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Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory

The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I

Edited by Valerie Schutte, Jessica S. Hower ...

Series series History (R0)
This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates how the two are fundamentally linked to one another, and to broader questions of female kingship, precedent, and legitimacy. Through ten original essays ... Read more

$167.99 CAD

This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates how the two are fundamentally linked to one another, and to broader questions of female kingship, precedent, and legitimacy. Through ten original essays
... Read more
Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Transfer

by Thomas Adam ...

“Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Transfer” presents a collection of compelling case studies in the area of social reform, museums, philanthropy, football, nonviolent resistance and holiday rituals such as Christmas that demonstrate key mechanisms of intercultural transfers. Each chapter provides the application of the intercultural transfer studies paradigm to a specific and distinct ... Read more

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“Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Transfer” presents a collection of compelling case studies in the area of social reform, museums, philanthropy, football, nonviolent resistance and holiday rituals such as Christmas that demonstrate key mechanisms of intercultural transfers. Each chapter provides the application of the intercultural transfer studies paradigm to a specific and distinct
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Geschichtskultur, Bildung und Identitaet

Ueber Grundlagen der Geschichtsdidaktik

by Jörn Rüsen ...

Series Book 8 - Geschichtsdidaktik diskursiv – Public History und Historisches Denken
Behandelt werden zentrale Themen der Geschichtskultur, wie der Umgang mit verstörenden historischen Erfahrungen oder die Komplexität historischer Identitätsbildung. Das Buch stellt die Vielfalt und Bedeutung der historischen Orientierung für das Verständnis der Gegenwart in unterschiedlichen Perspektiven dar. Damit werden grundlegende Voraussetzungen der Geschichtsdidaktik deutlich und deren Rolle ... Read more

$72.99 CAD

Behandelt werden zentrale Themen der Geschichtskultur, wie der Umgang mit verstörenden historischen Erfahrungen oder die Komplexität historischer Identitätsbildung. Das Buch stellt die Vielfalt und Bedeutung der historischen Orientierung für das Verständnis der Gegenwart in unterschiedlichen Perspektiven dar. Damit werden grundlegende Voraussetzungen der Geschichtsdidaktik deutlich und deren Rolle
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Historians' Virtues

From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century

by Herman Paul ...

Series series Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
Why do historians so often talk about objectivity, empathy, and fair-mindedness? What roles do such personal qualities play in historical studies? And why does it make sense to call them virtues rather than skills or habits? Historians' Virtues is the first publication to explore these questions in some depth. With case studies from across the centuries, the Element identifies major ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Why do historians so often talk about objectivity, empathy, and fair-mindedness? What roles do such personal qualities play in historical studies? And why does it make sense to call them virtues rather than skills or habits? Historians' Virtues is the first publication to explore these questions in some depth. With case studies from across the centuries, the Element identifies major
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Stranieri

Itinerari di vita studentesca tra XIII e XVIII secolo

by AA.VV. ...

Questo volume osserva l’università come punto di incontro tra uomini di età diverse e di origini geografiche molteplici. Ciò vale in particolar modo per l’Ateneo patavino, che deve le sue origini proprio a una migrazione di scolari. Un evento circoscritto, che tuttavia rientra nel fenomeno più ampio e diffuso della mobilità accademica che caratterizza il medioevo e la prima età moderna. Nel corso ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Questo volume osserva l’università come punto di incontro tra uomini di età diverse e di origini geografiche molteplici. Ciò vale in particolar modo per l’Ateneo patavino, che deve le sue origini proprio a una migrazione di scolari. Un evento circoscritto, che tuttavia rientra nel fenomeno più ampio e diffuso della mobilità accademica che caratterizza il medioevo e la prima età moderna. Nel corso
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HimmelsKartenWissen

Fruehneuzeitliche Kartierungen des Himmels im Kontext einer theatralen Wissenskultur

by Juliane Howitz ...

