Hakutulokset: Sarja the johns hopkins symposia in comparative history
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Western Attitudes toward Death
Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times.
Medieval Marriage
Eminent French social historian Georges Duby identifies the twelfth century as a crucial turning point in the development of the institution of marriage in Western civilization. …
Saint Jerome in the Renaissance
Just as they aspired to revive the Greek and Roman past, so the humanist scholars of the Renaissance sought to retrieve the early Christian era. Among the most fully studied …
The Church Militant and Iberian Expansion, 1440-1770
The distinguished historian C. R. Boxer devoted years of research and reflection on European expansion overseas into the Americas and Asia. In The Church Militant and Iberian …
Neither Slave nor Free
These ten essays constitute "a distinctive contribution to the enticing but treacherous domain of a comparative history. (The book) succeeds because it is written by qualified …
Lorenzo De' Medici and the Art of Magnificence
In the past half century, numerous scholars have downplayed the Renaissance contribution of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent. They say that compared to his grandfather Cosimo, …
European Landed Elites in the Nineteenth Century
Originally published in 1977. Professor David Spring presents comparative histories of European landed elites in the nineteenth century, covering English, Prussian, Russian, …
Women in Public
On May 15, 1862, U.S. General Benjamin Butler, commander of occupied New Orleans, ordered that any woman who publicly insulted Union soldiers be subject to prosecution as a …
African Perspectives on Colonialism
This history deals with the twenty-year period between 1880 and 1900, when virtually all of Africa was seized and occupied by the Imperial Powers of Europe. Eurocentric points of …
Port Cities and Intruders
In Port Cities and Intruders, historian Michael Pearson explores the role of port cities and their orientation, relations between the coast and the interior, the place of the …