CK - Italy 1

Levin Schückings Werk 'Luther in Rom' ist eine faszinierende Darstellung der Reise Martin Luthers nach Rom im Jahre 1510. Schücking kombiniert historische Fakten mit literarischer Fiktion, um das Le……続きを見る

Jacob Burckhardt was born in 1818 in Basel, Switzerland. He studied history at the University of Berlin and taught art history and the Italian Renaissance in Berlin and Basel. His essay, as he calle……続きを見る

Découvrez la formidable existence de l'humaniste Jean Pic de la Mirandole La biographie romancée de Catherine d’Oultremont se déroule dans le respect scrupuleux des grandes étapes de ce que fut la v……続きを見る

First Published in 2001. This is volume III of a collection of British Foreign Policy documents from 1902 to 22 with the purpose of these documents is less to define what policy was than to give stu……続きを見る

In the year 476 an unfortunate young man, mocked with the great names of the founders of the City and of the Empire, Romulus Augustus, nicknamed Augustulus, was deposed from the throne of the Caesar……続きを見る

How much do you know about the Vatican City? The walled enclave is one of the world’s top tourist destinations, attracting millions of people each year with its amazing architecture and works of art……続きを見る

Absolutism in Renaissance Milan shows how authority above the law, once the preserve of pope and emperor, was claimed by the ruling Milanese dynasties, the Visconti and the Sforza, and why this priv……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "A TALE OF TWO CITIES & BARNABY RUDGE" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Tale of Two Cities is set in London and Paris b……続きを見る

The past two decades have witnessed increasing opposition to mafia influence and activities in Italy. Community organizations such as Libera, founded in 1995, and Addiopizzo, originating in 2004, ex……続きを見る

This collection of essays offers a unique contribution to the study of violence and justice in a late medieval and early modern Italy by combining a multivocal perspective with a case-study focus on……続きを見る

To write the history of a great people during a course of more than seven hundred years in about as many pages is a task of which the difficulty, best appreciated by those who have attempted it, may……続きを見る

In the year 476 an unfortunate young man, mocked with the great names of the founders of the City and of the Empire, Romulus Augustus, nicknamed Augustulus, was deposed from the throne of the Cæsars……続きを見る

Burckhardts Werk wurde erstmals 1860 veröffentlicht und ist heute noch von größter Bedeutung für das Verständnis des Strukturwandels von Staat und Kirche im Ausgang des Mittelalters und die damit ei……続きを見る

This study re-examines Venice’s political economy from the viewpoint of its ordinary people or popolani who, despite the commonly held view that they were excluded from political life by the nobilit……続きを見る

Published in 2001, Mirage Of Power Pt1 V3 is a valuable contribution to the field of History. 続きを見る

The story of the Italian mountain villagers who lived on Monte Sole trying to survive the war and the horror that overtook them on September 29, 30 and October 1, 1944, when the retreating German ar……続きを見る

'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' - Christina Hardyment, Times audiobook of the week 'A remarkable mixture of cold history, wide culture and personal experience……続きを見る

Originally published in 1967. With the waning of the Middle Ages, the life of the Italian polis underwent a gradual but unmistakable transformation. The leisurely decentralization of the medieval co……続きを見る

A bold new history of the rise of the medieval Italian commune Amid the disintegration of the Kingdom of Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a new form of collective governmentーthe commune……続きを見る

A history of the Allied coalition in Italy during World War II. The US Fifth Army first saw action during the Salerno Landings in September 1943. While commanded by US Lieutenant General Mark Clark,……続きを見る

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is an 1860 work on the Italian Renaissance by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Together with his History of the Renaissance in Italy (1867) it is counte……続きを見る

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is an 1860 work on the Italian Renaissance by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Together with his History of the Renaissance in Italy (1867) it is counte……続きを見る

Sicily is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, and for over 2000 years has been the gateway between Europe, Africa and the East. It has long been seen as the frontier between Western Civilization……続きを見る

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder of modern art history and as one of the key thinkers……続きを見る

European culture has been greatly influenced by the Christian Church and Greek and Roman culture. However, the peoples of Europe’s remote past, whom the Greeks, Romans, and their medieval heirs call……続きを見る

Deutungen historischer Ereignisse unterliegen vielfältigen Modifikationen, Anpassungen und Ausblendungen, die ihrerseits Ausdruck veränderter Machtverhältnisse, Wertvorstellungen oder Legitimationsb……続きを見る

Strongly affected by modern history and facing dilemmas of modernity, Central and Eastern Europe has been healing fresh wounds for the past 30 years. The present volume analyzes the contemporary cha……続きを見る

It is often assumed that cosmopolitan thinkers since the Renaissance have simply adopted and refined concepts from classical antiquity. This study argues that modern European cosmopolitanism should ……続きを見る

'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker 'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rar……続きを見る

The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg A……続きを見る