If you want to discover the captivating life of Galileo Galilei, then keep reading...
Galileo Galilei's contributions to modern science were so fundamental to a variety of fields that even though he died almost 400 years ago, his name retains international acclaim. This 17th-century natural philosopher is often credited with the invention of the telescope thanks to his many discoveries using that specific instrument, and though he was not, in fact, its inventor, the myth still persists. Indeed, Galileo was responsible for a series of upgrades to astronomy's brand-new tool during the early part of the 1600s, and it was largely his innovative techniques that changed a somewhat mediocre magnifying glass into a revolutionary device.
He was also the first to use his powerful telescope to look at the Moon, planets, and stars and discover just how much there truly was out there beyond the realm of ocean, land, and clouds. His observations of the solar system were the first of their kind, and they helped cement a theory that had been appearing and disappearing from European philosophy for centuries: that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
Galileo published his theories regardless of the danger and struggled to deal with the repercussions of doing so. His amazing career was characterized by a tenuous balance between publishing the truth of his discoveries and maintaining good relationships with the people in power. Like so many other great people of that age, Galileo was born not far from Florence, Italy, making him a product of the continent's foremost trendsetter during the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution.
In Galileo Galilei: A Captivating Guide to an Italian Astronomer, Physicist, and Engineer and His Impact on the History of Science, you will discover topics such as
A Stargazer Is Born
Galileo Studies with Florentine Monks
The University of Pisa
Galileo Calculates the Location of Hell
Professor at the University of Pisa
University of Padua
The Catholic Inquisition
Kepler's Star
Galileo and Johannes Kepler
The Starry Messenger
Galileo Meets Pope Paul V
The Inquisition Visits Again
Discourse on the Tides
A Meeting with Pope Urban VIII
The Assayer
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Trial and Imprisonment
Final Work and Death
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Holy Roman Empire, then keep reading...
Two captivating manuscripts in one book:
The Holy Roman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Union of Smaller Kingdoms That Started During the Early Middle Ages and Dissolved During the Napoleonic Wars
The Carolingian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Carolingian Dynasty and Their Large Empire That Covered Most of Western Europe During the Reign of Charlemagne
Beginning with Charlemagne, the great and educated king who would serve as an inspiration for world leaders from Frederick II to Adolf Hitler, the Holy Roman Empire's intricate ties with the Roman Catholic Church would provide for plenty of excitement and drama in its early years. However, as the empire staggered through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, it would eventually be forced to declare its allegiance with a new way of thinking: Protestantism.
Throughout the story of the Holy Roman Empire, a wealth of fascinating tales from interesting people proliferates. Monks and emperors will clash, poets sing the praises of kings, and the pope rides blind and bareback on a frightened donkey through the streets of Rome. The mightiest monarch in all of the world walks barefoot in the snow in repentance for his angry deeds, and two rival families stand toe-to-toe for the monarchy. Crusades are lost in war and won in diplomacy, while kings are held ransom, revolts are suppressed, and antipopes crowned. And this incredible tale spanning a full millennium is ready and waiting for you to turn the next page.
Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:
The First Roman Empire
The Carolingians
A Formal Emperor
The Caligula of Christianity
Antipope
The Walk to Canossa
The Hohenstaufen Dynasty Begins
The Red-Bearded Warrior King
Captor of the Lionheart
Stupor Mundi
The Great Interregnum
The King of Peace
The Rise of the Habsburgs
The Reformation
Eight Million Dead
The Dissolution
And much, much more
Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:
A Quick Overview
The World After Rome
Ending a Dynasty - Pepin, Charles, and Carloman
The Conquests of Charles
In the Name of Religion
Pope Leo III and the Founding of an Empire
The Carolingian Renaissance - The Empire under Charlemagne
The Rule of Louis the Pious
Familial Strife and the Decay of the Empire
The Division Effectively Ending the Empire
Echoes of the Roman Empire - How Outside Forces Picked Apart the Carolingian Empire
Lasting Effects and Hope of Reunification
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Crusades, then keep reading...
