wired - 18th Century 1

Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte historische Romane: Christoph Columbus + Alexander in Babylon + Das Gold von Caxamalca + Von Helden und ihrem Widerspiel + Caspar Hauser und viel mehr" ist mit einem detail……続きを見る

A bold, restorative vision of Mozart's works, and Western art music generally, as manifestations of an idealism rooted in the sociable nature of humans. For over a generation now, many leading perfo……続きを見る

A captivating tale of one man's mission to groom his ideal mate. Thomas Day, an 18th-century British writer and radical, knew exactly the sort of woman he wanted to marry. Pure and virginal, yet tou……続きを見る

The elder of the two brothers, Hendrik, was the first to leave the orphanage and he joined the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) and sailed to Asia. Unfortunately, h……続きを見る

Dazzling recreation of the world of radical free-thinkers in 18th-century France From the 1750s to the 1770s, the Paris salon of Baron d'Holbach was an epicenter of debate, intellectual daring and r……続きを見る

For fans of Julia Quinn, Eloisa James and Sarah MacLean, comes Isabella Bradford's enthralling new trilogy of London's most scandalous rakes, the Breconridge Brothers, who are about to lose their he……続きを見る

From CNN’s official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon’s heartー……続きを見る

After the Glorious Revolution, a not so glorious age of lawlessness befell England. Crime ran rampant, and highwaymen, thieves, and prostitutes ruled the land. Execution by hanging often punished th……続きを見る

William James (January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, ……続きを見る

Thomas Gordon and John Trenchard published Catos Letters from 1720 to 1723, a series of letters arguing against British tyranny and advancing further freedom and free speech. This letter by Cato is……続きを見る

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born in Leipzig, Germany, is one of the most influential mathematicians and philosopher of the Enlightenment. The Monadology is one of Leibnizs best known later philosophic……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

Rooted in a period of vigorous exploration and colonialism, The Island Race: Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century is an innovative study of the issues of nation, gender and ident……続きを見る

Beyond Belief: Surviving the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes examines the degree to which the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes was a negotiated event ー which called upon individuals and communit……続きを見る

“[A] remarkable biography….Moorehead deftly wields periods detail…to tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics.” ーVogue From acclaimed biogr……続きを見る

This book, originally published in 1979, traces the growth of English radicalism from the time of Wilkes to the final suppression of the radical societies in 1799. The metropolitan radical movement ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1956, this masterly essay weaves together the results of research with an independence of judgement which could only come from a long-established expert in the field of Revol……続きを見る

Verfolgt vom eigenen Vater, stets am Rande des Ruins mit Schulden jonglierend, legendär hässlich von Gestalt, aber atemberaubend erfolgreich bei den Frauen, ein Vulkan an Energie und Kraft, beredsam……続きを見る

Este libro sigue las huellas de los dos hermanos Alexander y Wilhelm von Humboldt en la Nueva Granada y actual Colombia, para mostrar los caminos históricos de cooperación e intercambio científico e……続きを見る

Lasst Akten sprechen! - 1835: Sechs Tage Gefängnis und drei Tage Fronarbeit für ein Stück Buchenholz; 1889: Wilddieb Becker am Höllteich bei Neustadt am Rennsteig erschossen - und zwischendrin, was ……続きを見る

The Development of British Light Infantry examines the development of light infantry in the British Army in general and North America specifically. This illustrated history is a must for anyone inte……続きを見る

This book aims to redefine Australia’s earliest art history by chronicling for the first time the birth of the category "Aboriginal art," tracing the term’s use through published literature in the l……続きを見る

Eine genealogische Vermessenheit und die Neugierde des Verfassers aus berufsständischer Sicht waren Beweggründe, sich näher mit der Lebenswelt eines Handwerksmeisters in der Epoche des Aufbaus der R……続きを見る

First published in 1914, this vintage book contains a detailed historical account of the Dutch Kingdom between 1795 and 1813. Willem van Loon (1882 – 1944) was a Dutch-American journalist, historian……続きを見る

The definitive history of how witchcraft and black magic have survived, through the modern era and into the present day Cursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses and black magi……続きを見る

The Witchcraft Reader offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination. The wi……続きを見る

Britain in the Wider World traces the remarkable transformation of Britain between 1603 and 1800 as it developed into a world power. At the accession of James VI and I to the throne of England in 16……続きを見る

Spectacular Suffering focuses on commodification and discipline, two key dimensions of Atlantic slavery through which black bodies were turned into things in the marketplace and persons into propert……続きを見る

In 1631, at the epicenter of the worst excesses of the European witch-hunts, Friedrich Spee, a Jesuit priest, published the Cautio Criminalis, a book speaking out against the trials that were sendin……続きを見る

This book explores in unprecedented detail the theological thinking of John Witherspoon during his often overlooked ministerial career in Scotland. In contrast to the arguments made by other histori……続きを見る