Series Book 8 - Theaomai – Studien zu den performativen Kuensten
Auf innovative Weise untersucht die Autorin die Kartographie als spezifische historische Inszenierungspraxis vor dem Hintergrund der Welt als Bühne im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. Wen oder was inszenieren frühneuzeitliche Himmelskarten? Wie präsentieren sie den neuen astronomischen Himmel? Himmelskartographischen Werken der Frühen Neuzeit fällt als Theatri eine besondere Rolle bei der Sammlung und ... Read more

$129.99 CAD

Auf innovative Weise untersucht die Autorin die Kartographie als spezifische historische Inszenierungspraxis vor dem Hintergrund der Welt als Bühne im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. Wen oder was inszenieren frühneuzeitliche Himmelskarten? Wie präsentieren sie den neuen astronomischen Himmel? Himmelskartographischen Werken der Frühen Neuzeit fällt als Theatri eine besondere Rolle bei der Sammlung und
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Singular Pasts

The "I" in Historiography

by Enzo Traverso ...

Translated by Adam Schoene ...

Today, history is increasingly written in the first person. A growing number of historical works include an autobiographical dimension, as if writing about the past required exploring the inner life of the author. Neither traditional history nor autobiography, this hybrid genre calls the norms of the historical profession into question. In search of new and creative paths, it transgresses a ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Today, history is increasingly written in the first person. A growing number of historical works include an autobiographical dimension, as if writing about the past required exploring the inner life of the author. Neither traditional history nor autobiography, this hybrid genre calls the norms of the historical profession into question. In search of new and creative paths, it transgresses a
... Read more
Unsolved

Cold-Case Homicides of Law Enforcement Officers

by James A Bultema ...

Ripped from today’s headlines, Unsolved is the first ever book to examine the sacrifices made by American’s heroic law enforcement officers who were murdered while their killers escaped justice. Left behind are devastated loved ones and a law enforcement agency hunting down the assassins. Building on years of comprehensive nationwide research, Bultema, a former LAPD cop, puts a story behind some ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Ripped from today’s headlines, Unsolved is the first ever book to examine the sacrifices made by American’s heroic law enforcement officers who were murdered while their killers escaped justice. Left behind are devastated loved ones and a law enforcement agency hunting down the assassins. Building on years of comprehensive nationwide research, Bultema, a former LAPD cop, puts a story behind some
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The A to Z of the Jacksonian Era and Manifest Destiny

by Terry Corps ...

Series series The A to Z Guide Series
The brief period from 1829 to 1849 was one of the most important in American history. During just two decades, the American government was strengthened, the political system consolidated, and the economy diversified. All the while literature and the arts, the press and philanthropy, urbanization, and religious revivalism sparked other changes. The belief in Manifest Destiny simultaneously caused ... Read more

$62.99 CAD

The brief period from 1829 to 1849 was one of the most important in American history. During just two decades, the American government was strengthened, the political system consolidated, and the economy diversified. All the while literature and the arts, the press and philanthropy, urbanization, and religious revivalism sparked other changes. The belief in Manifest Destiny simultaneously caused
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On the Existence of God

Lectures given at the Universities of Würzburg and Vienna (1868–1891)

by F.C. Brentano ...

Translated by S. Krantz ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Of the works by Franz Brentano (1838-1917) which have appeared in thus far, perhaps none is better suited to convey a clear idea of the English spirit of the man that this volume of his lectures on proving the existence of God. In order to understand his metaphysics, it would he better to read The Theory of Categories; in order to master the finer points of his psychology, it would be better to ... Read more

$256.99 CAD

Of the works by Franz Brentano (1838-1917) which have appeared in thus far, perhaps none is better suited to convey a clear idea of the English spirit of the man that this volume of his lectures on proving the existence of God. In order to understand his metaphysics, it would he better to read The Theory of Categories; in order to master the finer points of his psychology, it would be better to
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History in the Making

by J. H. Elliott ...

$29.99 CAD
MERKUR 12/2024, Jg.78

Nr. 907, Heft 12, Dezember 2024

Edited by Christian Demand, Ekkehard Knörer ...

