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Der Briefwechsel mit den Jesuiten in China (1689-1714)
Felix Meiner Verlag 2006; US$ 138.03Hauptbeschreibung Die Ausgabe eröffnet den Zugang zu einem der ersten Versuche in der europäischen Geschichte, die andere Kultur Chinas zu begreifen und zu bewerten. Zugleich zeigt sie auf, daß Leibniz, der große Rationalist, letztendlich doch noch so sehr der christlich geprägten Tradition des Abendlandes verbunden war, daß er die Erkenntnisse,... more...
Der Adel in der Frühen Neuzeit
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 12.94Hauptbeschreibung Bis heute wird die Phantasie des Publikums angeregt von den materiellen Überresten einer kleinen Minderheit innerhalb der Gesellschaft, die der Frühen Neuzeit ihren Stempel aufdrückte wie keine andere Gruppe: Der Adel. Landsitze, Burgen und Schlösser, Gemälde und Berichte vermitteln uns immer noch einen lebendigen Eindruck von den... more...
Planning for Human Settlements in Disaster Prone Areas
Mangalam Publishers 2009; US$ 45.00Atmospheric events like windstorms, hurricanes flooding drought, avalanches and forest fires are common occurrant but windstorms and flooding are most common. Increase in Natural Disaster in developing countries and lack of capacities of these countries to manage the risks have been jeopardizing the process of development. The book carries out analytical... more...
Medieval Gentry
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 120.00What were the principal factors that influenced and shaped the behaviour of the gentry during the Wars of the Roses, from 1455 at the first battle of St Albans to the final encounter at Stoke in 1487? It was the gentry who were the natural leaders within their communities and the nobility relied upon them for military manpower, and to act as their... more...
The Role of Ruling Class Adaptability in the British Transition from Ancien Regime to Modern State
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 169.95This work examines how the landed elite openly absorbed a regular flow of new members to the ruling class. It examines the transition of Britain from aristocratic rule to democracy through a study of the Whig Party. more...
Noble Power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution
Edinburgh University Press 2011; US$ 120.00Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?'This quotation from Job begins Keith Brown's study of how Scotland's nobility rallied under the pressure of the Reformation and the Covenanting Revolution - a tumultuous period which has generated much historical debate on issues of political authority and power. In this volume... more...
The Aristocratic Temper of Greek Civilization
Oxford University Press 1992; US$ 17.99This work is both a defence of the importance of aristocrats in Greek society and a reassessment of their social, cultural and political roles. more...
Women of the Upper Class
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 28.95Although these women are economically and socially powerful, they are for the most part unliberated more...
Aristocrats in Bourgeois Italy
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 47.00A full account of the Italian nobility in the period after national unification. more...
Hochkultur als Herrschaftselement
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 126.00Researchers have long debated which role the aristocracy played in society, politics and the economy during the 19th century. Did the aristocracy succeed in staying ?at the top?, or did it lose more and more ground to the emerging bourgeoisie? The collected essays in this volume show that the Italian and German aristocracy definitely succeeded in preserving... more...









