Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien R?gime, 1647–1785, Thomas
Автор: Elster Название: Tocqueville: The Ancien R?gime and the French Revolution ISBN: 0521889804 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521889803 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12355.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Readers will appreciate The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution for its sense of irony as well as tragedy, for its deep insights into political psychology and for its impassioned defense of liberty.
Описание: This bibliography provides a source for reviews of the state-sponsored Parisian exhibitions of painting and sculpture (Salons) held during the period 1699-1827. It includes an extensive list of references, each presented in a standard format with titles, dates and ordering codes based upon the holdings of the Bibliotheque nationale in Paris.
Автор: Juxon Название: The Journal of Thomas Juxon, 1644–1647 ISBN: 1107403286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107403284 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published in 2000, this book is a modern and accessible edition of a manuscript journal kept by Thomas Juxon, a Puritan Londoner, who traded in sugar. The journal offers an eyewitness account from the latter stages of the civil war to the crisis of the summer of 1647.
Описание: La Perouse (1741-88), the French explorer, led an expedition which was lost in the Pacific in 1788. These volumes, first published in English in 1799, and based on documents sent back by La Perouse from Australia before his disappearance, provide a fascinating account of the discoveries of the expedition.
Описание: La Perouse (1741-88), the French explorer, led an expedition which was lost in the Pacific in 1788. These volumes, first published in English in 1799, and based on documents sent back by La Perouse from Australia before his disappearance, provide a fascinating account of the discoveries of the expedition.
Описание: An exploration of British culture during the American War of Independence, focusing on the formation of competing notions of masculinity. Authors discussed include Burke, Reynolds, Sheridan and Chatterton. The book will interest scholars and students of literary and political discourse in the eighteenth century.
Автор: Recca Название: The Diary of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, 1781-1785 ISBN: 3319319868 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319319865 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This work offers a new portrayal of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples as a woman of power with weaknesses and ambitions, and analyzes the Queen's actions, from her political choices to her alliance and betrayals. A careful examination of the period (1781-1785) covered by the diary shows that the daily life of the Queen and offers key evidence of her political acumen and her personal relationships. Recca cross-analyses unpublished personal documents, which include the integral diary and private correspondence. The book focuses on the political influence that Queen Maria Carolina wielded beside her husband, King Ferdinand IV, and the criticism that has been made by contemporary historians and intellectuals who have often tended to discredit the sovereign for personal rather than political reasons.
Автор: Jones Robert E. Название: Emancipation of Russian Nobility, 1762-1785 ISBN: 0691619085 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691619088 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7603.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Catherine the Great`s treatment of the Russian nobility has usually been regarded as dictated by court politics or her personal predilections. Citing new archival sources, Robert Jones shows that her redefinition and reorganization of the Russian nobility were in fact motivated by reasons of state. In 1762, Peter III had "emancipated" the nobility
Описание: The French author and traveller Constantin-Francois de Chasseboeuf (1757-1820) adopted the pen name Volney. In 1783-5, he spent time in Ottoman Egypt and the historical region of Syria. Reissued here is the revised and corrected French second edition of his account, which appeared in two volumes in 1787.
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