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E. Lamberts The struggle with Leviathan
social responses to the omnipotence of the state, 1815-1965
A panoramic picture of international politics and the formation of the modern State. The opposition to the omnipotence of the State - as symbolised by Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (1651) - had a significant impact on the political organisation of European society. A liberal strategy intended to provide a protective legal status for individual citizens, whereas a social strategy aimed to strengthen the social fabric to counterbalance the power of the State. Gradually both strategies became interwoven....
Non-fictie
Engels | 344 pagina's (PDF, 21 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Lepanto and beyond
images of religious alterity from Genoa and the Christian Mediterranean
The Battle of Lepanto, celebrated as the greatest triumph of Christianity over its Ottoman enemy, was soon transformed into a powerful myth through a vast media campaign. The varied storytelling and the many visual representations that contributed to shape the perception of the battle in Christian Europe are the focus of this book. In broader terms, Lepanto and Beyond also sheds light on the construction of religious alterity in the early modern Mediterranean. It presents cross-disciplinary case...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 56 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021
E-book
M.S. Berger A brief history of Islam in Europe
thirteen centuries of creed, conflict and coexistence
Beknopte geschiedenis van de islam in Europa.
Non-fictie
Engels | 354 pagina's | Leiden University Press, [Leiden] | 2014
Gedrukt boek
The roots of nationalism
national identity formation in early modern Europe, 1600-1815
Non-fictie
Engels | 341 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut te Rome Your humble servant
agents in early modern Europe
Kaleidoscopic tableau of 'agents' wearing the professional cloak of secretaries, diplomats, clergymen, merchants, bankers, aritsts, librarians or soldiers. These agents were active participants in the early modern process of cultural transfer, within the context of art, literature and science. Survey of art agents and the Arundel Collection; the Colonna agents in Italy and Iberia, 1555-1600; art broker Francesco Feroni (17th century); artists-agents Michel le Blon and Pieter Isaacsz; the patronage...
Non-fictie
Engels | 167 pagina's | Verloren, Hilversum | 2006
Gedrukt boek
Post-Cold War Europe, Post-Cold War America
Non-fictie
Engels | 202 pagina's | VU University Press, Amsterdam | 2004
Gedrukt boek
European Association for American Studies The cultural shuttle
the United States in/of Europe
Non-fictie
Engels | 304 pagina's | VU University Press, Amsterdam | 2004
Gedrukt boek
John Goodlad The salt roads
how fish made a culture
Overzicht van de culturele en economische geschiedenis van de zoutvisindustrie in Europa, van de invloed van de vishandel op kunstenaars tot hedendaagse thema’s als duurzaamheid en klimaatverandering.
Non-fictie
Engels | 254 pagina's | Birlinn, Edinburgh | 2023
Gedrukt boek
Robert Gerwarth The vanquished
why the First World War failed to end
Geschiedenis van de eerste jaren na de Eerste Wereldoorlog, gekenmerkt door revoluties, burgeroorlogen en grensconflicten.
Engels | 446 pagina's | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York | 2016
Gedrukt boek
Richard T. Griffiths Thank you M. Monnet
essays on the history of European integration
essays over de geschiedenis van de Europese integratie
Non-fictie
Engels | 443 pagina's | Leiden University Press, [Leiden] | 2014
Gedrukt boek
Alba
general and servant to the crown
Levensbeschrijving van de hertog van Alva (1507-1582), die als Spaanse landvoogd in 1567-1573 de Nederlandse Opstand trachtte neer te slaan.
Non-fictie
Engels | 464 pagina's | Karwansaray Publishers, Rotterdam | 2013
Gedrukt boek