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Author : Patrik Pastrnak
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000917079

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Dynasty in Motion: Wedding Journeys in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe by Patrik Pastrnak Pdf

Bringing together a variety of evidence, such as princely correspondence, travelogues, financial accounts, chronicles, chivalric or Renaissance poems, this book examines marital travels of princely brides and grooms on a comparative trans-European scale. This book argues that these journeys were extraordinary events and were instrumental for dynastical and monarchical self-representation, and channelled aspirations and anxieties of princely houses when facing each other. Each such journey was a little earthquake that resonated across all layers of society. Hundreds of diplomats, envoys, aristocrats, city officials, low-status personnel, soldiers, artists, musicians, poets, and humanists were involved in preparing, executing, and commemorating them. Stretching far beyond the mere physical movements of the future royal spouse, the journeys snowballed into a myriad of other meanings that epitomised the very character of a society based on prestige, magnificence, honour, and glory. The story of nuptial travelling is fascinating and rich; it is a perfect condensation of monarchical order, dynastic agenda, value system, personal motives, female agency, and social networks in this period. It is dynasty in motion, prestige on wheels, queenly time, place, and time like no other. This volume is the perfect resource for upper-level students and scholars of court studies, the history of monarchy, and for those interested in premodern Europe.

Author : Gerhard Benecke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000008401

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Maximilian I (1459-1519) by Gerhard Benecke Pdf

When originally published in 1982 this was the first biography of Maximilian I to appear in English for half a century. It assesses a man who was Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the modern Austrian state and the grandfather of Charles V and Ferdinand I. Maximilian was a key figure and an appreciation of his role and career is vital to an overall view of European society and politics at the dawning of modern times. The book gives an insight into Maximilian’s style of government and reveals the underlying personal factors that determined many of the key decisions which influenced politics and control during his reign.

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1662 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000398076

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Routledge Library Editions: German History by Various Pdf

Originally published between 1929 and 1991 the volumes in this set: Offer a comprehensive and challenging interpretation of the German past Assess Bismarck’s contribution to the German Empire and his legacy for modern Germany Examine the psyche of the Germans and discuss the psychological impact of the Second World War on the Germans Review critically not only the rise and rule of National Socialism, but also the strength of authoritarianism and militarism and the weakness of democracy in 19th Century Germany Examine the inter-relationships between social and economic change on the one hand, and political developments on the other. Analyse the significance of the Zollverein on economic growth Discuss authority and the law in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. Analyse the contribution of German historians to 20th Century historiography Chart key events in British – German trade rivalry Include archival material from both the former East and West Germany.

Author : Darin Hayton
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822981138

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The Crown and the Cosmos by Darin Hayton Pdf

Despite its popular association today with magic, astrology was once a complex and sophisticated practice, grounded in technical training provided by a university education. The Crown and the Cosmos examines the complex ways that political practice and astrological discourse interacted at the Habsburg court, a key center of political and cultural power in early modern Europe. Like other monarchs, Maximilian I used astrology to help guide political actions, turning to astrologers and their predictions to find the most propitious times to sign treaties or arrange marriage contracts. Perhaps more significantly, the emperor employed astrology as a political tool to gain support for his reforms and to reinforce his own legitimacy as well as that of the Habsburg dynasty. Darin Hayton analyzes the various rhetorical tools astrologers used to argue for the nobility, antiquity, and utility of their discipline, and how they strove to justify their “science” on the grounds that through its rigorous interpretation of the natural world, astrology could offer more reliable predictions. This book draws on extensive printed and manuscript sources from archives across northern and central Europe, including Poland, Germany, France, and England.

Author : British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings,Campbell Dodgson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Wood-engraving
ISBN : UOM:39015062163269

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Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum by British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings,Campbell Dodgson Pdf

Author : Mark Fissel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110661415

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The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs by Mark Fissel Pdf

The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs updates two central debates in military history--the one surrounding the concept of military revolution, and the one on military affairs--whilst advancing original research in both fields. Only a handful of publications consider the military revolution and the RMA in tandem. This book breaks new ground conceptually and appeals to an exceptionally large and diverse readership. Comparative revisionist studies of the military revolution and RMA better enable us to comprehend the historical continuum and reveal the new RMA for what it is. And for what it is shortly to become. This book presents original contributions within the "epicentre" of the military revolution debate, the 1500s, with an emphasis on gunpowder revolution (offensively and defensively). The connections with the Revolution in Military Affairs are then made explicit by scholars, a practitioner, and an analyst, with an emphasis on airborne lethal autonomous weapons systems. This is a chronologically broad and unique methodological approach to a historical debate that begs for clarification as we enter an era where killer robots will almost certainly take from humans their monopoly on violence.