Series series MERKUR
Steffen Mau schlägt vor, die Probleme, die sozialer Wandel hervorruft, unter dem Aspekt ihrer Zeitverhältnisse zu betrachten – und warnt: "Alle Versuche, Politik mit der Brechstange zu machen und Gesellschaften einen grundlegenden Wandel aufzuzwingen, erweisen sich als hoch riskant." Ist klein manchmal fein? Das fragt Christian Demand im Blick auf das Wohnen und den architektonischen Umgang mit ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Steffen Mau schlägt vor, die Probleme, die sozialer Wandel hervorruft, unter dem Aspekt ihrer Zeitverhältnisse zu betrachten – und warnt: "Alle Versuche, Politik mit der Brechstange zu machen und Gesellschaften einen grundlegenden Wandel aufzuzwingen, erweisen sich als hoch riskant." Ist klein manchmal fein? Das fragt Christian Demand im Blick auf das Wohnen und den architektonischen Umgang mit
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Writing Russia

The Discursive Construction of AnOther Nation

by Melissa-Ellen Dowling ...

Series series Routledge Approaches to History
Writing Russia offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing preeminent historical works on the history of Russia, this book provides insight into the hidden ideological underpinnings of the texts and their representations of Russia in the West. It demonstrates that historians employ a range of literary techniques to smooth over contradictions ... Read more

$85.99 CAD

Writing Russia offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing preeminent historical works on the history of Russia, this book provides insight into the hidden ideological underpinnings of the texts and their representations of Russia in the West. It demonstrates that historians employ a range of literary techniques to smooth over contradictions
... Read more
Sinfonia de Birimbau Cultura da Capoeira em Música Clássica

by Mestre Jeronimo JC ...

Meu novo Método Musical agrega correções cruciais pras partituras clássicas e ensina a usar com precisão as claves da música clássica. Comprovo a eficiência da nova partitura de Birimbau (orucungo, gunga, berimbau, etc.) e percussão com canções originais inspiradas nas tradições artísticas da Capoeira, MPB, música clássica, o rock e o jazz.O livro tem ideias e soluções pra melhorar a educação ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Meu novo Método Musical agrega correções cruciais pras partituras clássicas e ensina a usar com precisão as claves da música clássica. Comprovo a eficiência da nova partitura de Birimbau (orucungo, gunga, berimbau, etc.) e percussão com canções originais inspiradas nas tradições artísticas da Capoeira, MPB, música clássica, o rock e o jazz.O livro tem ideias e soluções pra melhorar a educação
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The Development of the Secondary Curriculum

Edited by Michael H. Price ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Curriculum
Originally published in 1986. This book's focus is on English secondary schooling in the late 19th and 20th Centuries, during which the definition of a general ‘secondary’ education was itself negotiated and consolidated before the development of secondary modern and then comprehensive schools.In each chapter, a specialist contributor considers the changing ideology, shape and status of one of the ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

Originally published in 1986. This book's focus is on English secondary schooling in the late 19th and 20th Centuries, during which the definition of a general ‘secondary’ education was itself negotiated and consolidated before the development of secondary modern and then comprehensive schools.In each chapter, a specialist contributor considers the changing ideology, shape and status of one of the
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Anachronism and Antiquity

by Dr Tim Rood, Carol Atack, Tom Phillips ...

This book is a study both of anachronism in antiquity and of anachronism as a vehicle for understanding antiquity. It explores the post-classical origins and changing meanings of the term 'anachronism' as well as the presence of anachronism in all its forms in classical literature, criticism and material objects. Contrary to the position taken by many modern philosophers of history, this book ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

This book is a study both of anachronism in antiquity and of anachronism as a vehicle for understanding antiquity. It explores the post-classical origins and changing meanings of the term 'anachronism' as well as the presence of anachronism in all its forms in classical literature, criticism and material objects. Contrary to the position taken by many modern philosophers of history, this book
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Greek Scholars between East and West in the Fifteenth Century

by John Monfasani ...

