Download or read book An Historical Inquiry into the Ancient Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Crown Vol I The Reign of the Emperor Constantine the Great written by James Baldwin BROWN (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Frontiers of History written by Donald R. Kelley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1764-65, the irrepressible playwright Beaumarchais travelled to Madrid, where he immersed himself in the life and society of the day. Inspired by the places he had seen and the people he had met, Beaumarchais returned home to create The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, plays that became the basis for the operas by Rossini and Mozart that continue to delight audiences today. This book is a lively and original account of Beaumarchais's visit to Madrid (he never went to Seville) and a re-creation of the society that fired his imagination. Drawing on Beaumarchais's letters and commentaries, translated into English for the first time, Hugh Thomas investigates the full range of the playwright's activities in Madrid. He focuses particular attention on short plays that Beaumarchais attended and by which he was probably influenced, and he probes the inspirations for such widely recognized characters as the barber-valet Figaro, the lordly Count Almaviva, and the beautiful but deceived Rosine. Not neglecting Beaumarchais's many other pursuits (ranging from an endeavour to gain a contract for selling African slaves to an attempt to place his mistress as a spy in the bed of King Charles III), Lord Thomas provides a highly entertaining view of a vital moment in Madrid's history and in the creative life of the energetic Beaumarchais.

Download or read book An Inquiry Into the History of Scotland Preceding the Reign of Malcolm III Or the Year 1056 Including the Authentic History of that Period written by John Pinkerton and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Faces of History written by Donald R. Kelley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, one of the world's leading intellectual historians offers a critical survey of Western historical thought and writing from the pre-classical era to the late eighteenth century. Donald R. Kelley focuses on persistent themes and methodology, including questions of myth, national origins, chronology, language, literary forms, rhetoric, translation, historical method and criticism, theory and practice of interpretation, cultural studies, philosophy of history, and "historicism." Kelley begins by analyzing the dual tradition established by the foundational works of Greek historiography--Herodotus's broad cultural and antiquarian inquiry and the contrasting model of Thucydides' contemporary political and analytical narrative. He then examines the many variations on and departures from these themes produced in writings from Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian antiquity, in medieval chronicles, in national histories and revisions of history during the Renaissance and Reformation, and in the rise of erudite and enlightened history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Throughout, Kelley discusses how later historians viewed their predecessors, including both supporters and detractors of the authors in question. The book, which is a companion volume to Kelley's highly praised anthology Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment, will be a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in interpretations of the past.

Download or read book The History of Cheltenham and Its Environs Including an Inquiry Into the Nature and Properties of the Mineral Waters c and a Concise View of the County of Glocester Based on Simeon Moreau s Tour to Cheltenham With a Preface by H Ruff Implying that He is the Compiler But in Fact Compiled by T F Dibden written by H. RUFF and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Enquiry Into the History of Scotland written by John Pinkerton and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History After Lacan written by Teresa Brennan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lacan was not an ahistorical post-structuralist. Starting from this controversial premiss, Teresa Brennan tells the story of a social psychosis. She begins by recovering Lacan's neglected theory of history which argued that we are in the grip of a psychotic's era which began in the seventeenth century and climaxes in the present. By extending and elaborating Lacan's theory, Brennan develops a general theory of modernity. Contrary to postmodern assumptions, she argues, we need general historical explanation. An understanding of historical dynamics is essential if we are to make the connections between the outstanding facts of modernity - ethnocentrism, the relationship between the sexes and ecological catastrophe.

Download or read book Handbook on the History of Economic Analysis Volume I written by Gilbert Faccarello and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume I contains original biographical profiles of many of the most important and influential economists from the seventeenth century to the present day. These inform the reader about their lives, works and impact on the further development of the discipline. The emphasis is on their lasting contributions to our understanding of the complex system known as the economy. The entries also shed light on the means and ways in which the functioning of this system can be improved and its dysfunction reduced.

Download or read book Becoming a History Teacher written by Ruth Sandwell and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a History Teacher is a collection of thoughtful essays by history teachers, historians, and teacher educators on how to prepare student teachers to think historically and to teach historical thinking.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Edinburgh Subscription Library 1794 1846 With Charter of Erection Laws of the Society List of Members etc written by James David HAIG and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ethics Through History written by Terence Irwin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the human good? What are the primary virtues that make a good person? What makes an action right? Must we try to maximize good consequences? How can we know what is right and good? Can morality be rationally justified? In Ethics Through History, Terence Irwin addresses such fundamental questions, making these central debates intelligible to readers without an extensive background in philosophy. He provides a historical and philosophical discussion of major questions and key philosophers in the history of ethics, in the tradition that begins with Socrates onwards. Irwin covers ancient, medieval, and modern moral philosophers whose views have helped to form the agenda for contemporary ethical theory, paying attention to the strengths and weaknesses of their respective positions.

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Download or read book An Enquiry Into the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations in Europe from the Time of the Greeks and Romans to the Age of Grotius By Robert Ward written by Robert Ward afterwards Plumer Ward and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco written by Mercantile Library Association (San Francisco, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Technique and Design in the History of Printing written by Frans A. Janssen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing 26 selected and thoroughly rewritten essays and articles (all written by Janssen and published previously between 1976 and 2002 in yearbooks and periodicals) all dedicated to the history of printing and book production, this work draws systematically attention to the typogtaphical design of the book. The articles are mainly divided into two fields of attention: the analytical bibliography of the printed book (book production, studies of the technical aspects of type-setting and printing, type founding, printing presses, paper etc.) and the typographical design of books (its functions and its influence on how texts are read).