Brilliant Europe
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Brilliant Europe
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Author : Diana Scarisbrick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Brilliant Europe written by Diana Scarisbrick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Crown jewels categories.
Jewels play an important symbolic role. At the courts of Europe, where dynasties were closely interrelated for centuries, they were signs of status, wealth and power. The strict rules for wearing them are evidence of sophisticated codes, in Portugal and in Sweden, in the United Kingdom and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Brilliant Europe evokes more than 800 years of the history of jewelry in Europe. The 230 selected jewels and works of art are outstanding both in their exceptional quality and in their relevance to the social and cultural history of Europe. Many of them belonged to people who made a significant contribution to European history or to the development of European thought.
Europe S Decline And Fall
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Author : Richard Youngs
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books(GB)
Release Date : 2010
Europe S Decline And Fall written by Richard Youngs and has been published by Profile Books(GB) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Balance of power categories.
The European Union is in inexorable decline. The outlook is gloomy for the economy and nobody listens to European politicians. Any authority or power that it once had on the world stage is being lost, and its claims to the moral high ground in international affairs are increasingly shaky. But this lamentable state of affairs is neither inevitable nor irreversible. The emerging new world order offers opportunities for the EU, if it can only act systematically and develop a new cosmopolitan strategy based on principled and consistent support for universal values. Here is a bold analysis of the problem and a brilliant proposal for a remedy.'Richard Youngs has produced a passionate but clear-headed analysis of Europe's shrinking status in world affairs. Sarkozy and Merkel should read and react to this wake-up call to reverse Europe's decline before it is too late.' Denis MacShane MP, Britain's longest serving Europe minister
Europe
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Author : P. J. A. N. Rietbergen
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1998
Europe written by P. J. A. N. Rietbergen and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Europe categories.
This major contribution to the idea of Europe sweeps the continent from its Celtic and German origins through the influence of the Greeks and Romans to the fruitful--and sometimes bloody--contacts with other cultures. Peter Rietbergen portrays Europe's history as a series of four grand phases of continuity and change set in the context of political, social and economic developments. These phases are new forms of: surviving; believing; looking at man and the world; and consumption and communication. Rietbergen's descriptions are supported by a selection of illuminating excerpts such as: Chaucer's description of London in 1378; Michelangelo on Italian art; and popular music lyrics of Iron Maiden and Sting.
The Last Of Old Europe
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Author : Alan John Percivale Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Last Of Old Europe written by Alan John Percivale Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Europe categories.
A History Of Europe A Cultural And Political Survey
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Author : John Bowle
language : en
Publisher: Sapere Books
Release Date : 2022-04-13
A History Of Europe A Cultural And Political Survey written by John Bowle and has been published by Sapere Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-13 with History categories.
A breath-taking appraisal of the full expanse of European civilization; from the earliest prehistoric hunter-gatherers to the brilliant minds of the Ancient Greeks to the turmoil of the twentieth century. John Bowle's incredibly readable book is an ode to Europe which should be read by all of the continent's inhabitants to understand our joined history and why that makes us who we are today. For millennia peaceful traders have crossed mountains, navigated rivers and traversed plains and forests; along these same routes conquerors and their armies have laid waste to landscapes, raping and pillaging as they went. Europe is a continent full of contrasts and contradictions. How was Europe able to recover in the aftermath of the fall of Rome? Why has this war-torn continent been able to sustain such large and vibrant trading communities? And how were enlightened ideas allowed to develop and flourish in the face of oppression and despotic megalomaniacs? John Bowle's comprehensive study uncovers the conflicting strands of European history and demonstrates how they were woven to create the vibrant and brilliant culture that exists within the continent today. Praise for John Bowle: "interesting and well-written" The American Historical Review "John Bowle is an historian who combines good scholarship and a persuasive style with the courage to attempt great and controversial subjects... he controls his huge and varied subject matter with unfailing lucidity... a remarkable book." C. V. Wedgwood, Daily Telegraph "Like all that Mr Bowle writes, this book is well worth reading. His history is impeccable." Sir Charles Petrie, Illustrated London News "A book which may be confidently recommended to all who are interested in the origins of the modern world." British Book News "it will be hard to beat." Christopher Tugendhat, Financial Times
The Book That Changed Europe
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Author : Lynn Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-31
The Book That Changed Europe written by Lynn Hunt and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-31 with History categories.