It could be said that European kings and nobles in the Middle Ages were Crusade mad. The enormous amount of fighting men who periodically sailed off to the Near East to do battle with Muslims are evidence of the widespread popularity of overseas adventurism at the time. The notion of a Crusade, in which large armies assembled from various regions of Europe for the purpose of doing battle with Turkish and Arab Muslims, became so fixed that it was expanded to include Crusades against heretical European Christian sects.
In The Crusades: A Captivating Guide to the Military Expeditions During the Middle Ages That Departed from Europe with the Goal to Free Jerusalem and Aid Christianity in the Holy Land, you will discover topics such as
The First Crusade (1095-1099) -The Pope Calls the Faithful to Arms
The Armies of the First Crusade Engage with the Enemy
The Aftermath of the First Crusade
The Second Crusade (1147-1149) The Beginnings of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Third Crusade (1189-1192) - The King's Crusade
The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) - The Latin Empire of Constantinople and the Children's Crusade
The Fifth Crusade (1217-1221)
The Sixth Crusade (1228) - The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Takes the Cross
The Seventh Crusade (1248-1254)
The Eighth Crusade (1270)
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Middle Ages, then keep reading...
One of the least understood periods of European history occurred between the 6th century and the 14th or 15th century (depending on which historian you ask). Commonly called the Middle Ages, this was a time period of extreme change for Europe, beginning with the fall of the Western Roman Empire. To a continent that had seen a drastic shift in the power structure, the world seemed to be particularly harsh. Rome had been a major player across Europe for well over a millennium. Then it was gone.
This is also a time period that still inspires art, literature, and philosophy today. There were men who lived during the Middle Ages who are still quoted and revered today, such as Saint Thomas Aquinas. They were almost always men of the cloth (religious men), but not always. People still enjoy the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, a famous writer who was also a merchant. The architecture of this time has also been used and reused for many centuries as well. The cathedrals and castles built during the Middle Ages still remain while younger structures have long since crumbled. Perhaps the most famous architecture from the time though is known as the Gothic style. The look and feel of the Gothic style have inspired many generations, including the Romantics of the 1800s and the horror/mystery genre that is still so popular today. However, it was the birth of universities that reflects the thinking of the time. Prior to the Middle Ages, there was no higher education.
Many of the institutions and ideas that the men of the Renaissance would explore began during the Middle Ages. It was a time when Europe healed from the fall of one superpower and transitioned into something that more closely resembled the map of Europe today. It would undergo many more changes in the years following the Middle Ages, but nations began to find their identities without their Roman overlords.
In The Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Fall of the Western Roman Empire Through the Black Death to the Beginning of the Renaissance, you will discover topics such as:
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Stewards of the Future
The Rise of the Byzantine Empire
Reclaiming Spain and Expanding One of the Strongest and Earliest Kingdoms of the Middle Ages
Charlemagne
A Brief Return to the Empire
Otto I and His New Empire
The Great Schism
The Famous (or Infamous) Crusades
Forging a New England
The Hundred Years' War
The Horrors of Nature
Higher Education and The Gothic Period
How the Middle Ages Advanced Education and Architecture
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Two captivating manuscripts in one book:
The Dark Ages: A Captivating Guide to the Period Between the Fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance
The Black Death: A Captivating Guide to the Deadliest Pandemic in Medieval Europe and Human History
Following the fall of Rome in 476 CE, the entire dynamic of Europe underwent a complete shift in power and culture. The Dark Ages was an interesting period of about six centuries, and during it, Europe was still trying to figure out what it was and how it would survive the chaos that followed the fall of Rome.
Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:
The Misconception of the Dark Ages
The World after Rome
The Rise of the Christian Church
Rome Continues - The Byzantine Empire
The Rise of the Caliphate and the Conquest of Spain
The Lombard Kingdom
Charlemagne
The Treaty of Verdun and the Rurik Dynasty - Beginnings of Modern Nations
Alfred the Great
Otto 1 and the Founding of a Loose Federation
The Reign of Venice
The Vikings
The Second Half of the Middle Ages
The Renaissance
And much, much more
Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:
The First Pandemics
The Black Death
The Unlikely Use of the Black Death
Rumors and Arrival
Perceptions Vs. The Reality
The Ultimate Equalizer
Stealing the Future - Princess Joan
Decline of the Catholic Church and the Rise of Mysticism
Art of the Black Death
The First Quarantine and Successful Containment
Beyond the Human Toll
Lasting Effects on Europe's Future
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Scientific Revolution, then keep reading...