Series series Variorum Collected Studies
Although the immense importance for the Renaissance of Greek émigrés to fifteenth-century Italy has long been recognized, much basic research on the phenomenon remains to be done. This new volume by John Monfasani gathers together fourteen studies filling in some of the gaps in our knowledge. The philosophers George Gemistus Pletho and George Amiroutzes, the great churchman Cardinal Bessarion, and ... Read more

$78.99 CAD

Although the immense importance for the Renaissance of Greek émigrés to fifteenth-century Italy has long been recognized, much basic research on the phenomenon remains to be done. This new volume by John Monfasani gathers together fourteen studies filling in some of the gaps in our knowledge. The philosophers George Gemistus Pletho and George Amiroutzes, the great churchman Cardinal Bessarion, and
... Read more
Die Konfliktkommissionen in der DDR

by Holger Horst Brüning ...

Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Geschichte der Konfliktkommissionen in der DDR von ihrer Entstehung bis zu ihrer Abschaffung. Sie vergleicht die Konfliktkommissionsordnungen und untersucht das Verhältnis der Konfliktkommissionen zu Gewerkschaften und betrieblichen Leitern. Die Untersuchung beruht auf Gewerkschaftsbeschlüssen, der FDGB-Presse, juristischen Fachzeitschriften der DDR und ... Read more

$184.99 CAD

Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Geschichte der Konfliktkommissionen in der DDR von ihrer Entstehung bis zu ihrer Abschaffung. Sie vergleicht die Konfliktkommissionsordnungen und untersucht das Verhältnis der Konfliktkommissionen zu Gewerkschaften und betrieblichen Leitern. Die Untersuchung beruht auf Gewerkschaftsbeschlüssen, der FDGB-Presse, juristischen Fachzeitschriften der DDR und
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Die Stimme der Vernunft?

Menschenrechtssprache als Teil des Politischen waehrend des Ost–West-Konflikts, 1961–1973

by Thomas Werneke ...

Series Book 56 - Europe plurielle/Multiple Europes
Wie wurden Menschenrechte zum erfolgreichen Bestandteil politischer und ideologischer Argumentation während der 1960er und 1970er Jahre? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage untersucht das Buch die Verwendungsweisen von Menschenrechtssprache in der professionellen Sphäre der Politik. Die westliche Integrationszone steht hierbei im Zentrum der Untersuchung, welche die Verwendungsweise von ... Read more

$88.99 CAD

Wie wurden Menschenrechte zum erfolgreichen Bestandteil politischer und ideologischer Argumentation während der 1960er und 1970er Jahre? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage untersucht das Buch die Verwendungsweisen von Menschenrechtssprache in der professionellen Sphäre der Politik. Die westliche Integrationszone steht hierbei im Zentrum der Untersuchung, welche die Verwendungsweise von
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Penser l’avenir au temps de Georges Pompidou

Edited by Gilles Le Béguec, Frédéric Tristram ...

Series Book 9 - Georges Pompidou – Études
Les années Pompidou symbolisent un moment particulier de modernisation et de foi dans l’avenir. En témoignent l’attachement à l’art contemporain, l’édification du Centre Pompidou, mais aussi le lancement de grands projets industriels dont beaucoup continuent à déterminer notre vie quotidienne : programme électro-nucléaire, TGV, Airbus, Ariane, Concorde, Développement des autoroutes, etc. Derrière ... Read more

$60.99 CAD

Les années Pompidou symbolisent un moment particulier de modernisation et de foi dans l’avenir. En témoignent l’attachement à l’art contemporain, l’édification du Centre Pompidou, mais aussi le lancement de grands projets industriels dont beaucoup continuent à déterminer notre vie quotidienne : programme électro-nucléaire, TGV, Airbus, Ariane, Concorde, Développement des autoroutes, etc. Derrière
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Storia, crocevia di discipline

Concerto per trio nella scuola-orchestra: Storia, Tecnologia, Scienze

by Associazione Clio '92 ...

