bible and the world of music, an association that is recorded from ancient times in the Old Testament, and one that has continued to characterize the cultural self-expression of Western Civilization ever since. The study surveys the emergence of this close relationship in the era following the end of the Roman Empire and through the Middle Ages, taking particular note of the role of Gregorian chant, folk music and the popularity of mystery, morality and passion plays in reflection of the Sacred Scripture and its themes during those times. With the emergence of polyphony and the advent of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, the interaction between the Bible and music increased dramatically, culminating in the evolution of opera and oratorio as specific genres during the Renaissance and the Early Baroque period. Both these genres have proved essential to the interplay between sacred revelation and the various types of music that have come to determine cultural expression in the history of Europe. The book initially provides an overview of how the various themes and types of Biblical literature have been explored in the story of Western music. It then looks closely at the role of oratorio and opera over four centuries, considering the most famous and striking examples and considering how the music has responded in different ages to the sacred text and narrative. The last chapter examines how biblical theology has been used to dramatic purpose in a particular operatic genre – that of French Grand Opera. The academic apparatus includes an iconography, a detailed bibliography and an index of biblical and musical references, themes and subjects.
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The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers
Heiner F. Klemme;Manfred Kuehn;Heiner F. Klemme;Manfred Kuehn
The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers is a landmark work...
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The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers
2016
The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers is a landmark work. Covering one of the most innovative centuries for philosophical investigation, it features more than 650 entries on the eighteenth-century philosophers, theologians, jurists, physicians, scholars, writers, literary critics and historians whose work has had lasting philosophical significance.Alongside well-known German philosophers of that era-Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel-the Dictionary provides rare insights into the lives and minds of lesser-known individuals who influenced the shape of philosophy. Each entry discusses a particular philosopher's life, contributions to the world of thought, and later influences, focusing not only on their most important published writings, but on relevant minor works as well. Bibliographical references to primary and secondary source material are included at the end of entries to encourage further reading, while extensive cross-referencing allows comparisons to be easily made between different thinkers'ideas and practices. For anyone looking to understand more about the century when enlightenment thinking arrived in Germany and established conceits were challenged, The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers is a valuable, unparalleled resource.
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Philosophy, German--18th century--Dictionaries - Philosophers--Germany--DictionariesContent provider:
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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender
Ann A. Pang-White;Ann A. Pang-White
Covering the historical, social, political, and cultural contexts, The Bloomsbury Rese...
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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender
2016
Covering the historical, social, political, and cultural contexts, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender presents a comprehensive overview of the complexity of gender disparity in Chinese thought and culture.Divided into four main sections, an international group of experts in Chinese Studies write on Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist approaches to gender relations. Each section includes a general introduction, a set of authoritative articles written by leading scholars and comprehensive bibliographies, designed to provide the non-specialist with a practical and broad overview. Beginning with the Ancient and Medieval period before moving on to Modern and Contemporary approaches, specially commissioned chapters include Pre-Qin canonical texts, women in early Chinese ethics, the yin-yang gender dynamic and the Buddhist understanding of the conception of gender. Considering why the philosophy of women and gender dynamics in Chinese thought is rarely confronted, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy and Gender is a pioneering cross-disciplinary introduction to Chinese philosophy's intersection with gender studies.By bridging the fields of Chinese philosophy, religion, intellectual history, feminism, and gender studies, this cutting-edge volume fills a great need in the current literature on Chinese philosophy and provides student and scholars with an invaluable research resource to a growing field.
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Philosophy, Chinese - Sex roleContent provider:
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The Principle of Contradiction
Edward Conze;Edward Conze
Conze's monograph The Principle of Contradiction: On the Theory of Dialectical Materia...
