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Prince Of Europe
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Author : Philip Mansel
language : en
Publisher: Orion Publishing Company
Release Date : 2005
Prince Of Europe written by Philip Mansel and has been published by Orion Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Habsburg courtier Charles-Joseph Prince de Ligne seduced and symbolized eighteenth-century Europe. Speaking French, the international language of the day, he travelled between Paris and St Petersburg, charming everyone he met. He stayed with Madame du Barry, dined with Frederick the Great and travelled to the Crimea with Catherine the Great. But Ligne was more than a frivolous charmer. He participated in and recorded some of the most important events and movements of his day: the Enlightenment; the struggle for mastery in Germany; the decline of the Ottoman Empire; the birth of German nationalism; and the wars to liberate Europe from Napoleon. He had surprisingly radical views, believing for example in property rights for women, legal rights for Jews and the redistribution of wealth. He was also a highly respected writer and his books on gardens, his letters from the Crimea and his epigrams are considered minor classics of French literature.
King William Iii
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Author : Bryan Bevan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
King William Iii written by Bryan Bevan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Descended from a long line of doughty warriors and statesmen, William Prince of Orange was born in the Hague during November1650, son of a Dutch father and a Scottish Stuart Princess, eldest daughter of Charles I. Banned at first from succeeding to his hereditary offices by the Act of Seclusion, William's boyhood was rather lonely. His early life was bounded by the Anglo-Dutch naval wars during Cromwell's Protectorate and after the Restoration of Charles II. Acquiring his first military experience during the invasion of Holland by King Louis XIV in 1672, he revealed qualities of heroism and patriotism, refusing to submit to the might of France. He was, above all, a European, having an intimate knowledge of her various peoples. Bryan Bevan, in his new biography of the Prince, discusses William's qualities as a statesman, revealing his many virtues but not silent as to his marked faults. What were his real motives when invading his father-in-law James' kingdom? William III, reigning jointly with Mary II, had an unusual marriage but the deep attachment he felt for her surprised many. However, for the most part, in his private and public life, men friends mattered more to him than female society. William's bravery in battle has never been questioned. but he was never a great soldier. His greatness shone rather in his patience and skill in forging a grand alliance of nations against Louis XIV's ambition to dominate Europe. He was before his time in belief in the balance of power. 207p, 8 b/w pls (Rubicon Press 1997)
The True Interests Of The Princes Of Europe In The Present State Of Affairs Or Reflections Upon A Pamphlet Written In French Entituled A Letter From Monsieur To Monsieur Concerning The Transactions Of The Time
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1689
The True Interests Of The Princes Of Europe In The Present State Of Affairs Or Reflections Upon A Pamphlet Written In French Entituled A Letter From Monsieur To Monsieur Concerning The Transactions Of The Time written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1689 with Europe categories.
Prince Of Europe
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Author : Elton T. Elliot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Prince Of Europe written by Elton T. Elliot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Monarchy Transformed
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Author : Robert von Friedeburg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-17
Monarchy Transformed written by Robert von Friedeburg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-17 with History categories.
"Until the 1960s, it was widely assumed that in Western Europe the 'New Monarchy' propelled kingdoms and principalities onto a modern nation-state trajectory. John I of Portugal (1358-1433), Charles VII (1403-1461) and Louis XI (1423-1483) of France, Henry VII and Henry VIII of England (1457-1509, 1509-1553), Isabella of Castile (1474-1504) and Ferdinand of Aragon (1479-1516) were, by improving royal administration, by bringing more continuity to communication with their estates and by introducing more regular taxation, all seen to have served that goal. In this view, princes were assigned to the role of developing and implementing the sinews of state as a sovereign entity characterized by the coherence of its territorial borders and its central administration and government. They shed medieval traditions of counsel and instead enforced relations of obedience toward the emerging 'state'."--Provided by publisher.
Prince Of Europe
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Author : Philip Mansel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Prince Of Europe written by Philip Mansel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Europe categories.
Memoirs Of Prince Metternich 1815 1829
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Author : Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich (Fürst von)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
Memoirs Of Prince Metternich 1815 1829 written by Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich (Fürst von) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with categories.
Edward The Black Prince
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Author : David Green
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-08-08
Edward The Black Prince written by David Green and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-08 with History categories.
This fully updated second edition uses the career of Edward the Black Prince to explore key developments in the history of late medieval Europe. The eruption of the Hundred Years War, the arrival of the Black Death, England’s first religious heresy, and major innovations in the role of parliament all took place during Edward’s lifetime. As king-in-waiting and one of the most significant noblemen in the realm, the prince was a major influence over local and international politics, and his example helped reshape concepts of lordship throughout the Plantagenet estates. This thoroughly revised edition includes new sources and builds on the wealth of scholarship which has been published in recent years about the fourteenth century. It includes considerations of the prince’s military career in France and Iberia, his household and the ‘colonial’ characteristics of his administrations in Wales and Aquitaine. The prince’s career also reveals the influence of the chivalric ethic and the importance of Gascony to the English crown, while his relationship with Joan, ‘the Fair Maid’ of Kent is suggestive of the changing character of female agency in the later middle ages. Drawing on central themes such as plague, chivalry, lordship, parliament, gender, and religion, Edward the Black Prince is essential reading for all students and scholars concerned with society, culture, and power in medieval Europe.
Monarchy Transformed Princes And Their Elites In Early Modern Western Europe
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Author : Robert Von Friedeburg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Monarchy Transformed Princes And Their Elites In Early Modern Western Europe written by Robert Von Friedeburg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
Edward The Black Prince
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Author : David Green
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 2007
Edward The Black Prince written by David Green and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Edward the Black Prince was one of the most successful English commanders of the Hundred Years War. In this, the first new biography of the prince for nearly 25 years, David Green explores the importance of Edward's life.