The New World
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 608
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Author: C. Edmund Bosworth
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-02
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 135195881X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'An Intrepid Scot' makes an important new contribution to the growing literature on the perceptions of the Islamic world and the 'Orient' in early modern Europe, at the same time as illuminating the attitudes of a Protestant from Northern Europe towards the Catholic South. In this book Edmund Bosworth looks at the life and career of William Lithgow, a tough and opinionated Scots Protestant, who had a seemingly insatiable Wanderlust and who managed to survive various misadventures and near-death experiences in the course of his travels. These took him through a dangerously Catholic Southern Europe to a dangerously Muslim Greece and Istanbul en route for his pilgrimage destination of the Holy Land; on another occasion he went through North Africa and returned circuitously via Central and Eastern Europe; but he was stopped in his tracks whilst endeavouring to reach the court of Prester John in Ethiopia, when he fell into the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and narrowly escaped a horrible death. Lithgow was one of several men of his time who journeyed eastwards, some as far as Persia and India, but unlike many others, he has not been the subject of a special study. Bosworth now places him within the context of the present interest in perceptions of the Islamic world and of the 'Orient' and 'Orientals' in early modern Europe. In addition to the entertainment of the travel narrative, the book shows how one Westerner of the time interpreted the alien East for his readers, and how the Ottoman Empire and its apparently unstoppable might both fascinated and struck fear into the hearts of those outside it.
Author: Robert William Seton-Watson
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 456
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Malcolm Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-23
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1135170738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1983. The problem of defining a frontier region is a leitmotiv of this collection of articles but each perspective requires its own definition. The definition of regions has long been controversial and the attempt to define a sub-set of them - frontier regions - according to precise geographical or socio-economic criteria can be useful only for limited purposes as, for example, in the study of transfrontier labour markets. This text looks at the borders regions in Western Europe, in terms of transfrontier co-operation, geographical definitions, physical planning, economics and political authority.
Author: Walter Alison Phillips
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 200
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Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 1981-06-01
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9789024724581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: A. Robertson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-12-01
Total Pages: 703
ISBN-13: 9401511926
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Falkner
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2004-01-16
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1473812445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed and easily followed guidebook that tells the story of the Duke of Marlborough's victory at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 and takes the reader across the Bavarian battlefield, rediscovering the lanes and by-ways tramped by the soldiers of 300 years ago. The author's skilful use of maps, his detailed knowledge of the ground, and his deep military understanding combine to give the reader an unprecedented feel for the twists and turns of this exciting and complex battle.