Two French Protestant refugees in eighteenth-century Amsterdam gave the world an extraordinary work that intrigued and outraged readers across Europe. In this captivating account, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob, and Wijnand Mijnhardt take us to the vibrant Dutch Republic and its flourishing book trade to explore the work that sowed the radical idea that religions could be considered on equal terms. Famed engraver Bernard Picart and author and publisher Jean Frederic Bernard produced The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, which appeared in the first of seven folio volumes in 1723. They put religion in comparative perspective, offering images and analysis of Jews, Catholics, Muslims, the peoples of the Orient and the Americas, Protestants, deists, freemasons, and assorted sects. Despite condemnation by the Catholic Church, the work was a resounding success. For the next century it was copied or adapted, but without the context of its original radicalism and its debt to clandestine literature, English deists, and the philosophy of Spinoza. Ceremonies and Customs prepared the ground for religious toleration amid seemingly unending religious conflict, and demonstrated the impact of the global on Western consciousness. In this beautifully illustrated book, Hunt, Jacob, and Mijnhardt cast new light on the profound insight found in one book as it shaped the development of a modern, secular understanding of religion.
Hitler S Cosmopolitan Bastard
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Author : Martyn Bond
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2021-04-15
Hitler S Cosmopolitan Bastard written by Martyn Bond and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the turbulent period following the First World War the young Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-European Union, offering a vision of peaceful, democratic unity for Europe, with no borders, a common currency, and a single passport. His political congresses in Vienna, Berlin, and Basel attracted thousands from the intelligentsia and the cultural elite, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Sigmund Freud, who wanted a United States of Europe brought together by consent. The Count's commitment to this cooperative ideal infuriated Adolf Hitler, who referred to him as a "cosmopolitan bastard" in Mein Kampf. Communists and nationalists, xenophobes and populists alike hated the Count and his political mission. When the Nazis annexed Austria, the Count and his wife, the famous actress Ida Roland, narrowly escaped the Gestapo. He fled to the United States, where he helped shape American policy for postwar Europe. Coudenhove-Kalergi's profile was such that he served as the basis for the fictional resistance hero Victor Laszlo in the film Casablanca. A brilliant networker, the Count guided many European leaders, notably advising Winston Churchill before his 1946 Zürich speech on Europe. A friend to both Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Charles de Gaulle, Coudenhove-Kalergi was personally invited to the High Mass in Rheims Cathedral in 1961 to celebrate Franco-German reconciliation. A provocative visionary for Europe, Coudenhove-Kalergi thought and acted in terms of continents, not countries. For the Count, the United States of Europe was the answer to the challenges of communist Russia and capitalist America. Indeed, he launched his Pan-European Union thirty years before Jean Monnet set up the European Coal and Steel Community, the precursor to the European Union. Timely and captivating, Martyn Bond's biography offers an opportunity to explore a remarkable life and revisit the impetus and origins of a unified Europe.
The Struggle For Mastery In Europe 1848 1918
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Author : Alan John Percivale Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1954
The Struggle For Mastery In Europe 1848 1918 written by Alan John Percivale Taylor and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with History categories.
A. J. P. Taylor examines the relations of the Great Powers, when Europe was still the centre of the world. Written in characteristically vigorous prose, this is a challenging and original diplomatic history, that also considers the political and economic forces which made continental war inevitable.
The Age Of Revolution
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Author : E. J. Hobsbawm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Age Of Revolution written by E. J. Hobsbawm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Europe categories.
The Generation Of 1914
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Author : Robert WOHL
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
The Generation Of 1914 written by Robert WOHL and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
A study of the generation of French, German, English, Spanish, and Italian young men who fought in World War I.