Memorias de siete generaciones de verdugos (1688-1847)

Nacido en 1799 y muerto en 1889 fue el último representante de una dinastía de verdugos. Se le atribuye una única obra titulada "Memorias de los Sanson" publicada inicialmente en 1862, donde se recogen testimonios de lo que debió ser su tradición familiar desde 1635 ...

El Japón de los Samuráis

(Revista Desperta Ferro. Moderna, Nº 5, año 2013)

SUMARIO: · La era de un país en guerra. El Japón del siglo XVI por Osami Takizawa e Irene M. Muñoz. Hacia mediados del siglo XV, el poder del gobierno Muromachi había ido debilitándose poco a poco, y en 1467 estalló la rebelión de ?nin. Kioto ...

Las máquinas del Imperio y el reino de Dios

reflexiones sobre ciencia, tecnología y religión en el mundo atlántico del siglo XVI

La conquista ibérica del Atlántico a comienzos del siglo XVI tuvo un impacto notable en la conformación de un nuevo orden mundial en el cual la Europa cristiana proclamó control sobre buena parte del planeta. Esto fue posible gracias a la confluencia de factores diversos ...

Blackbeard's last fight

pirate hunting in North Carolina 1718

In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme ...

The Ottoman world, the Mediterranean and North Africa, 1660-1760

Dr Heywood's second volume of collected papers in the Variorum series brings together fourteen studies published between 2000 and 2010. They represent two of the main strands of his interests during the past decade: the era of Ottoman history dominated by the ministerial family ...

The Cambridge history of Turkey

Volume 2: The Ottoman Empire as a world power, 1453-1603

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Turkey examines the period from the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 to the accession of Ahmed I in 1603. During this period, the Ottoman Empire moved into a new phase of expansion, emerging in the sixteenth century as ...

Lineages of the Absolutist State

The political nature of Absolutism has long been a subject of controversy within historical materialism. Developing considerations advanced in Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, this book situates the Absolutist states of the early modern epoch against the prior background of European feudalism. It is divided ...

Les entourages princiers a la fin du Moyen Age

Une approche quantitative

Auscultant les entourages princiers des deux derniers siècles du Moyen Âge sous l'angle particulier des effectifs qui les composent, cet ouvrage s'attache à explorer la question de la perception numérique que les princes et leurs contemporains avaient du nombre de leurs serviteurs et ...

Scandinavia

a political history of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1513-1900

Originally published in 1905, as part of the Cambridge Historical Series, this book presents an account of the development of the Scandinavian nations and their relationship with the rest of Europe. It was written by the influential British historian and linguist Robert Nisbet Bain (1854-1909 ...

The Nation made real

art and national identity in Western Europe, 1600-1850

What role did visual artists play in the emergence and spread of nationalism and a sense of national identity? Focusing on late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Britain and France, this original study in the historical sociology of nations and nationalism analyses the contributions of artists in ...

Palabras de unión

masonería y modernidad

'Palabras de unión' es una obra masónica dirigida también a profanos, fruto del estudio, la reflexión y la experiencia de Ignacio Merino, escritor y Maestro Masón profundamente interesado en los procesos históricos pero comprometido con la realidad del presente y el trabajo masónico como camino ...

Early Modern Europe

1450-1789

The second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support ...

Democratic enlightenment

philosophy, revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790

The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty, and freedom of expression and the press, form an interlocking system that derives directly from the Enlightenment's philosophical revolution. This fact is uncontested - yet remarkably ...

La France au XVIIIe siècle

(1715-1787)

Le XVIIIe siècle français a souvent souffert de ses deux puissants voisins : Louis XIV et la Révolution. On ne saurait pourtant se contenter d'y scruter le déclin de la monarchie ou l'annonce de 1789. Rien n'était joué en 1715, ni même encore ...

Polish Armies of the Partitions 1770-94

The tragic national epic of Polish history began in these late 18th-century wars. Under Poland's Saxon monarchy, Russia and Prussia constantly meddled in the affairs of the Kingdom. In 1768 a civil war broke out between pro-Russian 'Commonwealth' Poles and 'Confederate' patriots who opposed ...

Anunciando as invasões francesas

o domínio inglês em Portugal

As lutas em que Portugal se viu envolvido após a Revolução Francesa constituem, pelas suas características, mais um episódio dos confrontos entre a França Napoleónica e a Grã-Bretanha. Portugal, ao respeitar os interesses do seu antigo aliado, iria, assim, ver as suas fronteiras profanadas e ...

Early Modern things

objects and their histories, 1500-1800

What can we learn about the past by studying things? How does the meaning of things, and our relationship to them, change over time? This fascinating collection taps a rich vein of recent scholarship to explore a variety of approaches to the material culture of ...

Intrepid sailors

the legacy of Preble's boys and the Tripoli campaign

ntrepid Sailors tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S. Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. Intrepid Sailors tells the story of the Navy's ...

Estudis. Revista de Historia Moderna, Nº 38, año 2012

El nacimiento de los Estados Unidos: (1763-1816)

Historia Universal Asimov

La serie informalmente titulada «Historia Universal Asimov» reúne las obras dedicadas por el gran novelista y divulgador científico a la evolución política, cultural y material de la humanidad. “El nacimiento de los estados unidos (1763-1816)”, segundo de los cuatro volúmenes dedicados específicamente al norte del ...