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Author : Allan W. Atlas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0521088305

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Music at the Aragonese Court of Naples by Allan W. Atlas Pdf

This book deals with various aspects of musical life at the Aragonese court of Naples, from its establishment in 1442 to its demise in the opening years of the sixteenth century. An opening chapter gives a general historical-cultural background of the court. The author then discusses the royal chapel and its most important members, as well as other important musicians who were in Naples but who had no known ties with the court in an official sense. He goes on to describe the various types of secular music at the court and the music manuscripts compiled in and around Naples. The importance of the book lies in its attempt to synthesize all that is known about music at Naples - both from discovered archival sources and from the scholarly literature of specialized studies. The second part of the book contains a collection of 18 pieces, edited from Neapolitan manuscripts, which illustrate the earlier chapter on the repertory.

Author : Dan S. White
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : 0674833201

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The Splintered Party by Dan S. White Pdf

As a study of the greatest middle class party of Imperial Germany, The Splintered Party is inevitably, in its broadest aspect, an inquiry into the weaknesses of liberalism in the Empire of Bismarck and Wilhelm II. How did the National Liberals, the dominant force in the Reichstag of the 1870s, become by 1914 a spent and divided power? Professor White explores this question from a new perspective, emphasizing regional circumstances as primary agents of the party's decline. The resulting portrait underscores the paradox of the National Liberals: a party with strength in all areas of the Empire, a rarity before 1914, yet a party whose impact was undermined bydivisions among its regional branches. In The Splintered Party the former Grand Duchy of Hessen serves as a testing ground where the regional foundations of National Liberalism can be exposed. As Professor White points out, the party's reversals on the Imperial plane after 1878--rejection by Bismarck, electoral defeats, internal splits--not only ended its early primacy in German affairs but also shifted political initiative from Berlin and the Reichstag delegation to the National Liberal branches in the states and provinces, which had maintained unity, power, and alliances with local government in spite of the upheaval above them. The consequences of this change become visible through close examination of the political and social structure in Hessen. On the regional level a liberalism based on the claim to majority representation by the notables (Honoratioren) of bourgeois society, a creed no longer plausible in national politics, remained defensible. Through the Heidelberg Declaration of 1884 the National Liberals of the German Southwest attempted to buttress this approach with an economic and social platform and, simultaneously, to make it the impulse of the national party's revival. But they succeeded only in deferring National Liberalism's adjustment to democratic politics and in subordinating their movement to the clash of regional and constituency interests. The result was a chronically splintered party. Against the backdrop of this main theme, White delineates several additional features of the changing political and social scene in Imperial Germany--the local power of the notables, Bismarck's skills as a political manager, the character of agrarian discontent and rural anti-Semitism, the steady advance of socialism. The uniquely German element in National Liberalism's failure is assessed in a concluding comparison with the development of liberal politics in Britain and Italy.

Author : Philippines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Philippines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119244320

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Official Gazette by Philippines Pdf

Author : Benjamin R. Gampel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107164512

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Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response, 1391-1392 by Benjamin R. Gampel Pdf

Gampel investigates the anti-Jewish riots in 1391-2 in the lands of Castile and Aragon.

Author : Richard Cohen
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307430748

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By the Sword by Richard Cohen Pdf

“Like swordplay itself, By the Sword is elegant, accurate, romantic, and full of brio—the definitive study, hugely readable, of man’s most deadly art.”—Simon Winchester With a new Preface by the author Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who as a schoolboy would practice fencing with Bess—his future wife— when the two of them returned home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Ignatius Loyola challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic, was Mussolini, who would tell his wife he was “off to get spaghetti,” their code to avoid alarming the children. By the Sword is an epic history of sword fighting—a science, an art, and, for many, a religion that began at the dawn of civilization in ancient Egypt and has been an obsession for mankind ever since. With wit and insight, Richard Cohen gives us an engrossing history of the world via the sword. Praise for By the Sword “Touché! While scrupulous and informed about its subject, Richard Cohen’s book is about more than swordplay. It reads at times like an alternative social history of the West.”—Sebastian Faulks “In writing By the Sword, [Cohen] has shown that he is as skilled with the pen as he is with the sword.”—The New York Times “Irresistible . . . extraordinary . . . vivid and hugely enjoyable.”—The Economist “A virtual encyclopedia on the subject of sword fighting.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Literate, learned, and, beg pardon, razor-sharp . . . a pleasure for practitioners, and a rewarding entertainment for the armchair swashbuckler.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author : Russ Rodgers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840387

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Nierstein and Oppenheim 1945 by Russ Rodgers Pdf

In January 1945, the collapse of the German front along the Siegfried Line led to a large-scale dissolution of German combat forces and capability. Pressed hard by Allied forces advancing eastward, German units often found themselves trapped west of the Rhine River. With his eye on history, US Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. was determined to be the first leader since Napoleon to make an assault crossing of the Rhine. The most logical crossing-place was at Mainz, as it served as a major railroad logistical link from west to east. However, Patton was aware that this would be obvious to the Germans, and therefore he and his staff made rapid plans for another site at Nierstein and Oppenheim, about 12 miles south of Mainz. The crossing began at 2230 hours on 23 March, when the first boats carrying 11th Infantry Regiment troops left the western bank of the Rhine. They met with little opposition; despite a few sharp counterattacks, overall resistance was light and American forces suffered few casualties. By 24 March, the US 4th Armoured Division under Brig. Gen. William Hoge crossed the Rhine and began the exploitation phase. By 26 March, the exploitation to the Main River was clearly a rout, exacerbated by additional crossings of the Rhine by other Allied units over the next few days. Illustrated throughout with stunning full-colour artwork, maps, and bird's-eye-views, this title details the complete history of this dramatic campaign.