Series Book 1 - SEA, Scuola Estiva di Arcevia
Atti della XXVII Scuola Estiva di Arcevia progettata dall’Associazione “Clio ’92” organizzata dall’Istituto Comprensivo di Arcevia (AN) 24-27 agosto 2021La Storia, – dopo aver esplorato, nel passato, gli incroci con la Geografia, la Letteratura, la Musica, l’Arte e il Patrimonio culturale –, si è posta in un nuovo crocevia nel tentativo di abbattere gli steccati che tradizionalmente la separano da ... Read more

$22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Atti della XXVII Scuola Estiva di Arcevia progettata dall’Associazione “Clio ’92” organizzata dall’Istituto Comprensivo di Arcevia (AN) 24-27 agosto 2021La Storia, – dopo aver esplorato, nel passato, gli incroci con la Geografia, la Letteratura, la Musica, l’Arte e il Patrimonio culturale –, si è posta in un nuovo crocevia nel tentativo di abbattere gli steccati che tradizionalmente la separano da
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清朝前纪

by 孟森 ...

《清朝前纪》是近代清史学家孟森先生在南京中央大学讲授满洲历史时的讲义，全书分纲领、女真纪、建州纪、建州左卫前纪、肇祖纪、褚宴充善纪、妥罗纪、兴祖纪、景祖纪、显祖纪、附王杲纪等篇。对满洲历史感兴趣的读者，本书不可不读。本书原系学校讲义，但考核颇翔实，记述了满族入关以前的史事，包括部族变动、世系形成与发展等情况。先详部族，后叙世系，至明天启末年为止（相当于努尔哈赤死时）。其内容“既为明史所削而不存，又为清史所讳而不著。则此一编，正为明、清两史补其共同之缺也。”是研究清朝前期历史的重要资料。 ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

《清朝前纪》是近代清史学家孟森先生在南京中央大学讲授满洲历史时的讲义，全书分纲领、女真纪、建州纪、建州左卫前纪、肇祖纪、褚宴充善纪、妥罗纪、兴祖纪、景祖纪、显祖纪、附王杲纪等篇。对满洲历史感兴趣的读者，本书不可不读。本书原系学校讲义，但考核颇翔实，记述了满族入关以前的史事，包括部族变动、世系形成与发展等情况。先详部族，后叙世系，至明天启末年为止（相当于努尔哈赤死时）。其内容“既为明史所削而不存，又为清史所讳而不著。则此一编，正为明、清两史补其共同之缺也。”是研究清朝前期历史的重要资料。
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Remembering England: Cultural Memory in the Sagas of Icelanders

by Matthew Firth ...

Series series Studies in Medieval History and Culture
This book provides an in-depth study of depictions of England in the Saga of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), examining their utility as sources for the history of Viking Age Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact.The Íslendingasögur present themselves as histories, but they are difficult historical sources. Their setting is the Saga Age, a period that begins with the settlement of Iceland in the late ... Read more

$91.99 CAD

This book provides an in-depth study of depictions of England in the Saga of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), examining their utility as sources for the history of Viking Age Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact.The Íslendingasögur present themselves as histories, but they are difficult historical sources. Their setting is the Saga Age, a period that begins with the settlement of Iceland in the late
... Read more
Too Good To Check

by Flynn Mercer ...

Not just another "misattribution" retread: the series so far has moved from correct evidence that took too long (Book 1) to correct credit that landed on the wrong person (Book 2). The natural third move completes the set — incorrect beliefs that got corrected decades ago and are still repeated as fact anyway. Where Books 1 and 2 were both, in their own ways, hopeful (the truth eventually surfaces ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Not just another "misattribution" retread: the series so far has moved from correct evidence that took too long (Book 1) to correct credit that landed on the wrong person (Book 2). The natural third move completes the set — incorrect beliefs that got corrected decades ago and are still repeated as fact anyway. Where Books 1 and 2 were both, in their own ways, hopeful (the truth eventually surfaces
... Read more

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