The Mercurial Emperor
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The Mercurial Emperor
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Author : Peter Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-11-28
The Mercurial Emperor written by Peter Marshall and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-28 with History categories.
In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his times than in the exercise of his immense power. Rarely leaving Prague Castle, he gathered around him a galaxy of famous figures: among them the painter Arcimboldo, the astronomer Tycho Brahe, the mathematician Johannes Kepler, the philosopher Giordano Bruno and the magus John Dee. Fascinated by the new Renaissance learning, Rudolf found it nearly impossible to make decisions of state. Like Faust, he was prepared to risk all in the pursuit of magical knowledge and the Philosopher's Stone which would turn base metals into gold and prolong life indefinitely. But he also faced threats: religious discord, the Ottoman Empire, his own deepening melancholy and an ambitious younger brother. As a result he lost his empire and nearly his sanity. But he enabled Prague to enjoy a golden age of peace and creativity before Europe was engulfed in the Thirty Years' War. Filled with angels and devils, high art and low cunning, talismans and stars, The Mercurial Emperor offers a captivating perspective on a pivotal moment in the history of Western civilisation.
The Middle Kingdoms
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Author : Martyn Rady
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-05-04
The Middle Kingdoms written by Martyn Rady and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-04 with History categories.
'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator 'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to be read for pleasure and serious reflection' Telegraph *The dramatic history of Europe's shape-shifting centre, from the author of The Habsburgs* Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions. From the Roman Empire onwards, it has been the target of invasion from the east. In the Middle Ages, Central Europeans cast their eastern foes as 'the dogmen'. They would later become the Turks, Swedes, Russians and Soviets, all of whom pulled the region apart and remade it according to their own vision. Competition among Europe's Middle Kingdoms yielded repeated cultural effervescences. This was the first home of the High Renaissance outside Italy, the cradle of the Reformation, the starting point of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the symphony and modern nationalism. It was a permanent battleground too for religious and political ideas. Most recent histories of Central Europe confine themselves to the lands in between Germany and Russia, homing in on Poland, Hungary, and what is now the Czech Republic. This new history embraces the whole of Central Europe, including the German lands as well as Ukraine and Switzerland. The story of Europe's Middle Kingdoms is a reminder of Central Europe's precariousness, of its creativity and turbulence, and of the common cultural trends that make these lands so distinctive.
Tang China And The Collapse Of The Uighur Empire
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Author : Michael Drompp
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-29
Tang China And The Collapse Of The Uighur Empire written by Michael Drompp and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-29 with History categories.
This book considers the Tang response to the collapse of the Uighur steppe empire in 840 C.E. and the large number of refugees who fled to China's northern frontier. It examines the workings of late Tang bureaucracy through translations of some seventy relevant Chinese documents.
Constructing Leisure
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Author : K. Spracklen
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-10-12
Constructing Leisure written by K. Spracklen and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-12 with History categories.
This book looks back at the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past. But this is not a simple social history of leisure. It is not enough to write a history of leisure on its own in fact, it is impossible without engaging in the debate about what counts as leisure (in the present and in the past). Writing a history of leisure, then, entails writing a philosophy of leisure: and any history needs to be a philosophical history as well. That is the purpose of this book. It provides an account of leisure through historical time, how leisure was constructed and understood by historical actors, how communicative reason and free will interacted with instrumentality at different times, how historians have reconstructed past leisure through historiography, and finally, how writers have perceived the meaning and purpose of leisure in alternative histories. Providing a sweeping overview of the field, Karl Spracklen charts how the concept of leisure was understood in Ancient history, through to modern times, and looks at leisure in different societies and cultures including Byzantium and Asian civilizations, as well as looking at leisure and Islam. Spracklen concludes with a chapter on future histories of leisure.
The Reconquest Kings Of Portugal
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Author : S. Lay
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-11-28
The Reconquest Kings Of Portugal written by S. Lay and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-28 with History categories.
Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during these centuries.
Queen Victoria And The European Empires
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Author : John Van der Kiste
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2017-01-20
Queen Victoria And The European Empires written by John Van der Kiste and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sensuous Unity Of Art And Science
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Author : Jaan Valsiner
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2023-02-01
Sensuous Unity Of Art And Science written by Jaan Valsiner and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-01 with Art categories.
The goal of this book is to locate the birth pangs of psychology—the study of the psyche—in in the Renaissance unity of art and science. The historical period 1583-1611 in Prague was a particularly productive for all Europe in its intellectual advancements in art and science. It was facilitated by the special personality of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II who during his reign made Prague the capital of the Empire where the major artists, scientists, architects and alchemists came together in the service of the Emperor and formed a unique context of interdisciplinary synthesis of ideas that enhanced European philosophies, sciences, and arts in the following centuries. While the history of art in and astronomy in the Rudolfine era has been amply covered, the impacts of the intellectual atmosphere of the era on psychology, philosophy, social ideologies, and aesthetics has remained scarcely investigated. The volume includes analyses of history of ideas in psychology, sociology and other social sciences that received the impetus of the political situation of Rudolfine Prague with religious tolerance and decline of the political power of the Holy Roman Empire.
Tirpitz
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Author : Patrick J. Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-03
Tirpitz written by Patrick J. Kelly and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-03 with History categories.
“A first-rate biography of this grand admiral who is better known for his political skills than his naval ones.” —US Naval Insitute Proceedings Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging Great Britain’s command of the seas. As State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from 1897 to 1916, Tirpitz wielded great power and influence over the national agenda during that crucial period. By the time he had risen to high office, Tirpitz was well equipped to use his position as a platform from which to dominate German defense policy. Though he was cool to the potential of the U-boat, he enthusiastically supported a torpedo boat branch of the navy and began an ambitious building program for battleships and battle cruisers. Based on exhaustive archival research, including new material from family papers, Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy is the first extended study in English of this germinal figure in the growth of the modern navy. “Well written and based on new sources . . . allows the reader deep insights into the life of a man who played a very important role at the turn of the last century and who, like almost nobody else, shaped German policy.” —International Journal of Maritime History “An invaluable reference work on Tirpitz, the Imperial German Navy, and on politics in Wilhelmine Germany.” —The Northern Mariner
Themes In Modern African History And Culture
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Author : Lars Berge
language : en
Publisher: libreriauniversitaria.it ed.
Release Date : 2013
Themes In Modern African History And Culture written by Lars Berge and has been published by libreriauniversitaria.it ed. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Danni Gu Collection Break The Wolf
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Author : Danni Gu
language : en
Publisher: Danni Gu
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Danni Gu Collection Break The Wolf written by Danni Gu and has been published by Danni Gu this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.