Author : J. Shola Omotola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031471681

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The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria by J. Shola Omotola Pdf

Author : Lauren Benton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691248486

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They Called It Peace by Lauren Benton Pdf

A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires Imperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at their discretion. They Called It Peace is a panoramic history of how these routines of violence remapped the contours of empire and reordered the world from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. In an account spanning from Asia to the Americas, Lauren Benton shows how imperial violence redefined the very nature of war and peace. Instead of preparing lasting peace, fragile truces ensured an easy return to war. Serial conflicts and armed interventions projected a de facto state of perpetual war across the globe. Benton describes how seemingly limited war sparked atrocities, from sudden massacres to long campaigns of dispossession and extermination. She brings vividly to life a world in which warmongers portrayed themselves as peacemakers and Europeans imagined “small” violence as essential to imperial rule and global order. Holding vital lessons for us today, They Called It Peace reveals how the imperial violence of the past has made perpetual war and the threat of atrocity endemic features of the international order.

Author : Carl Posey
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781987944129

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XV Olympiad by Carl Posey Pdf

XV Olympiad, the thirteenth volume in The Olympic Century series, tells the story of 1952 Summer Olympic Games of Helsinki, Finland. The Helsinki Games were the first for the Peoples' Republic of China, Israel and the USSR, and set a record for most world records broken at a single Olympics that would stand until 2008.The book profiles heroes of Helsinki like Bob Mathias of the U.S., who defended his decathlon title from the 1948 London Games; the distance runner Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, who claimed three golds including the marathon; and Josy Barthel, who became the first and only gold medal winner from Luxembourg with his triumph in the 1500 metres. In team sports, the legendary "e;Magic Magyars"e; of Hungary claimed gold in soccer.The second part of the book focuses on the Winter Olympics of 1956, held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which boasted the most events ever held at a Winter Games. With televisions now common in homes in most advanced countries, Cortina d'Ampezzo was also the first Olympics viewed by a wide global audience, boosting the popularity of the Games to a new level. Heroes of Cortina like the Austrian skier Toni Sailer, who swept all three alpine events, became household names, and the world got its first glimpse of the mighty Soviet hockey team, which went on to win five of the next six Olympic gold medals. Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee, called The Olympic Century, "e;The most comprehensive history of the Olympic games ever published"e;.

Author : Tony Addison,Alan Roe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198817369

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Extractive Industries by Tony Addison,Alan Roe Pdf

"A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)".

Author : Sandra Walklate,Kate Fitz-Gibbon,Jude McCulloch,JaneMaree Maher
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787699557

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The Emerald Handbook of Feminism, Criminology and Social Change by Sandra Walklate,Kate Fitz-Gibbon,Jude McCulloch,JaneMaree Maher Pdf

Comprehensive and current, this handbook combines a wide range of international contributors to chart the uneasy relationship between feminism, criminology and victimology. It explores both the historical and contemporary questions posed by feminist work and is essential reading for anyone interested in feminism, criminology and social change.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2062 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UIUC:30112001088423

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Cumulated Index Medicus by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Nirenberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691165769

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Communities of Violence by David Nirenberg Pdf

In the wake of modern genocide, we tend to think of violence against minorities as a sign of intolerance, or, even worse, a prelude to extermination. Violence in the Middle Ages, however, functioned differently, according to David Nirenberg. In this provocative book, he focuses on specific attacks against minorities in fourteenth-century France and the Crown of Aragon (Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia). He argues that these attacks--ranging from massacres to verbal assaults against Jews, Muslims, lepers, and prostitutes--were often perpetrated not by irrational masses laboring under inherited ideologies and prejudices, but by groups that manipulated and reshaped the available discourses on minorities. Nirenberg shows that their use of violence expressed complex beliefs about topics as diverse as divine history, kinship, sex, money, and disease, and that their actions were frequently contested by competing groups within their own society. Nirenberg's readings of archival and literary sources demonstrates how violence set the terms and limits of coexistence for medieval minorities. The particular and contingent nature of this coexistence is underscored by the book's juxtapositions--some systematic (for example, that of the Crown of Aragon with France, Jew with Muslim, medieval with modern), and some suggestive (such as African ritual rebellion with Catalan riots). Throughout, the book questions the applicability of dichotomies like tolerance versus intolerance to the Middle Ages, and suggests the limitations of those analyses that look for the origins of modern European persecutory violence in the medieval past.

Author : M. A. Stoneridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : WISC:89075347120

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Great Horses of Our Time by M. A. Stoneridge Pdf

Author : Charles Brown MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OSU:32435069092633

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The Last Offensive by Charles Brown MacDonald Pdf