wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837
ISBN: 9781405134453 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Imperial Island: A History of Britain and its Empire, 1660-1837 is a comprehensive account of Great Britain's imperial path from the Stuart Restoration of 1660 to its emergence as a dominant global superpower.
Imperial Island: A History of Britain and its Empire, 1660-1837 is a comprehensive account of Great Britain's imperial path from the Stuart Res...
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174,78 zł |
The Power of Kings: Monarchy and Religion in Europe 1589-1715
ISBN: 9780300090666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the sixteenth century, the kings of Europe were like gods to their subjects. Within 150 years, however, this view of monarchs had altered dramatically: a king was the human, visible sign of the rational state. How did such a momentous shift in political understanding come about? This sweeping book explores the changing cultural significance of the power of European kings from the assassination of France's Henry III to the death of Louis XIV. Paul Kleber Monod draws on political history, political philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and literature to understand the relationship between...
In the sixteenth century, the kings of Europe were like gods to their subjects. Within 150 years, however, this view of monarchs had altered dramatica...
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341,83 zł |
Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788
ISBN: 9780521447935 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Although historians have devoted much attention to the influence of Jacobitism on Parliamentary politics, none has hitherto attempted to explore its broader implications in English society. Paul Monod's acclaimed study, newly available in paperback, redresses this, and offers a wide-ranging analysis of every aspect of Jacobite activity.
Although historians have devoted much attention to the influence of Jacobitism on Parliamentary politics, none has hitherto attempted to explore its b...
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227,81 zł |
Solomon's Secret Arts: The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment
ISBN: 9780300123586 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. But in this illuminating book, Paul Monod reveals the surprising extent to which Newton, Boyle, Locke, and other giants of rational thought and empiricism also embraced the spiritual, the magical, and the occult. Although public acceptance of occult and magical practices waxed and waned during this period they survived underground, experiencing a considerable revival in the mid-eighteenth century with the rise of new antiestablishment religious denominations. The occult spilled...
The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. But in this illuminating book, Paul...
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191,47 zł |
Murder of Mr. Grebell: Madness and Civility in an English Town
ISBN: 9780300099850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this gruesome crime happen? What does it reveal about the political, economic, and cultural patterns that existed in this small English port town? To answer these questions, this fascinating book takes us back to the mid-sixteenth century, when religious and social tensions began to fragment the quiet town of Rye and led to witch hunts, riots, and violent political confrontations. Paul Monod examines events over the course of the next two centuries, tracing the... On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this gruesome crime happen... |
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451,64 zł |
Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837
ISBN: 9781405134446 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Imperial Island: A History of Britain and its Empire, 1660-1837 is a comprehensive account of Great Britain's imperial path from the Stuart Restoration of 1660 to its emergence as a dominant global superpower.
Imperial Island: A History of Britain and its Empire, 1660-1837 is a comprehensive account of Great Britain's imperial path from the Stuart Res...
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464,72 zł |