wyszukanych pozycji: 6
John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672
ISBN: 9780691630366 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 964 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Known to his contemporaries for his sharpness of mind, strength of purpose, fortitude, and good humor, John de Witt was a brilliant leader whose career ended in a death of horror rarely paralleled in history. Herbert Rowen's biography embraces all aspects of De Witt's political, intellectual, and personal life, including his role as a mathematician admired by Newton, an "unphilosophical Cartesian," and a political thinker. The author describes De Witt's youth, Dutch society of his day, and his central part in the domestic and foreign politics of the Dutch Republic from 1651 to 1672.... Known to his contemporaries for his sharpness of mind, strength of purpose, fortitude, and good humor, John de Witt was a brilliant leader whose ca... |
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John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672
ISBN: 9780691600437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 964 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Known to his contemporaries for his sharpness of mind, strength of purpose, fortitude, and good humor, John de Witt was a brilliant leader whose career ended in a death of horror rarely paralleled in history. Herbert Rowen's biography embraces all aspects of De Witt's political, intellectual, and personal life, including his role as a mathematician admired by Newton, an "unphilosophical Cartesian," and a political thinker. The author describes De Witt's youth, Dutch society of his day, and his central part in the domestic and foreign politics of the Dutch Republic from 1651 to 1672.... Known to his contemporaries for his sharpness of mind, strength of purpose, fortitude, and good humor, John de Witt was a brilliant leader whose ca... |
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999,22 zł |
The Princes of Orange: The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic
ISBN: 9780521396530 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is an account of the Princes of Orange in the Dutch Republic from William I, "the Silent," to William V, the last and saddest, in their roles as "stadholders." It interweaves their personal lives and characters with the development of the unique institution of the stadholderate and the broad political history of the republic. Without attempting to engage in psychohistory, the book treats the mind and personalities of the stadholders as significant factors.
This is an account of the Princes of Orange in the Dutch Republic from William I, "the Silent," to William V, the last and saddest, in their roles as ...
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John de Witt: Statesman of the True Freedom
ISBN: 9780521527088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. If the combination of superb political skills and a powerful intelligence were enough to make a 'philosopher-king' such as Plato dreamed of, the Dutch 'Grand Pensionary' John de Witt (1625 72) would fit the prescription as well as any statesman in history. Manoeuvring among the powers of Europe in the period of France's growing ascendancy, and facing the bitter commercial and political rivalry of the English, he managed to preserve the eminent position the United Provinces had reached when Spain recognized their independence at Munster in 1648. Not until the kings of France and England...
If the combination of superb political skills and a powerful intelligence were enough to make a 'philosopher-king' such as Plato dreamed of, the Dutch...
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259,84 zł |
The Ambassador Prepares for War: The Dutch Embassy of Arnauld de Pomponne 1669–1671
ISBN: 9789401745871 / Angielski / Miękka / 1970 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The scope of this study is narrow-the activities of a single ambas sador for little more than two years. The problem it treats is wide and universal-the origins of a great war. There can be no adequate history of the relations between states whieh does not take into account the knowledge, judgment and deci sions of individual statesmen. Diplomatie history, though only a part, is a necessary part of the history of international relations. Within a more or less c10sely circumscribed range of possibilities, men in power choose between alternative policies, with results they may or may not have...
The scope of this study is narrow-the activities of a single ambas sador for little more than two years. The problem it treats is wide and universal-t...
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194,97 zł |
The Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe: Collected Essays of Herbert H. Rowen
ISBN: 9780792315278 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This volume brings together essays and reviews of Herbert H. Rowen, professor emeritus of Rutgers University, foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and one of the first important English-speaking historians of the Dutch Republic since John Lothrop Motley. Many of the essays, though published previously, have not been readily available, while several appear here for the first time.
This volume brings together essays and reviews of Herbert H. Rowen, professor emeritus of Rutgers University, foreign member of the Royal Netherlands ...
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544,87 zł |