Author : Jeffrey Chipps Smith
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781477306383

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Nuremberg, a Renaissance City, 1500–1618 by Jeffrey Chipps Smith Pdf

This illustrated study of Renaissance Nuremberg explores the city’s social and artistic history through the sixteenth century and beyond. The German city of Nuremberg reached the height of its artistic brilliance during the Renaissance, becoming one of the foremost cultural centers in all of Europe by 1500. Nuremberg was the home of painter Albrecht Dürer, whose creative genius inspired generations of German artists. However, Dürer was only one of a host of extraordinary painters, printmakers, sculptors, and goldsmiths working in the city. Following a map of the city’s principal landmarks, Guy Fitch Lytle provides a compact historical background for Jeffrey Chipps Smith's detailed discussions of the city’s social and artistic significance. Smith examines the religious function of art before and during the Reformation; the early manifestations of humanism in Nuremberg and its influence on the art of Dürer and his contemporaries; and the central role of Dürer’s pedagogical ideas and his workshop in the dissemination of Renaissance artistic concepts. Finally, Smith surveys the principal artists and stylistic trends in Nuremberg from 1500 to the outbreak of the Thirty Years War. Nuremberg: A Renaissance City, 1500-1618 contains biographical sketches of forty-five major artists of the period, plus more than three hundred illustrations depicting the city and its most magnificent artistic treasures.

Author : Alan V. Murray,Karen Watts
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275427

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The Medieval Tournament As Spectacle by Alan V. Murray,Karen Watts Pdf

Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.

Author : Florian Tobias Dörschel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004527010

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Ritterliche Taten der Gewalt by Florian Tobias Dörschel Pdf

Florian Dörschel deals with the martial side of German chivalry towards the end of the Middle Ages. Knightly violence was at the center of social, military and political life as an instrument of power, representation and communication. Florian Dörschel befasst sich mit der kriegerischen Seite des deutschen Rittertums im ausgehenden Mittelalter. Diese ritterliche Gewalt stand als Machtinstrument, Repräsentations- und Kommunikationsmittel im Mittelpunkt des sozialen, militärischen und politischen Lebens.

Author : Guita Lamsechi,Beatrice Trînca
Publisher : V&R Unipress
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9783847014263

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Spiritual Vegetation by Guita Lamsechi,Beatrice Trînca Pdf

This volume concerns premodern understandings of vegetal nature that encompass multiple semantics and perspectives. Scholars from the disparate fields of art history, literature, and religious studies present tantalizing studies of trees and plants in sacred and secular thought. Some discuss the concept of the Book of Nature and its implications. Others explore narratives of symbiosis between humans and vegetal material, tree-dwelling hermits, spirits metamorphosing into wood, flowers or trees that sprout from bodies or the dissolution of the self into the natural world. Complementary to these approaches are studies that suggest a collapsing of time and space in spiritually charged yet ambiguous natural motifs or topographies where forests or groves are spaces of transformative experience.

Author : Sarah Bowden,Manfred Eikelmann,Stephen Mossman,Michael Stolz
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783772056956

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Geschichte erzählen. Strategien der Narrativierung von Vergangenheit im Mittelalter by Sarah Bowden,Manfred Eikelmann,Stephen Mossman,Michael Stolz Pdf

Die Beiträge dieses Bandes gehen auf eine internationale Tagung zurück, die 2017 in Manchester stattgefunden hat. Sie untersuchen die Darstellung von Geschichte in der mittelalterlichen deutschen Literatur auf der Basis von aktuellen erzähltheoretischen Forschungsansätzen. Dabei wird ein breites Spektrum an Texten, Gattungen und Diskursen in den Blick genommen; als Angelpunkt für zahlreiche relevante Fragestellungen erweist sich die im 12. Jahrhundert entstandene ›Kaiserchronik‹. Geleitet von der Erkenntnis, dass Vergangenheit erst im Erzählen zu Geschichte wird, analysieren die Beiträge einschlägige narrative Strategien.

Author : Marcus Lehmann
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1583305513

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Rabbi Yoselman of Rosheim by Marcus Lehmann Pdf

The story of R' Yoselman, great defender of the Jewish people during the turbulent times of 16th century Germany. Revised, newly designed one-volume edition.

Author : LauraJ Whatley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351545266

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The Crusades and Visual Culture by LauraJ Whatley Pdf

The crusades, whether realized or merely planned, had a profound impact on medieval and early modern societies. Numerous scholars in the fields of history and literature have explored the influence of crusading ideas, values, aspirations and anxieties in both the Latin States and Europe. However, there have been few studies dedicated to investigating how the crusading movement influenced and was reflected in medieval visual cultures. Written by scholars from around the world working in the domains of art history and history, the essays in this volume examine the ways in which ideas of crusading were realized in a broad variety of media (including manuscripts, cartography, sculpture, mural paintings, and metalwork). Arguing implicitly for recognition of the conceptual frameworks of crusades that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, the volume explores the pervasive influence and diverse expression of the crusading movement from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries.

Author : F. W. H. Hollstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Engravers
ISBN : UCR:31210012387500

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German Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts, Ca. 1400-1700: Brucker-Coriolanus by F. W. H. Hollstein Pdf

Author : Martyn Rady
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541644496

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The Habsburgs by Martyn Rady Pdf

The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries -- from their rise to power to their eventual downfall. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built -- and then lost -- over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe, stretching from Hungary to Spain, and parts of the New World and the Far East. The Habsburgs continued to dominate Central Europe through the First World War. Historians often depict the Habsburgs as leaders of a ramshackle empire. But Rady reveals their enduring power, driven by the belief that they were destined to rule the world as defenders of the Roman Catholic Church, guarantors of peace, and patrons of learning. The Habsburgs is the definitive history of a remarkable dynasty that forever changed Europe and the world.