Author: Jean Baptiste PLANTINPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Helvetia Antiqua et Nova, seu, opus describens I. Helvetiam quoad adjuncta et partes et Helvetiorum antiquitatem, nomina, mores ... II. Antiquiora Helvetiae loca. ... III. Populos Helvetiis finitianos, etc
Author: Jean Baptiste PLANTINPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology
Author: Joseph ThomasPublisher:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 2550
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: The general library
Author: London Institution. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Book of Wonders!
Author: William Tell
Author: Friedrich SchillerDisaster in the Early Modern World
Author: Ovanes AkopyanPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100380165X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
How did early modern societies think about disasters, such as earthquakes or floods? How did they represent disaster, and how did they intervene to mitigate its destructive effects? This collection showcases the breadth of new work on the period ca. 1300-1750. Covering topics that range from new thinking about risk and securitisation to the protection of dikes from shipworm, and with a geography that extends from Europe to Spanish America, the volume places early modern disaster studies squarely at the intersection of intellectual, cultural and socio-economic history. This period witnessed fresh speculation on nature, the diffusion of disaster narratives and imagery and unprecedented attempts to control the physical world. The book will be essential to specialists and students of environmental history and disaster, as well as general readers who seek to discover how pre-industrial societies addressed some of the same foundational issues we grapple with today.
Mountain Aesthetics in Early Modern Latin Literature
Author: William M. BartonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315391724
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
In the late Renaissance and Early Modern period, man’s relationship to nature changed dramatically. An important part of this change occurred in the way that beauty was perceived in the natural world and in the particular features which became privileged objects of aesthetic gratification. This study explores the shift in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain that took place between 1450 and 1750. Over the course of these 300 years the mountain transformed from a fearful and ugly place to one of beauty and splendor. Accepted scholarly opinion claims that this change took place in the vernacular literature of the early and mid-18th century. Based on previously unknown and unstudied material, this volume now contends that it took place earlier in the Latin literature of the late Renaissance and Early Modern period. The aesthetic attitude shift towards the mountain had its catalysts in two broad spheres: the development of an idea of ‘landscape’ in the geographical and artistic traditions of the 16th century on the one hand, and the increasing amount of scientific and theological investigation dedicated to the mountain on the other, reaching a pinnacle in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The new Latin evidence for the change in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain unearthed in the course of this study brings material to light which is relevant for the current philosophical debate in environmental aesthetics. The book’s concluding chapter shows how understanding the processes that produced the late Renaissance and Early Modern shift in aesthetic attitude towards the mountain can reveal important information about the modern aesthetic appreciation of nature. Alongside a standard bibliography of primary literature, this volume also offers an extended annotated bibliography of further Latin texts on the mountains from the Renaissance and Early Modern period. This critical bibliography is the first of its kind and constitutes an essential tool for further study in the field.
Alpine Studies
Author: William Augustus Brevoort CoolidgePublisher:
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Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Travels in Switzerland, a series of letters to W. Melmoth
Author: William CoxeThe Encyclopaedia Britannica: Submarine Mines-Tom-tom
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
"The last great work of the age of reason, the final instance when all human knowledge could be presented with a single point of view ... Unabashed optimism, and unabashed racism, pervades many entries in the 11th, and provide its defining characteristics ... Despite its occasional ugliness, the reputation of the 11th persists today because of the staggering depth of knowledge contained with its volumes. It is especially strong in its biographical entries. These delve deeply into the history of men and women prominent in their eras who have since been largely forgotten - except by the historians, scholars"-- The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/apr/10/encyclopedia-britannica-11th-edition.