Scopri il lato oscuro della Rivoluzione francese attraverso gli occhi di un genio della criminologia!
In "La delinquenza nella Rivoluzione francese", Cesare Lombroso ci guida in un viaggio affascina……続きを見る
The Power of Religious Societies in Shaping Early Modern Society and Identities studies the value system of the French Catholic community the Filles de la Charité, or the Daughters of Charity, in th……続きを見る
A revelatory account of the “wonder drug” theriac, which became a powerful tool in the hands of medical and political authorities at the height of the Italian Renaissance.
From the 1490s, one of the……続きを見る
Pour tout bonheur d'une vie, l'Histoire ne lui accorda qu'un surnom, Le Victorieux, en raison des victoires qu'il remporta sur les Espagnols. Infant, D. Alphonse VI fut frappé par la maladie ; roi, ……続きを見る
著者:J. William Frost
出版社: Penn State University Press
発売日: 2024年09月24日
While many recognize William Penn as the founder of Pennsylvania and a defender of religious liberty, much less is known about Penn as a man of faith. This wide-ranging history examines Penn as a de……続きを見る
In "Gustav Adolf und Wallenstein vor Nürnberg im Sommer des Jahres 1632" analysiert Stephan Donaubauer ein zentrales Ereignis des Dreißigjährigen Krieges, das die spätmittelalterliche europäische Ge……続きを見る
In "Zauberwesen und Hexenwahn am Niederrhein" entfaltet Emil Pauls ein faszinierendes Panorama der magischen Glaubensvorstellungen und der gesellschaftlichen Ängste im Niederrhein des 16. und 17. Ja……続きを見る
Nothing excited early modern anatomists more than touching a beating heart. In his 1543 treatise, Andreas Vesalius boasts that he was able to feel life itself through the membranes of a heart belong……続きを見る
In "Franks: Duellist," Ambrose Pratt intricately weaves a tale that explores the complex interplay of honor, revenge, and the brutal code of dueling that defined 19th-century society. Through vivid ……続きを見る
Whilst much scholarly work has been focused on Spain's American colonies, much less is known about Spanish colonization of the Pacific. As such, this book fills an important gap in our knowledge, di……続きを見る
著者:Rosemary Moore
出版社: Penn State University Press
発売日: 2020年04月21日
Hailed upon its publication as “history at its finest” by H. Larry Ingle and called “the essential foundation to explore early Quaker history” by Sixteenth Century Journal, Rosemary Moore’s The Ligh……続きを見る
This landmark volume is the first in a century to examine the “Second Period” of Quakerism, a time when the Religious Society of Friends experienced upheavals in theology, authority and institutiona……続きを見る
著者:Estelle Ross
出版社: Perennial Press
発売日: 2016年01月16日
FOR NEARLY TWO CENTURIES CROMWELL’S name and fame were to suffer detraction, then Carlyle was to come forward and proclaim him with trumpet-blast a man of truth, the hero as King. “A brave bad man,”……続きを見る
Building upon Dr Crossley's 2011 book ('Hernando de los Ríos Coronel and the Spanish Philippines in the Golden Age') this new work further expands our understanding of the Spanish Philippines by loo……続きを見る
De amplo escopo, o livro que o leitor tem em mãos não é somente uma biografia de Richelieu; é também, e principalmente, uma fotografia dos primeiros trinta anos do multifacetado e intenso século XVI……続きを見る
Slavery Hinterland explores a neglected aspect of transatlantic slavery: the implication of a continental European hinterland. It focuses on historical actors in territories that were not directly i……続きを見る
The financial revolution marked the end of medieval England, and through the major institutions such as Lloyds and the Bank of England, laid the foundations on which England's emergence as a world p……続きを見る