Ancient cultures have been looking up at the stars for thousands of years, wondering about their place in the universe. What were those glowing spots in the black cover of night? Just how far away was the moon? These and other questions hounded humanity through the millennia until, finally, relative economic stability allowed for a number of people to examine their world more closely. Slowly, knowledge and understanding accumulated generation by generation until the conditions were ideal enough for a revolution to occur in thinking, experimentation, worldview, and natural philosophy.
It was the Scientific Revolution, the time period when Western theologians had more and better tools to measure and make sense of the things around them. With careful measurements, precise data collection, and an unwavering sense of curiosity, humankind stepped into the future. The truly magnificent feature of this time period, besides, of course, the scientific discoveries themselves, was the kinship between philosophers, scientists, and experimental hobbyists throughout Europe. Hundreds, if not thousands, of letters between great intellectuals such as Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Robert Hooke, and Tycho Brahe have been preserved, demonstrating how these men (and a few women) worked in cooperation with one another in order to better their own research.
In The Scientific Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Emergence of Modern Science During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Thinkers Such as Isaac Newton and Ren Descartes, you will discover topics such as
Science: A Definition and Brief Prehistory
The Early Western Sciences
Paracelsus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Luigi Anguillara
Andreas Vesalius
Ignazio Danti
Tycho and Sophia Brahe
Paul Wittich
Sethus Calvisius
Joseph Goedenhuyze
Giordano Bruno
Conrad Gessner
Johannes Kepler
Daniel Sennert
Galileo Galilei
William Harvey
Ren Descartes
Robert Boyle
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Isaac Newton
Robert Hooke
Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Winckelmann-Kirch
William and Caroline Herschel
Mary Somerville
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of Christianity, then keep reading...
Who would have thought that from its humble beginnings as a small group of followers of a Jewish man called Jesus that Christianity would become, less than two thousand years later, the most widespread religion on Earth?
Christianity's birth and development is a vast, complex story filled with setbacks and contradictions but also with triumphs. It is intricately entwined with the world's development over the last two thousand years, encompassing entire societies, helping to build and destroy empires, and molding the spiritual lives of people of all races and cultures. This book will reveal the main aspects surrounding this fascinating saga.
In History of Christianity: A Captivating Guide to Crucial Moments in Christian History, Including Events Such as the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, the Early Church, and the Reformation, you will discover topics such as
Prophecies with an Announced birth
Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ
Early Church
Christianity Spreads Throughout the World
Radical Changes Within the Church
Christianity Nowadays
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating life of Genghis Khan, then keep reading...
Around the year 1162, near the modern capital of Mongolia, a baby boy was born into a fractious and violent world. The birth of this child must have caused quite a stir among the members of the nomadic tribe that he had been born into; word soon traveled that the son of Yes gei, the Borjigin tribal leader, had been born clutching a blood clot in his tiny hand.
Mongol folklore hailed this as a sign that the child would grow up to be a great leader of men, but perhaps history would interpret the baby's gruesome prize as a foreshadowing of the bloodshed that would accompany his life and his legacy.
The story of Tem jin, and Genghis Khan as he would later be known, is a story about stories. We have few original sources to tell us about his life, and the sources we do have are often contradictory or untrustworthy, so historians have had to piece together the story of Genghis Khan and fill in the blanks.
What you will discover in this book is a combination of historical fact, expert conjecture, and myths and legends, filtered through the changing eyes of history and retold through many generations. There are many things we simply do not know about the enigmatic figure of Genghis Khan. There are many things that we think we know that may ultimately prove to be untrue. What is important is the story. Just as the young Tem jin must have sat around a campfire to be regaled by stories of his ancestral wolf heritage, we now sit around this virtual campfire to share the story of Genghis Khan.
In Genghis Khan: A Captivating Guide to the Founder of the Mongol Empire and His Conquests Which Resulted in the Largest Contiguous Empire in History, you will discover topics such as
The Mongolian Steppe
Tem jin
Becoming Genghis Khan
Building the Mongol Empire
Life in Genghis Khan's Empire
Military Genius
Innovation
Death and Succession
The Mongol Empire After Genghis Khan
Pax Mongolica
The End of an Empire
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the American Indian Wars, then keep reading...
