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Early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women. In Household Politics, Don Herzog argues that these sources were blather—not that they were irrelevant, bu……続きを見る

A compelling reevaluation of the Enlightenment from one of its leading historians In this concise and powerful book, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment provides a bracing and……続きを見る

Spaces for Feeling explores how English and Scottish people experienced sociabilities and socialities from 1650 to 1850, and investigates their operation through emotional practices and particular s……続きを見る

In this collection, thirteen distinguished contributors examine the influence of the ancient skeptical philosophy of Pyrrho of Elis and Sextus Empiricus on early modern political thought. Classical ……続きを見る

The first major work on this enigmatic British general for more than 40 years, William Howe and the American War of Independence offers fascinating new insights into his performance during the revol……続きを見る

Extrait : "C'est une des chances les plus heureuses pour une femme littéraire que d'avoir à parler de madame de Staël..., cette femme dont le génie a jeté de si brillants rayons, non seulement sur n……続きを見る

Extrait : "La première réunion dont nous occuperons est celle qui avait lieu toutes les semaines chez Valentin Conrart, rue Saint-Martin, au cœur de Paris. Elle se composait de Godeau, Gombauld, Cha……続きを見る

Extrait : "Le dix-huitième siècle a compté, comme le dix-septième, un grand nombre de cercles littéraires, offrant la même diversité d'origine, les mêmes contrastes de ton. Nous rencontrerons, au co……続きを見る

Extrait : "Une année nouvelle s'ouvre devant nous ; elle réclame de nous un esprit nouveau. C'est une condition particulière à l'homme qui paraît dans ces chaires, que son auditoire rajeunit et se r……続きを見る

Extrait : "L'Empereur ordonnait à tous ceux qui avaient une position dans l'État de beaucoup recevoir, et surtout d'inviter les étrangers de distinction. Il y avait alors à Paris deux ou trois maiso……続きを見る

Extrait : "Nous osons croire, à l'honneur du siècle où nous vivons, qu'il n'y a point dans toute l'Europe un seul homme éclairé qui ne regarde la tolérance comme un droit de justice, un devoir prosc……続きを見る

Throughout his life, James Boswell struggled to fashion a clear account of himself, but try as he might, he could not reconcile the truths of his era with those of his religious upbringing. Boswell’……続きを見る

This book deals with an ordinary man from the 21st century (Michael), through a fault in the Essentia’s admin database, being time exchanged with the soul of a dead naval lieutenant from another cen……続きを見る

Rembrandt is indisputably the greatest artist of the seventeenth century, and many would say the greatest artist of all time. His mastery of composition, paint, and lineーhe was a superlative etcher……続きを見る

Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 tells the stories of the intertwined lives of African and British peoples over more than three centuries. In seven chapters and an epilogue, Myl……続きを見る

Between 1793 and 1794, thousands of French citizens were imprisoned and hundreds sent to the guillotine by a powerful dictatorship that claimed to be acting in the public interest. Only a few years ……続きを見る

Arguably the leading British historian of his generation, Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003) is most celebrated and admired as the author of essays. This volume brings together some of the most original ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur John Adams en moins d’une heure ! Si les États-Unis d'aujourd’hui doivent beaucoup à John Adams, le président a longtemps occupé un rôle secondaire dans……続きを見る

Patrice Gueniffey is the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age. This book, hailed as a masterwork on its publication in France, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of……続きを見る

Extrait : "Les noms que j'ai réunis dans le groupe de moralistes dont nous allons nous occuper ne figurent pas, à l'exception de Vauvenargues, au premier rang des écrivains du XVIIIe siècle, et les ……続きを見る

Louis Mandrin led a gang of bandits who brazenly smuggled contraband into eighteenth-century France. Michael Kwass brings new life to the legend of this Gallic Robin Hood, exposing the dark side of ……続きを見る

Presenting an advanced and authoritative perspective, this definitive study chronicles the rise and fall of the Order of the Illuminati, a mysterious Enlightenment-era guild surrounded by myth. Desc……続きを見る

Each age has its own crisisーour modern experience of science-religion conflict is not so very different from that experienced by our forebears, Keith Thomson proposes in this thoughtful book. He co……続きを見る

An illuminating history of state-building, nationalism, and bureaucracy, this book tells the story of how an international cohort of Austrian officials from Bohemia, Hungary, the Hapsburg Netherland……続きを見る

Now available as an ebook. Praise for The Flowering of The Renaissance: ‘An evocative picture of Rome at the turn of the sixteenth century … the account of Michelangelo is particularly memorable. At……続きを見る

In November 1758 Brigadier General John Forbes's army expelled the French army from Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River. Over seven months Forbes had co-ordinated three obstructive and comp……続きを見る

A synthesis of eighteenth-century intellectual and cultural developments that offers an original explanation of how Enlightenment thought grappled with the problem of divine agency. Why is the world……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Edward Jenner et le vaccin contre la variole en moins d’une heure ! Pendant des siècles, la variole a effrayé l’Europe par son caractère endémique et mo……続きを見る

Focusing on the interconnections of the Atlantic world from 1450-1900, The Atlantic Connection examines the major themes of Atlantic history. During this period, ships, goods, diseases, human beings……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Memoiren eines Arztes (Historische Romane)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Memoiren eines Arztes (Mémoi……続きを見る