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La presente monografia si propone di ripercorrere, con approcci metodologici diversi, la formazione e lo sviluppo della percezione di un'identità linguistica, letteraria e culturale nel territorio della Svizzera italiana. La ricerca muove dall'indagine sull'evoluzione semantica delle denominazioni impiegate nella regione, dal Medioevo all'istituzione degli Stati moderni, per giungere alle opere e al pensiero degli studiosi e degli scrittori che hanno animato il dibattito...
| Автор | Ariele Morinini |
This book examines the events of the Revolution but it also goes further into the French history providing explanations for the causes which led to this world changing milestone. Contents: Origin of the French Monarchy The Houses of Valois and Bourbon The Regency and Louis XV Despotism and Its Fruits The Bastille The Court and the Parliament The Assembly of the Notables The Appeal to the People Assembling of the States-general The National Assembly Revolutionary Measures The Tumult...
| Автор | John Stevens Cabot Abbott |
This eBook edition of «The History of Rome» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: The Principate The Joint Government of the Princeps and Senate The Family of Augustus and His Plans to Found a Dynasty Rome and Parthia The Winning and Losing of Germany Rome Under Augustus Literature of the Augustan Age The Principate of Tiberius The Principate of Gaius Caligula The Principate of Claudius The Conquest of Britain The...
| Автор | John Bagnell Bury |
This study describes the period of great changes in European history – the decline in the belief of magic and miracles and emerging of the new way of thinking which has brought the rise of religious persecution, the gradual secularization of politics and the rise of toleration and rationalism. Contents: Rationalism in Europe On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous Magic and Witchcraft On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous The Miracles of the Church Aesthetic, Scientific, and Moral...
| Автор | William Edward Hartpole Lecky |
The book covers the period of more than 200 years from the time of Julius Caesar until the end of Marcus Aurelius' reign. Through the 30 chapters of this book, readers will gain a complete insight into the political history of the golden age of the Roman Empire. Contents: From the Battle of Actium to the Foundation of the Principate The Principate The Joint Government of the Princeps and Senate The Family of Augustus and His Plans to Found a Dynasty Administration of Augustus in Rome...
| Автор | John Bagnell Bury |
Author's intention was not to write the history of a religion, but that of one of the greatest revolutions which had taken place among men. Therefore, this is the history of that mighty impulse which was given to the world five centuries ago and the influence of which is still everywhere perceived. The history of the Reformation is different from the history of Protestantism. The history of Protestantism might interest none but Protestants; the history of the Reformation is for all...
| Автор | Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne |
This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Annals of the Turkish Empire is a narrative of the most important and interesting events which had transpired within the Turkish dominions within seventy years, from 1591 to 1660. Besides other incidents of importance, negotiations and treaties – friendly and commercial with foreign powers, the book includes the author's detailed account of all the wars, offensive and...
| Автор | Mustafa Naima |
The main goal of this edition is to present the Holy Roman Empire as an institution or system, the wonderful offspring of a body of beliefs and traditions which have passed away from the world. Such a description, however, would not be intelligible without some account of the great events which accompanied the growth and decay of imperial power; and it has therefore appeared best to give the book the form rather of a narrative than of a dissertation; and to combine with an exposition of what may...
| Автор | Viscount James Bryce |
Elizabeth Bacon Custer began writing articles and making speaking engagements praising the glory of what she presented as her «martyred» husband, General George Armstrong Custer. Her three books—Boots and Saddles (1885), Tenting on the Plains—(1887), and Following the Guidon (1890) aimed at glorifying her dead husband's memory. Though generally considered to be largely factually accurate, they were clearly slanted in Custer's favor. Her efforts were successful. The image of a steely...
| Автор | Elizabeth Bacon Custer |
This book is a result of author's trip to Yucatán where he studied ancient Maya sites. His goal was to explore the possibility of links between the Maya and the civilizations of ancient Egypt and Atlantis. The author was one of the first persons to photograph and study Chicen Itza. His photographic work was methodical and systematic, and he took hundreds of photos. He documented entire Maya buildings, such as the «Governor's Palace» at Uxmal. The results of author's research along...
| Автор | Augustus Le Plongeon |