Europe s long sixteenth century a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquisitions and torture chambers, and religious differences of ever more violent fervor. "Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Europe" argues that this turbulent age also laid the conceptual foundations of our modern ideas about liberty, justice, and democracy.
Hilary Gatti shows how these ideas emerged in response to the often-violent entrenchment of monarchical power and the fragmentation of religious authority, against the backdrop of the westward advance of Islam and the discovery of the New World. She looks at Machiavelli s defense of republican political liberty, and traces how liberty became intertwined with free will and religious pluralism in the writings of Luther, Erasmus, Jean Bodin, and Giordano Bruno. She examines how the St. Bartholomew s Day Massacre and the clash of science and religion gave rise to concepts of liberty as freedom of thought and expression. Returning to Machiavelli and moving on to Jacques Auguste de Thou, Paolo Sarpi, and Milton, Gatti delves into debates about the roles of parliamentary government and a free press in guaranteeing liberties.
Drawing on a breadth of canonical and lesser-known writings, "Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Europe" reveals how an era stricken by war and injustice gave birth to a more enlightened world."
Описание: * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial.
Автор: Peter Burke Название: Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe ISBN: 0521535867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521535861 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Цена: 5544.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book identifies and discusses major themes in the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution. It examines, in particular, the relationship between languages and communities, and between language and identity. A unique, pan-European study.
Автор: Edward Muir Название: Ritual in Early Modern Europe ISBN: 0521602408 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521602402 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This comprehensive 2005 study of the rituals of early modern Europe argues that the period 1400 to 1700 witnessed a revolution in ritual theory. While reformers sought to replace sacraments with the authority of scripture, and despite attempts by intellectuals to dismiss their power, ritual practices endured as much as ever.
Название: Urban achievement in early modern europe ISBN: 0521088879 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521088879 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This work in comparative urban history explores why outstanding achievements in material and intellectual culture in early modern Europe tended to cluster in certain maritime cities. Eighteen distinguished historians have collaborated to compare economic, architectural, artistic, publishing, and scientific achievements in Antwerp, Amsterdam and London during their golden ages.
Описание: Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
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