Church and Society in Catholic Europe of the Eighteenth Century, Callahan
Автор: Mary E. Fissell Название: Patients, Power and the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Bristol ISBN: 0521526930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521526937 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8237.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In early modern England, housewives, clergymen, bloodletters, herb women, and patients told authoritative tales about the body. By the end of the eighteenth century, however, medicine had begun to drown out these voices. This book argues that changes in the relationship between rich and poor underlay this rise in medicine`s authority.
Описание: Dealing with the forgotten comic literature of eighteenth-century Britain, this book uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility that forces us to recognize just how slowly ordinary human sufferings became worthy of sympathy.
Автор: Hickey Название: Eighteenth-Century English ISBN: 1107686091 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107686090 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The eighteenth century was a key period in the development of the English language, in which the modern standard emerged and many dictionaries and grammars first appeared. The novel insights offered in this book extend our knowledge of the English language at the onset of the modern period.
Автор: Flaherty Gloria Название: Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century ISBN: 0691602565 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691602561 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7603.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Pursuing special experiences that take them to the brink of permanent madness or death, men and women in every age have "returned" to heal and comfort their fellow human beings--and these shamans have fascinated students of society from Herodotus to Mircea Eliade. Gloria Flaherty`s book is about the first Western encounters with shamanic peoples an
Описание: The eighteenth-century salon played an important role in shaping literary culture, while both creating and sustaining transnational intellectual networks. Focusing on archival materials, this book is the first detailed examination of the literary salon in Ireland, considered in the wider contexts of contemporary salon culture in Britain and France.
Описание: This text examines the British government`s policy towards Ireland during the imperial crisis of 1750-83, focusing on its attempts to reassert control over Ireland`s increasingly hostile Protestant parliament and populace.
Описание: During the eighteenth century English defendants, victims, witnesses, judges, and jurors spoke a language of the mind. With their reputations or lives at stake, men and women presented their complex emotions and passions as grounds for acquittal or mitigation of punishment.
Описание: This is the first major study of the convict in the Atlantic world of the eighteenth century. In addition, the exchange of representations between the two sides of the Atlantic, and the changing American reaction to convicts, are placed within the growing transatlantic debate on transportation before the American Revolution.
Автор: Wawro, Geoffrey Название: Warfare and society in europe, 1792-1914 ISBN: 0415214459 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415214452 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8114.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Combining original research with the latest scholarship Wawro examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of WW1. The book highlights the interplay of society, politics and military decision making in Europe.
Автор: Marczali Название: Hungary in the Eighteenth Century ISBN: 1107475325 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107475328 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4594.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1910, this book presents a detailed history of Hungary during the eighteenth century. Emphasis is placed on an exploration of the `economic, intellectual and moral qualities` of the country, rather than the struggle between various political factions. Areas covered include the economy, social system, nationality, the church and royal power.