Today, the United States of America is one of the largest countries in the world. Comprised of fifty states, this huge nation is filled with diverse topography, as well as a variety of flora and fauna. Not only that, but the USA is also home to a huge population with diverse ethnic backgrounds, including Hispanic, African American, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Polish, and many more.
A vast number of the white population are the descendants of the European colonists and settlers who ultimately conquered the land, dominating the Native Americans who were the original inhabitants of the land.
This was very similar to the way the British conquered the Indian subcontinent, except for the fact the British conquerors didn't make the Indian subcontinent their permanent home while the early American colonists shed sweat and blood to make the untamed American wilderness their new homeland.
But, in order to do so, the Americans waged wars against the Native Americans who had roamed the lands for thousands of years, driving them away from their homes in a brutal and horrific manner. Part of the blame lay on the Native Americans as well since their retaliation on the newcomers trespassing their lands were often brutal and horrific.
In American Indian Wars: A Captivating Guide to a Series of Conflicts That Occurred in North America and How They Impacted Native American Tribes, Including Events Such as the Sand Creek Massacre, you will discover topics such as
The Foreign Colonization of America
The American-Indian Wars During the Colonial Period (1609-1774)
Beginning of the American Indian Wars in the East of the Mississippi: The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
American-Indian Wars East of the Mississippi after the American Revolutionary War Part 1: The Northwest Indian War
American-Indian Wars East of the Mississippi after the American Revolutionary War Part 2: The Cherokee-American Wars
American Indian Wars in the West of the Mississippi Conflicts Part 1: Tecumseh, the Creek War, the War of 1812, and Other Conflicts
American Indian Wars in the West of the Mississippi Conflicts Part 2: Wars in the Pacific Northwest, Southwest, California, the Great Basin, and the Great Plains
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Dutch East India Company, then keep reading..
Huge international companies and corporations are a normal part of our everyday lives today. For most, their unimaginable wealth and power, which are rivaling even some of the smaller countries of the world, is something we take for granted. And we see them as the living embodiment of the capitalist system, regardless if we take it as a good or a bad omen. However, this wasn't always the case. For the majority of history, it was the kings and emperors who wielded the most influence, commanded the largest armies, and had the largest treasures. And all of them would laugh at the idea of some merchants managing to not only catch up to their supremacy and riches but even surpass them. Yet they did. Probably the best example of that kind of success were the traders of the Dutch East India Company of the 16th century.
This company singlehandedly reformed the way businesses functioned, creating the foundation of our modern capitalist world, with all of its strengths and weaknesses. And through its international trade, this corporation brought our world one step closer to the colonialism of the 19th century and the globalization of the 20th century. It even managed to transform itself from a group of merchants to an empire in its own right. By the time of its disbandment in the late 18th century, the world was irreversibly changed.
In The Dutch East India Company: A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War of Independence from Spain, you will discover topics such as
Birth of a Corporation
The Company on the Rise
Fall of the Giant
Structure and Organization of the VOC
The Good, the Bad, and the VOC
And much, much more
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Carolingian Empire, then keep reading...
One of the few names to emerge from the Dark Ages to live on today is that of Charlemagne. After the fall of Rome, Western Europe was in almost complete disarray for several centuries, with different tribes and factions running different parts of the continent. Then in 768 CE, Charles the Great, more commonly known as Charlemagne, became the ruler of the Franks.
In The Carolingian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Carolingian Dynasty and Their Large Empire That Covered Most of Western Europe During the Reign of Charlemagne, you will discover topics such as
A Quick Overview
The World After Rome
Ending a Dynasty - Pepin, Charles, and Carloman
The Conquests of Charles
In the Name of Religion
Pope Leo III and the Founding of an Empire
The Carolingian Renaissance - The Empire under Charlemagne
The Rule of Louis the Pious
Familial Strife and the Decay of the Empire
The Division Effectively Ending the Empire
Echoes of the Roman Empire - How Outside Forces Picked Apart the Carolingian Empire
Lasting Effects and Hope of Reunification
And much, much more
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