Kings 1730 1992
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King Of The World
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Author : Philip Mansel
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2019-07-11
King Of The World written by Philip Mansel and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019 'The ultimate biography of the Sun King' Simon Sebag Montefiore Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles became the envy of monarchs all over Europe. In his palaces, Louis encouraged dancing, hunting, music and gambling. He loved conversation, especially with women: the power of women in Louis's life and reign is a particular theme of this book. Louis was obsessed by the details of government but the cost of building palaces and waging continuous wars devastated the country's finances and helped set it on the path to revolution. Nevertheless, by his death, he had helped make his grandson king of Spain, where his descendants still reign, and France had taken essentially the shape it has today. King of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure in English. It draws on all the latest research to paint a convincing and compelling portrait of a man who, three hundred years after his death, still epitomises the idea of le grand monarque.
Hearings Before And Special Reports Made By Committee On Armed Services Of The House Of Representatives On Subjects Affecting The Naval And Military Establishments
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Hearings Before And Special Reports Made By Committee On Armed Services Of The House Of Representatives On Subjects Affecting The Naval And Military Establishments written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Legislative hearings categories.
Poland S Last King And English Culture
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Author : Richard Butterwick
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1998
Poland S Last King And English Culture written by Richard Butterwick and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
In Poland's Last King, Richard Butterwick reassesses the achievement of Poland's most controversial king. He shows how Stanislaw August's radical plans for constitutional reform and the renewal of Polish culture were profoundly influenced by his admiration of England, and examines the successes and limitations of the Polish Enlightenment.
The Winter King
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Author : Brennan C. Pursell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-05-15
The Winter King written by Brennan C. Pursell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with History categories.
Elector Palatinate Frederick V - the Winter King - would be an insignificant figure in the history of Europe were it not for the tremendous conflagration that he helped to ignite. Frederick’s conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II over the throne of Bohemia plunged Europe into thirty years of savage violence, fiery devastation, and terrible privation during the first half of the seventeenth century. More than simply a biographical study of Frederick, The Winter King provides a fresh and compelling study into the causes of the Thirty Years’ War. Examining the early stages of the war through the locus of Frederick, it reconciles the forces of confession, conscience and constitutionalism that affected Frederick’s decision making at critical junctures throughout the crisis. By placing constitutionalism rather than religion at the centre of events, it offers a subtle yet convincing new account of the conflict. Drawing on political and personal correspondence, backed up with a wealth of archival and secondary sources, Dr Pursell presents Frederick’s choices and alternatives and interprets his words and responses to them. Considering the war from Frederick’s perspective he argues convincingly that the war is best understood not simply as a struggle between Protestant and Catholic powers, but rather as an extended constitutional conflict, entwining religious and political factors, fought within the Holy Roman Empire.
Ch Ng Yagyong
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Author : Mark Setton
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Ch Ng Yagyong written by Mark Setton and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
Describes the historical background and philosophy of the reform-minded, eighteenth-century Korean thinker, Chong Yagyong.
The Comedians Of The King
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Author : Julia Doe
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2021-03-21
The Comedians Of The King written by Julia Doe and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-21 with History categories.
Lyric theater in ancien régime France was an eminently political art, tied to the demands of court spectacle. This was true not only of tragic opera (tragédie lyrique) but also its comic counterpart, opéra comique, a form tracing its roots to the seasonal trade fairs of Paris. While historians have long privileged the genre’s popular origins, opéra comique was brought under the protection of the French crown in 1762, thus consolidating a new venue where national music might be debated and defined. In The Comedians of the King, Julia Doe traces the impact of Bourbon patronage on the development of opéra comique in the turbulent prerevolutionary years. Drawing on both musical and archival evidence, the book presents the history of this understudied genre and unpacks the material structures that supported its rapid evolution at the royally sponsored Comédie-Italienne. Doe demonstrates how comic theater was exploited in, and worked against, the monarchy’s carefully cultivated public image—a negotiation that became especially fraught after the accession of the music-loving queen, Marie Antoinette. The Comedians of the King examines the aesthetic and political tensions that arose when a genre with popular foundations was folded into the Bourbon propaganda machine, and when a group of actors trained at the Parisian fairs became official representatives of the sovereign, or comédiens ordinaires du roi.
Shadows
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Author : Harold Scheub
language : en
Publisher: UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press
Release Date : 2009
Shadows written by Harold Scheub and has been published by UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Oral communication categories.
" ... selected not only African oral and written stories but also tales from around the world ..."--Pref., p. 11.
The Oxford History Of Historical Writing
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Author : José Rabasa
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2012-03-29
The Oxford History Of Historical Writing written by José Rabasa and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-29 with History categories.
Volume III of The Oxford History of Historical Writing contains essays by leading scholars on the writing of history globally during the early modern era, from 1400 to 1800. The volume proceeds in geographic order from east to west, beginning in Asia and ending in the Americas. It aims at once to provide a selective but authoritative survey of the field and, where opportunity allows, to provoke cross-cultural comparisons. This is the third of five volumes in a series that explores representations of the past from the beginning of writing to the present day, and from all over the world.
U S Foreign Trade
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
U S Foreign Trade written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Exports categories.
Annual Reports Of Officers Boards And Institutions Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia
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Author : Virginia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
Annual Reports Of Officers Boards And Institutions Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia written by Virginia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with categories.