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Author: Craig Koslofsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 0521896436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis illuminating guide to the night opens up an entirely new vista on early modern Europe. Using diaries, letters, legal records and representations of the night in early modern religion, literature and art, Craig Koslofsky explores the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced and transformed the night.
Author: Kristian Kristiansen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780521784368
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a survey of European prehistory addressing questions raised in the study of the Bronze Age.
Author: Robert H. Blackman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-08
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 1108492444
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive study of the complex events and debates through which the 1789 French National Assembly became a sovereign body.
Author: Stephen G. Gross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 1107112257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major new interpretation of Nazi influence in southeastern Europe through the concepts of soft power and informal empire.
Author: Roger Price
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-06-17
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 113945448X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 2004 book is about politicisation and political choice in the aftermath of the February Revolution of 1848, and the emergence of democracy in France. The introduction of male suffrage both encouraged expectations of social transformation and aroused intense fear. In these circumstances the election of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Republic - and his subsequent coup d'état - were the essential features of a counter-revolutionary process which involved the creation of a system of democracy as the basis of regime legitimacy and as a prelude to greater liberalisation. The state positively encouraged the act of voting. But what did it mean? How did people perceive politics? How did communities and groups participate in political activity? These and many other questions concern the relationships between local issues and personalities, and the national political culture, all of which impinged on communities increasingly as a result of substantial social and political change.
Author: Jeroen Frans Jozef Duindam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-08-14
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780521822626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings vividly to life the courtiers and servants of the imperial court in Vienna and the royal court at Paris-Versailles. Drawing on a wealth of material masterfully set in a comparative context, the book makes a unique contribution to the field of court studies. Staff, numbers, costs and hierarchies; daily routines and ceremonies; court favourites and the nature of rulership; the integrative and centripetal forces of the central courtly establishment: all are seen in a long-term, comparative perspective that highlights both the similarities and the distinctiveness of developments in France and the Habsburg lands. In the process, most conventional views of each court - and of court life in general - are challenged, and an alternative interpretation emerges. Finally, by relocating the household in the heart of the early modern state, Vienna and Versailles forces us to rethink the process of statebuilding and the notion of 'absolutism'.
Author: Euan Cameron
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2001-02-15
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 0191606812
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Early Modern' is a term applied to the period which falls between the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the nineteenth century. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Europe in this period, exploring the changes and transitions involved in the move towards modernity. Nine newly commissioned chapters under the careful editorship of Euan Cameron cover social, political, economic, and cultural perspectives, all contributing to a full and vibrant picture of Europe during this time. The chapters are organized thematically, and consider the evolving European economy and society, the impact of new ideas on religion, and the emergence of modern political attitudes and techniques. The text is complemented with many illustrations throughout to give a feel of the changes in life beyond the raw historical data.
Author: Willibald Steinmetz
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2019-09-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1789203368
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn an era defined by daily polls, institutional rankings, and other forms of social quantification, it can be easy to forget that comparison has a long historical lineage. Presenting a range of multidisciplinary perspectives, this volume investigates the concepts and practices of comparison from the early modern period to the present. Each chapter demonstrates how comparison has helped to drive the seemingly irresistible dynamism of the modern world, exploring how comparatively minded assessors determine their units of analysis, the criteria they select or ignore, and just who it is that makes use of these comparisons—and to what ends.
Author: Nancy Kollmann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-10-11
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 1107025133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA magisterial account of criminal law in early modern Russia in a wider European and Eurasian context.
Author: Klaus Bade
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0470754575
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the fall of the Iron Curtain, migration has become a major cause for concern in many European countries, but migrations to, from and within Europe are nothing new, as Klaus Bade reminds us in this timely history. A history of migration to, from and within Europe over a range of eras, countries and migration types. Examines the driving forces and currents of migration, their effects on the cultures of both migrants and host populations, including migration policies. Focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the period from the Second World War to the present. Illuminates concerns about migration in Europe today. Acts as a corrective to the alarmist reactions of host populations in twenty-first century Europe.