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The Principle of Contradiction
2016
Conze's monograph The Principle of Contradiction: On the Theory of Dialectical Materialism is his most important philosophical work and the foundation for his later publications as a Buddhist scholar and translator.The openly Marxist work was published under considerable risk to both printer and author alike in December 1932 in Hamburg, Germany. Only months later, in May 1933, almost all of the five hundred copies of the first edition were destroyed during the Nazi book burning campaign. It is only now, more than eighty years later, that Conze's key philosophical work is made available to a broad audience in this English translation. In the work, Conze sets out to develop a detailed account of the historical and material conditions that support the emergence, production, and transmission of theoretical knowledge—as exemplified by the principle of contradiction—and, furthermore, to show that under different social and historical conditions the allegedly necessary truth and indubitable content of the principle would dissolve and be replaced by a radically different understanding of the principle of contradiction—a dialectic understanding of the principle that would compel a rejection of the Aristotelian dogma.From a Marxist perspective, the analysis and critique of the principle of contradiction is a crucial and necessary step towards a dialectical understanding of philosophical (and political) theory and practice. Conze's monograph, which attempts to clear the ground for a deeper understanding of the very foundation of classical Marxist thought, may very well be the most comprehensive Marxist critique of the Aristotelian principle of contradiction available to this day.However, Conze's pioneering 1932 monograph goes well beyond the constraints of an orthodox Marxist analysis. His erudite and scholarly account of the history and evolution of the principle of contradiction illuminates the thought of Aristotle, Marx, and Buddha, and provides the groundwork for a new cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to philosophical theory and practice.
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In Space We Read Time : On the History of Civilization and Geopolitics
Karl Schlögel;Karl Schlögel
History is usually thought of as a tale of time, a string of events flowing in a parti...
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In Space We Read Time : On the History of Civilization and Geopolitics
2016
History is usually thought of as a tale of time, a string of events flowing in a particular chronological order. But as Karl Schlögel shows in this groundbreaking book, the where of history is just as important as the when. Schlögel relishes space the way a writer relishes a good story: on a quest for a type of history that takes full account of place, he explores everything from landscapes to cities, maps to railway timetables. Do you know the origin of the name “Everest”? What can the layout of towns tell us about the American Dream? In Space We Read Time reveals this and much, much more. Here is both a model for thinking about history within physical space and a stimulating history of thought about space, as Schlögel reads historical periods and events within the context of their geographical location. Discussions range from the history of geography in France to what a town directory from 1930s Berlin can say about professional trades that have since disappeared. He takes a special interest in maps, which can serve many purposes—one poignant example being the German Jewish community's 1938 atlas of emigration, which showed the few remaining possibilities for escape. Other topics include Thomas Jefferson's map of the United States; the British survey of India; and the multiple cartographers with Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference, where the aim was to redraw Europe's boundaries on the basis of ethnicity. Moving deftly from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to 9/11 and from Vermeer's paintings to the fall of the Berlin Wall, this intriguing book presents history from a completely new perspective.
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Geography--History - Geopolitics--History - Civilization, Modern--History - Space and time - Historiography--Philosophy - History--PhilosophyContent provider:
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Ancient Wisdom in the Age of the New Science : Histories of Philosophy in England, C. 1640–1700
Dmitri Levitin;Dmitri Levitin
Seventeenth-century England has long been heralded as the birthplace of a so-called'ne...
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Ancient Wisdom in the Age of the New Science : Histories of Philosophy in England, C. 1640–1700
2015; Vol. 00113
Seventeenth-century England has long been heralded as the birthplace of a so-called'new'philosophy. Yet what contemporaries might have understood by'old'philosophy has been little appreciated. In this book Dmitri Levitin examines English attitudes to ancient philosophy in unprecedented depth, demonstrating the centrality of engagement with the history of philosophy to almost all educated persons, whether scholars, clerics, or philosophers themselves, and aligning English intellectual culture closely to that of continental Europe. Drawing on a vast array of sources, Levitin challenges the assumption that interest in ancient ideas was limited to out-of-date'ancients'or was in some sense'pre-enlightened'; indeed, much of the intellectual justification for the new philosophy came from re-writing its history. At the same time, the deep investment of English scholars in pioneering forms of late humanist erudition led them to develop some of the most innovative narratives of ancient philosophy in early modern Europe.
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Fear and Loathing in the North : Jews and Muslims in Medieval Scandinavia and the Baltic Region
Cordelia Heß;Jonathan Adams;Cordelia Heß;Jonathan Adams
Due to the scarcity of sources regarding actual Jewish and Muslim communities and sett...
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Fear and Loathing in the North : Jews and Muslims in Medieval Scandinavia and the Baltic Region
2015
Due to the scarcity of sources regarding actual Jewish and Muslim communities and settlements, there has until now been little work on either the perception of or encounters with Muslims and Jews in medieval Scandinavia and the Baltic Region. The volume provides the reader with the possibility to appreciate and understand the complexity of Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the medieval North. The contributions cover topics such as cultural and economic exchange between Christians and members of other religions; evidence of actual Jews and Muslims in the Baltic Rim; images and stereotypes of the Other.The volume thus presents a previously neglected field of research that will help nuance the overall picture of interreligious relations in medieval Europe.
