wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Natural Law, Constitutionalism, Reason of State, and War: Counter-Reformation Spanish Political Thought, Volume I
ISBN: 9780820474274 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Natural Law, Constitutionalism, Reason of State, and War: Counter-Reformation Spanish Political Thought (Volumes I and II) aims at understanding how Spanish thinkers in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries approached the emerging institution of the state. Both volumes are divided evenly into four distinct but related parts that cover the Spaniards central concerns. In the first part, a fundamental question is asked: Is the state a natural institution? In the second, the theme is determining the best form of government. The third part is concerned with the imperative need to...
Natural Law, Constitutionalism, Reason of State, and War: Counter-Reformation Spanish Political Thought (Volumes I and II) aims at understandin...
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468,47 zł |
Natural Law, Constitutionalism, Reason of State, and War: Counter-Reformation Spanish Political Thought, Volume II
ISBN: 9780820476384 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Natural Law, Constitutionalism, Reason of State, and War: Counter-Reformation Spanish Political Thought (Volumes I and II) aims at understanding how Spanish thinkers in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries approached the emerging institution of the state. The volumes are divided evenly into four distinct but related parts that cover the Spaniards central concerns. In the first, a fundamental question is asked: Is the state a natural institution? In the second, the theme is the best form of government. The third part is concerned with the imperative need to define the ethical...
Natural Law, Constitutionalism, Reason of State, and War: Counter-Reformation Spanish Political Thought (Volumes I and II) aims at understandin...
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447,87 zł |
Keen and Violent Remedies: Social Satire and the Grotesque in Masuccio Salernitano's Novellino
ISBN: 9780820444055 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The Novellino of Masuccio Salernitano, long known for its gruesome scenes of violent humor and horror, is arguably the most important collection of short stories in Italian renaissance literature after the Decameron. This study, the first thorough analysis of the tales in English, explores the hidden literary, political, and cultural background of Masuccio s mordant satire. It uncovers the Novellino s sources, from the French fabliaux to Catalan poetry, from the Bible to Boccaccio, and examines the reflections of aristocratic fears in fifteenth-century Naples regarding...
The Novellino of Masuccio Salernitano, long known for its gruesome scenes of violent humor and horror, is arguably the most important collectio...
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308,79 zł |
The Middling Sort and the Politics of Social Reformation: Colchester, 1570-1640
ISBN: 9780820439723 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The interrelated demographic, economic, religious, and cultural transformations that England experienced in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries were most pronounced in larger towns in the south and east, such as Colchester in Essex. The effects produced by these changes led to an effort at social and sexual regulation by the town s more prosperous residents, in order to control and modify the negative impact on the local population, especially the poor. This book provides an in-depth portrait of an urban setting, discussing both wrongdoers themselves and the motivations of the...
The interrelated demographic, economic, religious, and cultural transformations that England experienced in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth c...
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391,21 zł |
The Path of Humility: Caravaggio and Carlo Borromeo
ISBN: 9781433129278 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The Path of Humility: Caravaggio and Carlo Borromeo establishes a fundamental relationship between the Franciscan humility of Archbishop of Milan Carlo Borromeo and the Roman sacred works of Caravaggio. This is the first book to consider and focus entirely upon these two seemingly anomalous personalities of the Counter-Reformation. The import of Caravaggio s Lombard artistic heritage has long been seen as pivotal to the development of his sacred style, but it was not his only source of inspiration. This book seeks to enlarge the discourse surrounding Caravaggio s style by placing him...
The Path of Humility: Caravaggio and Carlo Borromeo establishes a fundamental relationship between the Franciscan humility of Archbishop of Mil...
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562,99 zł |
Culture and Customs of Germany
ISBN: 9780313322037 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. After more than a decade of reunification, it is time for a fresh update on the ever-important nation of Germany. Bernstein, a German native, judiciously surveys the German way of life in an historical context. The information on the former East Germany brings their integration and struggles into a well-rounded portrait. Highlights of the narrative chapters also include discussion of the immigrant population and its effects on the national image, little-known customs for students, the shifting roles of women, and, of course, the magnificent cultural achievements of Germans past and... After more than a decade of reunification, it is time for a fresh update on the ever-important nation of Germany. Bernstein, a German native, judic... |
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287,20 zł |